Batemans Bay
We had a good passage down to Batemans Bay, though the wind strength never got to more than about 11kts and the direction remained from the SE.
So, we had to use more engine than we would have liked but the sails still helped the whole way.
We had seen dolphins swimming near the boat and seals basking on their backs with flippers lazily poking in the air.
We saw more seals as we made our way South and also a long fish swam by the side of the boat for several hours. It was probably hiding from larger predators.
We anchored in Chain Bay and had a very pleasant swim as it was quite hot.
Next morning- Saturday- we went into the Marina and shipwright's area to top up diesel fuel and water. Penny was able to ho ashore (first time in a week) and get some fresh bread. There was no room in the marina and, in any case, would have been too shallow for us at low tide. So, we came up the Clyde River towards the bridge over the Princes Highway and anchored near some moored boats.
The good thing is that there is a Public Jetty not too far away and we can tie up there for an hour ro stretch our legs and/or do some shopping.
Saturday was very hot with the temperature on board reaching 36deg so swimmiing was frequent. We had rto tie a fender to a long line as a safety rope for when we were swimming as the current flows quite fast here. At its maximum, you cannot swim as fast as the water is moving.
We'll be here for a few days with strong Southerlies.
Regards,
Dave & Penny
