When the skipper says "buggah" and the deckhand says something worse, you know the sail raising in a strong wind and 1.5 - 2 metre swells is not going well. A crucial rope had jumped its pulley wheel, was stuck and wouldn't budge, so the sails had to come down again. While we motored, Brad and another fellow spent a long time helping to get the rope free.
We were an international group of guests on the 68 foot sailboat: 2 from Italy, 4 from Germany, 1 from France, and 2 from Canada. Our first stop was in a quiet bay to snorkel; despite the slightly murky water, we saw quite a few fish - one was a really large grouper, at least 3 feet long. Everyone wore stinger suits for protection from the venomous
Box Jellyfish.
Next stop was at another island where we went ashore in the dinghy, hiked up to a lookout to see the vista of Hill Inlet at low tide, then walked down to Whitehaven beach. It's a white silica sand beach, and was just beautiful.
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| The Southern Cross raced in the Americas Cup in the 70's |
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| The inlet - we walked down to a beach to the left of this photo |
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| Getting back to the marina just as the sun sets |
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