Geraldton, Mindarie and finally HYC.

Sorry for the delay in posting but as you can well imagine it has been a very hectic 2 weeks since our return home, so here goes for the final rap of the trip.

Departing Geraldton on in the morning of the 9^th November via the shipping channel, we aimed to be at Mindarie by the 11^th to meet our family and special friends as well as celebrate Jan’s Birthday. A good sail down was enjoyed in 10-15 Kt South Westerly, the 211 NM leg was done over two nights giving us both time to reflect on the journey we had just done and ready ourselves for the welcome back.

As we neared Mindarie we were met by 2 yachts of fellow club members who took pictures of our return. The following day more members sailed up to Mindarie to see us and a very pleasant day was spent chatting, drinking and eating.

On the morning of the 13^thwe put up on the port burgee lines all the countries flags we had visited, on the starboard went all the yacht club Burgees we had collected and on a Spinnaker halyard we raised the “Boxing Kangaroo” and Pacific Puddle Jump flags!!! Departing Mindarie at about 14.30 we  sailed down to Hillarys Yacht club with our Daughter and a couple of good friends, a fantastic run South was had doing 6.5 SOG in 10 Kts of wind shame it was only a  9 NM leg!! As expected, going thru the entrance to Hillarys was a very emotional experience for us but that was far overshadowed by the sight of 150+ club members coming out of the club house to greet us as we came up the fairway to dock on the VIP jetty in front of the club house.

And a so dear reader that concludes our Blog of the trip, what happens now is still undecided. We have both had a remarkable time and learnt a lot about sailing and ourselves. It is time to take stock, reflect and catch up with friends.

Thanks to you all for reading and being part of this adventure.....

Mike.