19 October 2016 | Friday Harbour, Washington.
18 June 2016 | 48 17'N:124 03'W, Strait of Juan de Fuca
14 June 2016 | 47 30'N:127 35'W, Bamfield, B.C., Canada
13 June 2016 | 47 30'N:127 35'W, Approaching the Pacific North West
12 June 2016 | 45 31'N:131 13'W, Approaching the Pacific North West
11 June 2016 | 44 36'N:132 31'W, Approaching the Pacific North West
09 June 2016 | 42 25'N:135 40'W, Approaching the Pacific North West
07 June 2016 | 40 05'N:140 20'W, Day 15 : Hawaii to Canada
04 June 2016 | 36 40'N:143 30'W, Day 12 : Hawaii to Canada
03 June 2016 | 34 36.5'N:144 28.9'W, Day 11 : Hawaii to Canada
02 June 2016 | 33 00'N:145 32'W, Day 10 : Hawaii to Canada
31 May 2016 | 30 01'N:146 37'W, Day 8 Hawaii to Canada
30 May 2016 | 29 34'N:149 06'W, Day 7 Hawaii to Canada
29 May 2016 | 28 58'N:150 35'W, 6 day underway
26 May 2016 | 24 43'N:156 56'W, Third day underway
25 May 2016 | 22 56.8'N:158 02'W, Leaving Oahu
24 May 2016 | Honolulu, Hawaii
14 May 2016 | Honolulu, Hawaii
12 May 2016 | 21 11.6'N:157 42'W, Sailing to Honolulu
Reef Anchorages - Dolphins, Turtles and Crayfish
02 July 2013 | 11 03'S:143 04'E, Great Barrier Reef - another great (mini) reef anchorage!
Cath/Pippers
Ship's Log
Lat 11 deg 03.2'S Long 143 deg 04' E
Great Barrier Reef - another great (mini) reef anchorage!
Sunny day with 15-20 kt SE breeze
July 3, 2013
Cath/Pippers writes: Another beautiful day with the wind behind us and the sun shining.
We had another wonderful day sail yesterday after a pretty traumatic morning liftng anchor while facing a 28 knot wind with waves (despite being anchored behind a reef). With Scuppers on the foredeck working with the windlass and chain and me on the tiller and throttle spending 45 min. starting at 6:30am attempting to lift it we took a forced 2 hour rest. On our second attempt we had success. Phew!! I couldn't face spending another 24 hours of rockin' and rollin' in our least favourite anchorage so far.
On we sailed - scooting along on a broad reach averaging 6.5 knots with only the Yankee flying!
A group (school? herd?) of dolphins joined in the play along the way... providing our entertainment as they raced crossing and recrossing our bow. These ones were very small and all grey - not sure what kind. This photo shows me on Terrwyn's enjoying the dolphin antics.
We were able to anchor early - 2pm- and were surprised to see another boat (fishing vessel) anchored at the exact place that we had planned. Not to worry though, this reef had lots of good sloping ground and few coral heads along it's well protected NW side. We anchored about 200 mt. north of them with only small wavelets allowing us to rest in minimum rocking.
We knew we were in a great place for as soon as we anchored a very large turtle came over to greet us. He had to be 3 ft in diametre. At first Bill thought it was one of the divers from the boat next to us.
Speaking of the boat anchored next to us... a few hours after we anchored two dinghies with large outboard motors and two guys in each came roaring up. We exchanged enthusiastic greetings and one of the dinghies came over. It turns out that there were four guys on this boat and they were diving for crayfish. Each day they headed out to dive and then brought their catch back to the "mother ship" (small - 32') and kept the crays in a pen until the barge came every week to collect the catch. These crays were all heading to China... except 5 small ones (smallest are the sweetest) which our Ozzie pals generously gave us to have for dinner. We gave them our last bottle of wine but couldn't invite them on board as we have yet to be cleared through customs and immigration. We did have some great chats through the VHF radio though. They couldn't believe we sailed all the way from Canada!
We are now underway leaving our Oz pals to their fishing while we head to the extreme Northern Eastern tip of mainland Australia - Cape York... to then clear customs at Thursday Island.
Cath Out