PFSYC to Freo

We went to Fremantle from PFSYC, the directed distance is 4.8 nm. Going on the Swan River, it is around 6nm. As you know, when I go to Fremantle from PFSYC, it would take only 30 mins by car. However, if it is by sailboat, it would spend around 2hours. In addition, the sailboat runs by the wind, the speed is around 5 knots normally. You might have a question that why it needs 2hours?
Because there are 2 bridges on the river and the sailboat need the mast down.

At 5 o’clock in the morning, we met at the club and prepared for departure.
(Put food into the boat, check engine and water and more) The sun was starting rising, we started going. (The sailing trip needs natural light as the sun to check obstacles on the water. Especially, Sea monkey doesn’t have any meters and radar.)

We did sailing a few miles, and then, starting the engine when the wind was against. When the boat is running, we did removing a boom and prepared for the mast down, and then, we relaxed and chatted until arriving at the buoy area.
Near the bridges, we found a good condition buoy and we moored it for doing the mast down.
(Last time, we got catch a boat hook and the buoy accidentally when we were mooring! I think you could not get what is funny with my English vocabulary… I just wrote for noted to self. )

Why did we need to leave early morning?
Firstly, we wanna go to the island in the early afternoon.
Secondly, we wanted to avoid passing other boats that make waves. We have to care to do mast down because it is on the water. When the wave comes, we need to stop doing.
(When we did it, dolphins come to us usually! I wanna take photos and watch them, but, I’m not arrowed because of doing mast down.)
If someone makes a mistake and the mast is down directly and quickly, it would be an awful accident that someone might get injured seriously.

By the way, I was surprised about the way of the mast down in Australia. When I was doing it the first time in Barcelona, Spain, they ordered a crane. Also, it spent all day. I thought the mast down was one of a big event in sailing life, however, in Australia, it is a general thing. Because the sailboats are in Australia built for the mast down usually.

(Photos are below of Japanese section)

私たちはヨットクラブからフリーマントルとゆう場所まで向かいました。直線距離で4.8海里。スワン川を渡っていくと6海里。(1mile (海里）x 1.852 km)
車で向かうと30分の距離を2時間かけるのがヨットの旅です。
ヨットは基本的に時速5海里。あれ？なぜ、2時間もかかるのか？それは橋を通過するための、マストダウンとゆう行程があるから。
（マストダウンとは文字通り、マストを倒すこと。）

行程は
帆走→向かい風の為、機走→適当にブイ停め→マストダウン

ちなみに、マストダウンを初めてしたのはスペインのバルセロナ。あの日は確か、作業用クレーンがお出ましでした。笑
しかし、今回は（とゆうか毎回）自力で。ここではマストダウンは普通のこと。オーストラリアのヨットは、マストダウンできるように作られている模様。
マストダウンは揺れる水上で行うので、命がけです。万が一、なんて事があったら傷害事件発生確定です。
早朝に出航した理由は、単に太陽が傾く前に島に着きたかったから。
あとは、他の船舶の引き波を避ける為。夏の昼間は平日休日問わず、パリピ感溢れる酔っ払い多めの好奇心旺盛なボートが結構ギリギリまで寄ってこられるのを避ける為。こっちもイエーイ！ってやりたいけど、それで大惨事になったら後味悪いし、対応に困りました。笑


ちなみに、マストを倒すのはブイに舫止めしてる時。
このブイはプライベート仕様のを勝手に拝借します。
前回はボートフックの先（フック部分）とブイの金具が良い感じに引っかかって、抜けないとゆう爆笑アクシデントがありました。
（これは私の語彙力だと、笑いポイント伝えられないけど忘備録の為、記載）

もう一つ、毎回なんだけど、マストダウンしてて手が離せないときに、いつもイルカが来る。いつも。いつも写真が撮れない。。
しかし、今回はイルカさん達が、マスト倒した後もやって来てくれました！！萌えました。