Five Island harbour
Scott-Free’s blog
Steve & Chris
Thu 24 Mar 2011 04:02
17:05.3N
61:53.68W
24th March
2011
Distance run: 25
nmiles
The anchor was up
and we were away by 0900 for the 25-mile trip around the bottom of the island
and up to Five Island harbour on the West coast. Another very pleasant
sail, this time with the wind behind us for much of the way and then on the
beam,only heading us as we turned into the anchorage. Unfortunately it did
so with 22 knots of wind, which was a bit of a surprise as we'd had 10-15 knots
all day with just the occasional gust.
The harbour is huge
and there seemed to be little shelter, with strong wind whistling off the hills
and white tops on the waves even close in. Having had a good look around
we decided to anchor in Hermitage Bay which seemed to offer some protection, and
so we felt our way in using the echopilot and anchored in just a few metres of
water. It was indeed calmer in here and we had a very pleasant afternoon
and evening and a comfortable night, but would not say it has much to commend it
other than the wonderful view over the ocean and sky at
sunset.
Five Island
Harbour