Friday, 17 September 2010

Lance came over in the morning to give me information about transiting through Moreton Bay, some very useful information as there are numerous channels through the islands and they twist every way imaginable. Also have to wait for tide to change direction when going through Jacob’s Wells.

Asked him a simple question about sailing and he then spent the next hour or so going through all my rigging, changing it where necessary and giving me huge amounts of tips on how to get the best out of a sailing boat, the correct way to reef and other handling tips.

We packed a lunch with the intention of walking up to the lighthouse from the beach, got about ¾ of the way, but turned back. Trail very overgrown and we were being eaten alive by mosquitoes and midges, so came back to the boat for a relaxing afternoon.

However, Chez pulled her shoulder badly when transferring from dinghy to boat.
Still hurting badly when we went to bed.