Vessel Name: | Bulletproof |
Vessel Make/Model: | Noelex 30 |
Hailing Port: | Blairgowrie Vic, Australia |
after crossing Bass Strait twice and circumnavigating Tasmania, a journey totalling over 1400 nautical miles, Bulletproof is home without a single scratch or breakage.
what a great sail across bass strait - 20 knot westerly, genoa and full main powering boat along at 8-10 knots.
goodbye Tasmanian waters - memories of a lifetime...
goodbye to all the albatross that have flown with us and kept us company for each sail of the trip - truly artists of the air
short 3 hr sail to top of king for the night, our jumping off point for the 57nm crossing of Bass Strait to Apollo Bay and back into Victorian waters. A fairly open anchorage but surprisingly well protected from the swell. Three Fishing boats were there and having made friends with nearly the entire king island fleet over the last few days we were given plenty of help as to where to drop anchor.
spent day checking out Currie - great little place, redeeming King Island as a place of appeal. Had lunch at the restaurant with no food which was really cool. Sited right on the harbour, it is a fully set restaurant decorated in a maritime theme with great artistic talent. You just wander in with your [...]