Wednesday 1 May 2013

Weatherbound - the story of our lives!!

Don't know whether you have read about Cyclone Zane which unexpectedly reared its ugly head out in the Coral Sea a few days ago. Anyway, there have been varying reports ever since including an upgrade to Category 3 with 80 knot winds. April 30th. was the last official day of the cyclone season so it just shows how unpredictable these things can be. Zane was forecast to cross the coast around the Lockhart River, which is 250 miles to the north.
So, for us it wasn't exactly rocket science to make the decision to stay put and here we are. At the time of writing it has been drizzling this morning and we have 5 knots of wind from the SE!! Meantime the cyclone warning for Zane has been cancelled and we are now just looking at very strong winds over the weekend. So, we have tentatively decided that Monday the 6th. is the day and to make up for lost time we'll probably sail non stop for Lizard Is. - 130 miles to the north. Or we might stop for one night at the Low Islets just to embed our sealegs!
All conjecture at this stage but looking likely. Watch this space - more particularly watch our website: www.tiaretaporo3.blogspot.com
Love again from us,
Jim and Jean (Gina)

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