tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16848522911678383942024-02-08T15:50:54.632+10:00Nimrod catamaranDave and Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02092615121998029371noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684852291167838394.post-49621096256146899742018-09-05T18:47:00.001+10:002019-12-03T15:34:25.954+10:00Farewell Nimrod!<div style="text-align: justify;">
As we noted in the last entry in this blog, we decided to put Nimrod on the market during our cruise from Gladstone to the Whitsundays in May. </div>
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So we phoned Brent Vaughan of <a href="https://www.multihullcentral.com/" target="_blank">Multihull Central</a> and followed his advice on price and process. We then got stuck in to a serious working bee to get her up to market standard.</div>
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You can see some of the results here. <a href="http://nimrod4sale.blogspot.com/2018/05/" target="_blank">Nimrod For Sale</a>, and here, <a href="http://nimrod4sale.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Guided Tour</a>. George did a fantastic job, and Enriqueta Morato helped greatly with the final detailing.</div>
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In the event, the first serious tyre-kicker made an offer of our asking price, unconditionally, so she sold on 14th July. There wasn't a lot to discuss.</div>
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As I am sure all boat owners can appreciate, there are complex feelings involved in letting go of a precious boat. Nimrod has been like a child to us, having come together as a couple after the age of child-bearing. She has looked after us well in our various adventures and travels over the last nine years. </div>
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Here are links to some of the highlights:</div>
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<a href="http://nimrodcat.blogspot.com/2014_10_01_archive.html" target="_blank">Cruise to the Louisiades</a>.<br />
<a href="https://nimrodcat.blogspot.com/2016/06/" target="_blank">Tonga</a><br />
<a href="https://nimrodcat.blogspot.com/2016/08/" target="_blank">Fiji</a><br />
<a href="https://nimrodcat.blogspot.com/2016/11/" target="_blank">Vanuatu and Chesterfield Reef</a><br />
<a href="https://nimrodcat.blogspot.com/2015/06/seawind-whitsunday-rally-2015.html" target="_blank">Seawind Whitsunday Rally</a><br />
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Farewell precious boat! Enjoy new adventures.<br />
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This blog will close now, and be succeeded by another one to record our new adventures, photos and thoughts.<br />
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The new blog is called 'Images and Ideas' and can be found here.<br />
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We left Gladstone after some major work was done on Nimrod over the summer. She now boasts a brand new rig, including all shrouds, forestay and furler, and a new Tohatsu 9.8 hp outboard. Also solid targa infills, and new <a href="https://www.solar4rvs.com.au/solar-panels/flexible-solar-panels/earche/" target="_blank">eArche 180 watt thin solar panels</a>. </div>
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We had a lovely sail north past our usual haunts.<br />
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Crabbing up Island Head Creek</div>
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Leaving Island Head Creek at sunrise</div>
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Further north, helped by the good weather and South-east trade wind. The north side of Marble Island. Curlew Island. Carlisle Island. Cid Harbour, and finally Abell Point Marina in Airlie Beach.</div>
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Along the way we talked of all the cruises we have done in Nimrod since we bought her in August 2009, roughly four months a year for eight years.</div>
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And finally decided that this was a time to stop, and have a break from sailing, and put Nimrod on the market.</div>
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So, with more of a sense of peace than regret, that is what we have done. We spent about ten days in Abell Point having a working bee to fix a few things, clear out stuff to remove and clean her. She looks great.</div>
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Superyacht Felix in Abell Point Marina</div>
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Anyone interested in buying Nimrod should contact Multihull Central.</div>
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Either Brent Vaughan: 0418 670 751</div>
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I should prefer that the marketing was handled by them, but I have assembled a blog with Nimrod's details which is available to view here.</div>
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<li><a href="http://nimrod4sale.blogspot.com/2018/05/" target="_blank">Nimrod for Sale</a></li>
<li><a href="http://nimrod4sale.blogspot.com/2018/06/guided-tour.html" target="_blank">Guided tour</a></li>
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Something odd gripped the Gold Coast this year. We have known for a few years that the Games were coming, but as the time arrived, there was something approaching panic which spread through the community. Lots of people made plans to be out of town, to miss the traffic, the terrorists or some other chaos.</div>
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We decided to stick it out, and reduce our work hours to a minimum. Then as the time arrived (April 4 - 15th), the energy shifted, and a sense of excitement started to spread. The world was coming to a party and we were the hosts! Better join in, enjoy it, and contribute to putting on a good show.</div>
