Billy did everything @ 150% , fear was not in his vocabulary.

@@unclemarkyeatonshill5803 if I hadn't got my arm through the sorting tray I would have gone over the side and drowned. Full wet gear and Welly boots "no" lifejacket. He may be 150% but when I went into the wheelhouse billy was white as a sheet and shaking like a leaf. In 16 years of fishing it was the closest I came to death, worse than being on the Dragin 2 when she sank on the jumpinpin bar 23 December 83.

On the Susan M or the Cobia ???

@@unclemarkyeatonshill5803 sorry but I don't recall. I was only filling in for his permanent decky for a few days. I also worked for his father for a while. You said billy was, is he no longer with us?

@@ianturpin9180 Yes gone many years now. Warren was a character too, great Iluka people, ahh the good old days.

I came in on the rising tide but with 20kt SE & swell. It is horrible in those conditions as you have to turn side on to the swell. There is a photo in the pub on the hill of a friend in their 40' yacht who came in under same conditions & took on water. I went out on the ebb tide just after the high. That was OK. There was no swell.

Definitely north, perhaps to Lady Musgrave.

EAST

It’s easy to see it’s exactly three lengths of string! Are you blind!

Noticed that myself.

I have family in Melbourne who after 8yrs want me back. I could sail her back to Melb. but decided to try & sell her in QLD & start a new life. I have been very lucky to circumnavigate Aust. so perhaps it is time to move on. If I don't sell, I will take her back south & spend some time around Tassie (closer to home). I did circumnavigate Tassie & loved it.

@@sailingopheliacompass2997 Thanks for the content. It's good to see someone like yourself cruising as many of us dream and plan for when it is our turn. All the best and welcome back anytime.