French Pass Photos

The Adventures of the Good Ship Equinox
Cate and Chris Galloway
Sun 20 Feb 2011 00:47
Hi All,


At last the photos of French Pass:



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Grace and Sarah - looking back from the lookout. The passage through is between the beacon and the land next to where they are sitting. The white water on the other side is reef...

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The village of French Pass - Wayne's "Anna" is in the foreground, "Equinox" is next to the wharf.

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"Anna" passing through the narrows. At this stage the current is flowing at 5 knots and he is doing about 7 at full roar on his engine...

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Sarah - "WOW, this is cool...."

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You can see the current on the beacon. This was gradually built up by pouring concrete into a steel ring 4cm at a time between tides over a month.