Sunday 14 July 2013

15th July - Fannie Bay to Ludmilla River - Spot On Marine - angles - fenders


Monday 15th July



No Fanny Bay sunsets today.  We left our beautiful anchorage at 9.30 and we are now propped up, more or less, on a concrete ramp at the back of Spot On Marine, up Ludmilla River.



When we arrived it was lined with green green mangroves and very beautiful.  It is now a slightly stinky mudflat…



Also when we arrived we were, as God intended, nicely horizontal, just gently floating on the high tide.  It is now low tide and we are at a rather steep angle.  I can’t tell you how much I hate this.  It is extraordinarily uncomfortable and it just feels…wrong…

On the good side, says Pollyanna, we have a lovely long series of extension cords connecting us to a power box so I have everything plugged in and charging up.  That is very nice indeed.

This morning Pete had to get into the water with a snorkel and mask, to check on a pesky bit of rope which had got around the propeller.  The young bloke who works here, Sean, was also in the water, lugging sandbags so I scurried downstairs to get changed and I too spent a very happy twenty minutes or so in the blessedly cool water. Safety in numbers!  Sean, with his family, lives here in a house on very tall poles above the marine yard, overlooking the river.  He says he hasn’t seen a crocodile here for a very long time…



I was moved to take a photo of our fenders, valiantly protecting 2XS from a strong, sharp concrete wall.  Consider the fender – just a big rubber balloon, really, and look at the punishment it puts up with, day after day, without bursting and giving up the ghost!

No further blogposts from Sam, but here is his serious photo:



We are here at Spot On for nearly a week so I will have to get used to spending a lot of time at an angle…

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