Wednesday 6 March 2013

Lyndenne Voyage Part 4 (final part)

I left the vessel over the weekend and ventured by train and bus to Pittwater to check over another yacht and meet the owner and crew with the view to some future work aboard.
I returned to Wollongong harbour on Sunday evening as the forcast looked good through to Broken Bay for Monday.
We woke at 5am and after a leisurely breakfast, departed at 6am (first light). The 1.5m sea now from the East along with a 15 knot breeze made conditions rolly so we hoisted a headsail which helped a lot to reduce the roll.
We weaved through the anchored ships that await their turn to enter Port Kembla and decided to head closer in steering towards Cape Solander to avoid the curent. I mentioned to Tom that he needed to look left and right for ships before crossing the Botany Bay entrance, he thought I was kidding until we saw 2 ships come and go, then got a VHF Radio call from Sydney VTS to ask our intentions then give clearance for us to proceed accross!
We came around Barenjoey Head at 1530 and tied up at the Royal Motor Yacht Club at 1620, the voyage completed.
We logged 767 nautical miles (GPS)
Wayno

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