Goodbye Sydney

We were both ready to leave Sydney for our next adventure. As there was very little wind we put our main up while still on the mooring. A ferry was just docking when we dropped the mooring. We exited the heads as the wind picked up to 11 knots from NW and the sun began to rise. Time Flies had great fun sailing with no motor and consistent wind of 10-15 kn. We only had one gust of 20 kn, a few fishing boats to negotiate otherwise a very relaxing sail to Cowen Creek.

Leaving Manly

 

We decided to head straight to Smiths Creek which had 3 little bays with courtesy moorings. My plan was to try and find a bay to ourselves. 1^st bay was too close to the entrance, 2^nd had a boat in it, 3^rd empty, yay! We had a choice of 4 moorings.

There is nowhere to land “Time Spies” our dingy so decided to enjoy the sun for a while before working on the blog and photos.

18.98 nm, 3 hrs 37 mins, avg speed 5.2 kn, 10-15 kn NW, total motor sailing 1hr.