Thursday May 17 Sadiqi
left Riverside Drive Marina on the outgoing tide. The praymarine
AutoPilot played up behaving like the skipper does after a few too
many coffees. I was hoping this was nothing more than moisture and
cold temperatures. The anchor was dropped at Munro Bay. The skipper
wanted some quiet time to re-familiarise himself with communications
and other equipment on-board that had not been used for awhile. All
the advanced notice of arrival and departure documentation had been
prepared and sent off.
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| Munro Bay looking across to Marsden Point |
Analysing the weather.
In the winter months low pressure systems spin off the bottom of
Australia about every seven days and usually give New Zealand a fair whack.
The analysis was to find a suitable weather system to avoid strong
winds, squash zones and head winds. This is where the brilliant tool
“WINDY” comes in. Many cruisers use weather routers to assist
them in on passage.
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| www.windy.com |
