The Adventures of Captain Ray Penson
Sailing Yacht Truce
The wedding was for Natasha and her future husband Sam. Natasha is the daughter of my best friend Jim Britton. Unfortunately Jim passed away a short time ago. The wedding was delayed time and again by covid and unforeseen events. Jim did pick out the wedding dress, he did a good job as usual.
The morning of the 13th of June, as soon as the marina office opened, I dropped off the gate pass and said my goodbyes. Ten minutes later Truce was passing the breakwater heading out of the Marina. I could not get away from Noumea fast enough. I am sure New Caledonia is a wonderful place (many people say so) but to me Noumea is just a frustrating expensive place.
After thinking about the windvane problem for a couple of hours I have decided to divert up to Noumea in New Caledonia. Its only three days away and with more favorable winds than the route to Australia. I felt that Mickey may not survive the longer crossing to Australia with stronger winds and quartering seas. There is no point in risking the longer crossing to Australia, if the windvane were to fail the sailing would be miserable and I don’t want to be miserable. The route to Noumea should put less strain on the windvane.
The Adventures of Captain Ray Penson 