We played at Southport GC on Monday and Carole came out victorious with a one point win 29 points to 28 points putting her one point ahead. Mike Wesslink was the star of the day with 34 points.
It is now Tuesday and I checked with Cooinda regarding their progress North, at 8 am they had been sailing for 17hrs and were just off Port Stephens sailing into stiff northerlies and making slow progress, but still hoping to be in Southport by the weekend. We spent a leisurely day walking to Surfers Paradise in the morning and having lunch there. When we returned to the boat I decided to try a bit of fishing, but the weather was threatening and the fish didn't seem to like our NSW prawn bait. After about an hour we gave up and headed back to the boat before we got wet.
Today, it was another game of golf, with the Wesslinks, and to continue our competition. We played the Surfers Paradise course, a reciprocal club of Oatlands. It was Mike's turn for a win and defeating Carole 35 to 33 points, now gives him a one stroke lead. Our next game is at Southport on Friday, once again with the Wesslink's.
Today is Mike.W's birthday, so we celebrated with lunch back at the Yacht Club and further celebrations are planned for dinner at their apartment in Broadbeach tonight.
I checked with Cooinda this morning to see how they were progressing North and it seems they had a pretty wild night at sea, 30-35 knot southerlies and a big sea. They had sustained some damage to their mainsail and were heading for Coffs Harbour for repairs.
Looks like they may now not get to Southport before we leave on Saturday, so will plan to meet up in Mooloolaba.
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