As forecast the strong winds blew in at around 3 am, at around 30 knots, it is nice to be sitting on a marina berth.
This morning, I had a bit of a look around at the boats on our marina arm before we got involved in heading out shopping. There are some old workhorses that take tourists out for a sail, and some very nice new super yachts here.
Condor isn't getting any younger
Concerto
This Oyster 725, "Spirit of Phantom", from London is very impressive
We have seen this boat at a few anchorages along the way. She has lots of space and stabilisers and always seemed to be the party boat.
It has been windy most of the day, and we decide to walk to Cannonvale (around 2km each way), to do some shopping at a supermarket (in this case Coles), and to top up on beer and wine. I towed my trusty folding trolley all of the way there in hope of finding some bargains.
The walk is very scenic and takes you along the waterfront for most of the way.
Looks like this boat didn't make it through the cyclone
Looking out at the anchored, or moored boats, in Pioneer Bay
Carole went off to Coles, whilst I investigated the BWS store to see if they had anything worth buying. As it turned out, they had a good range of products at reasonable prices after discount. We left happily with a good range of red wine, and 24 cans of beer.
Transporting our BWS purchases home
With the shopping out of the way, we went back to the boat to do a few chores and await the arrival of Koonya. They came in just after lunch and were allocated the super yacht berth next to us. They had a great sail in a strong SE breeze getting here in just under 4 hours. We have so much room, we could fit another boat in between us, and another forward of us on the same arm.
Mica and Koonya berthed at Abell Point Marina
Ruby also arrived about 15 minutes before them, but they have been berthed miles away. Soon after a big Hanse 545 called "12 Moons", flying a German flag arrived and tied up on Smithy's arm.
Mark's BBQ had finally arrived after being repaired, so during the afternoon we refitted it and this time it appears to work.
It seemed appropriate to have a BBQ for dinner, so we invited Smithy and Kim to join us, and Geoff and Jenny from Ruby came around for pre dinner drinks. The girls got a bit carried away with snacks to go with our drinks, which ended up being 2 pizzas, as well as the usual chips, dips etc. I think we had probably already had enough to eat, but we soldiered on and cooked our steaks on the newly fixed BBQ, and washed them down with some nice red wine.
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