Hi All

Finally John and I have made the big break and are attempting to get out  of the rat race and go sailing. It was a good rat race though. Hopefully we are in the process of selling the business but at the moment still working from the boat. Fingers crossed.

Anyway, we headed through  Yamba bar  at first light Sunday 21st  May. We were intending on leaving at 3 am but the bar was rough with swell and breaking waves from a strong southerly that had been blowing for the past 5 days. We preferred to see what we were facing. The south wall was the best option so in company of Deb and Wayne on Nyeki we headed out. The bar turned out to be kind to us and we didnt have any trouble, hauled up the main and were off north at about 7 am.

We motor sailed most of the day as we still had a garden of barnacles on the keels, it will be good to get to Boatworks to have her bottom cleaned

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The wind changed direction in the afternoon so we dropped all sails and motored. Evening arrived as we neared the Gold Coast and the skyline gave us some glow as there was no moon. we enjoyed a very tasty beef and onion soup prepared before we left Yamba.

We arrived at the Seaway at 10pm , it was flat as a tack so easy to negotiate, a welcome relief from slopping around all day on opposite swells. Anchoring just north of the seaway off South Stradbroke John cracked a beer.

PS My website has been updated since 2015 and I am having trouble negotiating it so blogs may be a bit basic.