Wednesday, 31 July 2013

30th July Mackay to Scawfell Island. 28nm


We were farewelled by Steve and Maureen as they are heading south and the conditions are just not good for heading south. There is a window of opportunity on Friday for them to go south and they will have to take that window to do an overnight sail to avoid the military exercise area in the Shoalhaven area.
After refuelling we left the dock at 11am and headed out with just the jib. We made good progress in the 25 knots and anchored at Refuge Bay, Scawfell at 3pm where we had a late lunch. The conditions sailing across were not the greatest in 25 knots of wind sometimes gusting to 28 knots and we had quite a bit of green water over the yacht. I managed to get the 2 fishing lines very badly tangled which occupied me for an hour on the trip over. No fish. We had a great dinner and a fantastic sleep in the sheltered anchorage of Refuge Bay.

 Scawfell Island

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