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Report from Denis Doyle – Sextant

After six months of intense preparation to fit out their new Xc42 Sextant for serious cruising Denis Doyle and Lynne Smith, with David Champtaloup and Janna Tess, aboard cast off the CYCA marina last Tuesday 15th January to join 12 other yachts heading to Hobart for the Wooden Boat Festival, the Van Diemens Land Circumnavigation conducted by the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania and cruising in and around Tasmania.

At midday on Sunday 20 January, Sextant was approx. 50mls South of Gabo Island heading for Wineglass Bay after waiting for a sou’west front to move through in Eden. The crew left Eden (and the woodchip mill) about midnight on Saturday.

Sextant is part of a procession of boats crossing the Strait in very calm conditions today (Sunday). A south west front predicted for Tuesday means that the windows for crossing the Strait under cruising conditions is narrow but with Clouds Badham helping with forecasts we are now well on our way.

All aboard Sextant are enjoying the comfort and wonderful cruising features of the new boat, not without some minor dramas as one would expect but it’s an exciting boat to sail.

Best regards from all aboard Sextant

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