heading home yesterday...

Oh yeah! Of course it is the James Craig.
Wonderfully restored, ready to sail, and she does.

I am glad, the tiny help of emptying my pocket, every time when l visited her on the hard into the collection box, while under restoration, did support a worthy cause.

great pic

simmrr said..




Just a bit of a play on the Swan with my new boat. Solo sailing for the first time. This was about 15 minutes before the rain came in and I looked like a drowned rat afterwards.

Great stuff Simmrr!
I remember when I used to hire "surfcats" the Hobies always pooed over the Windrush.
Good fun on ya own too...

NowandZen said..
Left Greenwell Point at sunrise this morning on our way to Port Hacking.
Took a photo of this yacht moored near us.

That little timber boat came off it's mooring a few weeks ago. Would like to know who the owner is and get it back to it's mooring.

I dived on my mooring after you left. Crystal clear water and a nice temperature. Had so much fun I'm doing it again this morning!

HG02 said..

NowandZen said..

andy59 said..
great pic

Thanks Andy, getting into photography now I am semi retired, love it!

Photography next year for me also when I retire

Get an adventure camera as well so you can take underwater photos and videos of the underside of your boat, moorings etc. Adds to the whole experience and you can show the missus that you actually did do something today. You also can pick up details you missed while down there later in the comfort of your home.

Great pic! What a fantastic place to hang out for a while!

I saw a beautiful ocean going yacht anchored of Careel bay today. I motored past to have a closer look it was Now and Zen
what a great boat

Cheers Kurt - we try hard to keep her looking good.

Thanks Southace, we will check out Refuge Cove AND the Brooklyn Marina.

I was out sailing around north head at about 11. Think i mayhave seen you set sail. I was in black hulled boat.
I reccomend a night chilling under barrenjoey head. Lovely clear water. Great snorkel. Cotten tree bay past cottage point is lovely. Cottage point cafe is nice for breaky too. Your boY might be too big but in mine i can raft up to pontoon.early mornings. Fuel and water there. All the beaches in pittwater are lovely. Basins great during the week. Lotsa nice beaches on south side of hawkesburry river once you round west head if you like beaches to yourself. America bay great for a fresh waterfall shower -on weekdays. If you need a proper supermarket theres mona vale. Aldi etc but youd have to go right up pittwater. Ettalongs nice water on north side. Moorings there and supermarkets short walk from beach. Right now no swell but theres a surf break in the channel between umina and ettalong.
Jealous!!! Ive just got back from.2.days cruising around and.miss it.already. enjoy!

Maybe but i was around there then! I head south to near the gap then changed my mind and headed north and went right around to shelly beach big manly side for a look.. Did you see the big seal? I stayed at manly too wed night. Where were you?

Sectorsteve said..
Maybe but i was around there then! I head south to near the gap then changed my mind and headed north and went right around to shelly beach big manly side for a look.. Did you see the big seal? I stayed at manly too wed night. Where were you?

We just called in for lunch, then left for Pittwater about 1pm.

I have one somewhere I will dig it out and send it to you sometime Ho2 I think it's called cruising the Hawkesbury river.

NowandZen said..
Unfortunately we have to leave Lake MacQuarie after only a fleeting visit.
What a great place, we will come back.
Next stop is Port Stephens tomorrow.
Exiting the lake through the bridge into a strong current is interesting!
Here's a sunset photo showing the bridge and the Swansea RSL on the left.

This quote was posted on instagram by wanderlustsailor, the best description of a sunset I have read:
"A large drop of sun lingered on the horizon and then dripped over and was gone, and the sky was brilliant over the spot where it had gone, and a torn cloud, like a bloody rag, hung over the spot of its going.
And dusk crept over the sky from the eastern horizon, and darkness crept over the land from the east." ~ John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

Good stuff shaggy