With a long day's sailing in front of us we left Carnarvon Bay, Port Arthur at 06:15 with next to no breeze and low mist swirling around the shores. Light rain ensued off and on as we made our way out of the Port Arthur area and passed between Tasman Island and Cape Pillar. Seals abounded on the rocks of Tasman Island and as we moved on out and up the coast the mist and light rain cleared quickly. Looking back we saw the Tasman Island Light bathed in sunlight for a little while.
The winds lifted to around 10 knots for most of the day but it remained overcast. Deceptively so as we all were a little sunburnt by days end. Along the way we saw dolphins, some small albotross and little penguins.
The approach to Triabunna was trickier than ever as we came in not long after low tide and there were Maria Island ferries coming the other way. We managed to come to a stop once at the side of the channel, which is missing many markers, but extricated ourselves OK. The depth warning alarms were going off continuously! Rafted up safely at the town wharf, we sought out likely places for a gas refill on the morrow when they would again be open. We had arrived after 6:00pm.
The Triabunna hotel lived up to its reputation and we all enjoyed a good meal there followed by a very sound sleep.
