Waiting for suitable weather in Coffs Harbour

We have spent rather longer in Coffs than we thought we'd have to. The weather has been very unsettled. We had hoped to make another hop north to Yamba   However, there is a difficult bar across the entrance which is best crossed a couple of hours either side of high water and then, once in the river, there is a short passage over the top of Dart Island which we would have had to negotiate at high tide. All this would have necessitated an over night sail from Coffs which we had intended to do but then it blew up hard during the night and we decided against it. Instead we hired a car for the day and drove up there. We saw the entrance with surf breaking over the bar and strong winds and were quite glad not to be out there in the boat. We sadly said goodbye to Jane as, with all the delays, the next opportunity to drop her off would be Wednesday which would have been difficult for her family. We met up with Hamish, Helen and Huon in Yamba and enjoyed an afternoon at a playground. Today is Jonathan's birthday so we have had an indulgent day which we have just rounded off with a nice bottle of champagne. The weather is looking good for departure tomorrow morning.

The crew

Coffs Harbour marina