A day in port at Rosslyn Bay, we spent the morning giving the boat a good cleanup. Rod had removed his mainsail and was working hard on finally resolving his furling issue. When it was stripped down, it looked like tensioning up the stainless rod that holds the furling shaft in place may improve the clearance enough to alleviate the problem. We will only know when the sail is back on and it is tested in operating conditions.
Kathy and David are leaving us from here and have booked a flight home from Rockhampton on Thursday morning.
We then decided to have a look around the area in the afternoon, so hired a hire car for half a day and went for a drive. First we headed South to Emu Park, a coastal settlement we could see clearly from the sea on approach which turned out to be a sleepy little village, with not much going on. We had lunch at a coffee shop, and headed North, ending up at the Capricorn Resort north of Yeppoon. We had already booked a game of golf here for Wednesday and thought we would have a pre-game look. The resort is looking tired and did not appear to be overflowing with guests, but the golf courses ( 36 holes) looked excellent.
Then it was off to the metropolis of Yeppoon. We did the usual supermarket visit and drive around town to take in the sights. We were particularly impressed with the other 'boat harbour” right in town, however you need to pick the tides carefully.
Tonight we had a BBQ on Mica, joined by Rod & Lee.
Kathy has been the ships photographer since she has been on board and will be sadly missed. Here is the team checking her latest work.
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