http://www.sailblogs.com/member/diomedea Copyright 2008 SailBlogs.com Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:27:57 -0600 720 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:27:57 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en support@sailblogs.com support@sailblogs.com http://www.sailblogs.com/images/sb_rss_icon.gif http://www.sailblogs.com/ 88 31 Weblogs for Sailors and Sailing http://www.sailblogs.com/member/diomedea?xjMsgID=71648 Diomedea has completed her refit at RPAYC and so it became time to return to Sydney harbour. We had a nice sail down from Barrenjoey to the harbour on Sunday, a 15 knot nor'easter speeding us along. I had mentioned to Andrea that there would be no welcoming committee to greet us on our triumphal return. How wrong I was. About 200metres off North Head, two very large mammals cavorted just next to Diomedea to give us a very special homecoming celebration. The humpbacks blew, splashed and tail slapped before sounding to re-emerge in our wake. David Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:27:57 -0600 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/diomedea?xjMsgID=71648 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/diomedea?xjMsgID=71140 It has taken a little time. In fact, Andrea has lived in Australia since 1982 but she is only now a newly minted Australian citizen. She passed the Australian citizenship test with flying colours, having travelled to Melbourne to sit the exam. Last week the actual ceremony was conducted by Mayor Dom Lopez of Mosman. All that remains is to obtain the passport. David and Andrea Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:37:01 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/diomedea?xjMsgID=71140 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/diomedea?xjMsgID=70582 The following were used 0-1 times, thus meeting the criteria of being useless: David Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:52:03 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/diomedea?xjMsgID=70582