One Hell of a Surfboard
(Wide Bay Bar, 30 knots + on gusts and 5 metre waves and going in the long way)
The captain and crew of this 12 meter cat. made the world news when they decided to risk the surf at Wide Bay Bar rather than sail two more days to an easier entrance.
This is from the captain: “Two years ago I flew from my home town in Launceston,Tasmania to Lakes Entrance in Victoria, the location of what is probably Australia’s most dangerous bar, to undertake a two day course in bar crossing. This course gave not just theory, but involved practical instruction in a vessel which the students piloted over the breaking waves on the Lakes bar. The lessons learned here were put to use on the day I took Saltonay over the Southport Bar, adding worthwhile experience to my current Coxswains ticket.”
This was a text to the captain from a friend “Jesus loves you, everyone else thinks you’re a dickhead.”
