Day 142: 1770

Early off for 1770. Threaded the needle amongst the big boys in the shipping channel. Not difficult but you need to keep alert. Crossed the main channel twice - at 90' and fast.

Need to keep on our toes with this sort of traffic.

Motor sailed for the most part. Wind off the port quarter gave us a bit of a boost but not much. Swell was a bit uncomfortable on the side but, once we turned at Pancake Creek, it went behind for a much better motion.

Got on to VMR Round Hill on approach to 1770. It's classed as a bar so deserves some respect. They gave us a bearing and logged us on. The bearing was interesting because it ignored the first mark. Not sure why but, without the advice, we would have gone in a different way. I don't like conflicting instructions!

We crossed the bar 2 hours before high tide. It was a bit swelly but nothing serious. Finding an anchoring spot was not so easy. It's shallow and crowded. We'll have to move from the spot we found because there are lower lows in a few days.

Cat Play at anchor.

Location

1770