Wind SE 15 – 20knts – 25 offshore    42 nmi

Dawn broke with a 10 knt breeze, a good sign but hard to tell what its blowing outside. Upped anchor and motored up to the first bend where we reefed the main then motor sailed the 6nm down to the entrance. The seas were fairly rough as we came round the headland and there was strong wind blowing with wind against tide and rather large waves.

Exhilarating though. We saw a few large turtles negotiating the entrance with ease.

By 8:15 we were on our way north on a course of 330° so we pulled the jib and averaged 7.5 knots throughout the day even getting up to 11.8 knots. It was a fantastic sail in fairly high seas.

The heated up leftover fish pastry parcels were a treat for lunch, Morgan being the only one who missed out.

I could count six other yachts all heading in the same direction though some were going a little further on to Middle Percy.

Moor R & R saw a whale breaching but unfortunately we were ahead of them and missed it.

Arrived at South Percy at 2:15 and anchored in 3.6 metres of water. John and I scouted the anchorage for isolated bommies so Back Friday could anchor in close as he is a half boat and rolls a lot.

John dropped Morgan and I ashore and as usual she ran wildly hoping to chase fish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The deserted beach was lovely with clean yellow sand and scattered shells. We wandered over the rocky headland discovering a deep calm pool full of hardy heads.

Rob reckons they are always in that pool. Should have brought the cast net.  The next beach was even more deserted with no boats decorated the anchorage.

John picked us up after trolling for fish and back to Ovive for the rest of the evening. He caught one Spanish Flag but as the lamb roast was already on we had that for dinner.

 

A game of scrabble was played with the expected outcome of John winning, even if he did try to cheat with ritz. ( is that a legit word? Oh dear I’ve been informed it is.).