Leaving Bridport around 8:15 am with a clear sky and a SW wind of only 5 knots. Once on course we were obliged to motor directly into the then westerly wind until once past 10th Island we were able to enjoy a great sail the rest of the way to the Tamar River entrance.
The channel up the Tamar estuary is somewhat serpentine with swirls in mid channel and the shore scattered with leads for each small section of the route. Needless to say we met a ship coming out right at a sharp bend but managed to keep out if his way as he turned.
We found our home for the next two nights at the Tamar Yacht Club, adjacent to the Australian Maritime College. The yacht club's relatively new floating marina had been recently devastated by a particular wind and wave combination and space was at a premium but they fitted us in. Dinner that night was had at a restaurant some way up the road that Graham's smart phone had revealed to us.
Arriving in the Tamar was another milestone on Tegwen's Tasmanian journey. What could have been a difficult and tedious bit of sailing around the north eastern corner of Tasmania had been achieved all by day sailing with the only inconvenience being the unexpectedly early wind change when anchored in Fosters Inlet.
