Day 3 - Last Barrage to Long Point

We've found that with the electric motors we need to travel with either wind behind us or very limited head-wind, which means that we are travelling early morning and evening. Our panels are pulling in 6Amp and motors are using between 9 and 16Amp depending on speed setting, so we have to be careful about using power so that we don't deplete the battery power. It also means we can only travel for about a third of the daylight hours.
Today we left nice and early and had breakfast on the boats. Tried a new system - we linked the boats together and turned off one motor. Then we tried turning one on mid speed and one on low and found that we didn't lose much speed, but using a lot less power. And with a tail-wind we made good progress today.
It was also a fun way to travel, because we could play games and chit chat, and share snacks.
Had to watch out for bombies (outcrops of coral that rise out of the bottom of the coorong).
It was sooooo hot today - 37 degrees in Adelaide, so who knows how hot it was here. Also the water is very very salty. Our clothes are stiff and the deck of the boat is covered in a crust - not to mention our skin from swimming.
We moored about 3pm today when the wind got too much - opposite some shacks on the other side of the coorong - near Lake Albert? It's a bit stinky here and the flies have driven us mad today. Found an old scary ruin.
We plan to see off a bit earlier tomorrow to take advantage of the no-wind time of day.
Our Kayaking friends should catch up tomorrow. They no doubt had a similar trouble with the wind.