Even nicer times! (Hexham Is - Mackay - Airlie Beach)
We’re off to Hexham Island. The passage was good: 6 hours, all under sail averaging 6+ knots. Like storms passing, so do my moods, by the time we drop anchor we’re both significantly cheerier than I’d reported in the last entry. The new anchorage is another picturesque beauty. A small sloping sandy beach nestled between rocky outcrops topped with evergreens. The roll situation is - at time of writing - really pretty good: yay! Only one minor downer: Chez lost a hat to a vicious gust of wind just after we’d dropped anchor. Considering that’s the first one she’s sent to Davey Jone’s locker during 6 years at sea, that’s really not bad going. Woke the next day having slept soundly - what a treat! Gorgeous Huevos Rancheros for breakfast then dropped the tender and made ready to explore (and hopefully climb high enough to get a little bit of 3or4G on the phones to be able to check the weather and the socials). There’s two words that are rattling around in my head this morning as I prep the t