11th Jun 2010
Something different; today we travelled up the Clarence river on the good raft PILGRIM, feeling decidedly 'Mark Twain esk'.
The aim was to travel up river to the Harwood bridge, a natural barrier for mast vessels. After threading the needle and getting back out the Yamba 'hole in the wall' shown left, a much easier task than first time, we set off up river following the many leads and Lucas’ charts. Apart from one navigation error on my part where we ran very low on water briefly, the trip was simple and in fact quite serene. PILGRIM in the river seemed odd as did the passing cows and rural scenery.
In these good conditions, I took the opportunity to run the engine out to max revs ( a cleaning process recommended by Yanmar), took time and two circles to align the wind indicator and noted compass reading in the hope of aligning the magnetic compass when I can. So some small jobs as we took in the atmosphere and waved to passing locals.
Anchoring just off the Harwood sugar mill, adjacent to the Pacific Hwy, we had lunch while we watch the anchor in the 1.5kts tidal flow. The plan is to spend the night and move down river early tomorrow to make the tide into Ballina if the bar allows.
In these good conditions, I took the opportunity to run the engine out to max revs ( a cleaning process recommended by Yanmar), took time and two circles to align the wind indicator and noted compass reading in the hope of aligning the magnetic compass when I can. So some small jobs as we took in the atmosphere and waved to passing locals.
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