THEY'VE LEFT ME IN CHARGE!!!

It has been holiday time on board Proteus, first mine which was amazing to be back with my family, friends and beautiful fiancée, then tosh and Bryony off for a couple of well deserved weeks. These are all exciting times with the build up to Hamilton Island Race Week that we are entered in and with the arrival of Chris and Denise's friends, John and Jill who were with us for 7 days. So down to business and my first time in close quarters handling of proteus myself and jack got to busy with me as stand in skipper and jack as hostess. The weather was fantastic with very light winds so limited sailing but excellent snorkelling and amazing beaches the tour of the Whitsunday islands was on. All was great as we had a hump back whale with its calf swim under the stern of the boat within touching distance and were able to have the sensation of seeing and hearing them breathe and dive. Also many sea turtles, coral and reef fish about. I always have a strange feeling of remembrance in Australia as I try and piece together my memory from the places I visited nearly 9 years ago. We ventured into Whitehaven beach, luncheon bay, butterfly bay, hayman island, Nara inlet and Cid harbour. John and Jill who have never done much sailing had a great time and saw more natural sights in the space of a week than most people may ever do, it's nice to be reminded of how lucky I am.