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.
Sad News
The lung specialist looked at his XRay and sent him to the Queen Elizabeth II hospital, the local hospital, where he is the Head of Respiratory Department.
To cut it short he had a pleural effusion in his right lung cavity (not in the lung). This meant that they then drained 2.2 litres of fluid through a tube in his back. The doctor then did a pleuroscopy (camera down the tube) and he diagnosed TB of which he has wide experience.
Yesterday, however just having come back to TP after release from hospital, the doctor phoned very, very sorry but the initial culture results showed no TB but cancer and we should arrange to return to Australia ASAP before the cavity filled with fluid again preventing air travel.
Therefore, our friends around us in the marina have rallied round to help us pack up the boat to leave here.
We are booked on a flight on Monday 27th to Brisbane after picking up final results and report.
