Thursday 8 October: Woke up to a lovely morning at Morning Bay with the sun shining into the cockpit. We left after breakfast and sailed north to get into shelter before the predicted thunderstorm hit with big winds. Sailed for a while but then started the engine as the wind died down to almost nothing…
Day 6, 7 October 2020
A day for maintenance of RaRa. We had a lovely morning after a very calm night. Overcast but warm and we had breakfast outside. The rest of the morning was spent fixing the anchor chain and cleaning the cockpit as well as some cleaning inside. Bought a few sore things for the boat at the…
Day 5, 6 October 2020
A windy night with the wind turning South from midnight. Secure on the mooring and by morning the wind had died down to very little. Cloudy day and cooler than the past days. We left after breakfast and made our way back into Pittwater. Sailed and motored as the wind was all over the place…
Monday 5 October 2020, Day 4
A sunny day and we set off on sail towards Hawkesbury river after breakfast. Strong northerly wind to start with and as we sailed further inland it got lighter. Anchored outside Dangar Island and after lunch onboard we took the dinghy to shore. Hard work to row against the tide.
Sunday 4 October Day 3
We had a nice sleep in and then enjoyed the sun in the cockpit. After breakfast we packed up (after a little drone flying ) and sailed north with our Cruising friends. A mixture of wind so sailed and motored up towards the lunch bay. The swell as we came across the heads was the…
Day 2; October 2020
3/10: Pittwater Woke up to a beautiful sunrise over the hills. Early bird (Sanna) sat outside and listened to the birds, mostly the Liar bird. After breakfast we motored around further into Refuge bay where there is a waterfall. Many boats moored up. Over to Jerusalem bay for a peak to check it out and…
Sailing north October 2020
Day 1, Friday 2/10: MHYC to America’s Bay, pittwater Left the marina at 10.30 after a morning of getting ready, storing stuff, a new fixture on the mast added, fika on the beach. The trip: Set sails just outside north head as we turned the bow north. Wind around 6 kn and a nice sunny…
A year with RaRa
27/9: Sunday. We have now had RaRa for a year and we are preparing for our first longer sail, both in time onboard and distances. We also got a new logo for the boat.
A month not sailing RaRa
27/9 2020 at MHYC Since the last sailing post we have only been aboard RaRa a few times. Sanna had planned knee surgery on the 21/8 and has take time to get back to moving around enough to get on the boat. Below are some of the days we have spent at the marina Sanna…