Out at Sea

Sailing on Leap Frog

Mid Passage from Port Mac to Southport
Flying under the evil Kiwi at last – the breeze moderated and we were able to fly the Kite which was great! It has a picture of a Kiwi on it with blood dripping from its claws and blood drip eyes all in red! (Leapfrog was built in NZ of Kauri Ply in the early 60’s based on a Griffin design) The boat has been going quicker than expected and we have had great reaching and running conditions so far so when there was a prediction of no wind and then wind from the North we decided that we should pull in...
A lovely stop in Port Macquarie, we stayed right in the middle of town, as we were told later by the marina guy we had anchored right next to the channel in right near the park. The best way to describe the day in port which started on Sunday at about 9 am when we set anchor after a couple of nights at sea. We enjoyed a great Sunday session which involved lost phones wallets and received comments on the Jolly roger which we have flying. A quick restock of supplies more ice. VB and bread – the main meals are still going strong thanks Mum’s. The bar crossing was done on slack tide on Sunday at the morning low and on Monday on the afternoon high – there was fair bit of current during the middle of the tide. We have has a few running repairs the traveller and hopefully fixed a minor diesel leak. Packing is starting to take less time as we cram all of our stuff onto the vessel. Its Raining now and James and I start our watch 6pm Monday night watchwhich is in less than half an hour It would be nice to stay down below however this will have to be done by Steve and Troy for the next 3 hours.