Day 6 – an idylic island … and Kate’s Birthday
Good evening All,
Overnight we kept anchor watches and Brett our industrious engineer fixed the heads (toilets) – yeah! We awoke to a glorious day and at our morning brief we sang happy birthday to Kate. Nanna’s sister Shaza (aka Brett) visited to help us clean. More work needed apparently! Boy’s cabins got a special mention. We had to repay Shaz the favour so we went to midships and sang a song (‘when I was one I sucked my thumb and ran away to sea’ … you get the drift). We also sung happy birthday to Kate. The Ship weighed anchor and we motored out of Port Stephens where we did rotational tacks – an opportunity to experience other positions in handling sails and doing deck work. We also saw dolphins and sang happy birthday to Kate. We anchored at Broughton Island at lunch time and went ashore for a swim and a walk. We enjoyed playing games and relaxing at this stunning sub-tropical island. Once back on board we did rope races and sang happy birthday to Kate. A delightful sunset with dinner watching the world, or at least six other boats, go by. It was the perfect back drop to sing happy birthday to Kate. We weighed anchor again and sailed from Broughton Island into a long, low southerly swell with the watches doing some navigation and sail handling. The moon lit night enabled us to serenade Kate with a happy birthday tune.
Until tomorrow when we again reach Broken Bay, take care.
Dave J
Voyage Captain
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A gorgeous day with a top temperature of 23 Degrees, a long low southerly swell and light southerly wind.
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