What Would He Know...

                                          Heading South.
                                       5 knots of current.
                                          Can't hold on much longer. 
                                   'Mother Ship' - fuel and water drop. 
                                   Cape Leveque - in search of fuel.
                                            Broome Harbour.
  

  Not long after we started the trip we received an email from a guy headed- 'Stroke Victim Sailed Around Aus.'  I take the liberty of quoting from it:-

         "... it was a great trip. But it is one of the worlds most difficult voyages. Sailors have always believed that Tassie and the Great Southern Ocean are the most treacherous areas to sail in, where, in fact, the Western Aust. coast, south of Exmouth is by far the most difficult. (Sailing south you have to have departed Exmouth by the 2nd week in September or it's close to impossible for the next 6 months)."

  He knew alright, but when we received the email the West Coast seemed so far away.

  No sooner had we started down the coast than our problems began. My memory is returning slowly.  

  It is now very clear we are trying to get down this coast at the wrong time of year. We intend to secure the boat in Broome until the time is right.