Tag: Cape St. George

ARRIVED GIZO – EXHAUSTED

Rain Squalls, our companions, day and night. Photo Ray Penson

As I was daydreaming, I suddenly noticed the depth sounder was reading 5 meters!  Immediately I put the engine into neutral and we slowed, as we slowed the depth reduced, I gave a kick astern and we stopped.  The depth now read zero, that means nothing under the keel!  I checked everything, a flashlight over the side, we should be in deep water.  Then I realised my mistake.  I was so tired and my brain so befuddled, I had been reading the wind instrument instead of the depth sounder.  As we reduced speed so the relative wind reduced to zero as we stopped.  Clearly, I had not been thinking straight.  I was very tired.

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PNG – COASTING NEW IRELAND

Local children took my water bottles ashore and filled them from the stream, They were rewarded and everyone was happy. Photo Ray Penson

Unfortunately, shortly after I had anchored in the Albatross Channel my fishing rod and fishing gear were stolen from the back deck.  I always remove any tempting items from the cockpit when at anchor.  I had already removed the binoculars, navigation tablet and other bits and bobs safely below.  I then put the kettle on for a cuppa and was filling in the logbook when I heard sounds outside.  I jumped up into the cockpit and saw a canoe with two guys in it paddling away downstream, then I noticed my fishing rod was missing.  I shouted after the guys but they had suddenly developed selective hearing, their paddling picked up a pace.  My fault entirely, they probably only came along to say hello (as everyone does here) but the sight of a fishing rod unattended was just too much temptation.  Oh well, one less thing to worry about and fishing with a rod from Truce has always been a dangerous game, I hope they have better luck with it than I had.

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