Hi, I sailed the 70 nm Albany to Walpole yesterday. It took 14 hours: first 2 hours was variable to 5knots? and then an hour of 8-10knot hadwinds, then a tail wind seabreeze filled in gradually to be about 20 something knots at the end of the day. I went down to first reef at around noon, then to no sail (bare mast) at 2pm, and was surfing upto 10knots most of the way. Got caught by a breaker entering the walpole inlet entrance and was rammed into the boulders on the side. Some foam bow damage but was safely wahed in to the cjannel. I am doubtfull about the weather because of the 20-30 knot seabreezes, so am looking at hiring a trailer and ute (truck) to trailer home. Doug --- On Sat, 15/1/11, bjarthur123 <bjarthur123@yahoo.com> wrote: From: bjarthur123 <bjarthur123@yahoo.com> Subject: [harryproa] Re: sol ? To: harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au Date: Saturday, 15 January, 2011, 0:00   gardner- i am also in the market for a harryproa. and so is george kuck, who like you is also from maryland. i am from upstate new york, for the time being anyway. we should perhaps see if we can squeeze everything into one container to save on the shipping costs. that being said, i am lately leaning more towards building a stitch and glue version myself. like dennis cox is doing. not sure if i have the time or patience or even space to do so though. i am also not in a particularly huge hurry to get a harryproa, as my brand new Weta is providing some high quality entertainment. and as proas are a fairly new concept to me, it is also taking me quite some time to completely figure out exactly what i want. ben arthur ithaca, new york weta #358, "gray matter" > I have considered it briefly, but I need something bigger, because I am both > a porker and old and lazy, so my minimum level of comfort is higher than > yours. Plus, the shipping costs are prohibitive, for a low cost boat, I > think. > > I think you will need to find a more local buyer. I wish you good luck.