Wednesday NW change

The change came through overnight.By daylight quite a few boats had left.Some to Strahan and some around to Chimney Pot bay.Only two cats left,we can suffer the roll better than monohulls .

We up anchored and moved down to the northern end of Coulomb Bay to see the condition there.It seemed good so we went out to pull the pots,I must have been dreaming when we put them in ,we had to punch into quite a large sea to get to them and when we finally arrived there was nothing to be seen.Maybe the current had dragged the buoys down and we did not have the state of the tide right.

Hung around for a while but the sea was getting up so we gave it away and went around to the anchorage.Trolled on the way in and caught another Albatross,bugger,got him up to the boat and on board,the crew still afraid of them.He had got the line around one wing so we untangled it and he flew away,hopefully wiser now.

Quite pleasant there,a bit of wind though.There was a yacht pulled into have a spell we thought,he left shortly after heading for the top end of Hunter Island and then Strahan.

The crew put the net in as Montagu arrived for the day.We had them over for a while and got a report of their adventures to date.

Pulled the net later with a trumpeter and some more Magpies.

The wind was not conducive to drift fishing so we had a bit of a go on the anchor with no luck.

Got my little modem going and downloaded the weather.Quite complicated so Mick wrote it down in columns so we could see each day.NE,W,SW ,then S all in one day.

Cheroz wanted to make his first loaf of sourdough bread so that took up a while,I think we got too much water in it too early,was really sticky.Worked out well though and rose up really well in the engine room.Degassed it and put it back for a while in its tin.

Baked it and he was happy,looks really good.Will refine the process next time.

Had a Greek Lamb roast for dinner,not impessed with Woolies carrots,turned to mush in their packet!

Watched The Two Men in a Punt video then turned in.

A  N change and then a west wind predicted in the morning then S later in the day worked out we should be out to the pots at about 6.30.

Who said Biggs could not cook ! Well he is good at stirring !