You can go through 10L a day just drinking. It is worth having a
little spray bottle to rinse the salt off the nether regions to avoid
tropical sores and boils.
Check carefully the timing of the lights. I was sailing at night from
Moresby when I traveled so much faster than I thought I was that I
mistook a light and ended up hard on a beach. Remember currents can
make a mess of your dead reckoning. I was surfing for about an hour or
two under spinnaker in some overfalls between Daru and Saibai and was
actually going backwards.
People travel around the Gulf in small boats all the time. You can go
straight across or explore the coastline. Again, be aware of the
currents , especially between islands. There are some amazing places
to explore. I don't recall people telling me the winds at particular
times of year but have seen some pictures of places they have visited
--- In harryproa@yahoogrou
>
> The boat could easily dissappear off into the sunset on its own , it
is a difficult boat to stop moving - light weight no displacement,
draft. Can't really do much except stay on or tie a rope around body .
> About 20L enough water? Maybe 30L.
> Nopticed last night there ae a few lights shown on the charts
Troughton Island etc, planning on using a compass and then check for a
starto line up on at night.
>
> Any thoughts on the Gulf of Carpentaria - about 270 miles across, a
bit steep chop.
>
> Doug
>
> --- On Mon, 5/1/09, Robert <cateran1949@
>
> From: Robert <cateran1949@
> Subject: [harryproa] Re: NT weather
> To: harryproa@yahoogrou
> Date: Monday, 5 January, 2009, 3:05 PM
>
>
>
>
>
>
> After a while in Darwin, if you are a surfer the sight of 2.5-3m waves
> is too much to resist. The folklore is that crocs and stingers don't
> like the surf. In these circumstances what is a bloke supposed to do.
> There were about 15 people in the water so I caught a few waves before
> someone pointed out a croc among the white water. It was only
> relatively small so we all kept on surfing. We also used to swim at
> the local pool at a place called Nightcliff, and one time the early
> morning swimmers found a medium sized croc sitting in the pool.
> If you wear a stinger suit you are reasonably protected from both the
> stingers and sunburn. This is a full length rashy.
> Watch out for reflected glare. I once got a bad case of sunburn in my
> nostrils while tuna fishing on a glassy ocean. If you have a good
> moon, night time sailing works pretty well
> What are you doing to make sure the boat doesn't sail away from you if
> you go over the side. The cockpit position makes this unlikely, and I
> imagine the boat would luff up as soon as you took your hand off the
> tiller, but it could still drift faster than you could swim
> Carrying enough fresh water was my biggest bugbear when sailing a
> small boat in the tropics- apart from a bad case of giardia.
>
> --- In harryproa@yahoogrou ps.com.au, Doug Haines <doha720@ > wrote:
> >
> > Thanks that's a good one about anchor hauling - wear gloves I guess.
> > Â
> > The Observations a very accurately showing nearly double wind speed
> in dark compared to the day, was thinking start sailing early
> moeorning thebn at least you can find an anchorage some time durimg
> daylight.
> > I'm not going surfing past Gnarloo or MonteBellos, even that's
> adventurous enough.
> > Where did you surf with a croc? And why?
> > Â
> > Doug
> >
> > --- On Sun, 4/1/09, Robert <cateran1949@ ...> wrote:
> >
> > From: Robert <cateran1949@ ...>
> > Subject: [harryproa] Re: NT weather
> > To: harryproa@yahoogrou ps.com.au
> > Date: Sunday, 4 January, 2009, 10:45 PM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -I knew some people who were blowing up weather balloons for the
> > Wessel observations. It was part of an international scientific study
> > on thunderstorms. They picked Darwin as it was the most reliable place
> > for producing thunderstorms. There is a thunderstorm formation called
> > Hector that builds up every afternoon over the offshore islands.
> > Night time sailing is delightful. Be careful being close to the edge
> > of the boat because of the crocs and be careful in hauling in anchor
> > ropes if stingers are around. They really sting.
> >
> > -- In harryproa@yahoogrou ps.com.au, Doug Haines <doha720@ > wrote:
> > >
> > > it looks like there is more wind further off shore judging from the
> > mcclure point and wessel island observations
> > > ÂÂ
> > > and just seen a day time pattern where all the wind dissapears
> > untill dark falls!
> > > Will have to sail at night - no worries no draft, can't hit
> > anything, much
> > > ÂÂ
> > > Doug
> > >
> > > --- On Sun, 4/1/09, Robert <cateran1949@ ...> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Robert <cateran1949@ ...>
> > > Subject: [harryproa] Re: NT weather
> > > To: harryproa@yahoogrou ps.com.au
> > > Date: Sunday, 4 January, 2009, 2:53 PM
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Can be beautiful sailing Sometime s too calm and sometimes a bit
wild
> > > with thunderstorms and cyclones . Beautiful conditions once the wet
> > > sets in, but be prepared to get up on the hard and tie yourself down
> > > if a cyclone is looming. Problems are stingers( deadly
jellyfish) and
> > > crocodiles. The tides up ther are enormous up to 8m range, and there
> > > is occasionally good winds and surf if there is a cyclone
nearby. Good
> > > value for mangoes and other tropical fruit. It is possible to
hide up
> > > the creeks when you have such a shallow draught.
> > > Watch out for tropical boils and sores from sitting down too long in
> > > salty clothes.
> > >
> > > --- In harryproa@yahoogrou ps.com.au, "Douglas Alexander Frank
Haines"
> > > <doha720@ > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Robert or anyone,
> > > >
> > > > What is the weather like in summer?
> > > > Is there always a daily afternoon seabreeze?
> > > > Is it moderate or can it be fresh.
> > > > If there are thunderstaorms about does that stop the
seabreeze, and
> > > > make winds more variable?
> > > >
> > > > Doug
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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