The New Year has started! While most cruisers returned home, we chose to stay quiet and enjoy a peaceful holiday season in the Bundaberg Marina.
On New Year’s Day, we had the pleasure of meeting two sailors from Japan. They had sailed directly from Japan and cleared the Australian Border Force (Immigration and Customs) in Bundaberg, Australia. Their nonstop journey covered a 3,300 nautical miles and took them 29 days.
Tomorrow, they plan to sail from Bundaberg to Melbourne, covering another 1,200 nautical miles—a journey that might take around 10 days. Then, in March, they will participate in the Melbourne Osaka Cup (https://melbourneosakacup.com/en/about-the-race/), a challenging 5,500-nautical-mile race to Japan without any stops.
It was such a meaningful way to start the New Year, meeting the Japanese skippers on sailboat “Zero” (https://melbourneosakacup.com/news/zero/). The meeting inspired and encouraged me.