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Here are some photos.</div>
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Off to the Opening Ceremony</div>
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I lived in Wellington from 1977 - 1981, leaving 36 years ago. It was always an attractive, fun city, with terrible weather.<br />
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From Nelson we flew to Wellington for two nights, staying with my friends Richard and Rob, who had recently moved back from Auckland. They had been going to tramp the Milford Track with us, but their daughter Lucy had a new baby born at around the same time as the tramp, so they had pulled out.<br />
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Dave and Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02092615121998029371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684852291167838394.post-32427271725019683892018-02-20T11:50:00.000+10:002018-03-02T07:30:30.456+10:00The Marlborough Sounds<div style="text-align: justify;">
In 1975, I purchased a block of land in North West Bay, in the Marlborough Sounds.<br />
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It was pretty remote; about two and a half hours by boat from the nearest road at Havelock. But very beautiful, with a fast creek running down a steep escarpment and a couple of peaks, about 800 metres high. The one on the right is called the 'Devil's Staircase'.</div>
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We were friends with a family who were also in the NZ Values Party, the world's first Green Party. Patrick McGrath was a competent builder, and we went into a shared arrangement whereby the McGraths helped us develop the site in return for shares in its ownership. First we put a wooden yurt on the site, and later a cabin.</div>
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It was quite powerful to revisit the site after about 40 years, and recall all the work and fun that went into creating a home in the wilderness. It was lovely see that it had flourished, and that the bush had regenerated so beautifully.</div>
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We went back to the McGrath home near Nelson and had a fun evening with the family. Patrick tragically has severe Alzheimer's. Patsie is a bundle of fun.</div>
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NZ's South Island contains some of the worlds great drives. There are various ways to explore NZ, including renting a campervan or a car and staying in camp-sites, motels, or AirBnBs. The campervans are expensive, and there are many signs saying 'Freedom Camping Forbidden', which effectively means that you have to stay in camp-sites. The motels are pretty mundane. AirBnB offers access to hundreds of funky little baches which their owners let out. </div>
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We decided to rent a Camry to canter around the roads, and use AirBnBaches to experience that side of Kiwi Kulture. It was a good call, although occasionally the baches exceeded George's GTT (Grot Toleration Threshold)!</div>
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We started by driving from Queenstown to Wanaka, both of which seemed to be over-run with Asian tourists. It might be particularly bad at this time of year, with the Chinese New Year on February 16th, and many Chinese on holiday.</div>
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In about 1979 I ran an encounter group at the Ngarata Homestead at Totaranui for the Rainbow Valley alternative lifestyle community.</div>
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Pupu springs: said to be the purest water in the world.</div>
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A yurt on the same property</div>
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In the south-west corner of New Zealand lies the Fjordland National Park. It contains several classic walks, the most famous of which is the 'Milford Track'. Because it is so popular, it is necessary to book it a year before you want to go. In the course of the last year I developed a dodgy knee, with MRI evidence of a torn medial meniscus, and I have spent several months worrying whether the whole project might be too hard. </div>
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Fjordland gets about 200 days of rain a year, and inclement conditions are very common.</div>
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There had been several weeks drought before we arrived, which is not ideal for the waterfalls which are a feature of the walk. We started on Thursday February 1st. Heavy rain began the night before, and 200mm of rain were dumped over 36 hours. Snow on the tops. Although that sounds bad, for us it was fine, as the first day was spent being taken by coach from Queenstown to Lake Te Anau, and then boat to Glade House. Thus we were under cover for most of the day, and the waterfalls were topped up nicely.</div>
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There were 49 trampers in the guided group, and four guides. Roughly 25% Americans, 25% Japanese, 25% Australian, and the rest miscellaneous. Alan was a delightful young Mexican travel vlogger, with 1,300,000 followers.<br />
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Check out his video of the trip. Its in Spanish, but his enthusiasm transcends language.<br />
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Day one. (Thursday 1st). Coach and boat from Queenstown to Te Anau and walk to the beginning of the track.</div>
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Day two (Friday 2nd). 16 kilometres fairly flat along the Clinton River to Pompolona Lodge.</div>
