Whilst in Coffs we made the best of sampling the famous Coffs Harbour king prawns and the fish co-op was full of lovely fresh ocean fish. We bought some albacore tuna for dinner and it was terrific, marinated and cooked on the BBQ.
We went for a number of walks and last night had dinner at a local Indian restaurant in the Jetty shopping precinct near the marina. The food was excellent.
After dinner we got back toi the boat just in time to catch the second half of the Australia vs Ireland rugby test on our boat TV . A cheap external digital TV antenna from Dick Smith and a bit of ingenuity in mounting it, gave us full reception of all main channels and quite a few other digital channels.
So back to setting out for Yamba. We set out from the marina at 8.20am, motored out into the harbour, put up the mainsail and headed out into the ocean with a 10 knot SSW wind assisting.
We had a terrific sail for about 6.5 hrs, but the wind stubbornly stayed SSW to South requiring us to gybe our way up the coast. The wind strengthened to 15+ knots, so we were often sailing at around 8 knots but forward progress was a problem as the more we gybed out to sea the stronger the southern flowing current became. At 3 pm we decided to start the engine and head along the most direct route, as we wanted to cross the bar into the Clarence before it got too dark.
We crossed the bar at 5.45pm about halfway through the incoming tide, motored around to Iluka and set our anchor in the dark. We are now enjoying a quiet little drink.
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