We had breakfast and I did a couple of days worth of blogs as I do not know how to save them without the Internet,Helen on Nahani has been my mentor on this activity said I should be able to but I have muddled around and have not found a way yet,quite frustrating as I did some earlier ones twice and one three times to have them go somewhere into space.
We up anchored and went over to the jetty to get a bit of water as we were on our last tank and I did not want to run out ,all cleaning stops on the way home without any water!
There was a small neat fishing boat using the tap when we pulled up ,had a word to the skipper ,are you off on a trip,no came the reply the Chinese have stopped buying our crays so the price is down,not going yet a bit worried.
I noticed the name of his vessel was Leprena and asked how she got it.He said the bloke who built it worked up around Eddystone and named after the rock there,the rock was named after a trading schooner wrecked there in 1925.
Another coincidence ,I told him my brother Andrew recently bought the ships boat from the Leprena which by all accounts the crew rowed ashore after the wreck.It has had a modern deck and fitted with a steam engine and he has had many pleasant hour pottering around in it.He told me she used to trade out of this area and seemed proud to have the connection.I will have to have a look under the deck to see if the rowlocks are still there.She must be nearly 100 years old now.
Report of the wreck I found on the net,the whole article makes interesting reading,she was built by P&F's at Battery Point.
We were peacfully tied up to the jetty when some locals came along and said could we move as there was a broken down fishing boat coming in to tie up .
We looked out into the bay and the Southlander , a large fishing boat which has been homeported here for many years was along side another smaller red boat about a quarter of a mile away.The smaller boat was the Ella Rose which was along at Louisa the night before,I immediately thought she must have come to grief but looked spic and span and had all her pots on board.Seemed Southlander was in strife as they put her alongside the pier.David saving Goliath.
We slowly followed a string of boats out of the bay,had to kill a day,motored around Blubber Head and inside the many fish farm leases,along to the Huon River.A good rule made when they first started was they had to leave navigable water between the lease and the shore for passage making,it would be a large detour to get around this lot!
I think the visitor boats think this bit is a Chinese jigsaw puzzle.
View across the Huon,the day had brightened up.
We slowly motored across the Huon to give the batteries and freezer a good charge up before deciding to go into Gourlays Bay for the afternoon.Great minds think alike,as we came around the Point the Victorians were in there having a BBQ on the shore.Bill came over and invited us in but we declined as we had lunch on the table already,we are cooking fish he said.
We offered to put the net in to see if we could catch some bait for them as they were going back to Partridge Island to try and catch a cray the next day after the function ashore,three of them have now bought a small pot from Margate ,they love them.
Ron and Ralph put the net in after lunch but only caught a stingray which fortunately was not tangled too much so was released.No bait from us they will have to catch their own.
We up anchored about 4.30 and went up to Cygnet.Got spruced up and got into the dinghy to go ashore,the fleet dwindling now,quite a few boats have gone home to their respective ports to fulfill other obligations after quite a long time away.We have elected to run the full distance as by having three crews they only get one third of the time aboard.
As usual the dinner at Cygnet was an excellent affair,the volunteers have it down to pat,A production line of ladies dish up the veggies after you get your steak or hamburger from the two fellows cooking outside.Smiles all round and after they had done two others in the weekend at the Cygnet Regatta,be glad to see us go I recon,a shift working the bar as well.Helps their coffers though,a very active training club with small boats as well.
Sat out on the balcony as the weather was still warm.Returned to the boat after dark but still early,the nights closing in now.
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