Passion for Cruising
| Vessel Name: | Truest Passion |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Seawind 1160 Catamaran |
| Hailing Port: | Southport |
| Crew: | Stuart Simpson & Nanette Black |
18 May 2012 | Mooloolaba
Good News-Bad News
Hello to all our yachtie friends, it is so long again since I have posted a blog, but the moment has at last arrived that I can talk to you all.
02 November 2011 | Mooloolaba Marina
Home!!
The last lap, so we left Garry’s Anchorage at 5.50am to catch the incoming tide to cross the bar. No wind at all. We started down the “mad mile” towards the bar crossing – not for the faint hearted today, it was like a washing machine, however the largest wave we saw was about 3 metres. Finally [...]
30 October 2011 | Sandy Straits
Yankee Jack Creek
Off yet again at 5.45 am, I was almost sleepwalking as the skipper did his usual, go, go, now.........
29 October 2011 | Bundaberg
Nearly Home
We had a lovely quiet day in the creek, we even played cards and Scrabble, beaten again!!!
27 October 2011 | Pancake Creek
Dawn Start
Up at 4.30am [we must be mad]! To get to Pancake Creek before tomorrow, when a S Easter is forecast, means a very long haul today. We will pass Cape Capricorn at about 10am before sailing down the outside of Curtis Island and Gladstone etc.
26 October 2011 | Great Keppel Island
Another Ripper!!
Another day, this time up at 5am and underway at 5.40am. The water is like oil, not a breath of wind. The clouds are quite heavy at present, but it is very early yet.
Launched and Blessed!
The Buddhist Monk arrived on time, and at the same moment the travel lift arrived to pick us up so that the re built rudder could be inserted. In a way a pity as the Monk's chants could not be heard, especially by all our friends waiting below. It was however a quiet moment for reflection for Stuart and I before we were sprayed with the water as a blessing on us and all over TP. We had fruit and flowers as offerings plus the coloured scarves tied on the bow. The very loud firecrackers were the finale.
The rudder was now in and working and we were off to launch with us still on board, swaying as we went along. Today was a huge spring tide and water was well over the docks, but we were duly lowered, and as the new re built engine was not yet tested we were roped out of the dock into a nearby pen. It is now 1pm and no mechanics here yet, so we wait as patiently as possible. It is lucky that we foresaw this and have booked the pen overnight, this to be sure that all is OK before we set off. Maybe now the whole ordeal is over????
