It was a loooooooong night in light winds and it’s so nice
when the sun comes up and wakes up your brain. As we were making such good
progress, we decided to pass Port Keats and continue onto Point Ford.
It was a pleasant day with either light wind right on the
nose or no wind at all, so we motor sailed most of the way, occasionally
turning the motor off and sailing about 30% of the time.
There was nothing but blue water all around us and about the
only thing I saw was a very large banded sea snake.
I enjoyed eating yesterday’s cod for breakfast and lunch and
around 17:00 I rounded Point Ford looking for a suitable place to anchor. Anson
Bay is a very large and shallow bay, and Lizard needs about five meters to
anchor safely (Sirocco only needs about two meters) and I drove all over the place
looking for some deep water.
Eventually around 17:30 (WST) just as the sun was setting, I
dropped the pick in 12m way out in the middle of the bay and waited for Lizard
to arrive. We were very exposed and the anchorage was rolley, but there were
only lite variable winds forecasted until the morning and I was too tired to
care anyway.
Lizard dropped the pick close by around 19:00, and after a
couple of beers and 151 miles closer to Darwin, I was snoring.
Track Sirocco’s
progress
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