Looks like the Strahan to Port Davey leg is off tomorrow! Swells building to 9m. Yikes.

Stay safe if you're out here - and come & say hi if you're hiding in Strahan.

Hi Bristol

Looking at the observations from Strahan you are getting a far bit of breeze at the moment

We are getting just under 30's and it looks like you are getting just under 40's

Regards Don

Hey Bristol
Looks like an extended stay in strahan will be the go !!!!!!

Too right. Strahan is a top spot.

MAST has put up a BOM screenshot for Maatsuyker Island,

83 kts.
'Exhilarating'.

Given that the wave height at Cape Sorrel is up to 16m.
Mostly you die!

Yikes ,

I bet there were a few rouge waves that were even higher !

shaggybaxter said..

tired said..
MAST has put up a BOM screenshot for Maatsuyker Island,

83 kts.
'Exhilarating'.

I wonder what 83 knots would be like? (says he from the comfort of his armchair)
The worst I've sailed in was 60kn, and I freely admit I spent the first 24 hours scared to death.

I too wonder what it would be like,
briefly anyway...from the safety of the lounge recliner,

Most l've been steaming in ( we have ' stinkboats'... too much of a scaredy cat to step foot on a yacht ) was around 50 kt gusts and 4-5 mt swell out the back of Maria Island a couple of yrs ago,
Could barely see the island in the sleet, seemed we were heading to NZ a few times,

Fun is probably not the correct term,
I may or may not have wet myself,

Anywho...today is a different day,
Two masts is off the rocks ( yesterday )
The other cruising yachts have scarpered elsewhere,
Using their IRON sails...

NOT EVEN enough breeze to ruffle the few remaining strands of hair on me scone,

at least on the east coast,

The poor old Kiwis are doing it tough on the West Coast too.

Well, well, Strahan to Port Davey was a scary, exhilarating blast - arrived at 3am in the pitch dark, anchored in Whalers Cove purely on the GPS, checking for rocks & the shore with the spotlight.

Bathurst Harbour was a dream. As the cruising guide says, the Ultima Thule of Tassie cruising.

Spain bay was a rough rolly night and the trip to south west cape a rough trip in the washing machine.

However South West cape to Recherche Bay was a superb square run all under sail. We got to Recherche in 12 hours dead, just anchoring in the last of the light.

What a superb cruising ground - in our little compass 28, a true lifetime experience.

We only have to get to Dover to complete the circumnavigation .

Hooray!

FINISHED

A lovely run up the channel completed our Tassie circumnavigation. I'd say that it's a "must do" for every Aussie sailor.

There are just so many high points; beautiful scenery, remote areas, great Anchorages, planning challenges and THE WEATHER. People are so helpful & the pilot guides are great.

The Tasman peninsula must be one of the world's great sails and the South West wilderness accessed from the Gordon River and Port Davey/Bathurst Harbour one of the few unspoilt, wild areas we can experience.

I feel very fortunate to have had the experience.

Cheers

Bristol

I think I was having dinner at the Strahan pub whilst you were there, we did a motorcycle tour around tassie and spent the night on our way through....

Supersonic27 said..
I think I was having dinner at the Strahan pub whilst you were there, we did a motorcycle tour around tassie and spent the night on our way through....

We were on the jetty right near the pub - lots of happy motorcyclists around. A top spot.