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.
The Emerald Cave
This morning is beautiful again, so up anchor at 8.00 am just around to the Emerald Cave. We picked up a tour boat mooring and swam towards a black hole in the rock face. On approach I did not think I could make it into this pitch black hole. A tour boat arrived and I finally found the courage to follow the torches inside. We swam 80 metres in pitch black before we saw light; then, oh fantastic - right in the middle was a gorgeous calm lagoon with trees and birds and a lovely beach. The water is truly emerald green, crystal clear. After swimming back to the boat, we dinghied round to another isolated cove and swam and lazed, watching the eagles soar on the thermals.
11.30 am saw us underway to Koh Rok Nok, 15 miles further out. At 3.15 pm picked up mooring just near the reef. This is yet another stunning spot, turquoise water this time. We are anchored between teh two islands.
