.: Day 4 (Auguste 27th)

Tuesday 27 August 2013

Day 4 (Auguste 27th) - half way!

In the night from Monday to Tuesday we got the bad news via e-mail from Diana: The Australian Immigration Officers do not work on weekends - which means unless we arrive in Coffs Harbour before Friday 3:30pm we will have to wait until Monday morning until we can check in. What a bugger! Our optimistic estimation calculated our arrival sometime on Saturday! Now we had the choice - trying to achieve the impossible and get there in less than 4 days - or sit around outside the Harbour for two days - or pay a lot when checking in Saturday. Peter decides to at least try to make it FASTER! - So we cranked the engine an started motor sailing from now on - without the help of our reliable friend Max - we now got heaps of steering practice. At least we had a delicious barbecue dinner with steak for the guys and self caught tuna for Barbara.
As the wind died more and more - after dinner it became clear - we are not going to make it on Friday.
6:20pm and only 411nm to Coffs Harbour - half way done!

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QuickStar's journey

Captain Peter Bruckmann and First Mate Diana Young (also often acting as the Admiral) set sail from Vancouver in August 2007 aboard sv Quickstar, a 46-foot Beneteau. Each year we have ventured further across the Pacific, while returning to Silver Star Mountain, in Vernon, B.C., Canada for the ski season (and to reconnect with family and land-based friends). This blog explores the highs, lows and adventures of life at sea and the wonderful countries visited.
Thanks for coming along for the ride.

Updated Friday, September 2, 2011

A doctor examining a woman who had been rushed to the Emergency Room, took
the husband aside, and said, 'I don't like the looks of your wife at all.'
'Me neither doc,' said the husband.
'But she's a great cook and really good with the kids.'

Updated July 29, 2011

As for worrying about what other people might think - forget it. They aren't concerned about you. They're too busy worrying about what you and other people think of them."

Michael le Boeuf

Updated Friday, June 10, 2011

I learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

Maya Angelou, Poet

Updated Friday, June 3, 2011

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."

-- Johann von Goethe

Updated Friday, August 13, 2010

Why sharks swim around you!

Two great white sharks, swimming in the ocean, spied a ship in distress.

"Follow me, son," the father shark said to the son shark and they swam to the ship. "First we swim around them a few times with just the tip of our fins showing."

And they did. "Well done, son! Now we swim around them a few times with all of our fins showing." And they did.

"Now we eat everybody." And they did. When they were both gorged, the son asked, "Dad, why didn't we just eat them all at first? Why did we swim around and
around them?"

His wise father replied, "Because they taste better without all that shit inside them!"