Cape Woolamai 18-Oct-2017
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 7:54 pm
Made a trip down to the Island and arranged to meet up with Tas.
The plan was to take his A.I. for a proper shake-down sail around the end of Cape Woolamai.
I hit the water at about 11:00am. There was a stiff (and strengthening) NW breeze, which bode well for decent sailing conditions.
While waiting for Tas I trolled a lure around (took one rod and a lure and a squid-jig only - this was mainly a sailing trip). There were lots of smallish (up to 50cm) couta busting up and hitting anything thrown in front of them. Buy the time Tas caught up with me, the wind was starting to drop.
After a quick chat we decided to head around the end of the Cape. The breeze was just enough to push us along at a comfortable 7km/h.
In no time at all were were around the end and out in front of the surf life-saving club at Woolamai surf beach. We spent a while playing chicken with the breakers and then made our way back around to Cape Woolamai.
By this time (3:45pm) the wind had dropped and there was no swell at all - in 25 years, this is the flattest I've ever seen Bass Strait.
It was truly magical around the Cape. We were hugging the cliffs and exploring all the nooks and crannies that are totally off-limits for 99.99% of the time. The water was crystal clear. We lamented the fact that we didn't bring any snorkelling and offshore fishing gear as conditions do not get any better than they were today.
We stopped in Cleeland Bight for a while and chucked a couple of squid jigs. I was the lucky one today and managed a couple of good squid, before we managed to catch a light breeze all the way back to the launch spot.
A few pics from the day (and a few gratuitous ones from the previous day when I walked along the shoreline from Churchill Island past Rennison Bight!)
Parked-up, waiting for Tas to hit the beach...
Hanging around, behind the breakers on Woolamai surf beach...
Some of the sea caves along the south of Cape Woolamai...
As flat as it's ever been - magical...
The GPS plot of the trip...
Walking long the shoreline near Churchill Island...
An egret flying by...
A hobby watching from the shade...
A flock of coots in the Churchill Island wetlands...
The plan was to take his A.I. for a proper shake-down sail around the end of Cape Woolamai.
I hit the water at about 11:00am. There was a stiff (and strengthening) NW breeze, which bode well for decent sailing conditions.
While waiting for Tas I trolled a lure around (took one rod and a lure and a squid-jig only - this was mainly a sailing trip). There were lots of smallish (up to 50cm) couta busting up and hitting anything thrown in front of them. Buy the time Tas caught up with me, the wind was starting to drop.
After a quick chat we decided to head around the end of the Cape. The breeze was just enough to push us along at a comfortable 7km/h.
In no time at all were were around the end and out in front of the surf life-saving club at Woolamai surf beach. We spent a while playing chicken with the breakers and then made our way back around to Cape Woolamai.
By this time (3:45pm) the wind had dropped and there was no swell at all - in 25 years, this is the flattest I've ever seen Bass Strait.
It was truly magical around the Cape. We were hugging the cliffs and exploring all the nooks and crannies that are totally off-limits for 99.99% of the time. The water was crystal clear. We lamented the fact that we didn't bring any snorkelling and offshore fishing gear as conditions do not get any better than they were today.
We stopped in Cleeland Bight for a while and chucked a couple of squid jigs. I was the lucky one today and managed a couple of good squid, before we managed to catch a light breeze all the way back to the launch spot.
A few pics from the day (and a few gratuitous ones from the previous day when I walked along the shoreline from Churchill Island past Rennison Bight!)
Parked-up, waiting for Tas to hit the beach...
Hanging around, behind the breakers on Woolamai surf beach...
Some of the sea caves along the south of Cape Woolamai...
As flat as it's ever been - magical...
The GPS plot of the trip...
Walking long the shoreline near Churchill Island...
An egret flying by...
A hobby watching from the shade...
A flock of coots in the Churchill Island wetlands...