Frog Adventures over Easter

Leapfrog, had become a wee bit mouldy, from the humidity up here, and a lack of use, due to a lack of time. Easter saw the perfect opportunity for a sail and therefore a demould and clean-up, she cleaned up very well and was soon the sparkling frog again.

We sailed in convoy with Max on "Murphys Law" with his crew Nick and Brian out to Green Island, it picked up to a good 20 knot breeze, south east, so we had a nice tight reach out to the island. It was a bit bumpy, but definatley bearable and great to be on the water. The snorkeling was OK, lots of big fish, turtles, rays, but he coral fairly bleached and depleted from a combination of tourism and cyclone Yasi.

Gin and Tonics saw the first night in, accompanied by gourmet cheeses, dips crackers and chitter chatter.

Easter Sunday, Brian the Easter Bunny delivered some eggs, and then we went and explored the Island, very touristy and boat loads of daytrippers constantly coming in.

Max and crew decided to head back to Cairns, and Scott and I decided to go to Mission Bay and get some protection from the now 25 knot south easter, was a hard on the nose sail, but we got there in the end - no swimming here as crocodiles inhabit Mission Bay, relaxing, reading, cooking sausages on the BBQ. A strong wind warning was warned for the next day, so we headed back to Cairns, it was about 25-30 knots so a hard sail, but good old Leapfrog handled the conditions well.