27, 28 June 2008 Digby to Hexham Island

SSE 15-20 knots
The winds are forecast to increase tomorrow so we decided to skip the Percy Islands and make straight for Hexham Island today. Although this means another long day, we do not need to move tomorrow if the winds are as strong as predicted. 62 miles to windward – what more can I say. Hexham is a good anchorage although a bit rolly and subject to bullets (large gusts of wind) that had us moving around on the anchor. We spent our day off fishing, reading and exploring. Warren’s fish cleaning attracted a couple of large sharks that had him deciding that the top of the back stairs was a better cleaning area. We kept all the fish scraps and disposed of them the next day well out to sea. Definitely no snorkelling at Hexham. Print this post