Jurien Bay is the answer. I would love to say that our first week “at sea” has been fantastic but for those of you that know what sailing the West Coast of Australia is like you will understand when I say we have had better times. It hasn´t been picture book sailing & as Chrissie on Basanti said “this was not in the brochure” Anyway we have made it as far as Jurien Bay & it looks like we will be here for a few days as a gale warning has been issued for the coast between Geraldton (our next stop) & Two Rocks (where we were). Yep, we are bang in the middle of it, so sitting firmly tied up until it passes.
We have had a few nice happy hours along the way & already had a visitor from FSC join us for dinner in Two Rocks. The sail from Two Rocks to Lancelin was not pleasant at all. One minute no wind, then wind with rain squalls, swell along with choppy sea making it quite an uncomfortable trip & even Jean was seasick, something that has never happened before. We anchored at Lancelin overnight in a very rolly anchorage & then set sail early the next day for Jurien. That was a pleasant sail for the first few hours but then the wind died and we motores the rest of the way.
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| Chrissie (Basanti) onboard TToo for Happy Hour |
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| Sunset drinks at Two Rocks Tavern with Chrissie & Phil |
We will make use of our few days here doing some boat chores, yes we do have them! and as you can see by the picture the first job was done today. So glad I brought along my little Elna sewing machine!
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