A Fast Run into Darwin

Friday 2^nd November 2012

morning on the water

A Fast Run into Darwin

12’25.683S – 130’49.522E

cutting past Melville Island

MrJ and I must have gotten the tidal flows right as our run into Darwin was a real buzz.

sunrise at sea

We left Alcaro Bay just after 0300h, to sail through the Dundas Strait,

the barge heads for the islands

skirted the southern end of Melville Island

speeds between 9.9 and 12.3knts

into the Van Diemen Gulf

no sail work needed

then on through the Clarence Strait

too fast for trolling

and into the Beagle Gulf

just sit back, enjoy the ride and watch the hours pass

to drop anchor, before dark, some twelve hours later

eddies and whirlpools with the turbulent currents

our first glimpse of Darwin

 

time to bring in the sails

 

out from the sailing club in Fannie Bay Darwin.

then sit back with a coldie or two while waiting for the sun to set across Darwin Harbour