Yeah, I am still in Airlie Beach, still in Queensland, if I go on like that, it will take me 10 years to go around Australia. To give my aussie friends a chance of enjoying that weblog, too, I write that entry in english. Tut mir leid, aber das essentielle sollte fuer jeden zu verstehen sein.

And why should I hurry, every day I have 30 degrees, a beautiful view from my balcony, bluegreen water, my favourite colour, white boats shining ... and at night the stars and the moon, comming up the hill on the right hand side.

And as my beautiful Captain had a lot off time, before he left me 5 weeks ago, he took me sailing. It is really cool, and not at all boring - as I thought, to say, not on his 14ft racing skiff. One hikes out on the hook, and speeds ... until the wind is so strong that the boat goes wild and tipps over. But it 's all good, one hangs on to the centerboard, climbs and stands on it and gets it upside up again! The hardest part for me is actually to drag myself back into the boat: As I take pictures, one sees only Luke all the time.

Soon we went on another skippers boat and entered the wednesday sail club race. Meanwhile a fixed date in my schedule. As the boat was new, my boy and his brother had to do all the work, while Shannon was steering. We had good wind that day and the 'mustard cutter" sped ... until we had to drop sails, which gave me a really racing action shot of my boys. Sadly I stuffed it up.

The last time Luke and me went out for a jot, the rudder broke. The next wednesdays I jumped on some ocean race boats, which wasn't that exiting. So my manager offered me to put me on Spudgun - a 18ft katamaran, made of 'left over material' of a volvo ocean racer. It was fast, it was fun, but still a very manageable boat. The crew likes me, so I am welcome again. But my luck seems to be against me these days, Spudgun is broken, too.

More pictures coming up from me and the race. Also visit http://www.whitsundaysailingclub.com.au/ for more information.