Port Denison to Freo

Been very slack about this post, so sorry 'bout that.....bit depressed about being home so early!  Left Port Denison on 11th June for the final leg back to Freo and the cold weather.....brrrrrr  :(.  Hadn't really wanted to cut the holiday short but problems with friends boat didn't leave much choice.

Last overnighter...was expecting it to be freezing cold, but the weather was surprisingly mild.  Forecast was for South easterly going easterly overnight....not quite right....southerly winds ended up pushing us 20 miles off shore, however the positive side of this was that there are no cray pots out there!  :)  Wind swung round to the south east and then east (eventually) and then dropped during the day. Then resorted to Motor sailing as very little in the way of wind, but also (thankfully very little swell!)  Last look at the milky way overnight....so beautiful, so peaceful and soooo immense!  Got into FSC at about 1430 hours 2 ours earlier than expected and logged off with Fremantle sea rescue.
Threw everything into the trolley with a few clothes (and some washing) and headed home.  Mum and Dad had dropped the car off in the carpark for us the day before.  Lovely to be home..our dog Mokka went berserk at seeing us...think he missed us ...we certainly missed him.  Back to normality...and planning the next sourjourn!  Cruising certainly beats working!! :)

Gero to Port Denison

Left Gero at 0630 hours on Friday 30th May.  Winds south easterly 10-22 knots all the way.  Had to reduce sail at one point as we were getting overpowered with the 22 knot gusts, so put half the heady away and then the boat seemed to be better balanced and easier to control. Cruising at 6.5-7 knots most of the way, with short periods where the wind dropped!  Left the heady half away for the rest of the journey.  Arrived at Port Denison at 1430 hours well ahead of schedule after a fast sail south hard on to the wind!  Sea conditions slightly choppy with small swell to 2 metres and occasional green over the bow but nothing serious!

Nice to be back in Denison again...always like it here.  Logged off with Denison sea rescue who said that they had been tailing us on AIS for most of the journey.  Went for tea at the Pub...that was bloody expensive $41 for 4 drinks...making the total bill the most we have spent in one sitting...still the food was good and it was nice not to have to cook.

One of the Poo tanks won't empty, so down to one loo, otherwise all the equipment seemed to be OK for this leg of the journey.  The batteries are coping soooo much better now that we have turned the Waico freezer off and are down to one fridge freezer....so Mike is happier. :)

Walked up to the Obelisk sunday morning and then headed down to the cafe at south beach for coffee and hot scones (yum!)

Spent all yesterday arvo(sunday) polishing the stainless....Our sticky outy dinghy dangler now looks all sparkly....and then had Nick and Robyn from Divided Sky over for a curry in the evening.

 I actually baked some bread today (my first effort), which is surprisingly edible.  I am obviously quite chuffed...as I am not domestically inclined!  :)   Other than that, lots of relaxing and reading, which is what being on holiday is about! Sundowner on DS tonight,

Plan to head off for the 36 hour sail back to Freo on Wednesday overnight arriving in the evening on thursday.