0700 Set out for Cairncross island, wind straight at us and very hard going, got 13 miles and turned back, didn’t want to do the dark thing again. A bit frustrating to say the least.
1700 set anchor again
Day6
Decided to stay put due to the weather, the pearl farm owner came over and said gday, having smoko with him tomorrow.
Moved the boat further up the river at the advice of Rusty, the pearl farm owner. More bugs here, march flies…uuggggghhhh! Hopefully they prefer Greg :)
Just pottered around the boat, tried and finally succeeded at getting the watermaker going. Pretty tired so spent a bit of time sleeping.
Rumbos on the deck, snacks for dinner and early bed.
Day 7
Wind seems to have died off so we move out closer to the pearl farm, hoping to score some diesel and make a run for it. We decide against it because of the time factor and spend an interesting morning with Rusty and Bronwyn, the pearl farm owners. Rusty likes a bit of a yarn.
Back to the boat with diesel and we top up the tanks and then return to the farm with Rusty’s containers. Another cup of tea and extended yarning follows, back to the boat by 6.30, which, as we all know, is when all the crocs come out.
Day 8
An early start sees us heading south to cape Melville Cairncross Island , plan B is and plan C is Cape Melville
The winds are light and we have a great day motorsailing south. Greg has a few good bites but no fish, lost a nice big Spanish mack.
Anchored uo at 7.30, a bit too close to dark for our liking.
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