Where did you go on your sailing boat today?

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southace said..
Is that your second maiden voyage since buying your most adorable Second Wind Cisco kid?
I have clocked up close to 1000nm in my girl since 12 months and 7 days ago , and just a tad over 20k replacing preventative maintance break downs!
4 bags of King Goerge whiting , 1 x 5 kg King fish and lost count of the monster calamari squid.

I am sorry to say that I am not as lacking in responsibilities as thee.

I have single mothers that I provide accommodation for who do runners owing rent and leaving my top quality real estate in a stinking mess.

Then there is the wife, daughter and son who need coddling now and then.

We have had three day trips out of the Burnett River which as you should know is 50 miles from anywhere, Hervey Bay, Fraser Island and Great Sandy Straits to the south and Lady Musgrave Island and Pancake Creek to the north. Therefore going to a different location requires at least two days away which means the yacht has to be set up for short term live aboard at least, which she is not yet.

She probably did not leave Lake Macquarie for 10 years before I bought her so I regard it as a minor miracle that we got her up from there without major mishap.

So no, I cannot boast of mileage under the keel, large expenditures or bags of sea food. I can boast of only $300 spent on marina/mooring fees over the last 18 months, only $2,000 spent on all that is necessary in electronics, deck hardware and engine components needed to bring this yacht up to optimum equipment level. I can also boast on the 2 kilo of yummy endeavour prawns we had over Christmas and the smoked Tiaro ham and the friends we had around to help us gobble them.

Next question???

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LooseChange said..

Anything else you would like to know about me?? Would you like a copy of my tax return??

Cisco, it was a tongue in cheek question as I was sure it was typo. Not having heard of paying $12,000/anum in rates I was somewhat aghast.

Maybe I should have added lots of smiley thingies or something, I dunno

Nice pics and commentary btw

No problems. This Bundaberg council is ripping us off something fierce and then blowing the dough on rubbish. Grrrrr!!!

I will be using that pontoon to the max.

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theselkie said..


Of course, the trip wouldn't have been complete without another misadventure of this sailor girl, however, someone was looking out for me. Wading in the shallows, brushed against what turned out to be a Stonefish. Pain was EXCRUCIATING, foot swelled up like a balloon, red, veins distended. No further symptoms ...difficulty breathing etc. and the inflammation wasn't travelling up the leg, so I knew I wasn't going to die, so we decided to stay put at Lucinda Bay on Monday night. Got home last night and under a decent light managed to identify a spine which I dislodged. 48 hours since my little near-miss and my foot is still sore and a little swollen.

Just the irony of it. Nearly 50 and been bumming around Moreton Bay all my life. Complacency though....cruising up north in a previous life and boat, I was fanatical about all of us wearing reef-walkers in the water. Guess it's like most motor accidents occurring closest to home Just so relieved it was me and not one of the kids.

I know it's not always easy to have on hand immediately, but HOT water will usually very quickly alleviate the pain as the heat breaks down the enzymes in the toxins. The same applies to jelly fish and stingray jabs. For mozzies use a HOT spoon on the sting, it will hurt a little ....but for a shorter time than the mozzie bite is going to annoy you.

Thanks LooseChange. Now you mention it, that information was in the mental vault, but as things happen in the moment, it certainly wasn't coming to the forefront of my mind. The Red Cross First Aid Guide offered bugger all guidance. Many lessons learnt and still feeling extremely blessed.

I did, however, ask someone yesterday whether they had ever been on a boat where they thought it was trying to kill them? Their answer was "yes". I was relieved. I didn't feel I was going nuts anymore. The reason for my question is the fact I have had so many incidents since owning this little boat - 7 months. Overcome by bleach fumes in an inordinately short period of time, second-degree sunburn unbeknownst as my t-shirt rode up at the back whilst working on deck, dodgy near-fainting (I think) turn. I posited to my friend that perhaps I need to have her exorcised!
However, her 'spiritual' problems could lie in the fact that I am uttering her new name whilst her old name remains visible on the transom AND underneath, clearly visible are the remnants of her previous, previous name. John Vigor's Denaming and Renaming Ceremonies here we come

I took this picture yesterday evening. The photo location says O'Connal Ck. I think it must flow into the Burnett River. It certainly is a peiceful place to be Cisco..

Crewing on a 46'Bennetau Yamba to Manly Q. Not far from Gold Coast Seaway our stop for the night. Motoring into the wind all day.

Cisco, to be honest there is not really much of a creek, but it is running just behind the accommodation block of Mater Hospital where I am staying while my dad recovers from a major back op. I am yet to make my way down to the marina, but I will head down for a look while I am here.

Trace, we were at Lucinda a couple of days ago, must have just missed you. I'm alarmed at your stonefish story - not to belittle the experience you had, but it does sound like it could have been much worse if you'd got a few spines.

I'd always assumed places like Moreton, with clean water and clean sand, would be safe from these menaces. Was it on open clean sand? Or did you say it was sheltering under a log? How deep? We were swimming in the shallows too....

Hey Well done Cisco, Photo looks great.
Thanks again

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QLDCruiser said..
Trace, we were at Lucinda a couple of days ago, must have just missed you. I'm alarmed at your stonefish story - not to belittle the experience you had, but it does sound like it could have been much worse if you'd got a few spines.

I'd always assumed places like Moreton, with clean water and clean sand, would be safe from these menaces. Was it on open clean sand? Or did you say it was sheltering under a log? How deep? We were swimming in the shallows too....

Hello QLDCruiser

We were at Lucinda Monday night, went up to Tangalooma for a look on Tuesday and returned home that afternoon.

No diminishment taken ;). I KNOW how lucky I am that I brushed past rather than stood on it.

Like you, I thought the clear water and clean sand at Moreton would be safe. It had been all my life until now.

We were about 200m north of the wrecked yacht on the beach. About 5.30 in the afternoon. Wading in knee-deep water to set the girls and their dad off in the kayaks back to the boat. Ivan saw it in the water and before he could alert me to it, I had connected with it. Because of the resistance I felt when I connected with it, I assumed it was nestled into a log, however, as Jode pointed out, the suckers don't move, so perhaps it was just sitting there and didn't budge when I brushed against it. As soon as I touched it, I withdrew my foot.
We moved right away very quickly so I didn't see it again, all the more difficult to ascertain whether it was fish and log or just fish.

False stone fish , both pics are from Whitsundays I snapped a few years back

Keep looking Andy! I give you a hint the second one is much smaller than the first pic?

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andy59 said..

I can't even see a fish in the second pic Southace

Have a look at the green blob in the middle of the pic at the lower junction of what appears to be stag horn coral.

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Ramona said..
Heading down the river today on the way out to sea was a plague of jellyfish I have not seen for years. Low tide there must have been two acres of them!

thats a sign of poor water quality, as jellys can live in almost anything . port phillip had the the same deal a few years ago , not sure if they are still there ?

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Ramona said..
Heading down the river today on the way out to sea was a plague of jellyfish I have not seen for years. Low tide there must have been two acres of them!

Any get up your sea suction??

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cisco said..

Ramona said..
Heading down the river today on the way out to sea was a plague of jellyfish I have not seen for years. Low tide there must have been two acres of them!

Any get up your sea suction??

No. I was more worried for my windvane oar but that was not a problem. We have these every year when they breed but not in these numbers usually. High tide they disappear so you can still work under the boat or swim.