Our Travels
Stuck for a while…
The south westerly weather doesn’t look like abating anytime soon. Here’s a screen shot for the forecast for Monday, when we thought we might depart. …and this for mid-week: Yuk! The next likely window is now likely to be next weekend, but we’ll see how we go. There are certainly worse places to be stuck! … Continue reading
Trip to Port Arthur
We had a pretty exciting trip round. 2 meter southerly swell , an occasional 2 or 3 meter south westerly swell and a 1 to 1.5 north to northwesterly sea on top with no steadying wind made for difficult conditions. We left at 6:30am aiming to be in shelter when the forecast change came through … Continue reading
A day ashore
The boys and went beach coming today, first walking on the western shore of the bay before rowing over the the town side of the bay. We went ashore beside the old (?) slipyard. It looks like it’s been abandoned and is now an environmental clean up project, judging by the sign on the gate. … Continue reading
New Day, New Life
“A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.” – Frank Herbert, Dune series This morning we are off. Heading out of the Derwent River, with no intention of returning. In many ways we “went” when we left the marina 2 weeks ago for Bellerive, but many people … Continue reading