What a great day today, weather brilliant with a clear blue sky, sunny and warm with a 15 knot SE trade breeze. Departed the marina mid morning and sailed around North Molle Island out into Whitsunday passage. Hard on the wind, GD was performing very well, and the sailing exhilarating. Just when I was thinking ‘it doesn’t get much better than this’, along came HMAS Success and then HMAS Newcastle, the former quite close and changing course to pass across our stern and charging around at 15 knots. Arrived at the entrance to Nara inlet quickly, and travelled up to the head of the inlet and anchored in the quiet peaceful waters at the end. 15 memorable miles sailed, the anchorage lovely, and dinner of gnocchi parmigiana. A good day.
Helen at the helm departing the marina, and HMAS Success passing close by
Sounds like a great day out - but where are the pics of the mighty warship 06?
ReplyDeleteAnd 15kts isnt charging - well maybe it is for that fat battle tanker, but not for a sleek greyhound like a Frigate!
John and Helen it is great to see you getting all the great weather up north as there is frost on the ground down here in Melbourne and the only thing keeping us warm is checking your blog-site daily.
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Hi guys, hope you get rid of the colds before I get there! I have had problems posting comments but Steve has sorted it for me! See you Saturday.
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