Friday

I didn't get around to posting yesterday. Sorry!

 After a leisurely start on Friday morning, a long walk around to Shaving Point and a nice coffee at the Florist Café we motored around to the jetty to clean the bottom of the boat. It was still pretty clean, but Terry likes to scour it down every two or three days to prevent too much getting established on the hull. Then it was lunchtime and and the wind shift came through right on cue - 12 noon daylight saving time. So we had a nice steady sail over to Paynesville in a brisk easterly. We dropped in to visit friends on the waterfront of Raymond Island, and saw a magnificent old (new?) black galleon that looked like all it needed was a plank and a crocodile.

It's straight out of  Peter Pan! 

We then found a good berth on the public jetty, where we can stay for 48 hours. Terry got everything tied down to his satisfaction - he is abandoning me from early Saturday (today) morning until some as yet undetermined time on Sunday while he does the overnight race from Marlay Point to Paynesville in John's boat, and he wants to make sure that his boat survives in the care of his landlubber wife!