Here is a short clip of an inshore PSYC race in a blustery 34 knots Souwester, followed by a clip of a quick trip (double reefed main) from Newcastle back to Port Stephens in a 40-45 knots westerly. Hardest part of that voyage was the 'short' tacking up the narrow channel after we rounded the heads into the teeth of the wind. The engine did not provide any real assistance against the short, large standup wind waves rolling east caused by the incoming tide going west, so tacking was the order of the day.
It took nearly as long to sail west from the heads to Nelson Bay as it did to sail from Newcastle. We gave up trying to make headway so with 2m seas running down the breakwall at Nelson Bay....yep inside the bay...we stayed there overnight until the breeze eased. Manouvering into a vacant berth in the windswept marina between million dolar plastic game boats was another challange!! .........Hopefully we will never seen conditions like that in the bay again!!
Enjoy.
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