Start Loc: Port Clinton (22o 28.49’ S, 150o 44.67’ E)
Narrative: We again spent the morning exploring, relaxing and fishing. Cameron and I each caught another barramundi cod, so they went back. We decided that after lunch we would head south within Port Clinton; but not as far as South Arm opting for the anchorage we were originally going to use last night, south west of Mt Flinders.
We lifted anchor at 1:50pm and in a ESE 10kt breeze, we sailed south under just the head sail at an easy 4.5kts through the water. It was only a short sail and we dropped anchor at 2:40pm. Instead of hoisting it onto the davits we towed the dinghy down. I replaced the 5hp with the 15hp and took Haydee to the beach and Cam and I went fishing again. We tried our luck casting amongst the mangroves, but only got one undersized bream.
The 5hp outboard died this morning. I had a play with it before we came south and I suspect that when we ran the internal tank dry this morning, we sucked up gunk which is now blocking the fuel flow somehow. I will have a better look in the morning and start with cleaning the fuel lines - hopefully I won't have to pull the carby apart.
Tomorrow, probably in the morning, we will head north around the corner to Pearl Bay.
End Loc: Port Clinton (22o 32.87’ S, 150o 45.53’ E)
Distance run: 5nm (cumulative: 513nm)
Engine hours: 0 hr, 50 min (cumulative: 54 hr, 24 min)