We’re joining the CCCA for their Jacaranda Cruise to Grafton via Yamba/Iluka. The weather has been pretty ordinary the last few days (weeks), but we were hoping to make a start today. We arrived at the boat last night and originally were expecting to make an early start. Except that the rigger hadn’t quite finished his job, we had left a bag full of groceries behind at home and that weather was still looking pretty ordinary. To make a long story short, I (Marius) picked up the groceries at 6 am (thanks Craig) after having the Volvo’s picture taken by a speed camera. The rigger finished at 9.00 am and we finally departed at 11.00 with a faint hope to get to Lake Macquarie.
Putting a couple of reefs in the sail in preparation for the solid westerly proved less than spectacular and we decide to divert to Coaster Retreat for lunch and re-grouping. That was a good move. We sorted out the sail, generally relaxed and re-charged our batteries. And it turned out to be a very nice afternoon, looking out over Barrenjoey. We’re ready to go early in the morning and will head straight to Pt Stephens. Follow along
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