Sydney to Hamilton

From: Port Hacking	To: Coffs Harbour	Date: 22/ 7/ 6
Tide at start: N/A	Log at start: 9206	Engine hours at start: 1189
Tide at finish: High N/A	Log at finish: 9496	Engine hours at finish: 1229
GPS distance for route: 260	Days Run: 290 Time taken: 40 hrs	Days run on engine: 40 (167 litres)
Weather forecast: 10-15 E NE Seas 2 metres

Saturday 21/7/06 departure 2.40 am

6.30am Reported in to Coastal patrol Sydney…off Bangallee head. Rain squalls during the morning and very cold BRRRRR !!!!! Now John’s driving from in the saloon…it’s warm in here (20 inside probably<7 outside) We’re on autopilot…this is why I call L’attitude “Cappuccino sailing” !!!

The Auto helm system is telling us that we will arrive in Coffs Harbour in 1 day and 7 hrs if we can keep up our current 7 knots. That will mean Coffs by early afternoon Sunday but it’s early days yet.
Saturday 7.15 am logged onto Coastal patrol Barrenjoey…passed us onto Gosford.
As shown on the initial log, day 1 was a mixed bag with winds settling onto the nose and rain squalls. However at sunset we were at Port Stephens and were able to enjoy a very pleasant sunset (videos to follow in the future!)
Margaret and Port Stephens at sunset

Sunday 22/ 7/ 6 With the sun down, life became a bit harder with continuing rain squalls, a bit of traffic, generally not in our way, but the combination of 15 – 20 knots on the nose and some southerly current meant that our speed was often down to 6 knots rather than our target of 7. John B drove the boat hard and conditions onboard were not the best. John B & Margaret took the initial watch with the aim of getting to Seal Rocks. I slept till midnight and picked up the night shift till 3am & John took over from then till morning. Luckily we were able to do most of the driving from inside watching for traffic using the radar. John realized during the night that the extra motor revs necessary to keep our speed had meant that our fuel reserves were getting low so we made for Port Macquarie.


7am 22/7 and we rode the Port Macquarie bar…what and experience !!! You would not attempt it if you hadn’t been there before…definitely not for the faint hearted. The approach from the South sees you in amongst what can only be described as surf !! Big waves breaking all around you. The trick is to try and not be overtaken by the larger breaking ones. We only took one over the stern and John ended up with wet feet and pants, it could have been a lot worse. 7.49 and we were alongside the fuel wharf but they didn’t open, we found out, until 8…however the guy was with us promptly at 8 and we were away again before 9, again facing the bar. Whilst in the port we heard the rescue boat telling someone they had the skipper of one boat, obviously a small fishing vessel, in the rescue boat so we assume that they had come to grief ! Luckily our trip out was uneventful but again we had waves breaking all around us.

	11am and we have just had a cuppa, John B’s had a well earned rest. The sun’s shining and we have a light nor’easter. The bad news is that between Crescent head and Hat head we are getting about 1.5 knots of current against us.

Thus we are back to 6 knots again…john is saying that if we maintain 7 we can be in Coffs by a respectable time this afternoon…we’ll see what happens

Midday Sunday 23^rd July

Lunch just south of Smoky Cape Sunday 23/7 Very Pleasant sailing conditions	With lunch over and we look back to Smoky Cape and the lighthouse

Sunday was excellent sailing conditions and we were able to make Coffs Harbour area by 6pm…almost on our original schedule. Coffs entrance is well defined after you sort out the town/airport lights from the harbour navigation. When you actually are at the entrance it’s reasonably easy 9especially if JB is doing it !!) Royal Volunteer Coastal patrol are very good at Coffs. They make marina arrangements by radio at sea and when we arrived the marina people came to the boat and delivered the shower/toilet key and fixed up the arrangements generally. L’attitude’s engine refused to shut down (better than not starting up !!) and JB ended up with his head in the engine bay fixing the problem. Whilst that was going on David Shaw and his wife Elda arrived unexpectedly. Apparently they are well known for turning up to meet John & Margaret, almost anywhere in the world. That prompted the red to start flowing and the 5 of us finally enjoyed a great dinner at the Coffs yacht club. The BBQ’d prawns with banana’s were magnificent as also was the lemon meringue pie.

