Today the breeze has come in early and was already blowing at 20 knots from early morning, building to 30 knots by lunch time and continuing at that speed well into the night.
After a good nights sleep and a hearty breakfast, I headed off to the diesel pump with my jerry cans to refuel Mica. I estimate we used 50 litres of fuel from Camden Haven to Coffs Harbour because of the strong Southerly current.
After two visits to the fish co-op to get the fuel, the tank is full and the spare jerry cans are full. We also took the opportunity to fill water tank, and do some temporary repairs to the tears in the bimini, which has shifted about 75-100mm to port, bending the stainless stainless steel frame.
The Bimini will need some work when we get home
It was now close to lunch time, so we went up to the fish co;op and bought some small king prawns to have with some fresh bread rolls and a cool drink.
Prawns for Lunch
After lunch we went for a walk up to the Jetty shops, bought a few provisions at the IGA supermarket, made a booking for dinner at the Crying Tiger restaurant ( a recommendation from Mike Wesslink), and it was back to the boat to put our feet up and watch the Presidents Cup Golf on TV.
Flags at the yacht club show how strong the wind is
We headed off for dinner at 7.30 pm, had a great meal at the Crying Tiger (Thai food with a western twist), and had enough food left over to provide lunch for tomorrow.
It was still blowing at 30 knots when we went to bed.
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