Today, 20th June, was an interesting one. Another lovely day with warm sun and mild breezes, we sailed mid-morning out into Whitsunday passage, stooged around for a while and finished up at the end of Nara inlet again; a favourite that never fails to please.
Before we left, a chartered catamaran, on the adjacent mooring departed right on low tide, but drove hard straight over the well-marked coral reef that was next to us, and went hard aground just next to the isolated danger mark. The two couples on board from Chicago were at a bit of a loss, so assisted them and they were on their way in 15 mins. Then later on arrival in Nara, I discovered why the bilge on GD was always full over the last two days: the port water tank had emptied itself into the bilge and I had been dutifully pumping it all out. Of course the starboard one was already empty, having been used first. Fortunately Nara has a lovely fresh waterfall at the end – see the post a couple of weeks back – so was able to fill some containers with lovely fresh water and make it all good.
The remainder of the afternoon was a play afternoon but only after fixing the tank problem, which was a silly one and our own fault, followed by the usual happy hour and gourmet hamburgers with the lot…!
Before we left, a chartered catamaran, on the adjacent mooring departed right on low tide, but drove hard straight over the well-marked coral reef that was next to us, and went hard aground just next to the isolated danger mark. The two couples on board from Chicago were at a bit of a loss, so assisted them and they were on their way in 15 mins. Then later on arrival in Nara, I discovered why the bilge on GD was always full over the last two days: the port water tank had emptied itself into the bilge and I had been dutifully pumping it all out. Of course the starboard one was already empty, having been used first. Fortunately Nara has a lovely fresh waterfall at the end – see the post a couple of weeks back – so was able to fill some containers with lovely fresh water and make it all good.
The remainder of the afternoon was a play afternoon but only after fixing the tank problem, which was a silly one and our own fault, followed by the usual happy hour and gourmet hamburgers with the lot…!
These pictures show breakfast BLT's in the cockpit after departure, yet another remote beach to explore, and a snap taken by H whilst underway.
It all looks rather dreadful - glad I'm still down here. Did I mention the max temp today was below the min where you are? I guess its saving on sunscreen costs!
ReplyDeleteSilly tourists......Seriously. They didn't notice the damn big isolated danger mark and wonder, "ooooh I wonder what that damn big pole with the black ball is marking way out here in the ocean. Its hardly naturally occurring!"
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