From: Coffs Harbour	To: Southport (Horizon Shores)	Date: 24/ 7/ 6
Tide at start: N/A	Log at start: 9496	Engine hours at start: 1229
Tide at finish: High N/A	Log at finish: 9705	Engine hours at finish: 1274
GPS distance for route:160	Days Run: 209 Time taken: 27 hrs	Days run on engine: 27 (137 litres)
Weather forecast: 10-15 E NE Seas 2 metres

Monday 24^th July
L’attitude about to leave Coffs marina

After a great night’s sleep the boat started stirring about 7am and JB had us underway by 7.08am. the forecast suggests some SE winds. Our plan is to head to Yamba and maybe if we do well possibly continue thro overnight to Southport. The overnighter will keep us on schedule plus get us into sheltered waters whilst the predicted font passes thro from Tuesday PM.

Lunchtime Monday 24^th It’s been a quite but pleasant morning. The Sou' Easter hasn’t arrived and we have been motoring with the main up working sometimes but mainly keeping us very stable in what is a mill pond as the pictures show.

Solitary Island (that’s it’s name !) in very calm sea this morning

	Monday 24^th Lunch (soup) JB is still in his office watching over us The BOM announced this afternoon a STRONG wind warning for ALL of the NSW coast.. that’s correct, from Tweed heads thro to Gabo Island. We have been aware for almost a week now that gale force winds could be expected Tuesday PM and why this afternoon the BOM has finally seen fit to announce the warning it’s hard to know. JB wrestled with the problem whilst we moved up the coast and only when we reached Yamba bar finally decided that BOM’s announcement could not affect us up here did we continue on.

Typical view of coastline Monday 24th

	Thus we continued into another (as previously planned) overnight trip. Again John & Margaret took the first shifts up to midnight or so and JW did the dog watch thro to about 4 or 5am. During the night JB had to contend with some fierce squalls and we came down to a reefed main. By the time I came on we were just past Byron bay and apart from rain showers it was very easy motor sailing. L’attitude purred along at around 6 knots plus and JB picked up the watch in the early morning. After ‘squeezing” her thru the small gap off Cook’s island (and very nearly taking 2 of National parks & wildlife’s marker buoys with us) he had us at the Southport bar at 8am and back on his planned program of a week ago. Cooks island “gap” shown here.

Approaching Southport Bar	JB concentrating on the bar approach

This 36 hour day ended after a quiet afternoon in the marina and dinner at the “Jacob’s Well” (not creek JB !) pub. We were transported to & from the pub by their ‘booze bus’ !!


Very enjoyable meal…The pub had quite a few “aussie” characters including a guy who was trying to imitate “Saltbush Bill”…you may remember Bill, long curly, matted hair plus beard with well soiled hat, all (seemingly) unwashed plus of course he had a mate of similar appearance. I would have taken a photo but that might have changed the course of the evening !! Bye for now.

From: Jacobs Well	To: Mooloolaba	Date: 25 7/ 6
Tide at start: N/A	Log at start: 9705	Engine hours at start: 1274
Tide at finish: High N/A	Log at finish: 9792	Engine hours finish Mooloolaba): 1286
GPS distance for route:	Days Run: Time taken: hrs	Tank toped with 41 litres
Weather forecast:

July 25, 2006 The day commenced ashore with breakfast at the Horizons Shores marina Kiosk. >>>>> A leisurely start (about 9am) and we are on our way up the main channel heading for Scarborough/Redcliff. A light southerly and the whole trip is on smooth water, a pleasant change to the past few days !
	Staying in the correct channels all the way from Southport thro’ to Moreton bay is quite an art. You need to follow the local “UBD” (its actually Beacon to Beacon), very closely or you end up in a dead end or on the mud (we know!). The only ‘overhead obstruction’ for us was the transmission line that John said we would clear within about a metre, we did so without any drama.

