Monthly Archives: May 2015

Tuesday was genset day, it is imperative that we have a means of charging our batteries  if sailing and not motoring or the solar panels are ineffective because the sky is overcast. Our Gen Trax worked for about 12 hours … Continue reading →

Spent Sunday, the day after we arrived adapting our new dinghy Balakerette IX to operate on the davits, putting a new charging circuit relay on our batteries (kindly donated by Dave from XTsea) and working on the dinghy outboard.  Colleen … Continue reading →

Just arrived in Darwin at 7am after the overnighter from Cape Don. Very happy with the cruising guides of John Knight and Jeff Toghill, their recommendations allowed us to ride a flood tide to the Clarence Strait and then an … Continue reading →

We went ashore at Black Point to see the museum and met the ranger Alan who has lived here for 16 years. We were going to head up Port Essington to the ruins of Victoria Settlement, a distance of about … Continue reading →

So much for the tropical North, last few mornings have required the doona around 4am. Woke up to a cockpit covered with dead mosquitos, they certainly were ferocious last night. Jim called it a pest cemetery.  Today we are headed … Continue reading →

Departed Southwest Bay on South Goulburn Island at 7.30am and Jim cooked bacon, eggs and bubble & squeak for breakfast. We had company overnight, a barge anchored off around midnight, came into the landing at 5.30am and left an hour … Continue reading →

Departed Refuge Bay in Elcho Island at 7am, then Jim made bacon and eggs for breakfast. Together we have made an executive decision to do an overnighter directly to South Goulburn Island. The other alternative involved entering rivers at Millingimbi … Continue reading →

Did some maintenance at anchor after breakfast before leaving Raragala Island at 9am. Confident we now have the annoying leak fixed. No other vessels within 30 miles according to the AIS. Nothing really dramatic happened today just sailed on a … Continue reading →

Left Gove at 5.30am in the dark, the moon had set but before dawn. We were careful to avoid unlit moored boats and also encountered an incoming barge prior to first light. Our objective today is the Gugari Rip, also … Continue reading →