This is a "catch up" post to fill in a little more history of Zen. This time we'll take a look at our 600nm delivery voyage south from Brisbane to Batemans Bay in March/April 2010 - mainly in pictures.
We motored through the Broadwater from Manly to Runaway Bay, just making it through on a single tide. Touched bottom at a couple of places and at one we had to gently explore to find the channel. The bottom constantly moves and so the charts are a guide only!
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| Manly to Runaway Bay track (via the Broadwater) |
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| Departing Manly |
We spent two nights at Runaway Bay marina before heading out of the Gold Coast seaway into the Pacific. We had a nice 10-15 knot E-SE wind for most of the passage to Port Stephens.
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| Departing the Gold Coast |
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| Approaching Port Stephens |
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| Peppers Anchorage resort, Port Stephens |
We spent several days at Port Stephens waiting for a weather window for the next leg to Sydney. Being in a nice Peppers resort made our stay very comfortable.
The leg from Port Stephens to Sydney was slow, with light winds and a few thunderstorms. We motored for several hours and arrived in Sydney at about 0300. We anchored in Middle Harbour before moving into a pen at MHYC.
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| Port Stephens to Sydney track |
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| Sailing South |
We spent several days at MHYC in Sydney while an East Coast Low came and went. The passage to Jervis Bay was in a light southerly. As we approached Jervis Bay rain became persistant.
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| Sydney to Jervis Bay track |
We stayed in Jervis Bay for one night and then pushed on to Batemans Bay. The winds were light so we motor-sailed for much of the passage.
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| Jervis Bay to Batemans Bay |
The trip was a great shakedown cruise. We managed to avoid exciting weather, with maximum winds only reaching about 20 knots. With the boat home at Batemans Bay we commenced our 2010 refit (described in an earlier post).
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