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Day three (Saturday 3rd). 15 kilometres climbing 664 metres over Mackinnon Pass to Quintin Lodge. Optional extra 4 km walk to Sutherland Falls (580m high).</div>
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Day four (Sunday 4th). 21 kilometres along the Arthur Valley to Sandfly Point on Milford Sound to be taken by boat to Mitre Peak Lodge.<br />
Day five. (Monday 5th). Cruise Milford Sound. Coach back to Queenstown.</div>
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A beautiful cascade of waterfalls</div>
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The photographic challenge of the Milford Track, and other similar NZ valley walks, is that there is an extreme dynamic range between the bright sky, and the dark mountains. Cameras cannot see as well as our human eyes, with the result that the bright bits get 'blown out' to pure white, and the dark bits get reduced to pure black. So the photos seem a bit disappointing compared to what we remember seeing.</div>
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See the histogram at top right. The spike on the left represents all the blacks in the picture, spilling off the edge. The spike on the right is the whites. Not a lot in the middle.</div>
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I used a technique called High Dynamic Range (HDR) to counter this. By shooting three photos in quick succession, with the first under-exposed by 2 stops, the second (see above) set normal, and the third over-exposed by 2 stops, and then combining them with software called <a href="https://aurorahdr.com/" target="_blank">Aurora HDR 2018</a>, the three get combined, lifting the colours.</div>
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We hatched a plan a bit over a year ago to have a holiday in New Zealand, to include walking the Milford Track with our friends Brian and Meredith (who came <a href="https://nimrodcat.blogspot.co.nz/2015/02/skiing-in-hokkaido.html" target="_blank">skiing with us in Japan in 2015</a>), and another couple, who had to pull out when their daughter had a baby due at around the same time. </div>
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There are two ways to do it: 'independent trampers' stay in Dept of Conservation huts, and carry their own bedding and food. 'Guided trampers' stay in private lodges which provide bedding, food, showers, drying facilities, etc. We settled for the 'pamper tramp' version with a company called '<a href="https://www.ultimatehikes.co.nz/en/guided-walks/the-milford-track" target="_blank">Ultimate Hikes</a>'.</div>
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Queenstown is basking in hot weather, a bit warmer than the Gold Coast, but there is a storm predicted for our first day, Thursday February 1st.</div>
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Queenstown has changed massively since we were last here. The scale of tourism has shot up by a huge amount, especially from China. With the Chinese New Year on 16th February, much of China is currently in Queenstown!</div>
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We had been recommended to do a trip on the old steamship Earnslaw to Walter Peak Station. I love old working machinery like the steam engine on the ship.</div>
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Between Boxing Day and the New Year, there is a <a href="https://woodfordfolkfestival.com/" target="_blank">music festival</a> near a small town called Woodford about an hour north of Brisbane. We go most years for a spell, and sometimes the whole six days. Its got gradually more sophisticated and comfortable. Sometimes it rains, and sometimes it can be pretty hot.</div>
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We have followed the Backsliders, a top blues band for many years. The lead guitarist is Dom Turner, possibly Australia's top blues guitarist. Their drummer, Rob Hirst, is also in <a href="http://www.midnightoil.com/" target="_blank">Midnight Oil</a>, one of Australia's iconic rock bands. See a <a href="https://vimeo.com/35400877" target="_blank">short video of Rob Hirst in action here</a>. The Oils are currently on tour, and Dom Turner has teamed up with an American band led by Nikki Brown, a lap-slide guitarist, to form the <a href="https://www.domturner.com.au/the-turner-brown-band" target="_blank">Turner Brown Band</a>. Amazing! </div>
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If you want to 'cut to the chase', I have made a decision to order two thin flexible 180 watt panels made by <a href="https://www.solar4rvs.com.au/solar-panels/flexible-solar-panels/earche/" target="_blank">eArche</a>, and distributed by <a href="https://www.solar4rvs.com.au/" target="_blank">Solar 4 RVs</a>. We will keep the old BP3125s over the davits, and their frames will not need to be changed.<br />
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A very kind Seawind 1160 owner gave us his surplus solid Targa infills. These are the panels to take the place of the canvas shades over the cockpit. The canvas shades are a bit of a death-trap. Unwary crew can promenade down the solid walkway beside the boom, and if they haven't ensured that the boom is tethered securely, an unexpected gust of wind can cause the boom to sweep them off the walkway like a windscreen wiper sweeping a bug off a windscreen. Said crew then steps on the canvas shade and falls into the cockpit, breaking things.</div>
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So we were delighted to be given these solid infills.</div>
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Meanwhile the 120 watt SolarPlex thin flexible solar panels that we installed by zipping them onto the canvas have deteriorated. They were new in mid 2014, so they are now 3½ years old. They have gone all milky and opaque. </div>
