On the sea again
Simanderal
Michael Hughes and Ger White
Wed 30 Mar 2011 08:32
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Simanderal has been doing very little over the last
3 months--moored up in Sydney while we trvelled back to Europe for 3 weeks and
New Zealand for 4 weeks--and of course enjoyed ourselves in Sydney too, in our
floating accomodation.
Indeed we had been away from the briny for so long
that it was quite a struggle getting up the energy to start moving again. But 3
days of solid rain last week reminded us that winter here is coming--and it's
time to move north--towards the tropics--before winter sets in. Just like
migrating birds.
So after some serious provisioning and with a full
freezer, on Sunday we cast off the lines and headed out through the Heads and
into that great ocean once more--the swell under the boat seemed immense and the
movement uncomfortable--though in reality I think we just need to get our
sea legs back again.
But first day out has to be a short shake-downer.
For us it was a 25 mile sail up to Pittwater, just north of Sydney--a lovely
area of forested sounds etc. And we stayed there for a couple of days--one of
which was to fix the minor problems the shake down exposed.
And today--Wednesday--we had a longer day sail--55
miles up to Newcastle. An early morning--sailing by 0700--and we arrived at the
new marina in Newcastle at 1700--nicely moored up just before a thunderstorm and
the heavens opening!! A wet end to a good sunny day!
Enough for now--Ger's cooking lamb chops for dinner
and they're nearly done!
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