The instructions are being fired at a stressed Uzi rate and I manage to catch about 3% of the information. Charter Yacht Australia personified by Wendy is explaining us how to sail this ship.
Once out of the harbour we put up sails and... Hit a white out at 25+ knots of wind.
Nervous looks go back and forth until we realise no one really got anything of what was said. By then the nervous looks change to stress. We can't see where we're going, or where we've been. For about 10 mins we navigate blind. Then, the rain settles and we quickly get the hang of it and sail the boat really sharply for an island we think is Hook Island. By now we're having fun!
We realise Hook Island is actually not the Island we were aiming for and decide to give the boat another good spanking. She lists sharply and I reckon we had her up to 8 knots. Now this is sailing!
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