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BP3125 panels over the davits. SolarPlex SR120 watt thin panels zipped into the canvas.</div>
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It may be that all flexi-panels are not the same. I found <a href="http://www.absolutepower.co.nz/solar-panels.html" target="_blank">this NZ supplier</a> who distinguishes the different models. SolarPlex is Chinese, and uses PET as the plastic coating. SolbianFlex is Italian, a lot more expensive, and uses a 'high-tech polymer'. A discussion on PET degradation on the Cruiser's Forum <a href="http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f14/protecting-flexible-solar-panels-148092.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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We bought ours from Solar Future, a company that appears to have gone broke. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140212135947/http://www.solarfuture.com.au/products-pricing/solar-panels/" target="_blank">Their website is visible on the Internet Archive</a>. They sold the three ranges: SL, SP and SR. Ours are the cheaper Chinese SR Solarplex brand.</div>
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Our setup is very similar to Alan Hunter's Talisker. Alan has Solbianflex panels, (although they look identical to our Solarplex panels). He has larger Enerdrive 200 watt panels over the davits.</div>
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So the question I want to explore is how to reform our solar power. On the Seawind FaceBook page a few others have expressed an interest in following the topic.</div>
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Nimrod was launched in 2008. The BP3125 panels were fitted then. They produce 125 watts each. The original solar regulator was a Steca Solarix PRS 2020, which used the PWM system and was good for 20 amps. When we were struck by lightning in 2013, I replaced it with a <a href="https://www.morningstarcorp.com/products/tristar-mppt/" target="_blank">Morningstar Tristar TS-MPPT-60</a>. If you haven't understood the importance of MPPT, I suggest you check it out. It made a huge difference to us when we changed from PWM to MPPT, as <a href="https://nimrodcat.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/solar-developments.html" target="_blank">I discussed in an earlier blog</a>. In addition, if you want to join panels of different voltage together in series, it is essential that you have a MPPT controller.</div>
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So. What developments have occurred in the last 9 years?</div>
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A massive amount of research has been going on. The efficiency is the ratio of the solar energy hitting the panel and the electrical energy passing out of the wires.</div>
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My BP3125s have an efficiency of 12.3%. Modern LG NeON R 360 panels have 20.8%!</div>
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LG NeON 330W</div>
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1686</div>
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1016</div>
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Irex IR205M-72</td>
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1580</div>
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1580</div>
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If one put some LG NeON 330W panels over the davits, in place of the BP3125s, they would be 176mm longer, and 342mm wider. Would that matter?</div>
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Compared to Talisker's they would be 106mm (4") longer and 216mm (8<span style="text-align: justify;">½") </span>wider.</div>
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I think that would be acceptable. Opinions from others welcome.</div>
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If you create a sub-array of two or more in series, it is important that the sum of the Voc figures is below the limit on the solar controller. The Morningstar Tristar TS-MPPT-60 can take 150 volts. Thus a single string of four panels in series would be risky, but two strings of two panels in series, with the strings connected in parallel should be fine.</div>
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I asked MorningStar tech support about possibly pairing some LH NeONs with my BP3125s. He said: 'Although the rated current (Imp) of the two modules is slightly different (7.23a and 9.8a), the current mismatch is much less than your present configuration. I do not expect much (if any) current limiting due to this mismatch, in real-life performance.'</div>
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Meanwhile, Mike Rees from Seawind in Vietnam tells me: "We are still in the process of getting the panels in but we have worked out a way to fit 1.12 Kw if required. At this stage we are looking to have a 350 Watt panels either side of the tri-fold door line above the cockpit. 820mm W x 2600mm L x 2.5mm Depth. That's 700 Watts on the roof + the standard 2 x 210 Watts above the davits. This configuration would also fit on the 1160."</div>
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The ones he has been considering are made by <a href="http://www.das-energy.com/the-flexible-module/" target="_blank">DAS Energy</a> in Austria. The panels look very nice, with ETFE-Film on the front, which should be more resilient than the PET surface layer that we had on the SolarPlex SR120s. </div>
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We have now been holed up in Keppel Bay Marina at Rosslyn Bay near Yeppoon for about a week, while a strong south-east gale takes its time to get out of our way.</div>
