Los Saaremaates and Las Dragonistas Central Coast Odyssey

Friday 18 Feb 2011

The Central Coast Odyssey or Oddity

The face of Barrenjoey Head

The infamous Rip bridge looms speedily closer!

Waking early 0500 to be exact we noted that the fleet had abandoned us. Hence Pete's Dragon and Saaremaa were left as the lonely ones in the corner without any friends. As the intrepid individuals that we are we headed for Box Head and the entry channel to Brisbane Waters.

Motor sailing across Broken Bay we found the channel with an ingoing tide (planned surprisingly enough) and enjoyed the exciting ride around the first set of green markers (a bit dodgy here). The pleasure and excitement only grew as we passed under the Rip Bridge at 9.4 knots. It was a pity it was such a misery guts day as it would have been very pretty as the houses flashed by going up channel.

Saaremaa comfortably ensconced.

Avoiding running aground anywhere soon Brisbane Waters opened up to us.Heading up to Gosford we sort out the 2 courtesy moorings near the Gosford Sailing Club, one was occupied so we continued up to the harbour nearby was "Don't you know who I am?" Iguana Joes (sadly closed down). Gosford Sailing Club jetty looked welcoming so we tied and waited for the club to open. A very reasonable fee was involved for 2 pens for 2 nights.

Pete's Dragon also very comfortable. Iguana Joes white sails in the background.

As can be seen from the photos Saaremaa and Pete's Dragon were at separate ends of the finger (obviously to stop any wild party shenanigans going on).

The GSC people were very hospitable and the club is only a 15 min walk to town for supplies. Club member Stefan of Penzance an Adams 31 even drove Pete and I to the service station to fill our jerry cans with diesel, many thanks Stefan.