We left Goldsmith Island - Stingray Bay at 4am and moved to the other side to Roylen Bay. We arrived about 5.30am and went back to bed, I did get back to sleep but Martin had trouble getting to sleep, as we had side-on swell and this causes the boat to rock side to side, it's very rolly. Martin brought me a cup of tea about 7.30 and told me as soon as I was finished we are leaving, yes he was getting fed-up with the constant rocking.
With the wind up to 20knots gusting to 25 knots, the sea had swell up from 0.5 to 1 metre high with a swell period of 4 second.
Since this is the first time I have add our sea condition and using the term 'Swell Period' I'll explain it for you. The swell period is a measurement of time between successive swell in seconds or anther way to explain it, Swell Period is the frequency of the swell crest to the next swell crest. If neither one of this explanation explained it for you, then you will have to Google it yourself.
For us (OK me, as I'm the one who gets seasick) the Swell conditions are what we look at. Swell Height, Swell Direction, and Swell Period. The photo below is the sea conditions I talked about before. This was between 8am to 11.30.
We stoped for a couple of hour for lunch at Shaw Island- anchored at Burning Point.
When we set off again the weather conditions were wind 10 knots, swell 0.1 to 0.5 meters and the swell period more like 20seconds which made the rest of the day sail perfect.
We anchored at Cid Harbour 3.30pm, with friends coming to EverRest for sundowners, nice way to finish the day.
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