Australia is having it's hottest, driest, most fire prone summer on record. I also have an inflamed tendon in my shoulder limiting what I can do moving my arm, so very little Pahi 26 building. I believe I do have all the frames or bulkhead cutout and ready for sealing. Next stop, hull planking!
So yesterday with the heat climbing into the low 40's C, we went to the beach, Wanda Beach near Tea Gardens. The wind was a light seabreeze, nor-easter and as this beach runs ESE through NW, it was offshore conditions, hot but with a cool breeze and sparkling waters. The atmosphere on the beach was lazy holiday stuff, lots of sitting chatting, ball games in the water, beach cricket and just ambling about.
After a good soaking we went for a wander towards the western end on the beach. A series of little headlands hiding quaint little coves. At the extreme west end , before the Myall River, we discovered a beautiful little cove with perfectly calm anchorage dotted with 5 sailing catamarans spaced out for maximum privacy and minimum of fuss If you wanted to anchor up for a few lazy days, with a cool offshore breeze, natural scenery and a whitewashed beach, with the prospect of catching a fish for dinner, this would be the ideal spot.
Now, the following morning, I'm wondering, why all catamaran? Spacious, comfortable, shoal draft, yes. But something beachy and beautiful too, something inn the aesthetic of catamaran that mono marina types just don't get. Can't wait.
