IN MEMORY OF ROD

Rod I hope ya don’t mind me hacking into your Website mate, but your departure was NOT on my copy of your proposed “Voyage Plan” and you have left way too early. Not only that, but I know you’re not going to be sending me any more photos or chatting on MSN. I hope you know that while you slipped your mooring lines and sailed quietly away in the middle of the night, that you left a bloody lot of people standing aghast on the shoreline here in total disbelief. I know its too late now to tell you to come about but please know this:
• The Marine forecast for your area is fair winds and a following sea.
• Your 1st Mate (Elaine) will be a very capable Skipper now with plenty of support.
• Seeing as you’re not going to be sending me anymore updates, I had to make up my own page for you. I’ve put it here and everyone is welcome to add to it.
Bundy Shore Station.

ANCHORED AT MACONA INLET

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TO GLOUCESTER ISLAND

UPDATE 14TH JUNE

Monday morning we were off early (well about 9am that's early these days ). With no wind and the ocean like a mill pond we motored off with the sails up. Screensaver along side of us decided he would use calm time to do a bit of cleaning or maybe it was because he saw Elaine polishing our handrails which ever it was it certainly was a great day. Onto Gloucester we went. This is about 10miles away and with the promise of dinner in a restaurant and a beer at the bar on the beach you could feel the excitement building. The resort encourage travelling yachties to stop and allow you to use there facilities and even allow you take your rubbish ashore to dump. There is a shallow channel that you have to through to get there or you can go around Gloucester and stay in deeper water. Seeing it was dead low tide we decided to go the long way and leave Screensaver to go through the channel and shallows. He even offered to go first but after a short discussion we decided to take the long road, it was a nice day . The only problem was we were nearly there and we got some horrifying news, (No Screensaver hadn't ran aground I think ) something that shook the whole core of the crew, " The bar was closing at 4pm" at this stage it was about 2.30pm and we still had to pick up a mooring. Managed to make it ashore quick smart and to the bar at the ECO Resort. A couple of quick beers for me and a couple of even quicker Madori Splice's for her ladyship the bar closed . Not to be deterred there is one other resort just up the beach. So a quick walk along the beach and yet another Bar even closer to the water. Met a few nice people here , a couple of a CAT that have been sailing for 7 years. And also an Indian couple From Airlie that own an Indian Restaurant there that we walked past a few times. We remember this because of the name. " GET THAT INDIA " thought that was a great name . After a few games of pool and a few more beers & Pina Colada's, back to the boat for dinner with a promise of a fire on the beach, but that didn't happen as I fell Asleep.

Awaking Tuesday to a calm and sunny day we have decided to stay here again today. Tomorrow we will head for Grey Bay in Queen Bay (Confusing I know) that's about 14 mile from here then onto Upstart Bay which is about 25 miles further on from there then Magnetic Island.

WOODWARK BAY