July 23 2016 Hi All, It’s time to leave Australia and all the wonderful people and sites we have experienced. We are actually very sad to leave the South Pacific. Wow…..what a ride and experiences we have had. We left Panama Feb 2013…..about 3.5 years ago!! It is always hard and somewhat unfair to pick … Read More →
Captain’s Log: Top End Road Trip; Day 3, 4, & 5
July 12-14 Hi All, Day 3 Itinerary of our Top End Tour: After breakfast we will depart Katherine and make our way towards Kakadu National Park. Covering almost 20,000 square km of exceptional natural beauty and unique biodiversity, Kakadu is one of very few places World Heritage listed for both its cultural and its natural … Read More →
Captain’s Log: Top End Road Trip; Day 1 & 2
July 10-11, Hi All, Below is the itinerary for Day 1 and Day 2 of our Top End road trip. Top End is what the northern part of the Northern Territory is called…..maybe 200-300 miles around Darwin. We did a 5 Day Litchfield, Katherine, Kakadu and Arnhem Land private charter tour!!! It was coordinated by … Read More →
Captain’s Log: Pictures of the passage from Horn Island to Darwin
July 6-9, Hi All, We are back from the road trip around Darwin safe and sound (came back yesterday, July 14). But, before I update the blog on that trip in the next few days, I will post some pictures of the passage from Horn Island to Darwin. I last left the blog we were … Read More →
Captain’s Log: Port Essington to Darwin
July 3-5 Hi All, WE DID IT!!!!! Leg 1 of our 2016 itinerary!! Made it to Darwin…….66 days, 2730nm…..about 41nm/day avg or about 5 hours/day of moving. Of course, we didn’t move everyday and in fact had a total of 15 overnighters……yikes…..and yes, we are a bit pooped!!!! And, we have another 2500-3000nm to go … Read More →
Captain’s Log: Malay Bay to Port Essington
June 30-July 3 Hi All, We arrived at Black Point in Port Essington around 3:00pm on Thursday, June 30. We left Malay Bay around 7am and it was 59nm and took around 8 hours. It was actually a delightful trip as it seemed a treat to do a day run instead of all these overnighters!! … Read More →
Captain’s Log: Wessel’s to Malay Bay on Coburg Peninsula
June 27-29 Hi All, We arrived in Malay Bay about 12:30pm on Tuesday, June 28 safe and sound. It was a 235nm, 29.5hr, overnight run. For the first 23 hours we had rather nice conditions…..12-16kt ESE, 2-4′ seas, all behind us…..a very nice ride. But, the last 6 hours it got gnarly……20-25G32 kt winds and … Read More →
Captain’s Log: Horn Island to Wessel Islands
June 24-26 Hi All, We arrived safely at the Two Island anchorage on Marchinbar Island in the Wessel Island Group around 9am Sunday am. It was a 43 hour, 2 night, 336nm passage. It was probably our roughest passage this season, but having said that it was an overall ok passage. We left Horn Island … Read More →
Captain’s Log: Horn Island
June 21-24 Hi All, We arrived at Horn Island, Cape York area, yesterday around 8am. It was a decent 2 night passage although the weather was different. We had a good ride……winds were 15-25kts ESE-SSE, all behind us and seas in the 3-6′ range, again all behind us so it was a pretty smooth ride. … Read More →
Captain’s Log: Lizard Island
June 17-21 Hi All, We loved Lizard Island but it had its challenges and disappointments. The 17 hour overnighter from Cairns was uneventful and a pretty good ride except for the last 6 hours when the wind and seas turned ESE and got pretty beamy….ugh!!! But, we caught up with the north bound current (the … Read More →
