Hi everyone,
At 1530 on Wednesday we anchored in Shelter Bay at 26 10.3s 113 12.1e. That's at the southern end of Shark Bay. There is only one other yacht here - catamaran Sam which left Geraldton shortly before us, arrived at the same time as us. She looks fast so we're happy to have kept up with him!
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| sv Sam |
We logged 191nm for the 31 hour passage, for an average of 6 knots. By GPS we covered 182nm over the ground, so lost 9nm to currents. There were certainly currents aound Port Gregory and Bluff Point - around 1.5 knots. Here are our track and speed plots...
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| Zen Again Track |
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| Zen Again Speed |
We had a great sail yesterday with wind varying from 8 to 20 knots, all from the east. Throughout the day we saw whales, mostly at a distance. Saw them tail-slapping a couple of times. Early in the evening one whale blew only a couple of boat-lengths off our port side - a bit too close for comfort. I saw the whale clearly in silhouette as he dived. I think he/she was as surprised as me!
Over night the wind increased, and at about 0200 this morning was over 30 knots. That wasn't in the brochure! It stayed at 30-35 for several hours which we spent under staysail and double-reefed main. Our second reef gives us a trisail sized main. The boat handled it all very well.
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| We copped a few nice waves! |
This morning the wind gradually decreased and we had a great sail past the spectacular cliffs south of Steep Point.
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| View of Steep Point from SW |
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| View south from W of Steep Point |
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| Detail of our path through South Passage to Shelter Bay |
Our anchorage is open to the east so we'll be on the lookout for strong winds tonight. They are not forecast.
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| View towards South Passage from Shelter Bay |
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