Last Day in Laurieton

Monday 16^th October 2017

It is our final day in Laurieton, so we are getting our boats ready to leave in the morning. We only need a few basic provisions from the supermarket, so a quick visit ashore solves that.

There has been some chafing of the reefing line where is passes through the ring on the leech of the sail for the first reef, so I take the opportunity to raise the sail in the light morning breeze and remove the chafed portion by shortening the line, pulling it through and retying the new section to the boom.

Our last planned activity at Laurieton is to have some fresh seafood for lunch at the Laurietion Fisherman’s Co-op. As we go ashore, there are some local fishermen cleaning fish on the tables near the waterfront and they have quite an audience of hungry pelicans waiting for the spoils.

Waiting Patiently

There is a bit of a brawl when the carcase is thrown in the water

We met up with Rob and Marg at the jetty, armed with some chilled white wine, for a short walk to the co-op along the riverfront.

Fresh local oysters are available, so we shared 6 each whilst we considered the rest of the offering. To my amazement, they had coral trout on the menu, and I didn’t need to look any further. The best fish and chips I have had for a very long time.

Enjoying our seafood at the fish co-op

After a relaxing lunch, we went back to the jetty, agreed plans to leave at around 7am tomorrow morning, and both headed back to our boats to get dinghies back on board and preparations in place for departure tomorrow.

Run to Paradise has moved off the jetty, out to one of the courtesy moorings which had become available to make their escape in the morning a bit easier. Getting off the jetty on your own in an easterly can be challenging.