Strong westerly winds made a very fast trip from Coffs Harbor to Yamba with smooth seas.The wind was gusting to 25knts so we put a reef in the main and put the Number 4 on inner forestay and kept the number 3 on, this gave a very balanced helm.
We were expecting to arrive at the Clarance Bar entrance at 4pm about 3.5 hours before high tide, but we got to there at 1:30 only an hour after low tide, because of the westerlies the swell had been reduced so the bar crossing was very easy.
The journey to the marina was interesting, the depth alarm was going berserk as we crawled along the channel that came very close to the beach on Dart Island.
Staying in Yamba for the next week to go surfing for the crew and a trip to Mt Isa for the skipper
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Sounds good, glad to hear that the skipper is looking after his crew's wellbeing. What an exciting side trip - Mt Isa, mmmmmm lovely!!
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