A short hop in the scheme of things, diagonally across the Gulf of St Vincent. A light NE breeze delivered us in a straight line downwind to our waypoint without adjustment. We sailed until the breeze dropped out with the tide change around midday and then motor sailed for the remainder. It gave the Bloke the opportunity to try out our stay sail on its new furler and with the rest of the sails up, Zofia became a little cutter.
The Bloke well pleased with his work.
A closer look.
Our sailing mentors advise that the main is on too hard LOL!
Way back when we arrived in Streaky Bay, our first stop in South Australia, we pondered over some evening drinks whether the Bloke's PhD supervisor Ken Hill was still in South Australia. They had lost touch for about 25 years. A couple of hours of detective work tracing Ken's jazz trumpeting passion, enabled a phone call to a pub where Ken and his band sometimes perform. A bar manager was most obliging and gave us a current mobile number. By this time it was after 9pm but the Bloke was unable to contain himself and immediately made the call. It was like twins separated in childhood suddenly finding one another again!
Ken has lived on the Fleurieu peninsula since retiring from academia and has built a house with partner Colleen, high on a hilltop within eyeshot of the Wirrina Cove Marina. It was for them that we left the main sail up to signal our impending arrival. Ken's SMS to spot their white house with distinctive green roof was less successful. Against a backdrop of recently greened hillsides it was like trying to spot a John Deer tractor in a field of barley....green on green! None the less, excitement was escalating.
Ken and his Jedi apprentice.
When we arrived, Tina and Ian our cruising friends from Midnight Blue, were on the dock to take our lines. This is their home port. We had expected to see them in due course but not necessarily to meet us on the jetty. Such a thrill. Ken and Colleen arrived too moments later to assist with the last of the leads having been slightly delayed by the purchase of a spectacular gift.
The Bloke rated this sausage roll (2 actually, ensuring a more credible sample size) very highly
both as a gift choice and for the quality.
both as a gift choice and for the quality.
So good to have friends engaging in the sausage roll research!
For now we will remain in Wirrina Cove for a couple of weeks as guests in Ken and Colleen's pen. We will help celebrate 130 years of birthdays next week when Ken and Colleen celebrate a 70th and 60th birthday respectively. All being well we may assist Ken sail their 34' Catalina down from Garden Island Yacht Club, Adelaide to its new home. Quite a bit if onshore activity is imminent with two pairs of friends and here's another wonderful coincidence - McLaren Vale is in the hinterland. You do the maths!
Tina and Ian helping to celebrate another completed passage
First glimpse of the Wirrina Cove Marina - Port St Vincent
Our view of the Fleurieu Peninsula on approach
Quiet a different landscape to the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas
View towards Cape Jervis
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