To Middle Percy
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sun 22 May 2016 22:37
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To Middle
Percy
 A gentle start to
the day, we were up and ready to leave by seven for the thirty nine mile
journey to Middle Percy. Engine on, anchor up, out into six metres, mainsail up
and engine off – all in ten minutes.
  Settled to a brilliant sail in calm
seas, our path would take us through islands with
familiar sounding names – Northumberland (or Steep Island), Hexham, Alnwick,
Shields and Allandale, all part of the Northumberland Group. Meanwhile the skipper checked a blog for me. The only cloudy bit of my
day was two games of backgammon along the way - I suffered losses in
both.....
 Steep
Island over to our right.
 On the left Hexham, Alnwick and Shields
Islands.
 Ahead we could make out South Percy and beyond Middle
Percy.
 South
Percy.
 At the west end of South Percy was a little islet called Hixon, one of those lumpy bits
to avoid........
 Passing Hixon
Islet.
 Just past Hixon we could look up a channel at Walter Island on the far left, North
East Island in the middle and South Percy on
the right.
 Further on we saw a little rock that reminded us of Christmas Pudding Rock in the bay at
Opua.
 We would make a right through the gap in the
middle, from Hixon Islet to this turn, exactly five
miles.
   Time for a little cloud watching.
 Impressive sand dunes along the southern coast of Middle Percy –
Rescue Bay.
 The dune to the right.
 The dune to the left, almost at the corner.
 Our right turn at the corner of Middle Percy, we dropped the main just here.
 Awesome rock
formations.
     The western
coastline as we moved along Middle
Percy.
 We would turn
right beyond the next point.
 To our left the Pine Islets.
 Our final turn right into the
anchorage.
 Ashore, we could see the famous Hut on the left and the A’ Frame
building.
ALL IN ALL A GREAT
SAIL
A GREAT, CALM
SAIL |