Britomart Reef. Sounds like the type of place you might pick up discounted electrical appliances, and cheap flat pack furniture. But no, this is a pristine reef, about 20 miles east of Hinchinbrook Island, and the place we would spend my birthday. Being at sea makes it difficult for stuff like receiving birthday cards, gifts […]
Month: September 2017
Beautiful Hinchinbrook and Zoe Bay
From Orpheus, we motor sailed the 15 miles north to Zoe Bay on the eastern coast of Hinchinbrook Island. I had wanted to try the Hinchinbrook Channel, but we now knew that we simply couldnt enter the Lucinda side of the channel, as it was too shallow. Everyone had said we should visit Zoe Bay, […]
Finding Gordon and other stories
After the exchange of lures and beers, we headed back to sea on a glorious sunshine day with a sea breeze starting to come in. By midday we were cracking on under heady and full main, reaching comfortably at 8 knots. We all settled into a comfortable spot to watch the blue, sparkling seas slip […]
Rain
Our last few days at the marina were busy. While Pete was learning how to dive, Fran, Choppa and I got ready for departure. This involved dog sitting Chewy, while Pilgrim was out sailing, going sailing with Pilgrim while Pete was diving, and visiting the bottle shop for supplies! We had some lovely evenings with […]
Reverting….
With the craziness of two race week regattas fading into the background, we have been taking time to settle back into a normal life aboard. Our dear friends and crew all headed back to Sydney over the course of a week and we had some great farewell breakfasts, lunches and dinners with them all. It […]
Welcome to Magnetic Island Health Retreat
On Wednesday, Paul took Pete and I over to the big city, Townsville, on the ferry. We left on the first ferry, and had a great morning at chandlers, Bunnings, Target (for sodastream gas!), Dan Murphys and finally Ottos. Ottos is a great providore, with lots of lovely cheese, smallgoods, fruit, veg, a butcher and […]
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