Sunday, 25 Jan 2009 | Views [749] | Comments [1]
Well, see opening comments, really. As I speak (11 30pm ish 1 December), we are anchored about 25 miles south west of Singapore, having a wee breather from the noise and inexorableness of the always efficient Perkins and will leave tomorrow morning to ... Read more >
Sunday, 25 Jan 2009 | Views [1202]
And so we motored all the way to Ashmore reef, arriving about 11pm on Friday. Now here was a surprise. There was a bloody great boat in the anchorage when we got there. And just as we had finished shuffling about In the dark looking for one of the moorings ... Read more >
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Sunday, 25 Jan 2009 | Views [558]
We sailed almost all the way to Darwin (this is significant as we basically haven’t had any wind since the day before we arrived there – that day was so calm we stopped the boat and the boys jumped in for a quick swim) and got in about 2am Monday 27 Oct.... Read more >
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Sunday, 25 Jan 2009 | Views [576]
Cape Melville, completely covered in boulders the size of cars as far as you can see. Bruce chucking a line over the side and snagging a 10kg Spanish mackerel about 3minutes later. Fish fish the family dish. Dinner, lunch, dinner again…it was jolly big, ... Read more >
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Sunday, 25 Jan 2009 | Views [1351] | Comments [1]
Left Clump Point and Nellie who came to see me off 28 Sept and arrived Cairns that night at about 8. We had 5 days in Cairns sorting last minute stuff as much as one can, and had a really pleasant time catching up with Ray and Christine who had moved ... Read more >
Sunday, 25 Jan 2009 | Views [360]
Crossed the equator at 8pm. Didn’t bust out silly hats and bubbles because forgot to pack them– Jack said oh for goodness sake it’s not like you didn’t know. Oops. Will have to do it next time or the time after that or the time after that. Quite a few ... Read more >
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