Zinkwazi

We filled water tanks this morning. Rob and I have got pretty good at coming into wharves, jetties, piles and picking up moorings. I manage forward half of boat and Rob looks after the aft. I get my ropes secured – might have had to lasso or hug a pole or tie off on a […]

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Green beans, washed, topped and tailed and cut into 2cm lengths Olive oil – about 1 tablespoon Pine nuts or sliced almonds 1/2 shot of tequila Heat olive oil and stir fry beans over a high heat. Keep beans moving and they will brown slightly. Add nuts – stir to keep from burning and while […]

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I used: 1 onion chopped Olive oil 4 cloves garlic chopped 1 cup arborio rice 1 tin chopped Italian tomatoes in juice 1 1/2 cups water 2 OXO chicken stock cubes 1 tablespoon tomato paste 1 teaspoon raw sugar 2 teaspoons smoked paprika 1 teaspoon porcini powder 1 teaspoon dried basil 10cm piece of salami […]

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We had a quiet day today. Scrappy weatherwise – windy and rainy. Rain is good – Zinkwazi had got very salty so a washdown was good. We tendered into Fitzroy this morning – bought bread and milk. And a huge cauliflower. Rob got picked up – by three damsels in distress. They were attempting to […]

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We had fish for tea. With chips and salad at the boating club. Because the only snapper in the sea are less than 30cm. We tried Katherine Bay – have had very good fishing there in the past. But it is very exposed and the wind came up so we went for a sail. No […]

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We are sitting in the cockpit on a perfect evening drinking coffee liquers. Tide has just turned and all the boats are starting to swing around and face in different directions. Normally yachts all lie in the same direction and so do launches but often not same direction as yachts. I think it was Meatloaf […]

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Happy new year everybody. I can’t get email to work and only have intermittent phone so have not been able to email or ring to wish you. We have had a quiet day – slept late and then did a tutu around Port Fitzroy Harbour. Poked our nose out – weather good although a cold […]

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