Saturday 30th July
Although we love Goldsmith, it was time to start heading south again. After looking at the weather and after breakfast, we said goodbye to the turtles, hauled anchor and set sail for the next place.
We still had southerly, sou-easterly winds reaching up to 25knts at times with a 1-2 metre swell. Safia, Sandra and Bram took turns on the helm. After three and a half hours tacking we decided to pull in at Brampton Island we had only travelled less than 10 nautical miles. Which meant that if we wanted to go back to Goldsmith we would be going with the wind and it would only take 1.5 hours.
When safely anchored and had lunch, Andrew, Safia and Bram went ashore to check out where the walking tracks were. Tomorrow will be trekking around the island and up to the top of the hill, but today was a walk along the beach.
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Although we love Goldsmith, it was time to start heading south again. After looking at the weather and after breakfast, we said goodbye to the turtles, hauled anchor and set sail for the next place.
We still had southerly, sou-easterly winds reaching up to 25knts at times with a 1-2 metre swell. Safia, Sandra and Bram took turns on the helm. After three and a half hours tacking we decided to pull in at Brampton Island we had only travelled less than 10 nautical miles. Which meant that if we wanted to go back to Goldsmith we would be going with the wind and it would only take 1.5 hours.
When safely anchored and had lunch, Andrew, Safia and Bram went ashore to check out where the walking tracks were. Tomorrow will be trekking around the island and up to the top of the hill, but today was a walk along the beach.
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