Crossing the Ditch - We are Ready!
We received an update today by email from the guys at Crossing the Ditch. “Crossing the ditch” is a bold adventure planned by two you men, James Castrission and Justin Jones. They are now in the final stages of planning a crossing of the Tasman Sea (the ditch) from Sydney to New Zealand in a kayak.
With the launch date planned for later this year now is a good time to catch up with them and see what challenges they have had to overcome even before they leave for New Zealand.
This is a piece from their latest update… “Every step in this journey has been a full on adventure in its self. Our 160km jaunt from Port Stephens to Sydney was no exception. After our false start a couple of days prior (AIS Transponder wasn’t pinging our position on the radars of Cargo ships), we left Port Stephens Thursday October 4 at 0640. We had the ebb tide carrying us out into a fresh 10-15kt South Easterly breeze. Our speed was good - we thought there must be a current carrying us away from land? Pleasantly, we were to find that the new rudder had added 1km/hr to our ground over speed. Wee Bang. … read the rest of this article and find out more about their plans here…
http://www.crossingtheditch.com.au/news/we-are-ready.html