Month: November 2017

Somerville Bay and the Naked Truth We were tired. We thought we were getting enough recovery time between these long legs, but it now seems that we sold ourselves short. Our second evening in Somerville Bay turned into one of those horrible experiences you never want to repeat. It wasn’t any issue with the boat, […]

Seisia We hadn’t been sure what to expect from Seisia, believing there was not much more than a camp site there, but we were pleasantly surprised. Arriving from Possession Island, we continued to be amazed by how green the area is from the water. We had to anchor outside the main anchorage, which is in […]

The sail through Albany Passage was in the end simple. It looked more challenging on the chart, but we have to remember the charts are very sparse up here, and only the main shipping channels have really good detail. The Passage was about two miles long and about a quarter of a mile wide, and […]

(Friday 3 Nov) After a pleasant second night at Lizard, we had watched the breeze increase, and on waking we hoped we would be able to sail today. In the end it was lucky that we could, as when Pete went over to the resort with the jerries, there was no sign of the guy […]

It’s All Hallows’ Eve and we are anchor, in a very light breeze at a beautiful little island called Hope Island. This is where we hope there will be wind tomorrow and we hope we can make it to Darwin without any more challenges! The birds on the island are making a weird, ghostly sound, […]