0700hrs: Departed Portland Roads
10-15kts SE
1200hrs: Arrived in Lockhart River
A daily log of the happenings onboard the sailing catamaran Palawa Dreaming.
0700hrs: Departed Portland Roads
10-15kts SE
1200hrs: Arrived in Lockhart River
0500hrs: Departed Margaret Bay
10-15kts SE to E winds
1600hrs: Arrived Margaret Bay
0700hrs: Departed Hannibal Island
10-15kt SE veering E
1300hrs: Arrived Margaret Bay
0400hrs: Departed Escape River
10-15kts SE to E Winds
1600hrs: Arrived Hanibal Island
0900hrs: Departed Mt Adolphus Island
South Easterly 15-20kts 1 m waves.
1300hrs: Arrived in Escape River
0430hrs: Departed Horn Island. Wind 0kts
0500hrs: Port motor alarm went off, overheating.
0600hrs: pulled cooling system apart and replaced raw water impeller and gasket.
0630hrs: Motor warning light and alarm went off again. Closer inspection shows that coolant had leaked out of cooling system. Replenished and problem solved.
1130hrs: Arrived at Mt Adolphus Island. Amazing anchorage.
1600hrs: Went ashore and picked some black lip oysters.
1500hrs: Cooked the oysters with bacon--beautiful.
0900hrs: Departed Pennyfather river.
Initially no wind, so motoring.
1130hrs: Wind came in from northwest.
Let out a lure as we exited the river. Spanish mackerel hooked up as I let the line out.
1630hrs: Arrived Cullen Point
0900hrs: Departerd Pine river
Light to moderate SE winds. Close hauled up the coast.
Caught a GT at Jantz point.1530hrs: Arrived art Pennyfather rivers and entered towards low tide. Down to 0.7 metre under the keel at its shallowest.
Nice spot, few crocks.
0750hrs: Departed Pearl Bay to head to Port Clinton. Wind 1-3kts from the southeast Back in mobile service wind for cast to strengthen fr...