Wednesday 4 April 2012

Robe

Well here we are at Robe Marina, before planned. Tuesday we left America River with the intention of staying in Antichamber Bay, we had such a good sail down the east coast of Kangaroo Island ,wind 15knt, sea 2mts,so we decided to carry on.
When we got clear of the Island the wind dropped off to 8knts, the sea 1mt and 4 to 5mt swell, when you dropped to the bottom of the swell there was no wind, so the motor had to go on.
We left KI at 7.30am Tuesday and arrived at Robe Wednesday at 1.30pm. We covered 134n miles and had no sleep.

Sunset after leaving Kangaroo Island

Robe Marina
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  1. Gary and Libby Penney8 April 2012 at 22:02

    Love your blog Cheryl, also love the pics of the dolphins - beautiful and my favourites at sea. Gary

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    1. Gypsy Chez-John9 April 2012 at 18:08

      Great pass time watching dolhins-- and there are plenty to see in SA waters.Cheryl

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  2. Unknown10 April 2012 at 23:51

    Hi Cheryl
    Just checked in to see how youre going and see you are well on your way! How exciting! Did you hide out in Robe while those big fronts passed over Easter? We are down on Bruny Island in Tassie at the moment. What are your plans? Tassie, or heading East to Vic and NSW?
    Caitlin and Michael on Bass Voyager

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    1. Gypsy Chez-John12 April 2012 at 23:58

      Hi Catlin & Michael
      It is good to be on our way.
      We did stay in Robe for the fronts to pass,John's sister lives there so we had her to help pass the time.
      We are now in Portland, and heading to Qld for winter.
      Then Tassie on the way back down. That is the plan at the moment-- could change.
      Cheryl

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    2. Unknown13 April 2012 at 20:21

      Hey, thats great Cheryl! We are heading to QLD for winter too, so lets make sure we meet up! We will be in Tassie for around another month (despite the cooler weather, its looking good for a trip round to Pt Davey next week) and then we'll be heading North too.
      Keep an eye out for our mates on a boat called Wind Warrior - do you know them? They are from North Haven too. They left Adelaide over Easter and are heading to Sydney, so you may run into them. Have a safe and fun trip and let's stay in touch!
      Caitlin

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    3. Gypsy Chez-John14 April 2012 at 22:19

      Well I hope we do catch up with you some where, we wan't to get to Bundaberg. That could change as we go along We don't know Wind Warrior but will keep an eye out. Jenny and Peter on Tiaka allso told us to keep an eye out for them. They may have gone passed us as we have had to stay in Port Fairy to pick up a parcell from the post office, so can't leave untill after monday.
      Take care and safe sailing.
      Cheryl

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