From Forster, we planned an 09:00 departure once we checked the weather. The day started off OK but soon turned to showers. With the ‘Seabreeze’ site saying that the winds would remain south and abate, it seemed a good plan to head off and travel fast on the back of the front that went through last night.
Motoring out of Forster we charged over a few steep waves and buried the bow a few times but she seemed happy. With the winds as predicted, I intended to run under headsail only but the winds soon dropped off and the motion of the boat became terrible. Setting the main improved things but the winds refused to stabilise and with the seas at 2m and the swell almost 3m, conditions were tough.
Thanks to the “oh so good’ Yanmar, I elected to motor sail for a while to get some headway and to stabilise the boat. This worked but the trip remained tough with heavy showers and occasional big swells.
Paul , by this, had again lost out to the dreaded seasickness so he was not having any fun at all. Sympathetic to his plight I elected to shorten the trip and stop over in Crowdy Harbour. An ‘all weather’ port, the harbour turned out to be very shallow with depth alarms going the entire time we were securing to the very old and difficult visitors wharf. I expect the night to be a little disturbed by surges and mooring line attention but that’s sailing and things are certainly better here than out “there”.
I guess, given the poor conditions, it really no surprise that we are the only ones here - certainly not crowded in Crowdy!
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