Cairns To Thursday.
Talulah came out of the water in Cairns,to be cleaned, we changed the rudder and cutless bearings, had a rig check, repaired the Watermaker and Generator (well sort of !!) and then delayed with engine problems this turned out to to be the injectors which we serviced. I guess that's sailing for you, but Talulah is ready to continue on her way around the world, all the fleet seemed to have there share of problems so Cairns was a very necessary stop over for the fleet, but our minor problems all paled into insignificence compared to Wizard and Asolare's. We finally got away on Friday morning and sailed over night to Lizard Island to celabrate Andy's Birthday with 6 other World Arc boats, with a BBQ. on the beach loads of drink and singing!! As we move on to Thursday Island we are all concentrating hard as there are millions of reefs, so a challenging coarse after all the open water stuff, plus we are in the big ships chanel, and we have large tides and currants to contend with. Yesterday we had the most spectacular display of a Humpback Whale slapping its enormous tail and fin on the water, it continued for some time and was magical sight. After overnighting with Andante, Northern Sky, Graptolite and Calli Due off Night Island, we were all up early to sail to the Albany Pass and reach Thursday Island by Wednesday. We also have a new member of crew Joanne, who is really lightening our load, so Happy Days aboard Talulah.
Love to all.
The Talulah Rubians......