Boat Broker & Long Walk
18 February 2019 | Pittwater Bay
Helen
Happy President's Day to everyone! If you're from Canada, Happy Family Day! We watched the movie, Clash of the Titans, but didn't get to watch the whole thing. I was falling asleep and we decided to head to bed after 10 pm. We woke up just after 7. Made up the bed in our cabin. Mark got our vitamins. He had cereal & banana while I had a protein shake for a change. The sun was shining and the big gusty breeze had calmed. There was condensation on our salon windows. The salon temperature was 77 degrees. Our deck was wet with dew. Hopefully, no more bird droppings today. We finished cleaning the boat and getting her ready for a visit from Marcus. Mark went to the yacht club dock and picked him up. We talked a lot of our cruising trip. Then gave him the tour. We still need to get the documents from the importation before we can move forward with listing our boat. It was noon before Mark took Marcus back to shore. Mark returned and we got ready to head to shore for lunch. I liked Beco's Cafe. We dinghied to the public dock and walked up the hill. Made a stop at the post office, next door to the restaurant. There were different people running the cafe today. I got them to tweak my order similar to last time. The two ladies at the table next to us asked about my meal as they didn't see it on the menu. They ended up ordering it too. Mine was very good. Mark had the egg and bacon roll with fries and a latte. Then we decided to head back to the dinghy to drop off a box we bought at the post office. It will be used to ship a few things back to Jax as we de-clutter the boat. Then we dinghied to the park. We passed by a small sailboat that went aground just off the channel as they were heading to a mooring ball at very low tide. There were only a few people there. Mark and I walked thru the empty children's play area. I was waiting for Mark to try out the zip line, but he said maybe on the way back. We both got on a modern looking see-saw. It worked well with the two of us. Mark used Google Maps to find a hardware store called Miter 10. We had a ½ mile walk to get there. They had a lot of very friendly staff. They helped Mark with his purchases. Then I asked about a grocery store in the area and was told it was only a couple of blocks away. It ended up being much further than that. There were two grocery stores in a small mall. We didn't buy much but my bag seemed to get heavier and heavier as we walked back to the park. By the time we arrived at the dinghy, I was exhausted. The wind picked up and there were choppy waves hitting us as motored into the wind back to our boat. Got back to the boat by 5:30 pm. Then Mark took the dinghy back to shore and picked up some material from Marcus. There was a group of about a dozen kids on paddle boards hand paddling around our boat and back to their canoe club. It was very interesting to watch. Mark arrived and I helped him hoist the dinghy. Then it was another well deserved sg&t time. The wind dropped so there was a steady breeze but not the high gusts as before. We were both worn out. It was the longest walk we have undertaken in a very long time. Mark identified a few more boat projects. We will be working on them tomorrow. Thanks for today's emails and messages. Great to hear from you!