The trip was all smooth motoring and very restful. The general traffic in this area are barges that access the many islands especially Moreton island. Moving further north we crossed the Brisbane sea lane entry and Brisbane city was clearly visible in the background… Lunch on board.

We arrived at Scarborough marina around 4pm and found a berth immediately adjacent to the Moreton bay boat club………. very comfortable (again).

Thursday 27th July, 2006 Up for an early morning walk and to try and get some pic’s at sunrise…. The eastern side of Scarborough is called Redcliff and when you visit it, especially in the early morning sun, it’s easy to see how it became Redcliff !

Next trip north to Mooloolaba. Virtually no wind but the sea was quite lumpy and right in our beam. Thus it was not very comfortable. The trip took us up and along the astern side of Bribie island. Generally we were only less than a mile off the beaches and it was interesting to see that shark nets had been laid over long stretches of the Bribie beaches. Also a prominent feature all day were the glasshouse mountains.

The day finished with some excitement as we just about to enter the Mooloolaba harbour (it isn’t a BAR !!). A “greeny” just like this one >>> attacked us and broke right over L’attitude. Apart from wetting JB (his second wetting this trip), we quickly realized we had the hatches open above the saloon as quite a many buckets of water went ‘down the hole’ ! Apart from that, the entry was a quiet affair even though we entered at the bottom of the low tide. However for this new guy on board, it was another character builder, as L’attitude moved towards the entry breakwater with a dozen or so surfboard riders enjoying the surf (above) right beside you !!!!!!!

We arrived just after 4PM in Mooloolaba and went straight to the fuel wharf and topped her up. Gypsy Moth had just arrived and they were drying out on the next wharf up. After some closer inspection of the old girl (she is really looking good these days) we were back to the yacht club marina (now privately owned and the yacht club closed !) We are told that the club sold the marina, it’s main source of revenue and then, funny thing, they went broke……………. We berthed alongside David Hammond’s “Reflections”, David arriving just in time to join us for dinner at the Wharf’s Hog’s Breath café.

Friday 28^th As the photo shows a wet & miserable day in Mooloolaba. “Reflections” needed a number of matters attended to before the trip north. She had arrived under tow having lost her motor due to dirty fuel. During the day, with considerable “push” & support from JB she was finally up and running again. Tomorrow’s plan is to leave about 3am and be at Wide Bay bar for a midday crossing……………should be interesting !

From: Mooloolaba	To: Burnett Heads	Date: 29/7/ 6
Tide at start: N/A	Log at start: 9792	Engine hours at start: 1286
Tide at finish: High N/A	Log at finish: 10002	Engine hours finish Burnett Heads:1313
GPS distance for route:	Legs Run: 210 kN	Tank toped with 100 litres
Weather forecast: SE 10-15k

Saturday 29^th As planned we arose at 5.30am and were underway by 6. Reflections followed us out. The harbour entrance was quite calm and it looked as if we were in for a great day. After only about 20 minutes Reflections radioed to advise that their motor was slowing. After some discussion it was clear that they needed to return to the facilities of Mooloolaba to find a permanent solution to the fuel problem and we parted company.

The run up was uneventful, but one highlight was the sunrise. It always seems great to welcome the sunrise and whilst the mornings are chilly with these early starts, everything seems easier as daylight makes it’s presence felt. The weather was ideal and the sea quite calm. This was in spite of the “doomsayers” on radio warning us regularly that the combination of seas, and wind were creating dangerous bar conditions along the coast.

We arrived at the infamous Wide Bay Bar about midday just after high tide to find boats going in & out and whilst we had breaking water around us the trip across the bar was uneventful. In fact JB was somewhat disappointed that he was unable to demonstrate his “hanging off the prop” technique to me during the crossing. Unfortunately my video camera has been playing up and we don’t have a recording of the crossing which was still quite spectacular for me.

