So you want to be a sailor…
There is sort of a plan coming together as I get further up
the east coast and there are a couple of opportunities for someone not feint of heart to join
in. I’ve tried to break it up into two week lots and have dates that will be pretty flexible up to a point. If you want to join in at any point you are more than welcome to stay on for the next leg. There is room for three on board and some legs already have someone flying in to meet the boat.
The Plan…
Cooktown to Seisia - over the top of Cape York:
Cooktown arrive on or before the 12th June.
Depart Cooktown around the 15th June.
Seisia (Bamaga)arrive on or before 2nd July.
Seisia to Gove - accros the Gulf of Carpentaria:
Depart Seisia 3rd July.
Gove arrive on or before 18th July.
Gove to Darwin - via the hole in the wall:
Depart Gove
sometime after 19th July.
Darwin arrive two to three weeks after leaving Gove around
the 9th August. This section can be done in a few days but there are
some interesting stops and passages to be made.
Darwin to Darwin:
After getting there I’ll have to hang around Darwin for a couple of
weeks for spring tides so that I can get the boat up the creek where it can be
put on the hard so, if someone wants to come up for a week or so and do some
exploring I’m open to something. Perhaps
a mini Kimberley – Darwin to Berkley and back to Darwin?
By the start of September I should have the boat on the hard
stand stripped and packed away for the cyclone season. So this will be last
chance this year for a bit of adventure.
Whilst there is a schedule now, there are no guarantees.
We’ll only travel when the weather is suitable. I’ve tried to make the windows wide
enough to get to the next point safely within the time frame but, if we can’t
make a passage safely then it wont happen.
