Portland Bay Marina – Sailing
Portland Bay Marina is sturdy, well-maintained & secure. Although it has few facilities, it is close to toilets, showers, laundry, supermarkets, bars, cafes, and beaches. #thingstodo
Portland Bay Marina is sturdy, well-maintained & secure. Although it has few facilities, it is close to toilets, showers, laundry, supermarkets, bars, cafes, and beaches. #thingstodo
We finally caught up with our “virtual” cruising buddies, SV Tiki – Heather and Neil. SV Tiki had been sailing the same direction as us but we had just missed each other or we’d gone slightly different ways. We had briefly met Neil in Serangan, Bali, but not Heather; Facebook, blogs and messenger kept the four of us up to date on each others progress.
Senibong Cove was not actually on our way but it was worth the detour to catch up with Tiki and her crew. We had a great time catching up over drinks at the bar and they introduced us to the “PORK HOCK”…. Dwayne was sold!
We finally arrived in Batam and grabbed a berth at the Nongsa Point Marina next to fellow Aussie sailors Gary and Libby of SV Aquarius. It was nice to talk to fluent ‘Aussie’ speakers. Finally I didn’t need to think about what I wanted to say and how to say it! We also met another Aussie couple, Mick and Janice off SV Zoa. WHY DID IT TAKE US A WEEK TO CLEAR OUT OF INDONESIA?
We anchored between the jetty and the breakwater in Coffs Harbour about 1630. As soon as we set the anchor we had to clean the Marlin we’d caught. A big messy job! Our bait board, on which we usually clean our fish, was just a little too small (2 metres too small) so we cut the marlin up on the cabin top…. Wait! Did you say Marlin? Yep… read on for more about our tasty catch!
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