Joanne Jones

Departed Rhyll at 6:30am approaching slack tide under light NW winds. Incoming tide slowed us down soon after passing Cowes but were able to raise the Screecher in 6-9 knots of steady NW wind soon after. Saw several rafts of penguins on the trip and a seal playing ball with a dead bloated Puffer Fish! Dropped anchor off Woolamai in around 4m of water at high tide at around 1:15pm.

Left Hobart at around 10:45 am under sunny conditions with light winds and thus sail motored most of the trip. The winds were supposed to be from the north west but were actually variable but mainly from the north east. The swell was less than a metre. At the top of south Bruny the winds picked up to between 11 and 19 knots which quickened our pace across the bay. On arriving to Adventure Bay we picked up the MaST mooring in 18 knots just ahead of an approaching rain system. With winds still coming from the north west the mooring is a little rolly now but the wind is expected to swing SW overnight which should make it a little more pleasant.

Motored into very light NW winds pretty much all the way, virtually no wind and no swell averaging around 4.5knots. Arrived at Sullivan at around 5:30The setting sun created bad glare that was not ideal for the zig zag manoevering into the marina. Docked in Berths 4/5 on the public marina. Signed in with the QR code. No one else here at the moment so hoping we might be able to stay two nights instead of the allowed one, at the moment we are due out at 11am tomorrow morning.

Left 3:30am under light winds. Motor sailed the rest of the way as winds were less than 5 knots. We’re sailing with a NE swell. Swell around Tasman island was up to 3m and wind kept on moving around all over the place. We skirted Tasman island to the outside where there were quite strong currents. It took about 1.5hrs from Tasman island up to Ladies Bay where we dropped anchor in about 5.5m of water. Stayed here for four nights waiting out weather. During our stay we walked around to Port Arthur historic park and 10mins up through Stewart’s Bay lodge to the general store to pick up milk and bread. Stewart’s bay lodge has a good floating jetty you can tie your dinghy up to. There is also a sandy beach at Ladies Bay where we left our tender when off on walks.