We left Coffs Harbour marina at 7 am to set out for Camden Haven. The forecast is for a little breeze in the morning freshening to a 10-15 knot NE breeze in the afternoon.
Departing Coffs Harbour in perfect conditions
We motor sailed with the mainsail up and then also raised the headsail for a bit more speed as the wind built, originally from the SW. Finally at 2.30 pm we could give the engine a rest and sailed for 2.5 hours doing a comfortable 8 knots before the wind started dropping out and we needed to start the engine to get through the bar at Camden Haven in daylight.
We saw lots of whales and, surprisingly lots of dead mutton birds floating on the surface with their legs in the air. It was not obvious what was killing them.
We went across the bar at Camden Haven at 6.30pm (high tide was at 8.45pm), it was relatively calm but there was a reasonable swell. Once inside it was a quiet motor up the river to anchor just upriver from the RSL. Rhiannon had already arrived and was the only other boat anchored in the river (there were 3 boats tied up at the wharf).
By the time we had our anchor set it was getting dark. Carole whipped up a Thai Green Curry using some green prawns we had purchased at Mooloolaba, and we had a very peaceful night, sleeping well.
The forecast for the next few days is not good, so we will probably be here till Tuesday.
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