27 Apr 2006

Jervis Bay

We left Ulladulla at 11.45 for our 27NM trip to Jervis Bay. What a lumpy trip that was!!! The winds were once again coming from the SE and the swells as well.





Mike poling out the heddie







Job done!

Looking very pleased with himself!






I spent some time below trying to sleep and hoping it would all be over soon. (just this leg of the trip ie, not life itself) I can never really sleep below because I’m always worried that Mike will go up on the foredeck and fall overboard and I wont know anything about it. I have my man overboard rescue plan all worked out and it would be a great pity if the occasion arose for me to put it into practice and I slept through the whole thing.
We arrived in this Bay with much relief and some not feeling 100%, but we were here and it was calm!




The 'Hole in the wall'





The plan was to leave for Woolongong early next day and that’s what we did. We got out of the bay and were immediately hit by large swells coming from the side and winds gusting up to 25kts. It was proving to be even lumpier than the previous day, so Mike decided we should turn around.






A relieved Jo returns to the anchorage...



Very soon Sentosa and Meander had returned to our calm anchorage very aptly named “Hole in the Wall”. Gary and Somoya kept going as Gary needed to be back in Melbourne the following day for his daughter’s graduation (he arrived in Woollongong safely after a very rough trip). Here we remain having a nice quiet “make and mend” day ( I made bread rolls and Mike mended, he’s always mending something or other) with plans to attempt Woolongong again tomorrow.





Jo bakes!







Mike and I put the dinghy in the water and paddled over to Sentosa and had a nice cup of coffee with Andrew and Marie and made plans for the morning’s departure. We then paddled to the beach and had a walk along the shore……. just beautiful…