Sunday 5th June
We thought we would move around to Rescue bay for some snorkeling, but when we got around the corner the wind and swell had a different idea. The wind and swell had built up and was going straight into the bay. This meant a change of plans.
Southerly winds and swell meant a good sail west to Curlew. Yeh right. It was a good sail till half way then the wind died and we had to motor the last couple of hours.
Once we had scouted the bay mapping where the sand bar was we anchored.
The next day Jack and Toni took the dinghy and checked out the shore while the rest of us were content with a swim around the boat.
We set off early Tuesday morning for Goldsmith island. We had only gone about an hour when we heard on the VHF radio a small fishing boat that we had seen at Curlew had capsized. They were calling for assistance but nobody was replying. Radios turned off on anchored boats in the bay.
It was going to take us an hour to get back to assist. There were other boats in the bay and we heard a boat that had just left had turned around to assist so we carried on our way.
We are hoping to meet up with one of the boats that were in the bay to find out what happened. We later heard on the radio that the boat was a write off and a salvage tug was going to be organized. Luckily the two occupants of the fishing boat were unhurt.
Liz was at the helm as we passed through the 41 cargo boats waiting to load up at Mackay. Once again the weather changed making it hard to reach Goldsmith without spending many more hours jibing back and forth, so the motor went on.
It was late by the time we anchored, but the motor had been on long enough to make a fresh loaf of bread, ready for breakfast.
We thought we would move around to Rescue bay for some snorkeling, but when we got around the corner the wind and swell had a different idea. The wind and swell had built up and was going straight into the bay. This meant a change of plans.
Southerly winds and swell meant a good sail west to Curlew. Yeh right. It was a good sail till half way then the wind died and we had to motor the last couple of hours.
Once we had scouted the bay mapping where the sand bar was we anchored.
The next day Jack and Toni took the dinghy and checked out the shore while the rest of us were content with a swim around the boat.
We set off early Tuesday morning for Goldsmith island. We had only gone about an hour when we heard on the VHF radio a small fishing boat that we had seen at Curlew had capsized. They were calling for assistance but nobody was replying. Radios turned off on anchored boats in the bay.
It was going to take us an hour to get back to assist. There were other boats in the bay and we heard a boat that had just left had turned around to assist so we carried on our way.
We are hoping to meet up with one of the boats that were in the bay to find out what happened. We later heard on the radio that the boat was a write off and a salvage tug was going to be organized. Luckily the two occupants of the fishing boat were unhurt.
Liz was at the helm as we passed through the 41 cargo boats waiting to load up at Mackay. Once again the weather changed making it hard to reach Goldsmith without spending many more hours jibing back and forth, so the motor went on.
It was late by the time we anchored, but the motor had been on long enough to make a fresh loaf of bread, ready for breakfast.
