Ah the best laid plans of mice and men.....Back in October we had such high hopes of a great sailing season on our little
Solar Mist. Now the Canberra house is sold (under contract) and this is our last sail before we put
Solar Mist into moth balls for awhile, being stored at our house in Bellingen while we do some more land travel. We leave in a few weeks for India, one way ticket with indeterminate plans for a return date. We will play it by ear, starting in the south, then Nepal, then northern India and maybe continue west into central Asia, Iran, Turkey and Europe. We plan to travel anywhere from 3 months to 3 years and this blog will log our (mis)adventures.
But first a few days of sailing. The first day looked a bit
threatening but the rain held off. We had very light winds which gave
us a chance to try out the Spinnaker.
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| Spinnaker up |
The next day we woke up to a beautiful morning mist with the
weather clearing producing some fantastic cloud formations.
We were
sailing along all afternoon doing a good 5 knots beating into the wind
going back up the lake.
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| morning mist on Lake Macquarie |
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| speckie clouds |
We passed a large, beamy yawl which we watched with interest as they
motored, then raised their sails to go only about 2 very slow miles
before returning the way they came - not much of a day out for such a big boat.
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| yawl |
But then it was time to pull
Solar Mist out of the water and take her to her new boat yard - the jungles of Boggy Creek. Don't worry old girl. We will be back.
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| Solar Mist in her new boat yard |
