Sunday, 24 July 2011

A Room With A View

The view out Cameron's window this morning
Photos can't reproduce what we're seeing anywhere near well enough. They can't show you the colour of the water or the light, or what we can see off in the distance. Well, maybe David's photos can, but mine can't. I don't think Cameron appreciated it, but the view out his window at 6.30 this morning was amazing. Beach, blue water, pink sunrise and green hills in the distance. Wow.

A criminal stole my boat
A nice contrast to the criminal who stole my boat yesterday. What you can't see in the photos are the feral ugg boots he is wearing, and that he used to steer my pretty boat with at times. I can't work in these conditions.

Seriously though, the only real timings we work to nowadays are tides. We were both up early yesterday so we could get into Seventeen Seventy, 50nm or 90km from Burnett Heads, on the high tide. Conditions were fantastic up until lunchtime. No swell, negligible seas, 14-18 knot winds off our beam (Seasprint's favourite) and we almost set a new boat speed record. The wind dropped off after lunch and we motored then motor sailed for a while to make sure we would arrive on time, which we did. I haven't been to Seventeen Seventy before - it is so pretty and peaceful. We're staying for a few days - I apologise to the locals in advance for the Nicoll kids!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hhmmm

He may look very familair to his brother who has seen some ugly types in his day - and this bloke is right up there !!!

Rob