HGFA Skysailor Magazine

34 SKY SAILOR May | June 2019 He struggled to land at Lorne as the wind had hit the beach with 25kt. Then, 10 to 15 minutes later, James, Curtis and I turned and headed down the coast, not loosing any height as before, riding the cloud. Curtis and James were out to the south, in front and above the cloud, a kilometre and then some out to sea, and I stayed back over the orographic, still off the coast but not that far. I worried that they were too far out to sea, they thought I was too far back. After rounding Cape Patton, the cloud headed out off the coast, however, James leading out, said he spotted the point through the cloud where the golf course is at Apollo Bay. We all headed there and circled down to land at Wild Dog Creek. What a flight! I hadn't soared the orographic before, nor climbed out from Spion the way we did, and the views were spectacular! We then headed into town for fish and chips. A coastal run institution. Can't wait for the next ESE wind for another 78km trip to Apollo Bay! At the time of writing, James Wynd has 32 coastal runs under his belt and still finds new things about each new run. Bruce Atkinson over Lorne point Left to right: Hughbert, James Wynd and Curtis Greenwood very happy at Apollo Bay  The Bells coastal run Photos: Hughbert Alexander