safely in Darwin
Panulirus
CR and KN Williams
Sat 21 May 2011 06:38
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12.27S 130.51E
Saturday 21st April, 2011
A wonderful trip from Cape York, wind kept up and
got us to the nasty passes just on time; quick by our standards. By luck
all the tides of 3kts were with with us through both tricky passes (it's the
sort of luck you get when Clare spends 8hrs poring over tide
tables).
The only breakages were one diesel can that came
adrift and the furling drum on the genoa which fell apart - not much
really.
It's fantastic to be out of the tumble drier; I
suppose I could have gone on if forced to, but 6 days/nights is enough for
me. Sleeping is the worst bit. Clare partially solves the problem by sleeping
fore&aft and using all the pillows in the boat to build an edifice which is
a cross between a Lego Forth Road Bridge and a very cosy coffin. She can
presumably breathe because she does (just) wake up 4 hrs later when it's her
turn. I just roll around and moan a lot.
The guy at the marina was surprised that we got
here early for Sail Indonesia (he hasn't seen the breakages list yet) and that a
woman was steering us in. Who says the Aussies are backward?
K
Good to be here. We anchored at 2 a.m. last night
and the moon was out which was helpful. This morning we went to get diesel
on the way to the marina, but the card machine was broken. A girl from
a fisheries and quarantine boat let us use her fuel card and we gave her some
cash instead. Just shows that these people can be really helpful and the lock
keeper for the marina is delightful.
Now to start on sorting out the tip inside the boat
but lunch and a cold beer first.
C
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