One of the nice things about sailing in the shipping lanes going toward Cape York is that you don't have to worry about uncharted reefs or shoals. One of the bad things about sailing in the shipping lanes is that large cargo ships want to sail there also! Here is the Four Turnadot passing us about 1500 feet to our starboard. Boy, was she big and fast. She was making 20 knots and just look at the size of her bow wave...
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As we pass by Cape York, we mark off another major milestone that we have made during our sailing adventure!
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It is not often you sail in 5 knots of water. here is a picture of the chartplotter when we were passing through Albany Pass. You can see our Speed; which is speed through the water is only 5 .2 knots, while our Speed Over Ground (Sog) is 10 knots!
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Once inside the pass, the waters were calm and smooth but ripping along at 5 knots.
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A view of the overfalls after we passed by them. They don't look quite as daunting from this angle since they are breaking away from us now. Whew!
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