Wasting no time, the crew of Roam headed off the day after the shake-down sail, Friday the 18th of December. Averaging 9 knots for the trip they were back home in St Helens Tasmania on Sunday evening. Mick reports: “Awesome trip! She’s sea-trialled now! Feels real nice, regularly hit speeds of over 20 knots with very light loads on sheets, rig and boat”. They could easily reef downwind with the Harken slider system on the main which was originally a concern because they were not ball bearing cars.
The trip can be viewed on the sailsurfroam website or below on an earlier news post.
The plan is to now circumnavigate Tasmania in the New Year and then across to NZ to do a lap of the North Island. Then across to Fiji!
Keep an eye on their site for more adventures!