Labour Day weekend 2023

We had a couple of good dolphin encounters. It felt very spring-like in the sounds with lots of shearwaters and rarer sooty shearwaters too. Cooler temperatures kept us in the wheelhouse most of the trip. Parked in Ketu two nights and steamed 54 nm.

Ship's dog

Old shipmate

 

Stewart Ball worshipping the Gardner

My old shipmate Stewart Ball blew in from Australia planning on continuing down wind to his home in England. Accompanied by his wife Caroline and daughter Jessicah he was spotted in Orion's engine room down on his knees in front of the almighty Gardner 8LXB.

Yarning

While we could generally corroborate our stories, the precise details took some time to return. A day was not enough, but travel itineraries waiteth for no man.