Gourmet ride to Hobart for sailors

Luxury ... Crew members on Charlie's Dream are dubbed the 'gourmet sailors.' Source: Mark Evans / News Limited

Seasickness and a drenching isn't the lot of every Sydney to Hobart sailor.

On board Charlie's Dream, they're serving up a gourmet menu and enjoying a hot shower each morning.

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The catch? The cruising yacht has been running last for most of the race.

By Thursday afternoon, skipper Peter Lewis and his crew caught the 1932-built Maluka of Kermandie east of Batemans Bay to move up one place to 75th in the race for line honours.

Lunch had obviously served the Queenslanders well.

"We've got smoked chicken, prosciutto, we've got Stilton blue cheese, King Island double brie, some ordinary tasty cheddar, tomatoes, pickled onion, jalapenos, olives,'' Lewis told reporters by satellite phone.

"Because the conditions are reasonably calm at the moment we'll make the most of the opportunity to have a glass of chardonnay with all this.''

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That could be as wet as Lewis' crew gets, if you don't count the shower.

There were some green faces on night one, Lewis said, but the 13.7-metre Bluewater 450 built in 2008 is now doing what it did best.

"We're built for comfort rather than speed,'' Lewis said.

"I had a hot shower this morning. There's not many boats where crew can have a shower when they feel like it.

"We had bacon, egg and beans this morning.''

Lewis said the crew's main goal, an adventure with mates, had already been achieved.

But he was deadly serious about the aim now - to cut a swathe through the back end of the field.

"As you get to Tasman Island ... all of a sudden you've got sails in front of you, sails behind you,'' he said.

"Instead of feeling tired the adrenaline kicks in and you've got another race.

"We've obviously got two or three yachts that are at the tail end of the fleet ... and we've certainly got a couple of those we'd like to pip to the post.''

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