Arrived in Darwin
Anastasia
Phil May and Andrea Twigg
Mon 27 Aug 2012 21:56
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We have arrived in Darwin after a smooth traversal
of the Van Dieman Gulf. The only problem we encountered was a total loss
of wind, which meant we had to motor the last 20 hours.
Anastasia has had her seawater orifices treated for
mussel growth, which apparently causes issues with the lock gates on the
marinas. The marinas all have lock gates because Darwin has 6 meter
tides so presumably it would be prohibitively expensive to use piles and
floating docks like marinas do in areas with lesser tides.
We have to wait six hours before using our engines
which means we are on the temporary dock until 6am tomorrow morning. Then
we will go and refuel before entering the "duck pond" marina, which is the only
marina with lock gates wide enough for Anastasia to fit
through.
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