We were able to easily and comfortably proceed into the Sandy straights and moored at Garry’s anchorage enjoying our first BBQ of the trip. JB had some work to do on the BBQ gas supply after he found one of the fittings had blocked. The delay just seemed to make our steak even more enjoyable. We found that Garry’s was quite busy as a large fishing group were camping in there. Whilst they didn’t worry us there activities were such that there was an almost constant steam of tinnies moving in & out of the beach area. John & Margaret went ashore in the dinghy and enjoyed a walk

Sunday 30th and we are heading Maryborough. Left Garry’s at 8am to catch the tidal flow and enjoyed a very pleasant motor up to River Heads the entrance to the Mary River. The Fraser Island ferry’s were active around us and fisherman were out enjoying Sunday morning in the river estuary. The trip up to Maryborough was a breeze with plenty of buoyage and apart from a couple of spots adequate water below us. On arrival at Maryborough it was clear that the small harbour was busy this morning. It soon became apparent that they were holding a “save the Mary River” protest. Apparently the Beattie government has planned a dam on the Mary, the alternative being a desalination plant. We didn’t find out what the protestors saw as a solution but it was very clear they didn’t want the dam.

As it turned out, the last Sunday in each month is the town’s regular get together /market day. Unfortunately they were all packing up when we did our walk around. The band appeared to have played and they had a 5” gauge railway also in the magnificent Green Park on the river’s edge. They also run the old steam train, the Mary Anne a replica of the 1824 steamer that provided the horsepower (all 8 of them!!) that allowed the timber industry to thrive out of Maryborough and later on Fraser Island.

The old port of Maryborough, we read, was Queensland’s first and many immigrants to Queensland landed here. It bred a fairly substantial engineering support and manufacturing industry that still thrives today. Many of the river harbourside buildings have been refurbished and the whole area is now a very attractive tourist area. JB moored L’attitude in the stream (the marina was fully occupied), and we enjoyed a great lunch at the local marina café (including caramel malted milkshakes!) and after a walk we set off back down the river, hoping to catch the tidal flow and to reach Big Woody island for the night.

One of the boat owners in the marina (a yank), said we may have trouble getting out of the river as it does have some tight spots…..and he was correct. Just at dusk L’attitude went aground at Horseshoe bank. It was obvious that if we persisted we were going to be laying over until the next tide. As it was virtually low tide at that time, we found a bit of water just upstream and anchored for dinner. Margaret brought out the hors’dourve’s and JB the red, and we enjoyed the spot finishing up with bacon & eggs and for sweets a mud cake. By then the tide had risen almost a metre and apart from a few light touches, L’attitude was able to easily proceed out of the river. JB’s chart plotter made night navigation a breeze again) and we confidently made our way into the anchorage just off Big Woody’s south point and went to bed about 10.30 after motoring some 76 miles in the day.

Monday 31^st.

Up early and out into the main channel at 6am, watching a brilliant sunrise over Fraser Island. Our plan is to arrive at Bundaberg by lunchtime. It’s a major stop there tonight to get the larder restocked, do some washing and fix the toilet. The tank’s full light has been showing since we left Sydney. With the weather looking brilliant for island hopping we could be out at sea for at least a couple of days and all onboard systems, especially that one, will be vital.

At about 10am we set the gennaker and shut down the motor for the first time this trip. With about 10 knots on the beam we managed to get up to 6.5 knots but the wind slowly eased and we found ourselves motoring again about ¾ hour later.

It’s now 11am and we are about 10 n miles off Bundaberg with an ETA of about 1pm…i.e. for lunch.

