Iluka to Yamba Fuel Trip

Emily and Rob

Quick little trip to Yamba today, just to remind Zen how it feels to move and fill up with fuel and water. How we learnt to dock: Docking and entry/exit into marinas was quite a daunting process when we first set out on Zen. On our previous monohull Katoura, we really didn’t do much docking. The way we really learnt, was booking an easy entry marina berth in 1770 and of course, YouTube, Rob’s dad and liveaboard yachties at the Marina. We then practiced and practiced in different wind, tide times/current. Emily got abandoned at the dock multiple times, there was definitely a time we couldn’t get back on the dock and had to anchor for a bit, and many many times we would completely miss the entry all together. It was great to understand when a reverse entry is better than a forward entry, with winds and currents. This was a game changer, and really helped with control of entry/exit. We eventually managed it though! And we no longer dread fuel and public wharfs and marinas!

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Zen

Simpson, 34ft Inspiration 10

Emily and Rob

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