The first crew left the Yacht Club shortly after sunrise –

Astrid, Vic $, Gail, Sharon, Paul and Bonnie

and paddled 24 kms across the bay with a cooperative wind and a following sea. They landed on the beach at Meelup in bumpy seas 2 hours and 32 minutes later, setting a new speed record for this leg! (The closest time for this crossing was 2:37, done in 2014 and again in 2017).

Crew 2 paddled out of Meelup into washing machine conditions and a head wind –

Diane, Bill, Dave, Nic, John and Vic

which lasted the better part of the first 90 minutes of paddling. Things settled nicely as we approached Busso, arriving back at the Geographe Bay Yacht Club 2 hours and 50 minutes after launching.