Start Loc: Hunter Island, Duke Islands (21o 58.53'S, 150o 08.37'E)
Narrative: Yesterday was spent at anchor at Hunter Island. The kids did their school work; we fished, swam and played on the beach. The weather has been glorious. We ran the engine for 35 minutes and changed from the fore to the aft water tank after 12 days.
We left Hunter Island at 2:15pm to make our way around to the north east corner of Marble Island, which will be our stepping off point for the trip up to the Percy Islands tomorrow. The winds were SE at 5kts, so we motored the whole way. After rounding the south end of Hunter Island we had a 3kt favourable current up through the Lola-Mantes Passage. We then motored east across the north end of Marble Island to the anchorage, dropped anchor in 4.5m of water at 2:55pm with still 2.2m of tide to go out. We also put out a stern anchor to hold us bow in to the small swell.
We will sail tomorrow to the Percy Islands, and plan to spend tomorrow night at South Percy Island. We will then move to Middle Percy Island leave our plaque on the A-frame, and stay a couple of nights. We will then sail to Mackay, probably over two days.
End Loc: Marble Island, Duke Islands (21o 58.39'S, 150o 10.49'E)
Distance run: 4 nm (cumulative: 638nm)
Engine hours: 1 hr, 13 min (cumulative: 70 hr 46 min)