ACT 1, SCENE 1, TAKE 1 “Now, who should I call first if you fall overboard?” “Well, my love, I expect you’d call the person you think will be most excited to hear the news” “Hmmm, not your mother then… And where do you keep that PFD thingy that Glenda was rabbiting on […]
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We’re belting north at 15 knots, just off Morton Bay. After 3 months sitting of refit and marina-sitting, Ressie has some attitude, it seems! It is just so wonderful to get on the water again after months in planes and offices. Now I’m just waiting to see what mal-functions first […]
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October 16, 2014, Cairns Well, we’re back. Inspired, grateful, discombobulated. Three weeks in the Louisiades has been a real highlight of our time with Resolute, not to be forgotten. We sailed with long time sailing buddies, Mike and Prue, and in convoy with sister Georgina and partner Dave, on their […]
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August 26, 2014, Magnetic Island Madam Cupcake took off her socks! Must be HOT, DAMM HOT, says I. We’re in Horseshoe Bay, Magnetic Island (near Townsville, for those of you about to reach for the chart..). Ressie’s plumb tuckered out. We’ve logged 1500 NM this trip, raced furiously, in a […]
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Gladstone, August 2nd, 2014 We go north-er. Queenslanders become, impossibly, friendlier. Land of pristine beaches, stunning inlets, glorious sunsets, fierce tides and GLADSTONE. Gute Trauer! Endless lines of ships. Coal. LNG. Alumina. Did someone hit the hyperspace button?? So – stock up, move out. Well, actually, time for a quick […]
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