Day 6 Port Douglas-Bali

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We had a leisurely start to today, Thursday, up around 0830.  The boat had a good 'ol wash down as the heavens opened.  We also had hundreds of bugs all over the cockpit as we left the cockpit lights on as well as the anchor light just to make sure any foolhardy boaters saw us in the middle of the night.  Aussie bugs are next level!  They are massive.

After looking at the weather forecast we decided to get going and head for Darwin.  It was forecast to be 15kts of wind and 1m sea on the nose which is no problem for this boat.  So we had an early lunch and got going at 12:00

Once we got back over the entrance bar to the river and around Cape York (the very top of mainland Aus) the conditions were not as expected.  We had a decent chop 45 degrees off the starboard bow which made the ride slightly bouncey and pretty uncomfortable.  This was caused mainly by the very shallow water around this area between 6-8m.  After battling our way through the shallows we finally made it into the 30-40m depth and the bad chop subsided, but not totally, this is where the giro stabiliser comes into it's own.  It subdues the side to side movement but not the fore and aft.  The weather is due to calm down as the day goes by tomorrow (Friday) but that is only a forecast!

My crew David and I brought this boat over from Opua last year just the 2 of us and we are now getting back into the watch routine  06:00-12:00, 12:00-18:00, 18:00-22:00, 22:00-02:00 then 02:00-06:00

I have booked a berth in Cullen Bay Marina in Darwin for Tuesday next week.  We can get any last minute provisions, top up the fuel tanks and arrange Aussie Border Force to come and clear us out before heading to Bali.  The weather is looking good on the forecast for departing there on Wednesday 18th which means we should get to Bali on or around the 22nd.........


  
Obviously a lot of humidity!  
This is the AC compressor and how it is suppose to look   

   


And this is how it looked when we realised the AC wasn't working very well.
All the white parts are actually just covered in ice!

   

 

A still from the drone video 







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