Jurien

Today was one of those days where you really need to have a good sail and feel good about what we were doing. We started the day out at seven am with the water police looking for us and trying to get messages through... great moonraker is in trouble again..

There was little wind and rolling seas which made the day pleasant enough to have a chat and talk about the gossip in our lives..Amazing the secrets that come out. we motored at six knots and each took turns on the helm. the wind kicked in after lunch and it wasnt long and we were doing eight knots with just a head sail. By the time we were coming into Jurien we had a quarter head sail and still seven knots. the wind had definately picked up and we were now looking for the Marina. Cleverly Sylvia has sent us to a pen that is just about impossible to get into. In fact so impossible we ended up in the one opposite. Tied up and safe we each take a moment to disengage the worried looks on our faces and wonder what on earth are we doing..

So often we forget that we are not perfect at sailing and we are all here to learn. The lessons never stop whether they are on the water or tied up in a pen. We caught up with another sailer, tony who has been sailing on his own and also got caught in the current. He hove to for four hours trying to think about what he was going to do. Dusky Dolphin is also here ready to turn back. It was good to hear Tony's story and realize we were not the only ones that got caught. Apparently the weather is doing sporadic changes at presnt causing the sea to turn inot a washing machine. Scary to say the least.

So here we are tied up back in a pen and finding the welcome releif of hot showers and a comfortable bed. We will stay here tomorrow and get ourselves sorted for another sail on sunday.