Heading to Torres Strait

It's your favorite yacht delivery skipper here, back with another adventure on the high seas. This time, we set sail from Port Moresby, but not without a few hiccups along the way. Our plan had been to arrive on Thursday, get settled into our marina berth, do some maintenance on Friday, rest on Saturday, and then head to the fuel dock and back to our berth on Sunday. We were all set to leave bright and early Monday morning and arrive at the entrance to the Torres Strait late afternoon Tuesday.

But as they say, the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Customs took much longer than expected, so we ended up leaving Port Moresby much later than planned. And now we were behind schedule before we even left.

The Torres Strait is no joke - 150nm of congested shipping lanes, reefs, current, tides and strong wind. The first 40nm seems straightforward so I planned to do that at night and arriving at a busy area in the morning so we can navigate through in day time. And about 3hrs ago I was given permission to anchor at night by the Australian border force as long as we are not in Australian waters of Thursday Island. So it's all got a bit higgeldy piggledy.

But as usual, we will figure it out! We're resilient sailors and we always find a way to make it work. Like I say - it's Yacht Delivery Solutions not yacht delivery problems!

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