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We have learned to avoid deadlines when cruising; if pressed to be somewhere at a certain time, whether because of a social or other commitment, Murphy's Law throws in a breakage or weather which can turn the pleasure of cruising into a dangerous or stressful activity. Instead, let's take our time, chill, and enjoy going with the flow.</div>
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Marinas can be interesting places. We meet all sorts of people from different walks of life.</div>
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Our next door neighbour here is Matt, fiftyish, a big man with hair down his shoulders, and the trace of a South African accent. He looks like a bikie. But friendly as, and a heart of gold. He lives in Vanuatu and runs a <a href="https://www.performancemarinevanuatu.com/" target="_blank">commercial diving business</a>, and also services cruise ships.</div>
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He was standing on an absolutely huge catamaran. Massive (25 metres), messy, and clearly a big job to clean up and get seaworthy. It has gradually been decaying in Yeppoon over several years, with the owner unable to pay the import duties or realistic costs of maintenance. This massive old super-yacht eventually sold for about the price of a Seawind 1160 like ours! Only to someone with the chutzpah and skills to take on a huge project. </div>
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Matt is such a man.</div>
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Dave and Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02092615121998029371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684852291167838394.post-54065646593001561122017-11-04T11:52:00.002+10:002017-11-16T05:25:39.283+10:00South for the summer<div style="text-align: justify;">
We decided to bring Nimrod south to Raby Bay in Moreton Bay for the summer (cyclone-prone) months. We left Abell Point Marina on Saturday October 28th and enjoyed a catch-up with some friends in Turtle Bay on the south coast of Whitsunday Island. </div>
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Then we set off south, taking advantage of the gentle northerly wind to put up the kite and get down to Keswick Island on Sunday and Middle Percy Island on the Monday. We caught a Big-eye tuna; magnificent sashimi!</div>
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Next day, another kite run down to Shoalwater Bay. There was a military exercise on, but the affected area left us room to go on the west side of Townshend Island and sneak up Canoe Passage between Townshend and Leicester Islands.</div>
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For those who don't know the procedure, the best way is to check the 'Notices to Mariners' on the '<a href="https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/boating/notices/capricorn-coast/capricorn-coast-outside" target="_blank">Capricorn Coast—outside pilotage areas' website</a>. On this occasion Notice '<a href="https://publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/capricorn-coast-outside-pilotage-areas-notices-to-mariners/resource/8136e80d-4859-49be-a150-13fa2e7458a5" target="_blank">431 T of 2017</a>' applied, but showed a chart indicating where we could go.</div>
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We could hear some distant gunfire, and some thunder. Crab pots were put out, but three were broken, one badly, presumably by a crocodile.<br />
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Thursday a short hop around the coast to our favourite hide-away; Island Head Creek. Beautiful, deserted, and a good place to practice using the Mavic Pro drone.</div>
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Sometimes cruising is easy; sometimes things go wrong, or the weather turns against you. Recently we have had a few technical challenges: a pesky flashing light and annoying alarm on the engine panel. A dodgy freezer. An oil leak from the genset.</div>
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All of these have been overcome successfully, but now we face about a week of strong SE winds making further progress south difficult.</div>
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Dave and Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02092615121998029371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684852291167838394.post-82449119237109806542017-09-27T21:56:00.001+10:002017-09-28T13:49:54.177+10:00The spectacle of Hammo<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hammo was a mixed experience for us. Sometimes I felt like an old bloke in a beige cardigan towing a caravan with lots of angry drivers stacked up behind me, hooting. Bikie gangs and Ferraris zooming past. People screaming out arcane un-friendly rules. Protest meetings. 180˚ penalties. Fear.</div>
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Here are some of the professional photos put up on the <a href="https://hamiltonisland.intelligencebank.com/resource/folder/index/1685ad9e623ddce8fecbc6947b8a6ab8" target="_blank">Hammo website</a>. Simply stunning.</div>
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Dave and Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02092615121998029371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684852291167838394.post-68245175184662716992017-08-21T06:45:00.001+10:002017-08-27T07:38:21.508+10:00Hammo!After bringing Nimrod north in May, she has lived in Abell Point Marina. This week we are taking part in the <a href="http://www.hamiltonislandraceweek.com.au/" target="_blank">Audi Hamilton Island Race Week</a>, and it is a lot of fun.<br />
