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Time to say goodbye to Dampier. New battery bank fitter. Fuel and water topped up. We heard the squid are running in the Montebello Islands so we are heading there, arriving at dawn tomorrow for a feed.

21st July – As a result of the regulator failure, the house battery bank is now shot. We are making direct for Dampier, 5 days on the high seas with little wind.    

18th July – Arrived in Broome. 21st July – Departed Broome this afternoon thanks to Nat and Bec for all the running around and collecting fuel, water and food. Was a huge help. Caree is now heading for Point Sampson for re stocking before hitting the Montebello Islands.

10th July – Anchored in the King George River overlooking the waterfalls. Incredible beauty here. 11th July – Hiked to the top of King George Falls. What a spectacular view. Was well worth the climb. Nice swim. Gathered fresh water and anchored at river mouth. 12th July – Departed King George River at 5am into light winds and […]

This morning we departed Darwin. Great place to visit in the dry season. We are now headed for King George River on the other side of the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf. Seas are flat with no wind. The journey should take us about 48 hours.

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We upped anchor and headed to Horn Island in the Torres Straights, a sail of 48 nautical miles. We cut through Albany Passage a very picturesque area at the tip of Cape York and leave the mainland behind. The sail through Albany passage was amazing, such a beautiful area, it was a shame we could […]

We upped anchor and headed North for 80 nautical miles to Night Island to join a fishing boat for the night. After we arrived two prawn trawlers arrived to anchor. A windy but smooth anchorage. Everyone wanted some more tuna so I set up the line. About an hour later we had a nice yellow […]

We pulled anchor at Double Island early Saturday Morning and motored off to the shipping channel. Winds soon built to 20 knots and we were able to hoist the sails and shut the motor off fairly early making a good 7 knots under Genoa and Mizzen sails. Winds grew to the mid 20s and we […]