Percy Islands
How many expletives can one use to
describe Percy islands. The Percy Island
holds a special place in our hearts chiefly for its hospitality, its
remoteness, and its beauty. A favorite rendezvous for comradery of the cruising yacht community.
On this occasion we ate goat stew around
the fire pit entertained by lively conversation. John the resident in the main homestead
enlisted Terry for advice on a Bore that
they want to establish and to assist in some work at the tree house, the next
morning.
A welcome reprieve to have a break from
each other. Living in small quarters can
get on each others nerves if you don’t take time out to do your own thing.
I
was able to get some maintenance and cleaning jobs done on the yacht, which is
hard when the Capt is underfoot.
We lunched on the yacht whilst watching
the sea eagles capture fish with their talons
and 2 whales and calf in the bay just cruising around . What a wonderful
experience to just sit with a glass of wine and watch nature all about.
Unfortunately due to our delays our time
was cut short at the Percy’s but we will return on the Passage home. Weather
was turning unpleasant for comfortable anchoring. We headed to Scawfull Island, Refuge bay in
fairly rough seas to shelter. Huge day sailing and we were exhausted. Bullets of strong wind tossed the yacht around
all night and anchor watch meant that little sleep was had for both of us.
We made passage to Thomas Island a favorite destination because it is normally very quiet but on this
occasion the bay was full. Capt Teza’s
face was full of disappointment as he favorite Beach “Naked Lady Beach” was not going to fulfill his expectations on
this trip.
An unexpected swell came in overnight
which was extremely uncomfortable; rocking the boat severely and we both declared
that this was the worst rocking and rolling we had experienced on the
yacht. Even getting tossed about in big
seas was better than this. Stuff was
going everywhere that normally stays put even when we are on a lean sailing.
Early morning passage to Cid Harbor which has all weather protection. A welcome rest and gave opportunity to do a
minimal amount of communications one of which was to organise a new water
heater. I think after 25 years the old one
had done its job, it still heats but has a split somewhere which means we are
losing fresh water into the bilge. The
yacht has a pressurized water system and we carry 800 litres, which enables us
to do long cruising without the need to go to dock to refill. We can last at
least a month on our tanks. The yacht
did have a water maker but we decommissioned as it had not been maintained
which rendered it useless.
So a replacement Hot water exchange
heater is on its way via luggage with our guests coming on board tomorrow. Same make and model the best and still meets today's standards. It should be a quick
retro fit as all the plumbing and Heat exchange plumbing will not need to be
changed. 
But I am skeptic given our
recent problems with the boat that some unexpected fault may be found. Here’s hoping. In the meantime, we have enjoyed the last 2
days at Cid harbour, water is so clear and blue due to no rain, and I got to do
a short walk today on the island. No
fish caught worth mentioning at this
stage but I hope to catch some fish in some good spots I am familiar with in
the Whitsundays, where I have successfully landed some great fish.
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