We loaded our boats at Hindmarsh Island Marina and headed off toward the barrage, departing at approx 10am. We went through the lock without incident (although lots of curious stares). There was a seal sunning him/herself on the pier. Speed was approximately 1.8 knots, running at 60% of power. The wind picked up as we got closer to mouth and we upped our power to 100% to go past. It was a bit hairy as the water was flowing out the mouth. The Kaczkowski boat suffered a few mishaps in the wind; their sun shade blew off the boat along with some of their drinks and in the process of retrieval they ran aground and their motor came off it's mounting whilst running. Luckily Ryan had a hold of the motor at the time and kept it out of the drink. Our speed dropped to 0.5 knot in the wind, so we decided to pull over for the night earlier than planned, and camped at Barkers Knoll in the Coorong National Park.
Hi, what an interesting adventure you are having so far! i love the pic of the seal. I read of your mission in the Times and as i am already following with interest Jessica Watsons travels i thought i would keep up with yours also. Good Luck!
ReplyDeleteWow! I would like to think that you are setting a cracking pace at the moment. However, like many of us dry footed landlubbers, can you do a speed conversion including km's/hr? Or would that be mtr's/hr?
ReplyDelete0.5 knots sound's fast but can you ski at that pace?
Would it be advantageous to perhaps hook into a Coorong mullaway for a bit of added speed?