We had a bit of a sleep in, and had a relaxing morning
before attempting to repair the broken tender davit. I bent the davit while I
was trying to fix it, but managed to align it up and get four longer screws in
as the bolts I bought were too short to use.
I put longer screws into the other davit as well. I think
the davits should be fine as long as I only hang the dingy and remove the outboard
and fuel tank first.
After lunch I replaced the oil and oil filters in both
engines and also replaced the oil in both sail drives.
My now it was five o’clock and I put a few calls out for the
Kimberly Coast Cruising Yacht Club five o’clock radio sked and Ian from Holly
Rose came back from Crocodile Creek. We chatted for a while and I made a call
to organise some fuel for him at Cockatoo Island.
Just before sunset we headed over to Sam’s Island in the
dingy for a look. Sam worked for Hamersley Iron back in the 70’s and retired
onto the Island as a hermit.
I visited him many times in the 90’s and he was proud to
show us around his Island and enjoyed having visitors, although he was a very
private person.
I head that Sam had died in recent years and his Island home
had fallen into disrepair. His house and shady palm tree yard was a mess. Last
time I was here the sand under the palms was manicured raked and there was a
furrow on the path caused from his gummy leg and he had bread baking in the
oven.
After the sun went down, we headed over the HHB&SC for a
nice hot shower and a rubbish run, then headed back out to Sirocco for dinner.
Track Sirocco’s
progress
Good to see the old crabbing spot still producing. Lach is keen to get back there one day. Last year he headed up to Kalumburu with his tinnie. Enjoying reading all about your trip Craig.
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John, it was nice to share all that wildlife with Sarah and Putu. The place is alive and well and it was good to see it one last time. A good feed of muddies was nice too !!
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ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about Sam passing, i still remember walking through his little fortress in amazement as a kid...
ReplyDeleteHi Dave, I remember Sam's gummy leg digging furrows in the tracks around his Island. He was so house proud, he would let you look in the door but not go in. Now all doors are open and all his possessions are still sitting where he left them. The whole place is rapidly deteriorating and it was sad to see. The ranger in Karratha maintains the gas bottles at the BBQ and waters the palm trees.
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