Tuesday 30th 2017
We woke to the sound of Jet skis and the
wake of whale watching boats etc rushing out of Seaworld. Admittedly we were
not up till around 8 am, but it is one of the disadvantages of anchoring where
we did.
We marvelled at how we managed to get the anchor down it a spot that was relatively harmless in very little visibility, just before midnight.
Not too stressed, we had a nice cooked
breakfast and took our time to move over to our berth at Southport Yacht Club.
Conveniently, one of the gas bottles just tan out cooking breakfast, so we can
leave Southport with a second full bottle. The anchor came up pretty clean and
it is only about a 15 minute motor to the marina.
Fortunately, we have been given a great
berth, very easy to get into and equally easy to get out of when we finally
depart. The marina here is in the river and there are often strong currents
running through the marina, making some of the berths quite challenging in any
tidal movement.
Once all tied up, I went up to do the
paperwork and based on the forecast, we have booked in for 5 nights.
The boat in the berth next to us is a newly
arrived import from Greece. The new owner bought if from a charter operator
over there and is now trying to get it ready for cruising in Australia. We saw
new sails arrive today and tomorrow is apparently when the electrician will
arrive which could be more serious. The boat looks like it did a bit of work in
its charter career.
The morning is filled with the normal
chores after having been at anchor for several days. I topped up the diesel
from our spare jerry cans, filled the water tank and took the gas bottle off
for refill, whilst Carole attacked the laundry ( a fair task in itself). I
reprogrammed the charging systems for the batteries as we had an unexpected
dropout when sailing yesterday, hopefully the changes will sort that out.
We tidied up the boat, putting the sails
away and all covers in place and eventually set out for lunch at around 2.15pm,
in the direction of the Southport Surf Lifesaving Club.
On our walk to the club we noticed a catamaran not moored traditionally, just off the SYC marina
We have always been told catamarans are ideally suited to shallow water???
We had a lovely lunch with one of the best
views on the coast.
After a bit of a relax onboard this afternoon,
we decided to go to the yacht Club for dinner, as we hadn’t taken anything out
of the freezer to cook. We will get into a better routine when we are not so
tired.
It is very still here and 23 C at 9.30pm.
We keep hearing about the big cold spell coming, but it is a bit hard to
believe given the conditions here.
Looking towards Seaworld from the SYC Dining room
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