Lake Macquarie - Here We Come! 19th to 21st August

Well not quite! Monday and Tuesday had strong wind warnings forecast so we decided to stay in Pittwater for a couple more days. On Monday we left Patonga early and motored to Coasters Retreat, a lovely, protected bay on the western shores of Pittwater. The NW/SW winds blew strongly as forecast, but we felt secure on our club mooring. Very few people are sailing in this area during the week so taking up a club mooring for the night is not an issue. Coasters Retreat is full of visitor moorings and it was a matter of which one? On Tuesday the wind was just as strong as Monday so Peter rang the Royal Motor Yacht Club of Broken Bay and organised a berth for the night.  Luxury!!

The wind was howling when we arrived, but luckily two men from the marina helped us secure Rene without much fuss. There is not a lot of room in some of these marinas for manoeuvring and the wind complicates things somewhat. We were surrounded by small ships and classy yachts, but I bet none of them had come across The Bight. I was looking forward to roast dinner at the club, however Peter made a mistake with the days and we ended up with fish and chips. Nice though! One advantage of the marina berth was that we could clean Lily and pack her away on the pontoon. Much easier than on the foredeck. We filled up with water, fuel, gas, did the washing and had a shower all ready for an early morning departure on Wednesday, the only decent weather forecast this week.