02/29/2012, Mandurah
Sailed PJ to mandurah for antifouling. Had a quick motor sail from Port Bouvard reaching around 5.5 Knots. The trip took around 2.5 hours .Took 4 days(and some money) to paint her up, and over all she's in good condition. Sailed her back to Port Bouvard into a 14 knot head wind which took around 4 hrs clocking a nice 7 knots, even into a 2 metre swell. There where some other yachts around and one in particular was heading to the same port under reduced sail,for what reason i'm still not sure. This yacht followed us in and as we were entering our berth we heard an horrible metallic scraping noise from behind us. Seems the Yacht that had followed us in had hit a metal , "Keep Right" sign in the marina, twisting the pole to one side. Ouch, very embarressing I should imagine,especially in front of the entire marina. They docked at the Bouvard Restaurant. Not sure of the damage to their boat, but could of been an expensive meal lol
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Installed a new 16 inch LED 12volt TV and a multimedia player to play back movies etc in the main cabin.
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It costs very little to sail over distances. It is in fact far cheaper to live abroad and sail the world than it is to live some shitty 9-5 existence of routine and bills. Sailing a small sloop will probably cost less than the car you drive to work every day. Look into the life of sailing and you will see that anybody could do it. All you need is a free spirit and a desire for true unadulterated freedom.
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Weather has finally calmed down enough to go for a sail today. Seas are an interesting 4 m swell.
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Dolphins coming into the estuary to play and catch fish. They swim in a spiral showing off their white undersides and flopping around in the water. I caught this mother and calf in my backyard in the marina
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09/11/2011, Coastal
Fun race around Rottnest Island to Mandurah..Maybe see some whales,, fingers crossed.
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