There are days when being an “armchair admiral” is not such
a bad thing. To sit warm and
comfortable, listening to the wind shrieking and laughing at you as it tears through
the trees with the driving rain rattling on the windows and shaking the
doors is a very pleasant thing. It’s a time
to dream of warm days, sparkling water, golden beaches and gentle breezes. Of meeting people who enjoy the company of
small boat sailors, exploring places where one can pretend that no human has
ever been before, seeing new vistas every hour of every day and watching spectacular sunsets before retiring
to a comfortable bunk and listening to the water lapping at the side of the
boat.
Its such a day here, springtime, and I wont go on about it
because I’ve said it all before, springtime can bring tough weather here. But I’ve been sitting in my bunk, the boat
surging at its dock lines, the wind doing all that stuff while I read this
wonderful account of a cruise in a pair of “my” boats in Shark Bay, waaay north
of Perth in Western Australia. It’s a great
story, well written, well illustrated with both pics and video, so get your
coffee made, sit down in a comfortable place, and read on.
Many thanks to Author Paul Ricketts and cruising
companion Peter Kovesi for sharing this, and to the “open boat” Yahoo group
from which I got the above link.
Great stuff guys, keep up the good work.
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