Friday 2nd November 2012
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| morning on the water |
A
Fast Run into Darwin
12’25.683S – 130’49.522E
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| cutting past Melville Island |
MrJ and I must have gotten the tidal flows
right as our run into Darwin was a real buzz.
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| sunrise at sea |
We left Alcaro Bay just after 0300h, to sail through
the Dundas Strait,
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| the barge heads for the islands |
skirted the southern end of Melville Island
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| speeds between 9.9 and 12.3knts |
into the Van Diemen Gulf
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| no sail work needed |
then on through the Clarence Strait
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| too fast for trolling |
and into the Beagle Gulf
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| just sit back, enjoy the ride and watch the hours pass |
to drop anchor, before dark, some twelve hours
later
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| eddies and whirlpools with the turbulent currents |
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| our first glimpse of Darwin |
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| time to bring in the sails |
out from the sailing club in Fannie Bay
Darwin.
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| then sit back with a coldie or two while waiting for the sun to set across Darwin Harbour |
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