First happy 30th to Andrew Howie, our godson, I hope you are a good boy at this party Andrew and behave as your Godfather would behave! We are still on the Gold Coast having had the dinghy attended to by Swift who have been a bit tardy but with Chris on their case and a helpful sales guy, Roy we seem to have made them see sense and the dinghy looks like it is in better shape now. We have also been up to our armpits in boat jobs (why are there sooooo many !?). Wednesday and Thursday we had both bow watertight compartments open so we could check them and tighten and seal screw / bolt holes. What a job, fortunately for me Chris was small enough to fit in while I am just too round to fit in the tight spots so Chris got the rough end of the deal. We think we have sealed it up and today is a layday with only 5 hours of work scheduled instead of the usual 12-13. We purchased some fresh prawns and bugs straight on the trawler yesterday and had them for dinner – yum they were great. The weather is OK now but a big blow is coming so we have decided to wait it out in the Gold Coast. We are both now keen to get home but we must be disciplined and wait until the weather is right. So hopefully we will be home in 10 days or so. Then we have the “pleasure” of unpacking, and getting the boat back into Sydney shape.