From: Burnett Heads	To: Rosslyn Bay	Date: 01/08/2006
Tide at start: N/A	Log at start: 10002	Engine hours at start: 1313
Tide at finish: High N/A	Log at finish: 10185	Engine hours finish Rosslyn Bay: 1338
GPS distance for route:	Legs Run:	Tank toped with 95 litres
Weather forecast: SE 10-15k


Tuesday 1st August, 2006
JW had a bad night with a recurring medical problem and decided it would be best not to be caught at sea with a recurrence. JW has returned to Sydney and we will pick him up again at McKay on the 12th. Had a dream run to Lady Musgrave arriving around 3pm after changing course just before the Island to avoid a large pod of whales travelling north. The wind has remained at 15 knots all day and the conditions in the Cay are perfect.
We anchored as close as we could to the Island with14 other yachts and two power boats and set off in the dingy to visit the Island once again. It is an amazing Island supporting a lot of life from vegetation to birds and turtles. The north side (facing the Fairfax group) was just beautiful. Out of the wind, white sand and flat water over the reef.
The evening was magnificent having our nibblies and drinks watching the sunset over Queensland form the sea. Margaret excelled herself with dinner and we settled down to a good calm night on the reef. The picture (alongside) is the sunrise the following morning. We haven't far to go today. It's just 25 nautical miles to Fitzroy Cay so we will make a leisurely start after breakfast? The forecast again looks good with seas under 1 metre and 15k winds.

Wednesday 2nd August, 2006
Moved from Lady Musgrave to Fitzroy Reef after a leisurely start. Most of the yachts seemed to be heading towards Bustard Head, and we quickly became aware we were again on our own. Other than a small fishing boat outside the reef we had the cay to ourselves. Fitzroy Cay is larger than Lady Musgrave and in many ways nicer. It is about 2.5 miles in diameter with a fringing reef of about 300 - 500 metres wide. The conditions inside were very calm with plenty of room to anchor into sand at about 9 metres of depth.
We launched the dingy and spent the after noon exploring the Cay and viewing the coral behind the around the fringe. A very pleasant way to spend the afternoon. Of course we had another magnificent sunset and observed all the formalities required at such occasions.
Thursday 3rd August, 2006 At sunset one other power boat anchored for the night and sometime during the night the small fishing boat came in for shelter.	The following morning we had a glass out and watched the sun rise with a perfect mirror image in the lagoon.
	The rough plan is to sail via Heron Island to Yellow patch for the night (or Cape Capricorn if we can't get in) and then on to Great Keppel Island. The conditions on leaving were very flat seas and a very light SE wind. This continued to Heron Island (Opposite) before we had enough wind to hoist the mainsail.
We arrived at Cape Capricorn on schedule but the wind had changed from a light SE to a light NE which meant we would be anchoring on a lee shore. The forecast was ok and the wind may have died on dusk, however, there is now a forecast for strong S to SE winds reaching 30k over the next few days so rather than be caught at Yellow Patch were we would only be able to leave on the tide we decided to continue on to Rosslyn Bay. The computer has died and the break here for the big winds to go through will also give us a chance to return home for a couple of days to tidy up some loose ends and hopefully get the computer going again. We managed to book a berth at Keppel Bay Marina and I can use the internet there to get my e-mails etc.
The forecast is for big winds and rising seas through to next Wednesday - So we are booked to return to Sydney on Saturday and will return next Tuesday for the run to McKay. John W has e-mailed and recovered ok after some sleep at Bundaberg airport. He and Rosemary will join us on the 12th at McKay for the final leg to Hamilton Island.	Rosslyn Bay Marina

Graham Bach heard our call to the Marina and was dockside to take our lines when we arrived just after dark. Had drinks and niblies aboard Tangaroa that evening. This Marina is one of the better ones with very good facilities and a must to have breakfast in the gardens outside the office. The bus runs to Yeppoon regularly so after a cleanup we spend the afternoon in town. The planes are booked using frequent flier points and a bus leave for the airport to-morrow (Saturday).

