queensland Queeny

[rayke1938]

Mate Mark flew up to Cairns a fortnight ago and brought a yacht.

He had it slipped and surveyed and it only needed a few things fixed so he said yes.

He has never sailed before but has had some lessons from the Southport Yacht club a few years ago.

After a few teething problems such as only replacing 2 bungs in the tender ( It actually has 3) he made it ok to Townsville where he topped up his fuel. ( He did a fair bit of motoring as wind was notfavourable) 150 litres of  diesel used at just under3 litres per hour.

He picked up a decky in townsville who is an experienced sailor and that has made it a lot easier for him;

Yesterday they were moving along sedately and they found a spoon in the miscellaneous stuff that came with the boat and hung it out the back and scored a 1m queeny so they now have a few meals of fresh fish.

Cheers

Ray

[Drop Bear]

ha living the dream! Great stuff. One day.... one day.