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A not entirely uncomplicated day. 😟 We got entangled with a mark when there was little wind and a rushing tide pushing us against the buoy.<br />
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Another boat (see approaching on extreme left of the picture above) then crashed into us, and claimed that we had used our engines to reverse into them! A protest ensued. We had to plead guilty to hitting the mark and using our engines to escape, but the other boat was held responsible for the collision.<br />
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Whale calf waving as the fleet goes past<br />
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Some pretty scenes of colourful kites.</div>
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Another day with lovely conditions; sun and a fair breeze between 10 and 20 knots. We went around Lindeman Island and back to the finish line in Dent Passage.</div>
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Nimrod on the right (thanks to Lucy)</div>
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The weather has been lovely as we sailed up from Curlew Island through Digby Island, Carlisle Island, Goldsmith Island, and Windy Bay on Haslewood Island, one of the eastern-most of the Whitsundays. This area was extensively trashed by Cyclone Debbie in March, with a lot of damage done.</div>
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There was plenty of destruction to see, but it is all still lovely.<br />
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Broken pines on Haslewood Island</div>
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Defiant Whitsunday cairn<br />
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Many huge coal ships anchored, waiting to take on board coal and ship it out the world to be turned into CO2 and contribute to climate change.</div>
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The state's coal shipments - accounting for 60 percent of Australia's coal exports - reached 221 million tonnes last year, eclipsing 2015's record by 1 million tonnes, says the Queensland Resources Council.'</div>
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The port comprises of two separate coal export terminals: Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal (DBCT) which is leased from the State Government by DBCT Management Pty Ltd and the Hay Point Coal Terminal (HPCT) which is owned by BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance and operated by Hay Point Services. Together, these coal terminals service the mines in the Bowen Basin in Central Queensland.'</div>
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Various unexpected people are tolling the bell for the end of coal.<br />
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Republican governor of California. <span style="font-style: italic;">"Saying you'll bring coal plants back is the past. It's like saying you'll bring Blockbuster back, which is the past. Horses and buggies, which is the past. Pagers back, which is the past."</span><br />
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While the Australian federal government looks ridiculous. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/feb/09/scott-morrison-brings-coal-to-question-time-what-fresh-idiocy-is-this" target="_blank">Scott Morrison brings coal to question time: what fresh idiocy is this?</a><br />
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And the Queensland Government vacillates. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/27/queensland-drops-plan-to-give-adani-carmichael-coalmine-royalty-holiday?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+AUS+v1+-+AUS+morning+mail+callout&utm_term=227923&subid=13663245&CMP=ema_632" target="_blank">Queensland drops plan to give Adani Carmichael coalmine royalty holiday</a><br />
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Australia is putting a lot of its eggs into one basket, a basket with some fragility at a time of global climate change, and an accelerating shift towards renewable sources of energy.<br />
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Dave and Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02092615121998029371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684852291167838394.post-74990228622031510352017-05-23T07:28:00.005+10:002017-05-23T07:32:03.074+10:00The Long Paddock<div style="text-align: justify;">
There is a stretch between Shoalwater Bay and the Whitsundays where the sea is scattered with uninhabited islands. Some people regard it as a challenge to get through as quickly as possible. They head north from Island Head Creek, and perhaps stop once on Middle Percy Island before reaching the southern Whitsundays.</div>
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Middle Percy Island is famous, with its shrine to yachties paraphernalia, but the truth is that it is not a very comfortable anchorage. The south coast is lovely, but that is really only usable in a northerly. We like to stop there on the way south in October or November. See <a href="https://nimrodcat.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/sailing-south-for-summer.html" target="_blank">this blog entry</a> from November 2015.</div>
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After Island Head Creek, we sailed up to Hexham Island with a Seawind 1000 'Marvento', and hung out with a couple on board, Lindsay and Michelle.</div>
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At present we are anchored at Curlew Island, about 25 nautical miles west of Middle Percy, and a lovely anchorage. Noel Patrick, whose <a href="http://www.chartandmapshop.com.au/16754/Noel-Patricks-Curtis-Coast/9781862527379" target="_blank">'Curtis Coast'</a> cruising guide is a must-have, describes it: 'Curlew Island is one of the most beautiful. Anywhere.'</div>
