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09/28/2009: "The Cruiser cat at home"

For the last 11 months Chaotic Harmony has been at her home port in Cairns. Although the family no longer live aboard we are on the boat at least three days a week. It is hard to break the link and we don't want to! On Wednesday afternoons Estelle takes her PE (Physical education) arvo off and goes racing with Gavin. The Cairns Yacht Club WAGS series - Wednesday Afternoon Gentlemans sailing - is a 40 week competition that races up and down Trinity inlet and bay. Often shifting winds, currents. moored and anchored boats and ships create havoc with the fleet. All challenging sailing for a 13.7m Catamaran.
At the start of the series we still had the air conditioner on deck. Nothing more annoying for the competitors than having a cruising cat with an air conditioner on deck tearing past. Although we have removed lots of the cruising gear - schoolbooks and lots of toys - we still race with the washing machine!
So far it has been a great series and the aim has been to keep Chaotic Harmony in tip top condition by doing what she does best - sail!
We are 30 plus weeks into the series and at the moment we are just in the lead on pointscore. Some hair-raising moments and some fast and on occasions frustratingly slow sailing. All good fun.
On weekends we sail, often out to the Barrier Reef, sometimes around the harbour and occasionally we just stay aboard in the marina. A house is but a poorly built boat.