Saturday 6 September
Engine Hours 1076 Total Fuel 337 Litres Total Hours 286 hours
Did some maintaince first thing and noticed that my friends at Gladstone Marina Repairs had neglected to tighten up a hose clamp. Good one boys!!The battery that I spoke so wonderful ally about yesterday wasn’t maintaining the fridge in the morning. I’ll give it a good run today and see how it goes. Put the spare 20 litres in, small leak from the water filter, cleaned and put back, topped up the oil and water. Still a bit windy but I might run up to Cape Townshend. Just before I left the mating turtles popped up beside me still hard at it. Another glorious run , the seas quieted right down , the sun shone , the turtles popped their heads up to say hallo and the view was stunning . I just can’t believe how beautiful this coastline is, towering rocky headlands with huge clefts cut into them, large pine trees similar to our bunya pines and then through in little sandy beaches. Then there’s the islands, at one stage I counted 14 of them on the horizon. What a backdrop when the sun sets .Moored in Supply Bay, went ashore, big signs pointing out that it is a bombing range. For once, I was glad Pip wasnt6 with me as there was so many pretty shells and pebbles on the beach she would have collected enough to sink Holly. My solitude was broken with the arrival of a little yacht called Cleopatra ,and then a fishing boat with a couple of likely lads onboard .Teddy is a concreter from Emerald , a wild ten guitars kiwi from Wellington, a copy of Joe from the Sports Bar . His offsider Josh is a young fella, who comes from a professional fishing family at Stanage Bay. An invitation was issued to join them for drinks aboard their 30-foot fishing boat. I’ll leave the rest to your imagination, I managed to make it safely back to Holly with aching cheeks from laughing and a sore throat from singing.
Engine Hours 1076 Total Fuel 337 Litres Total Hours 286 hours
Did some maintaince first thing and noticed that my friends at Gladstone Marina Repairs had neglected to tighten up a hose clamp. Good one boys!!The battery that I spoke so wonderful ally about yesterday wasn’t maintaining the fridge in the morning. I’ll give it a good run today and see how it goes. Put the spare 20 litres in, small leak from the water filter, cleaned and put back, topped up the oil and water. Still a bit windy but I might run up to Cape Townshend. Just before I left the mating turtles popped up beside me still hard at it. Another glorious run , the seas quieted right down , the sun shone , the turtles popped their heads up to say hallo and the view was stunning . I just can’t believe how beautiful this coastline is, towering rocky headlands with huge clefts cut into them, large pine trees similar to our bunya pines and then through in little sandy beaches. Then there’s the islands, at one stage I counted 14 of them on the horizon. What a backdrop when the sun sets .Moored in Supply Bay, went ashore, big signs pointing out that it is a bombing range. For once, I was glad Pip wasnt6 with me as there was so many pretty shells and pebbles on the beach she would have collected enough to sink Holly. My solitude was broken with the arrival of a little yacht called Cleopatra ,and then a fishing boat with a couple of likely lads onboard .Teddy is a concreter from Emerald , a wild ten guitars kiwi from Wellington, a copy of Joe from the Sports Bar . His offsider Josh is a young fella, who comes from a professional fishing family at Stanage Bay. An invitation was issued to join them for drinks aboard their 30-foot fishing boat. I’ll leave the rest to your imagination, I managed to make it safely back to Holly with aching cheeks from laughing and a sore throat from singing.
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