Year OneDate: 31/3/2008 11.00Weather: sleet, rain, wind, blue sky any ones guessLocation: Coalbins Bay, Recherche 43'34S 146'54EAuthor: PeterStill yacht bound. On Friday we made our way further south to Recherche Bay (all the locals pronounce it "research"). The French explorer who discovered it described it as an isolated bay at the bottom of the world and not much seems to have changed. This...
Year OneDate: 26/3/2008 13.00Weather: Its raining its pouring, the old man is snoring(stayed in bed real late)Location: Deep Hole South Port 43'27S 146'28EAuthor: PeterThe cruising grounds of South Eastern Tasmania are huge and the scenery just keeps changing every place you stop. We have dropped anchor in a beautiful spot adjacent to the end of a light gauge railway that used to carry...
Year OneDate: 25/3/2008 12.00Location: on the move in the ChannelAuthor: PeterHappy Easter everybody.We have been very slack (busy) again so we need to do a big catch up.We left Cygnet on the 18th and had a very slow sail back into the Huon River where we spent the night at Surges bay(43 12S, 146 59E). The Huon river is slightly brown in colour...
Year OneDate: 17/3/2008 9.00pmWeather: The warmest night we have had so far, could actually sit in the cockpit for dinnerLocation: Cygnet 43'12S 147'05EAuthor: KylieWe have a big decision to make....A few obstacles have been thrown in our way over the last few months and they seem to be making it very hard to get to New Zealand. Already we are running late, we...
Year OneDate: 13/3/2008 12.00Weather: Clear Sky, very little breeze, meant to get up to 24 degrees today!!Location: Duck Pond 43'08S 147'21EAuthor: Kyliethe quick rundown...Left Little Fancy Bay last Wednesday and moved south west to Randalls Bay 43'14S 147'07E. Went for a pleasant walk through the bushland behind the beach. Thursday lunch time we sailed back north to Hobart in a beautiful south easterly....
Year OneDate: 4/3/2008 21.00Weather: Clear Sky, 10 knots SLocation: Little Fancy Bay 43'13S 147'21EAuthor: PeterWe are currently anchored at Little Fancy Bay mid way through the D'entrecasteaux (pronounced Don-ca-strow we think)Channel. We are planning on spending the next month exploring the Channel and hope that during this time we get a weather window to get around to Port Davie. Tomorrow morning we look...
