Itz a new year and with the change comes a new direction for Galleycat.
Itz been a while since the last update!, a series of electrical failurez left the yot without a charging source for the puta!
2 new inverterz are on the way as well as a car charger this will give me triple redundancy on the charging circuit.
Mum, Dad and Hayley have come aboard for a visit and R now back in Perth.Taking a good supply of fresh fish filletz with them.
They all had a good thyme swimming, diving, eating, fishing and catching oysterz.The menu waz a seafood bonanza as well as our now eva popular double crust pizzaz.
Hayley caught her first ever fish and managed to "ruff it" sleeping under the stars on the beanbagz.
Mum was in far better spirits than I expected with only an underlying hint of the drama within.
The heat is still a major factor with 38 to 40 an average daythyme temp.
Although reasonably regular thunderstormz cool the area in the aftanoonz.
Galleycat haz left Groote once again for a week of fishing and solitude on Wedge Rock in the Gulf. This will be follow by a proposed journey to the Roper River on the mainland for the Australia Day weekend.Barra and Mudcrabz are the goal!
The postal services on the Island have finally started again with large quantities of ebay items finally arriving! New bilge pumps, fishing tackle and a knife sharpenerz all arriving. Mum also brought a "care package" with her giving me new crockery and cutlery for the kitchen plus towelz and quilt covers for the linen cupboard. The yot iz almost fully funkional again!
My new direction iz in fact a reversal with planz being maid 2 leave Groote and head once again toward Thursday Islands and Cape York plus the Northern end of the Gr8 Barrier..
This area haz SO many fantastic places that I passed by on my journey here that they warrant a return visit. I will of course have to wait for the end of Cyclone season but the planz are slowly beginning 2 form.+-The fishing has defin8ly proved worthwhile with good quantities of bottom fish available.
I'm parked on a lump 17nm North of Town and if I was keeping fish the Icebox would of been filled at least twice already.
I've had to take a break as every drop resultz in Trout, Jews or Nannygai plus some monster queenies and huge catfish that stretch your arms and drag washers.I think I'm in 4 a busy nite!
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My busy nite was also a Ruff nite!
Massive wind against tide resulted in 2 anchor shifts and a broken rudder "AGAIN".
Itz thyme to "reinvent the wheel".
A new approach is needed as the current system is more prone to failure than is safe! The massive forces involved need 2B controlled somehow?The fishing was also off the charts!
24 mulloway, 2 trout, 6 gold banded snapper, 4 Nannygai, 11 trevally and a couple of sharx!
All B4 10.30pm!
I kept a couple of Trout and a couple of Goldies for freezer stock but the rest live to fight another dai.
With the rudder failure I've decided to head back a day early in an attempt to fix it B4 the weekendz trip.
Rudders strengthened & repaired, the yot refuelled and supplied at were off again for the Australia Day Weekend.
Ciao 4 now
Captain felix
