Position: 43 08.31 S   147 18.69 E

At anchor Alexanders Bay, d'Entrecasteaux Channel

Wind:  Southeast F3 gentle breeze

Sea: calm     Swell: nil

Weather: Overcast, mild

Day’s run:  30 nm

 

Yesterday's major goal was getting some shopping in.  Today we weighed anchor at 9.30 a.m. and motored around to the Royal Tasmanian Yacht Club where I topped up with fuel and water.  Then it was south out of the Derwent River and into the d"Entrecastaeux Channel.  Towards late afternoon the wind freshened from the south, a head wind, but being in behind South Bruny Island the seas were relatively flat so, with a reef in the mainsail and a partially furled jib, Sylph leaned into the breeze and shouldered the short seas aside.  Now we are at anchor in a nicely sheltered bay along with a few other non-descript yachts.  The wind has died off and we will have a calm night.

Tomorrow we will work our way a bit further south with a view to heading out to sea again and around the bottom end of Tasmania on Thursday.

 

All is well.