Saturday, May 30, 2009

finish
lat 15 55.463
lon 123 41.457
known as drifting around collier bay looking for water less than 50m
deep
trip
another slight wind day, which got off to a bad start when I couldn't
retrieve the reef anchor, huffed n puffed till I got it. The trek wasn't
helped by these blasted spring tide currents, but there isn't a lot in
this bay, which may be why the whales like it, I saw big n small ones
doing their picture-post-card stuff too far away & slow to get a
picture, but you've seen the shot dozens of times. I couldn't get to
macleay island because of the weather, which became blowy at 0300 so I
set sail. Collier bay is where koolan island is, the number of lights
indicate it could be a tourist resort, but I just this minute heard a
prolonged rumble, which could be someone blasting.