By Chris Daly
We have just started another week away and took advantage of the strong NNE to sail to JB. The wind strengthened to 25/30 in the late afternoon so we were prepared for the usual Point Perpendicular welcome - almost. We got hit by 36-41 knots with 2 reefs and 1/3rd headsail as soon as we entered the heads and it didn't let up till we got into the lee of Longnose Point. We were totally saturated and very thankful that nature created this magic little bolt-hole. I'm convinced that JB is a wind magnet. The wind is always 40% stronger down here. We will move to Darling Road for the S change later today and choose our day for a fast return North. Interestingly, when we left Pittwater on Friday, the water temp was around 23 but it dropped to ~19 somewhere past Wollongong.
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