ORCV Hutchwilco Melbourne to Stanley (M2S)

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You know! Welcome back....

Ken Simpson is best known presently for sailing the boat with the hull graphic that always gets a snap. The Radford Sprint 35 - Silk - from the Squady.

Tha boat also gets to do a fair bit with the annual Women's Keel Boat Regatta, as well. Now there's a new member. The DK46 that was so well campaigned by her original owner, Phil Coombs. Yep - Dekadence is back!

They left Hobart on Friday, September 30 with the boat, bound for the Heads. "Yes. We got back from Hobart on the Sunday. It was a great trip, taking around 54 hours. We had 45 to 48 knts at Tasman Island then reached through Banks Strait and on to the Heads, with boat easily getting on to towards 20 knots. Thankfully, we caught slack water at 1700hrs and thence it was back to Melbounre, where she belongs", said Ken.

Overall they seem to be very pleased with it all as they spruce her up and get all the safety audit arranged, so as to be ready for Stanley. Ken is no stranger to the blue, having gone and stuck the nose of Ocean Road, a previous boat, into Bass Strait and beyond many times. There'd be 40 odd ORCV events and the fateful 1998 Sydney Hobart in that lot. "We're going to keep Silk as the Bay Racer and use Dekadence to go offshore. I like the idea of the Eastcoaster this Christmas and next year we may join the Northern Migration for a bit", Ken said of their plans.

So Ken and co, great to see her back and look forward to seeing you all in Stanley and then Hobart.

Now then, we have 26 vessels thus far in the M2S - Addiction, Alibi, Alien, Arch Rival, Cadibarra 8, Calm, Chikara Outlaw, Dekadence, Dry White, eXtasea, Gusto, Halcyon, Independent Endeavour, Jazz Player, Kiss Goodbye to MS, Magazan 53, Magic, Matrix, Mille Sabords, Nutcracker, Pretty Woman, Scarlet Runner, Slinky Malinky, Spirit of Downunder, Trybooking.com and White Noise, which is good, but we know there are a few mor eto go, yet... Who's next? It's a lot easier to do this race than get your crew orgainsed to do your own qualifying passage, plus the seafood and hospitality of our friends in Stanley really are awesome. And cop this for a steak sandwich!

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