Saturday 17th October 2015
First priority once all tied up and settled in on our marina berth was to have some breakfast. Carole whipped up and omelette which really hit the spot for a hungry and tired crew.
Before having a shower, I decided to get all of the dirty jobs out of the way. As I was putting the mainsail away, I noticed we had broken one of the sail slides. I was not surprised as the seas were pretty sloppy before we decided to get the main down, and the sail was catching gusts after riding down a wave with a big pressure surge. I went to the chandlery and bought some more spares.
I sewed on my last spare and with Mike's help, reinserted the new slide in the mast. It was then off to get diesel. We only used 45 litres for the total trip as a lot of the time we were running low revs when motor sailing. The sail drive gear oil is still leaking, and I had to top it up this morning, so will have to nurse it down the coast tomorrow, and get our diesel man look at it when we are back at Bayview.
The marina office does not open till 9 am, so we couldn't get access keys to the amenities etc until about 9.30 am. Getting back into NSW time zone created a bit of confusion.
Steve is staying in Coffs Harbour, and Rod and Bob were off to catch planes, so Mike, Carole and I went up to the yacht club for lunch, after we had showers etc. We saw Steve on our way back from lunch and bid our farewells. He and Kim will be staying out at Nana Glen with their daughter and family.
We had a restful afternoon, getting a few hours sleep, then walked up to the IGA to get some fresh food for the trip home tomorrow. Whilst near the shopping area we walked along the row of restaurants there and made a booking for dinner at a Thai and Vietnamese restaurant.
We met Mike at the restaurant at 7.15pm, after he had been to Mass. The food was good and it was very busy. It was then back to the boat for an early night ready for our 6 am start tomorrow.
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