Captain BrewSea's Blog Log - Justavacation: Day 5

Day 5 – 23 June 2009

Departure – Refuge Cove 1000
Destination – Squirrel Cove via “Secret Prawn Hole”
Arrival Time – 1130

State of The Sea – 1 ft chop
Wind – 7 knots SE
Weather – Over Cast - Warm

Captain / Admiral’s report:

After over-nighting at the dock (no power), we went for breakfast in the “so called restaurant.
We are not impressed with the marina facilities. This will likely be our last visit to Refuge Cove.

We went (secret direction) to our secret prawn spot... Good news this time. We doubled our catch from the last 2 days.

We re-dropped the freshly decorated lair of sweet prawn effervescence back in the same
clandestine spot with baited anticipation of a repeat performance for tomorrow morning.

We cleaned the tasty crustaceans and put them in the freezer for future consumption.

After being closely monitored by the local pawning fishermen, we slipped quietly into Squirrel Cove Public Dock.

Squirrel Cove is not the most metropolitan area we have visited, but it did have its own personal charm. All of which we enjoyed for approximately 30 minutes. After stimulating the local economy we were soon on our way to the anchorage.

The anchorage is pristine; the water is clean and warm. The weather is a bit overcast with a few light showers promising for later today.

Once we dropped anchor, we took a little tour aboard “Minivacation” (our dinghy...) have a look at the photos to see the many creatures of the intertidal zone.

We have had a few sprinkles this evening, but the sky is starting to clear with a promise of a bright day tomorrow for our cruise to Gorge Harbour.