Port Douglas to Snapper Island
Gaviota
Wed 15 Jun 2016 01:50
16:17.743S 145:29.443E
Thursday,
9th June – On a totally stunning hot sunny day we left Port Douglas
with a repaired, re-installed working generator, the ‘Turin Shroud’ was resurrected
(for those who have not followed the ‘blog’, the ‘Turin Shroud’ is the very
ancient second Genoa which got it’s name after going overboard in the middle of
the Pacific and catching a fish which we didn’t know about until we got to
Tahiti and discovered it’s rotting presence in the sail!) The 2 genoas up are in preparation for some
good downwind sailing through the Torres Straits. We are once again fully provisioned and water
tanks full as the next leg will not include any Marina stops – from here on we
are in Aboriginal Lands.
We had
planned to head out to Low Isles but with the glassy seas opted for a less
secure anchorage at Snapper Island (hopefully named after Red Snapper Fish
rather than the other snapper – the dreaded Salt Water Croc!
