Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Arrived at Robe
We arrived in Robe on Sunday 30th of October afternoon at 6pm after approx. 12 hours of SE winds at 30 plus Kts on the nose a bit more than was forecast so the last part of the trip was not so nice. There were whitecaps on them thar waves, it was a very uncomfortable trip and we got very wet. We lost both Wind generators overboard when a large wave went over the boat and hit both of them snapping them off at the mounts, O Well isurance claim coming.
Tracy is fine and doing well and is quite happy on the wheel while Paul does the hard yakka (took her a long time to work that one out).
We had to anchor outside the Robe fishing harbor as the main entrance was only 2 mtrs deep due to it being low tide, also the harbor is full of fishing boats and there was really no room for the three boats to fit.
We all had to move into the main harbor on Friday as there was a storm warning coming and it would have been very rough out in the anchorage. A local lobster fisherman said- I'd reckon you'd be better off in here as it is not safe out there and make it snappy, so the three boats Azure Retour and Cockatoo squeezed in. Gale force winds of 30+knots were experienced for two days, even the fishermen did not venture out. We tied up at the jetty and felt very happy not be out there, another two yachts came in during the night to escape the winds as well - making in total five Extra yachts in a very small harbour.
We spent a few days exploring the township and resting. Robe is a lovely town and has done a great job of renovating most of the old buildings. The towns people are friendly and helpful. We would recommend putting this town on your to visit list.
Once the weather improved (we could tell as the fishermen pulled up and loaded thier boats at four in the morning next to us) we moved back out into the bay in perfect summer weather.
More bad weather on the way so are planning to head off to Portland on Saturday
afternoon.
Assorted Photos of Robe
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Hey Team Paul and Tracy!Great to see where you are at. Enjoy, and keep us silly buggers, at work, informed!Regards, The Whalley's of Lane Cove
