Cruising Bass Strait and Tasmania

Vessel Name: Bulletproof
Vessel Make/Model: Noelex 30
Hailing Port: Blairgowrie Vic, Australia
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18 March 2012

Cruising Bass Strait and Tasmania: voyage complete

after crossing Bass Strait twice and circumnavigating Tasmania, a journey totalling over 1400 nautical miles, Bulletproof is home without a single scratch or breakage.

17 March 2012

Apollo Bay

what a great sail across bass strait - 20 knot westerly, genoa and full main powering boat along at 8-10 knots.

17 March 2012

setting sail across Bass Strait - sunrise over Cape Wickham, King Island

goodbye Tasmanian waters - memories of a lifetime...

16 March 2012

albatross bidding us farewell at New Year Island

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

16 March 2012

anchorage at New Year Island at north end of King Island

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.

15 March 2012

The Restaurant With No Food, King Island

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 [...]

The Restaurant With No Food, King Island

15 March 2012
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 own food and cook it - free! It was the best lunch of sausages and VB I can remember.

Also checked out the museum, full of interesting maritime stories and displays.

Dinner back at the restaurant tonight.

Based on current forecast, plan is to head to the top of king island tomorrow and stay overnight - an area which has the islands highest concentration of shipwrecks. Then on Saturday, jump to the harbour at Apollo Bay. Sunday - Port Phillip Heads and the final challenge of the Rip, then home.
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