From: Rosslyn Bay	To: McKay	Date:
Tide at start: N/A	Log at start: 10185	Engine hours at start: 1338
Tide at finish: High N/A	Log at finish:	Engine hours finish McKay:
GPS distance for route:	Legs Run:	Tank toped with xx litres
Weather forecast: SE 10-15k

	Wednesday 9th August, 2006	Keppel Bay Marina to Pearl Bay

	Arrived back from a short break in Sydney and let the strong winds move through in our absence. Keppel Bay marina is one of the good ones and has very pleasant facilities for breakfast and lunch. Had an excellent dinner at the restaurant on our return.	ground (Right bottom instrument) it is saying we are doing 8.5 knots over the ground. Here we are somewhere below Port Clinton with full main and a poled jib. If you could read our speed over

The yachts at Pearl bay (9 plus one power boat)

	Nice protected beach beach for a stroll and a catch up with other travellers. Greta a Norwegian and I exchanged the usual female things recipes, children and of course men she had the advantage over me she had been married twice and her new man looked to me a bit of a toy boy, how did she do it she was my age and not your long legged Norwegian blonde beauty.	The end to another perfect day. Tomorrow we will head for the Duke Isles. A perfect anchorage no movement to speak of and I slept really well dreaming of Norway and it's amazing women.

	Thursday 10th August, 2006	Pearl Bay to Hunter Island
Left Pearl Bay around 7am and had a good sail in flat seas with a following wind around 15 knots. Our speed over the ground was good while the tide was rising , but the last two hours were on a falling tide and we had to overcome a 3 knot current. We arrived at Hunter Island around 2pm and found a cat and a power boat already moored. Latter we were joined by two more yachts that were with us at Pearl Bay.

	Landing on hunter to do a bit of exploring.	Having a rest on the beach at Hunter Island

	From the top of Hunter looking back at Marble Island with the Percy's just visible in the background (left)	Tracks in the sand? It looks perfect but did you notice me (the Mistress) gingerly picking my way through limps of coral and some disgustingly huge slimy sea slugs to reach this stretch of pristine sand traversed by the evocative footprints of some romantic wanders in search of who knows what!!!
	Friday 11th August, 2006	Hunter Island to Digby Island

	Doesn't this look beautiful? It is except for a howling gale of 20 knots which cannot be photographed.	My Capitan in whom I have infinite trust on Digby Is. A beautiful spot. He keeps whisking me away to these incredible places and we have this one to ourselves. Our own tropical island what more can a girl ask for.

