Summer holiday on the Big River

Tuesday 6 Jan - Wednesday 7 Jan

Noela and Keith

Another permutation of crew, Noela and Keith this time. We enjoyed a couple of relaxed summery days, light winds provided gentle sailing and it wasn't too hot considering that it was January. Nothing specially memorable and none the worse for that. The finale was to pack up Little Dragon and I trailed her back to Byron Bay.

It is amazing that although it was peak summer holidays we only saw a few fishing boats zooming up and down the river and not more than half a dozen boats under sail.

I never see any ship movements at the Harwood Slipway at weekends but this time we were at BRSC midweek. We watched the tug Molly Grace deliver what we think is a floating dock. I knew that their slipway is kaput at present and we guessed that this is going to play some role in its repair.

Action at Harwood Slipway