Скачать или смотреть 289 - 1st March 2026. Tin Pot to Southport.

Well, left our nice snug anchorage behind Tin Pot Point to head for Recherche Bay. Wind - high! I put a third reef in the main for starters - glad I did. When we got out it was a windward bash to clear Laughtons Point at the top end of Partridge Island with one giant fish farm to negotiate along the way. The trip across Taylors bay was wet and bouncy in the short, steep chop. But once we turned to go down the D'Entrecasteau Channel, the world changed. I killed the jib and were happy with between 7 and 14 knots of downwind boat speed. We decided to lob into Southport and, at first, anchored near the jetty. Bad move, we dragged right away and the anchor came up looking like a weed ball. The next little bay had two yachts already anchored, so I figured the holding must be okay. And it was. We nudged into 4 meters of water and stuck out 34 meters of chain. That held. now we wait to see what tomorrow brings.