Day 6 – Pre-pre-race Preparations Continue
Today was a bit of a rest day after the feverish preps from earlier in the week. Fearless Leader headed off to golf at a fancy schmancy course that had a strict rule against ratty old Novi golfers so he went off alone.
The Joe got a birdie on the 12th hole, a Par 5. Bill Murray would have been proud!
Carla, Casey and I headed off for the Manly area to watch some surfing but primarily to heck out the old Quarantine Hospital that saw so many immigrants pass through on their way to becoming Aussies. Sort of like a mini-Ellis Island…
Our favorite grocery and raw bar store also sells Christmas bushes for the season.
We then headed for the famous Manly Beach area and a brew-pub for lunch. Monster burgers done medium-rare and the IPA was actually called an XPA, a hybrid cross between an IPA and a Lager. 4-Pines can be picked up locally here in Sydney so we will see this again.
Pub grub at 4-Pines in Manly. And the burgers were indeed manly, not girlie at all.
Manly men and Manly women out surfing! Fun to watch.
The late afternoon rain broke a few times and the sun peeked out but not for long. Tomorrow is supposed to be glorious once again and we move the boat to the yacht club. The crew party is also on tomorrow night so we will do our best to represent the Lindy as best we can.
As this is being posted much of the rest of the crew are leaving home from the UK, Trono, Virginia and Noviland, all headed this way. The rest follow on shortly. Safe travels all…
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