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I've had a bit of time to digest the six days we spent afloat in the Whitsundays, and here are my erudite and carefully considered opinions:

1. It's the people that make the trip as fun as it is. We were lucky enough to have good friends there.
2. Seasickness tablets. Pack them. Take them.
3. 25 knots of wind and 3 metre swell make for an interesting trip. See (2) above.
4. It turns out that in order to get the most from a sailing trip, all you need is a motor.
5. Be thankful you’ve got a working toilet. Some people aren’t so lucky. Darren.
6. Holly is obsessed with sea-life, especially dolphins. They don’t seem to be quite so obsessed with her, but still like to come up and say "hello" sometimes.
7. Yachties like to have a plethora of names for each rope. This makes it easier to get confused when working at speed under the direction of someone who uses different names for the same thing than you.
8. Don’t care too much about how things are right now. Remember, dry land is always one radio call and a quick seaplane flight away.
9. Get used to helpful comments such as, "it’s not normally like this" and "it looks lovely when the sun’s out, the ocean’s a little flatter and the bottom of the boat isn’t quite some filthy"