Derry the Skerry and I are just back home safely from a truly epic Tassie expedition participating in the 9 day Tawe Nunnugah raid. We sailed and rowed the whole way from Moss Glen on Recerche Bay in SE Tassie up the D'Entrecasteaux Channel to Hobart under our own steam, a goal i had set myself. It is a rugged wild place with plenty of 2 + metre swell, 30+ knot winds, storms, fantastic wilderness. There was a capsize and a near sinking in the fleet but Derry the Skerry stayed mast up and handled the challenging conditions brilliantly. A couple of times I was leading the fleet and hove to to let some boats that knew where they were going pass us. Derry and got to be the messiest boat in the Australian Wooden Boat Festival at the end of the Tawe Nunnugah.
Here's my spot tracker map. A couple of days I was well down the track before I remembered to turn the darn thing on, but it gives some idea of the trip.
oI think I am still recovering from covid ... I seem to run out of energy and go into the red zone where I cannot be stuffed doing anything. Hopefully a few low key days will fix me up. Unpacking and sorting all the stuff will take a while.
My video record is here:
