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Careel Bay
33 36.88E 151 19.24S 10th May 2007 Careel Bay, Pittwater Day of domestic crisis. I was in the process of making yoghurt when the boat lurched on an unexpected wave sending the bowl containing a liter of thick creamy yoghurt mix flying. Result? A thick gloopy mess that oozed everywhere. I turned on the tap [...]
Pittwater
33 36.13E 151 17.86S Tuesday 8th May. We departed Broughton Island as the sun set for an overnight passage to Pittwater. The wind picked up and we soon had to reduce sail to slow down. Didn’t want to arrive before first light. Off Newcastle I counted 18 ships at anchor. Fishing boats without lights made [...]
Broughton Island
32 36.72S 152 18.13E Sunday 6th May 2007 It’s supposed to be early winter but instead it’s hot sun, gentle breezes and the golden light associated with late summer. We set the sails and slowly drifted from Port Stephens to Broughton Island. A low scrub covered island with three anchorages, two to the south and [...]
Port Stephens
32 41.05S 152 03.73E Fame Cove, Port Stephens. 3rd May 2007 Last night was slow progress. No wind or what there was from astern. A blazing full moon compensated for the lack of sailing. Dawn brought a breath of wind that freshened enough for us to contemplate continuing on to Pittwater. But as Simon had [...]
Duet’s progress
30 54’58S 153 10’30E Wednesday 2nd of April. We left Coffs harbour around 0630 with the promise of N’ly winds. So far we’ve motored for most of the time. Wind is in the right direction but little of it. Dolphins and shearwaters. The Tasman sea seems to produce the biggest swell I’ve ever seen. Now [...]
Coffs Harbour
30 18.25 S 153 08.82 E Coffs Harbour. Friday Once south of 28 south the whole atmosphere changes and we are suddenly into the Tasman Sea. Balmy weather and the blue waters of semi tropical Queensland are behind us. We have seen dozens of yachts en route migrating north like a flock of swallows. Are [...]
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