Crossing Bass Strait Australia in Beneteau 42 Yacht

[Jim Cate]

Originally Posted by El Pinguino

You can always pick the 'mericans.... they say 'Bass Straits' and also use the plural of ' mate ' in an odd fashion.

At least Jim used the form 'pissed me off' and didn't just say he was 'pissed'....

Ping, if I had been pissed, I might well have used stronger language!

Jim

PS I apologize about the incorrect usage of "Straits". Bad me...

[Uncle Bob]

Originally Posted by Jim Cate

Ping, if I had been pissed, I might well have used stronger language!

Jim

PS I apologize about the incorrect usage of "Straits". Bad me...

Jim, could it be that someone else was perhaps "pissed" when he posted ?
BTW, love the input from Anne and yourself.

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by Jim Cate

Ping, if I had been pissed, I might well have used stronger language!

Jim

PS I apologize about the incorrect usage of "Straits". Bad me...

'Pologies accepted.... I have always called the bit between Italy and Sicily the Straits of Messina but I see that it is actually the Strait of Messina.

[GILow]

I've only been on Bass Srait once. Strangely I found myself in dire straits, which is where the plural comes from.

At the time I wished I did have a trailer sailor because it would have been on the trailer, and by logical extension I would have been in my dear old 89 Range Rover listening to dire straits rather than puking over the side between trips below trying make any one single bit of the electrics work.

So to the OP, have fun, read all the advice, accept that you will make it safely if you follow the advice, and take lots of whichever medication gives you the best results for sea sickness. Bass Strait has the messiest wave cross hatching I have ever met or hope to meet again.

Matt

[GILow]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Its all down to timing the fronts.. I crossed the Straits in November.. sat out 3 days 50kt winds in Port Fairy before jumping on the tail.. by the time I got to the Straits on the 30ftr I was taking from Perth to Port Huon it was like a mirror as I crossed W to E before hanging a right down to Hobart.. just get the rhythm of the season right..

And after all that you sailed right past Wineglass Bay. You silly bugger.

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by GILow

I've only been on Bass Srait once. Strangely I found myself in dire straits, which is where the plural comes from.

At the time I wished I did have a trailer sailor because it would have been on the trailer, and by logical extension I would have been in my dear old 89 Range Rover listening to dire straits rather than puking over the side between trips below trying make any one single bit of the electrics work.
......

Matt

Ah.... you obviously weren't in a 'pocket coastal cruiser'..... all would have been good if you had been....

[GILow]

Originally Posted by El Pinguino

Ah.... you obviously weren't in a 'pocket coastal cruiser'..... all would have been good if you had been....

No it was more of a puke-et coastal cruiser.

And you sir, are a stirrer of the first degree.

[Uncle Bob]

Originally Posted by GILow

No it was more of a puke-et coastal cruiser.

And you sir, are a stirrer of the first degree.

Wot, their issuing degree's in stirring now, well i'l be buggered.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by GILow

And after all that you sailed right past Wineglass Bay. You silly bugger.

Is there a Pub in Wineglass Bay..???

[GILow]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Is there a Pub in Wineglass Bay..???

No mate. They figured there was no point in setting one up when you sailed straight past.

[GILow]

Originally Posted by Uncle Bob

....well i'l be buggered.

I'd rather be stirred.

[GILow]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Is there a Pub in Wineglass Bay..???

I see what you did there.

[Jim Cate]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Is there a Pub in Wineglass Bay..???

Well, there was a place you could have had a drink there a few days ago... 'cause Insatiable II was anchored there overnight. We do have some standards about guests aboard, Boatie, but we'd relax them for you!

Jim

[GILow]

From what I hear of that anchorage, the drinks would have been shaken, not stirred.


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[Popeye3180]

Slayon,
Did you purchase the Beneteau and did you cross Bass Straight yet? Ive spent a bit of time there and it can be a particularly unpleasant place if your timings wrong. I once recorded 90 knots, just before the wind gear got blown off the top of the mast. A couple of things to note:
choose your weather window carefully
Refuge cove at Wilsons Prom is the best anchorage on earth when Bass Straight has been kicking the **** out of you
Its easier to time your arrival at Port Phillip heads from the Prom than from Devonport.
You Must only cross the Rip at Port Phillip heads at Slack water or just as it starts to run in. If you are having a horrid time in Bass Straight then the rip will probably kill you if you cross at the wrong tide.
PS My uncle crossed Bass straight in an 18 footer and a mate of mine paddled across in a sea kayak (both are lunatics though)