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Curlew Island. At low tide there is a massive smooth beach. Oysters on the rocks.</div>
Dave and Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02092615121998029371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684852291167838394.post-10086303460429270062017-05-17T14:31:00.001+10:002017-05-21T18:29:37.628+10:00Pearl BayWe left Svendsen's Beach on Great Keppel Island at dawn to sail to Pearl Bay.<br />
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Arguably the prettiest anchorage on the East Coast of Australia, Pearl Bay is in the Shoalwater Bay Military Reserve, so as wildernessy as it comes.<br />
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The wet weather arrived, so we 'gunk-holed' in the upper part of the creek, famous for mud-crabs. It also has a small area where one can get 3G from time to time.</div>
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One of the joys of cruising the East Australian coast is the ability to feast on mud-crabs and sand-crabs.<br />
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I was taught young; the family used to holiday in South Devon. Mackerel fishing and lobster pots were a daily routine.<br />
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We carry crab pots on Nimrod. Four blue foldable ones, with two entrances each. We have tried different ones, but these seem to give the best results. They are 730mm in diameter, and you can fit four in the foredeck locker.</div>
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Crabbing is messy. Plenty mud involved with muddies. An asset is the sea-water hose that we have plumbed in to the salt-water pump in the starboard engine compartment. Great for cleaning up after crabs, and also blood from fish, etc. Good for kids having sea-battles when Swallows want to repel Amazons.</div>
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The Mud Crabs (<i>Scylla serrata</i>) who inhabit burrows in the inner-tidal mud of the mangrove regions, have a habit of digging deep into the mud just before the full moon illuminates the sky and makes them easy prey for predators like crocodiles.</div>
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Nimrod is on the road again! We had a frenetic few months of land life, featuring a burglary, floods, hard work (especially for George when her partners were away), a trip to Sydney to visit her parents and some friends, and the annual fitout. </div>
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We got quite a bit done in her annual refit at Boatworks in Coomera. New Hypalon tubes on the RIB ($2,900 from RibForce). New deck hatches. New seals under the sail-drives. New boombag. New carpets. New deck-shades. New life-lines. Whisker pole. </div>
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The whisker pole is a great addition. I got inspired by Andrew and Aida Stevenson's boat 'Double Black Diamond'. I asked Cookie of S and H spars to make one up for us. Ours is 4 metres long, 80mm diameter, with <a href="http://www.ronstan.com.au/marine5/range.asp?RnID=101" target="_blank">Ronstan beaks</a>, and <a href="http://www.deckhardware.com.au/Stanchion-Pole-Chock-SC-300" target="_blank">ForeSpar</a> attachments to the stanchions.<br />
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Especially if it is windy, or you want to carry it overnight. You can incrementally furl the genoa from the cockpit, and put reefs in the main, without any of the heroics on the foredeck associated with the kite.</div>
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We set off from Hope Harbour Marina on Friday May 5th with a plan of meandering in leisurely fashion up to Airlie Beach, where she will live until the end of October.</div>
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We socialised on the way up Moreton Bay, with a visit to a friend of George's from Taree at Bribie Island, and a night in Mooloolaba with friends we cruised with in Vanuatu and the Chesterfields.</div>
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A new survey has been performed by MSQ, and reported on 4th May 2017.</div>
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Here is a section of the survey.</div>
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First Waypoint A = 25°48'S, 153°08'E,<br />
Second Waypoint B = 25°47.23'S, 153°07.38'E,<br />
Third Waypoint C = 25°47'S, 153°07'E,<br />
Fourth Waypoint D = 25°47'S, 153°06.73'E, On line of Inskip Point leads.<br />
Fifth waypoint E = 25°48'S, 153°05'E, near Inskip Point.<br />
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All at your own risk. Check with Tin Can Bay Coast Guard (Tel: 0419 798 651).<br />
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She trashed the Whitsundays, and dumped buckets of rain all down the Queensland and NSW coast.<br />
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The politicians have been particularly pathetic recently, subsidizing an Indian coal mine and mocking people concerned about climate change.<br />
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Here are a few photos from the extra rain.<br />
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Julien and I got Nimrod down to BoatWorks without difficulty. Quite a bit of debris in the Coomera River. I stayed at his place that night, until the creek dropped enough to get home the next day.</div>
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My daughter Anna lives in Melbourne with her partner Sim, and daughter Aelie (3½). We try to meet up every few months. This time was on Lord Howe Island, one of George's favourite places. We have been advised by friends who live there that it is better to fly there and enjoy it from the land, rather than sail across dodgy seas to an uncomfortable anchorage.</div>
