Leaving the Tamar
Hi all, we should be leaving Tuesday morning (tomorrow) for Erith Island. There have been gale warnings for the past three days and tomorrow is a "strong wind warning". It has been a very windy holiday so far.
We were anchored off Georgetown on Friday when a member of the George Town Yacht Club came out and invited us to their "Happy hour". Very pleasant. Then he invited us home for dinner, which we accepted. It was an extremely enjoyable evening and very generous of John and Bev. They have 20acres and a beautiful water front spot on the Tamar. John is one of the Devenport/Launceston pilots and it was very interesting to hear of his work. Bev's sister and husband were also visiting and helping with curtains and installation of a heater in the ketch John and Bev have just bought. A heater would be very useful in Tassie. Dog Patrick, a happy Labrador, was extremely friendly and rather a comedian.
We got back to Pastime around 11pm and woke up to the anchor alarm as we drifted towards the main shipping channel around 5am. The whirlpools and lack of wind plus tides had wrapped the chain all around the anchor making it ineffective.
Other things we have been doing are plenty of walks and exploring the Low Head Pilot station and maritime museum. We have re-provisioned and topped up the diesel which involved carrying 20kg of fuel and walking almost 3Km. Yesterday was so cold, wet and crummy that we stayed on the boat. Today we explored Beauty Point.
We will not be able to receive normal email until we reach Eden next week.
Regds, Dave and Penny no-footer
