Winter 09

Ok so there haven't been many updates on my blog for a while. But to get back up to speed I'm posting a couple of vids and pics of what I've been up to lately. Namely the Wild Joe tour north to Hamilton Island, Phuket Race Week and sail testing in Samui.

In early July we had an awesome trip up to Hamilton Island with the 950nm trip taking just four days. Not bad for a delivery we reckon!

Later on in July was a new regatta for the Hi Fi team, the Phuket Race Week. A small regatta hosted out of the Evason Resort on the southern tip of Phuket. It was a great combination of island passage races and windward leeward sprints. Unfortunately we were narrowly beaten by Ray Roberts and his team on the DK46. As always though we learned heaps and had some good ideas for future mods to the boat.

After the spectacular that was Audi Hamilton Island Race Week on the Wild Joe and getting the boat back to Sydney it was time to head back up to Thailand for some sail testing and a party to celebrate Neil Pryde's birthday. Koh Samui was the venue and despite the light breezes we got some valuable sailing in and prepared the boat for the coming regattas in Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore.

More updates to come soon from the Raja Muda regatta in Malaysia.

Sam out.