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We had a lovely week together, staying at Leanda Lei, near the centre and an easy walk or bike-ride to a shop, the museum and the beach.</div>
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There are few spots on Australia's east coast that cause as much angst as the Wide Bay Bar, a pass between the Queensland coast and Fraser Island. </div>
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It is managed by Maritime Safety Queensland and the Tin Can Bay Coast Guard, who offer advice about its safety and give yachties waypoints to help them stay in deep water, often between curling breakers on either side of the passage. There are also two leading lights; one on Hook Point on Fraser Island that guides vessels west, and the other on Inskip Point on the mainland.<br />
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I asked the Tin Can Bay Coastguard what the current waypoints are. He sent me this SMS. (19th Nov 2016)<br />
<i><br />Wpt 1 lat. 25 47.45 south. long. 153 08.4 East. Brg to Hook Pt light 277.5 True. </i><br />
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<i>Please refer to NTM 101 T 2016 for further information. The south bank sand bar is creeping across the centre line of the bearing to the hook point light, vessels should err to the north of the centre line by 100 to 150m of the inbound/out bound track to clear this position.</i></div>
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It turns out that the waypoints are the same as they were a year ago, in November 2015.<br />
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But the NTM (Notice to Mariners) is very interesting. <a href="https://publications.qld.gov.au/el/dataset/6da5f804-83a8-4b15-9325-e21becdc19a8/resource/2cae3954-d1d8-4a9f-8ce7-db1cffb438df/download/101.pdf" target="_blank">Download it here</a>.<br />
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It includes this chart of a survey done in March 2016.<br />
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If you follow the waypoints that are currently being given out, or if you follow the leading light on Hook Point, you will cross a shallow patch of 3 metres, which, if any sort of swell is running, may well crash your keel violently into the sand.</div>
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The authorities cover this by telling us to read NTM 101 (T) 2016, and "err to the north of the centre line by 100 to 150m".</div>
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The Hook Point light is set in foundations, and not easy to move. In its present position, it is leading vessels into danger, especially if their skipper has not studied the fine print in the NTM. Maybe the light should be switched off until it can be moved.</div>
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But the waypoints might easily be changed to guide vessels down a safe line. It seems strange to me that old waypoints are still being recommended.</div>
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I had a look at the chart from the March 2016 survey and tentatively suggest that better waypoints might be as follows:</div>
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I suggest that you ignore the Hook Point light. Use these waypoints at your own risk.<br />
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PS. We crossed the Wide Bay Bar today, going out, using the green waypoints. We left at 8 am, two hours after low water, in a 15 knot easterly. We passed some breaking water on our starboard side, but went through none ourselves. I am pretty sure that we would have gone through breaking water if we had been following the official waypoints or Hook Point light, even if we had been 150 metres north of that line.<br />
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Until further notice, I suggest the green waypoints be used.<br />
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A new survey has been performed, and reported on 7th April 2017.<br />
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The Gladstone Regional Harbour Master plans to have the directional light moved to a bearing of 270/090. As you can see below, that takes you over about 500 m with less than 5 m depth.</div>
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That would keep you almost entirely in water more than 5m deep.<br />
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All at your own risk. Check with Tin Can Bay Coast Guard (Tel: 0419 798 651).</div>
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We have heard good reports about the Chesterfields, a collection of reefs west of New Caledonia. We were ready to leave Luganville on Monday November 7th, and the weather looked good for a dash to a stop on the reefs.<br />
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We got approval from the French officials. It wasn't easy to find who to ask. This address worked.</div>
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We sailed more or less in convoy with friends on 'Entice', a 43' cat, arriving on Friday 11th. Sailing with another boat makes it possible to take photos of each other.<br />
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Chesterfield Reef is a stunning place, miles from both NewCal and Australia. A few sandy cays, and millions of birds.</div>
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As a result of pausing at Cato Island, we got a fair wind the next day from the South-east. After a struggle to raise the anchor, which got caught by some coral, we made a fast passage to Bundaberg, averaging 7.5 knots over 26 hours.</div>
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