Hanse 400e

Hanse 400e

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Stonehaven Anchorage

Friday 4th September 2015

The boats started leaving Nara from daybreak, but there were still plenty there when we were up.


 Looking down to the end of the inlet

The wind is forecast to be SE 15 to 20 knots, moving East later in the day, so we decide to go to Stonehaven on the Western side of  Hook Island where hope to pick up a mooring and get some shelter.

We are lucky enough to pick up the last available mooring in the Southern part of the bay, but it is still pretty windy and not very inviting to get out and around.

By mid afternoon the wind settled down and we went ashore at high tide to explore a small beach not far from our mooring. We motored in over the reef but the water was not clear enough to get a good view of what was underneath us.

The beach, whilst small, had lots of interesting rock formations and the usual collection of seashells and broken coral on the sand.


Nicole and Carole



Nic and Carole fossicking on the beach


Looking back out at the anchorage

We spent about an hour over there and motored back to the boat to try a bit of fishing. The end result was 2 small tusk fish, and even smaller cod and a large piece of loose coral.

There was a nice sunset looking out toward Langford and Hayman islands, and it was very peaceful here after dark. A number of boats arrived before sunset anchoring all over the place, with bigger ones anchored out in the main channel. Hayman Island looked very impressive lit up at night. The resort is a lot bigger than I had imagined.





We all slept well.

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