Quasar V of Lleyn - Quasar V log
Wednesday 15th October
RIPPING TIME!
The
customs announce that they won't be with us till 13:00 (we have gained 1 ½ hours
so it's a long morning), which is OK as Malcy is engineering and cleaning, Ian
cleaning and battery checking, Lindsey and myself washing and cleaning. Our new
chums set sail about midday and a new yacht 'Intrepid' arrives complete with
broken boom and broken tiller!
By
the time Dave, the Sergeant and his 'Oppo' had turned up at 13:45 and gone
through all the paperwork it was too late to go to Home Island and thence to
West Island by ferry. So we went ashore to the beach for a snorkel and a look at
the uninhabited Direction Island. Found the famous 'Yachtsman's Shack' complete
with damsel in a hammock, who turned out to be Dave's wife! She had been dropped
off whilst they visited the 3 yachts! She is an artist and they are on a 3 month
posting from Canberra, which she said they didn't like! We saw them the next day
on West Island (off duty) holding hands. Obviously not been married long! Nice
people!
A
barbeque was proposed on the beach, which was subsequently cancelled and in the
meantime Ian snorkelled the famous 'RIP', which the rest of us chickened out of
as the current looked too strong and the coral too shallow and settled for the
waters round the corner. Later as we were talking to the Swiss boat 'Antares
Royale' Malcy attempts to launch the dinghy on his own from the beach and gets
swamped, which necessitated taking the engine off and 3 of us eventually to turn
the dinghy over and get all the water out!
The
BBQ was subsequently cancelled and instead Lindsey cooked a delicious meal of
salmon and steak (for Malcy), whilst Ian and I sorted out the world over more
than a few glasses of wine!
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