18 Feb 2004, 10.00 pm
Final planning before the morning departure.
19 Feb 2004
Robin and Bill sharing the helm on the first day out.
19 Feb 2004
Robin checks the hull as fine northerly conditions make the first part
of the trip a comfortable ride.
20 Feb 2004
Leaving Southport.
20 Feb 2004
The galley slave, Bruce prepares lunch.
20 Feb 2004
Robin contemplates the sunset.
21 Feb 2004
Weathwatch from Jervis Bay.
21 Feb 2004
Waiting at Jervis Bay for the weather to ease.
23 Feb 2004
Enroute from Jervis Bay to Hobart.
23 Feb 2004
Enroute from Jervis Bay to Hobart. The windscreen was a continual waterfall as
heavy spray from the rough seas covered the boat.
23 Feb 2004
Enroute from Jervis Bay to Hobart.
23 Feb 2004
Enroute from Jervis Bay to Hobart.
23 Feb 2004
Breaking seas regularly put solid water over the boat.
23 Feb 2004
Large swells up to 6 metres were encountered on the NSW coast.
23 Feb 2004
Smoother sailing was encountered acress Bass Strait.
23 Feb 2004
Enroute from Jervis Bay to Hobart.
23 Feb 2004
Enroute from Jervis Bay to Hobart.
Steering station
25 Feb 2004, 1.06 am
Foreign Affair slips quietly into the Royal Yacht Club, Hobart at the
end of the voyage.
25 Feb 2004
Robin Chamberlin enters the last details in the logbook.
25 Feb 2004
Bruce Arms, Sandy and Bill Brosnan celebrate the voyage.
25 Feb 2004
Refuelling to check the consumption for the 1060 nautical miles travelled.
25 Feb 2004
Alastair Douglas, the Race Director for the Hydro Tasmania Three Peaks
Race and past Vice Commodore of the Royal Yacht Club acts as independent
inspector for the checks on the meter for total fuel used.
25 Feb 2004
Foreign Affair at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, Hobart.