June 4, 2017

Up early to catch slack at Beasley Passage at 7:52. Although the wind died down in Drew Harbour last night, and was quiet this morning, when we got out into open water it was more windy. Just a short jaunt though and we were back in protected waters, however that meant we lost internet - it's a tradeoff. No one else around as we easily transited Beasley Passage and then went up into Waiatt Bay where the Octopus Islands Marine Park is. We anchored in "Osprey Cove" to wait until slack at Upper Rapids at 14:10 (or later). We had some breakfast and then went out for a dinghy ride to look around. Two different boats actually left and headed out which we thought was pretty weird given that it was "max" flood in both rapids at the time - weird.

At around 2:00 we headed down "Tentacle Passage" which takes you basically directly into Upper Rapids. It wasn't completely slack but it was slack enough to get through easily and we then pulled into the entrance of Owen Bay which is directly afterwards. We put 2 crab traps down on our way in as we had good luck catching crab here 2 years ago. Off to anchor at the end of the Bay with a couple of other sailboats. Our plan was to catch crab for dinner ….. Yeah, no crab. So we improvised with sausages and salad.

Miss not having internet 😆