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.
Malacca
We have had communication from friends and family that I am being slack in my writing, truly not so, I write as often as possible, and then type it up. We then have to wait for suitable places to receive wi fi , NOT always near at hand! Next Stuart has to download suitable photos and go on-line. Yes it all sounds easy, but it is not I am afraid, and there is so much to do!
The last 2 days saw us in Malacca 80klms away, we shared a taxi with the " Sea Bunnie's" and found the old city fascinating. Stayed overnight in a wonderful old Chinese home converted to boutique hotel. Malacca has been fought over since the Chinese came in 1421, then the Portuguese
, the Dutch next, finally the Brits, and of course the Japs. Therefore sadly a spice port completely ruined, but worth a look on the net to read all about it.
