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Small Boats in the Strait
Ron decided to avoid the local police and set out from Apollo Bay. He worked out that police jurisdiction ended a little off shore so he organised for a local fisherman tow the boat a few miles out and them he jumped aboard. He set off in a nice Northerly breeze with friends on a yacht following him for safety. The trip went smoothly to start with, heading for Grassy on King Island, then the breeze turned SW & increased.