Departing Runaway Bay Marina early 25/11 and heading south to take advantage of a favorable weather window.
On arrival at the marina here we were pleasantly surprised to see Erin and Leon waving us into a good berth. This was a remarkable feat when you consider we were at sea off Morton Light at 8AM when I rang to inform them that we were breaking the trip and entering the Gold Coast. They were on the next plane out of Sydney and arrived at the marina in time to give our details to the marina office and still beat us by 10 minutes. It was great to catch up with our old friends Harry and Sue and we look forward to their Sydney visit in the new year. We were also surprised to see our old mate Niel Clarke who called in to have a yarn and spent some time with us at a local restaurant. Erin and Leon went out of their way to make sure we had a happy time and were, as usual, excellent hosts putting on a superb barbecue at their Allisee apartment.
Sadly our old mate Roger decided he had had enough of the good life and left for home in Tasmania a few days ago. His dry humor and navigational expertise will be sadly missed however we are sure on this part of the trip it will be necessary to rescue those lost and confused Swedish female sailors and take them on board to safety.
Love to all,
Jack.
BTW - When I get back I will tell everyone the real facts about our stabilizers, be careful not to listen to any rumors.
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