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 →
Daily Archives: July 5, 2016
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 →