	Digby again with our good vessel L'attitude in the background and John in deep contemplation on the beach figuring how the fix the toilet and the computer.	What I am doing here I cannot say but I look very matronly oh well .
		Another sunset, over Digby this time. O goody another sunset drink.
	Saturday 12th August, 2006	Digby Island to McKay
The night at Digby wasn't so good. The swell marched in around all the Islands and and combined right where we were, which resulted in a very rolly night. By 4am we had had enough and got ready for the next leg to McKay. This was a fast run with a bat-winged jib in about a 15-20 knot wind with scattered shows. We arrived about 11am had lunch at the lighthouse fish shop then Marg did the food buying at McKay while I cleared a toilet blockage and cleaned up. Had drinks and dinner at the yacht club and spoke to Kev and Jeni at Bowen about to head of for Cape Upstart, and the Dave and Dot who were at Pancake Creek.
	JW (and Rosemary !) travelled up to Mackay and now on board...we stayed at the marina Hotel.. John & Margaret had a couple of bad nights at sea so by the time we arrived they had gone to bed.	The trip up was somewhat eventful with a lost jacket (Ro's) and the trauma's of JetStar's "free choice" seating on the 2nd leg ....thank goodness they will introduce seat selection in October
	Sunday 13th August, 2006	McKay to Goldsmith Island
	We made contact AM and enjoyed breakfast together in the Latitude 21 (different spelling but close) restaurant in the hotel...a great start to the day...a few details to sort out (gas bottle top up and bar restock) and we were underway.....
	Mackay marina and it's very pleasant walkway and Leaving Mackay behind......
	A pleasant sail past Brampton and thro' the passage between Linne island and Goldsmith. After a visit to the island we settled for the night and enjoyed one of Margaret & John B's excellent onboard BBQ's.
	Of course the dinner was supported with some great red wine and towards the end of the evening JB, in doing his skipper's "rounds" announced that the moon was out and also it was showing that a local homestead had a windmill !!...That announcement was followed by a detailed viewing by the WHOLE crew after which it was finally determined that what he was looking at was the yacht next to us thro his red wine affected eyes !!...see late night and next morning pic's >>>>	Moon ship !!
	Following the Moon ship encounter we all enjoyed a good night's sleep but it was accompanied by a slight roll from time to time with the bullets hitting L'attitude.	Sunset at Goldsmith
	Monday 14th August, 2006	Goldsmith to Shaw Island via Thomas Island
	A leisurely rising and after breakfast we left at around 9am. Today we only plan to make a morning visit to Thomas island and after that move to Princess Alexandra's Bay a total of less than 25 nmiles.	Leaving Goldsmith
	Thomas island...arrived around 11am and immediately headed for shore. Did the usual beach investigation in great weather, just not warm enough for a swim yet ....	Views around Thomas
	Shaw Island and Alexandra's bay...Apparently the bay was the scene for a picnic by the Princess when the Royal's visited the area in times past. We had planned to stay in the area overnight but after a visit after lunch and some excellent views of the islands to the north JB decided that it would be much wiser to move over to neck bay off Shaw island which we did and enjoyed "nibbles'" watching the sunset. Whilst on Alexandra's beach Margaret found herself under attack by green ants which hastened our departure somewhat.. JB also found the picnic table under a large tree which he had confidently predicted we would find on Goldsmith island. In years gone by, that table provided a great place for bacon & egg breakfasts....it looks as if breakfasts will have o be on Alexandra's beach in future.	The northern (pebbly) side of Alexandra's beach crew looking north The "breakfast table", Sunset over Lindeman and Pentecost Island
	Tuesday 15th August, 2006 Another leisurely start, off at around 9am. the 1st plan was Gulnare via Turtle bay but around Hamilton it was obviously a perfect Whitehaven Day...so turn right and off to the "centre of paradise". On the way the Sou' Easter arrived and up with the Genniker...As the wind squared JB found the new setting for the Genniker see>>>>>(maybe should be called "flying a kite" mode) Arrived for an earlier lunch at Whitehaven along with about 2 dozen other boats of all sorts and of course hundreds of people...We went for a swim and a walk......magnificent experience for us all...again. ....and then off to Gulnare. There was a bit of a "hiccup" along the way that kept JB busy in the "bowels of the ship "for most of the afternoon trip. However he eventually "got above it" and took over the helm to take us into the difficult approach to Gulnare. Another pleasant evening's Wine and "nibble's" etc whilst JB produced his bread speciality. The "Last Supper" of this memorable Sydney to Hamilton trek was eclipsed by JB's bread plus Margaret's salads and of course JB's BBQ ...what a great finale'..... Gulnare was perfect also.......	Shaw Island to Gulnare Inlet via Whitehaven Beach Sunrise Neck bay, leaving Shaw Island, JB's new square Genniker setting...NB Ken !!! L'attitude at Whitehaven, the busy beach, and a monitor lizard More Whitehaven scenery plus the L'attitude swimmers "Nibble's and JB's bread" The final product and the "last Supper"
	Wednesday 16th August, 2006	Gulnare Inlet to Hamilton Island
	Perfect evening at Gulnare Up and on our way to race week !! Hamilton say wait till 11am as they are clearing the marina but we are going to try and get in for breakfast Arrived at around 9am and were given our berth ... So we are here !!! Breakfast at the bakery in perfect weather.. Final note from JW...many thanks to JB and Margaret, I have had one of the greatest sailing experiences of my life...and Rosemary has also enjoyed this past few days in "Paradise" ...and to finish it off yesterday in the Centre of Paradise, on a perfect day, was just the "icing on the cake" for the 2 of us...Thanks again....	Gulnare North & South views this morning We're here !!!!!

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