What a ball we had.... Hanny & Robin McMiles have always been such fun to have on board and this year was no exception when the enthusiasm and total abandonment of Peta and Ralph Bolton was added to the mix. Right from the start Peta got into the 'swim' of things by stepping fully clothed off the back ladder of the boat straight into the water!! It should be mentioned it was dark and the boys were so busy chatting that they did not point out the pitfalls of marina life. We dined in Airlie, had some great sails, experienced total indulgent for a day at the club Med on Linderman Island (including golf, full buffet lunch and unlimited drinks!), had some picturesque snorkels at Blue Pearl Bay and Border Island, lunched at Whitehaven beach and swam in the crystal clear waters of Hill Inlet. We also enjoyed some beautiful anchorages, sometimes secluded, so we could turn up the volume of the music and party. Robin was the music director and Ralph proved to be the galley-slave extraordinaire. At one stage Hanny's nursing skills were put to use removing a large splinter. Early one morning when the water was like a mirror the lads, Ralph and Robin, rowed the dingy to circumnavigated pretty little Esk Island (see photo). We all know that you have to wear hypo kids out somehow! Lots of photos were taken which have provided some amazing memories.
