We finally left Fremantle on 12th May, Mothers day & whilst we feel we have cut the ropes that held us in the pen the umbilical cord that attaches us to our home, family & friends in Freo is being stretched to the limit. No doubt it will finally snap when we settle into cruising life & get used to the idea of leaving you all behind!Ben, Kate & Royce followed for a while on 'Kwila' which was lovely, I think Ben wanted to make sure we headed North finally.
Don't get too excited though as we only sailed or should I say motored as far as Hillarys Yacht Club a short 15nm up the coast where we tied up & promptly went to the bar for a drink. As you can see from the photos & the fact that the wind generator is not turning there was no wind when we left, but still quite a swell left over from last weeks front that came through. Friends sailing further up the coast report very large swells still, strong easterlies & uncomfortable seas so we are happy to take it slowly & wait for the right weather. We are in company of Chrissie & Phil on Basanti & so we have someone to discuss weather & route plan & of course share happy hour with..jpg)
Tomorrow we leave for Two Rocks a whopping 25nm sail !
Look forward to more blogs, take care of yourselves, steve and jane
ReplyDeleteThat's not sailing this looks like a Pub Crawl up the coast you two....Cooking Cakes and drinking Beer suppose every day is Sunday now too....
ReplyDeleteHi. Yaaaa. At last. We are now at coral bay. You guys have a wonderful sail to Cocas island.Keep safe and fair winds and catch ya at Christmas in Langkawi. We will keep track of yu by yr blog and yu our blog. Cheers. Jan and mick.
ReplyDeleteYay, you got away OK. Glad to see it...Glor and I were in Bali on Mother's Day, the start of a pretty lazy week really. I used to roar around doing any activity I could afford when on distant shores, but now the pool and a book seems like a darned good idea....hope you've dealt with the seasickness Jean. That sucks. Enjoy...Shona
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