Went to shore in the morning to get fuel before leaving… there is Ampol about 150m up the hill from the boat ramp. Diesel was $1.84 litre and the guy gave us a further 6 cents a litre off which was a good deal.

Headed off across Oyster Bay soon after 10 with a light south easterly wind. Our course was pretty much straight across but we encountered two fish farms, one to the north and a larger one to the south on route which were not really where the charts said they should be. 

Once we arrived we spent about half an hour motoring around looking for the two MAST moorings. Nearly ran over two moorings without buoys on them in the process which was a bit scary as by this point we had strong south easterly bullets shooting down into the bay. We finally located the two mooring directly off the boat ramp jetty ( in a straight line with the Main Street of town), one pink/red round ball with a white pick up bouy which  had an old fishing boat on it that looked like it has been there for weeks if not months ( so much for the 24hr limit) and a second next to it flat yellow disc with a white pick up buoy…kind of assumed we were looking for two that looked the same. Anyway, no problem picking up the yellow one,  but the lead ropes are very long. We ended up bringing quite a lot of the rope up on deck as otherwise would have swung quite close to the boat on the other MAST mooring. 

In the afternoon we took the dinghy across to town. The main jetty has a well padded floating dock adjacent to the boat ramp with seemingly no time restrictions. The general store is a lot smaller and more expensive than the one at Swansea but still stocks most things you might need. We walked up the Main Street then down the Esplanade to the ferry terminal and  along the coast trail to the petrol station, trailer park and tavern on the other side of the headland. As with groceries, Swansea is much more convenient and cheaper for fuel. 

We stopped for a pizza at the restaurant above the Ice Creamery on our way back. This is a great spot as from either venue you are looking right down the street at your boat while you eat.

We spent the night here with the plan to head to Bryan’s Beach in the morning.



Tassie 10. Swansea to Coles Bay

Crew: 2

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