February 2007 Archives

It looks like the recent America Bay "Estuary Cruise was a great success. Photos by Roger Russell

Five boats ventured to Hardys bay a few weekends ago. Getting there can be adventurous if you're not familar with the ever changing channels and associated markers around Half Tide Rocks and Pretty Beach. We found a pleasant anchorage at Hardys Bay, where despite generously accessible jetties, your entrepid editor managed to get himself stuck in black sticky mud on his way to dinner ashore. But more distressingly, on their way home, Bagheera 2 had an unexpected, unwelcome interaction with a rock in the channel near Half Tide Rocks, as Martin Haszard told it :