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Because of the tides we left this mooring before the bad weather had completely passed ( otherwise we would have had to wait a further day and were already champing at the bit ) , convinced that we could weather the tail of the cyclone . ) They were relaxed and friendly , not at all standoffish or intimidating or judgmental , and joined in wholeheartedly with all the crazy activities - - like musical skits and renaissance dancing . Feeling a very long way indeed from any humanity - - there were no other boats out there at all - - we steered nervously through a narrow , rock-bordered channel between islets , the heavy ocean swell crashing to left and right , to take a peek at an incredible anchorage , almost unseen from the outside world except through a large hole in the huge rock that protects it from the elements . Lindsey , Pam 's eight year old niece , is appalled yet fascinated by the French penchant for eating unusual things , and on discovering a large frog squashed on the road outside the pub said " cor look at the size of that - - you 'd have thought someone would have nicked the legs off of it by now " ! We were duly amazed by the Phantom of the Opera , and afterwards we were blown away by martinis in the Redwood Room of the Clift Hotel - - which , following a tip-off by an ex-Californian with whom Ian played jazz in Hamilton , is now a must on every visit to San Francisco . But although based in Sydney 's northern beach area she moves around a lot - - the " W " page of our address book is filled with crossed-out and updated addresses for her . Not long afterwards , she decided to move to Sydney , where she arrived just before the Olympics . ( Some people who receive this letter seem to think he does n't work at all . ) We have some reservations about changing schools just before the end of her school career , but Nikki has thought it through and is determined , and we are anxious to avoid what happened with Anna , who changed halfway through her final year . But things started to go wrong : her job did n't work out ; she found life in an apartment with no furniture at all rather depressing ; her friendship turned a bit sour . December , just before the girls arrived . Sarah and Alex are university lecturers in English literature and philosophy , and between them they created a tongue-in-cheek eyewitness account of that eventful day which is so compelling that we have appended it to this letter . Well , we did , but spent over 24 hours running under bare poles in four metre waves with no sails up at all .