Albany to Tasmania - Day 18 ‘Arriving at Maria Island’
Monday, May 19th 2026. We continued motoring South towards Shouten Island throughout the night, the wind light and the North East swells were gentle. The morning sun hit the mountains around Wine Glass Bay, making them stand out boldly through the morning fog. The wind was coming from South of South West, right where we wanted to go. As the day progressed the wind and seas built and our progress slowed. By 10:00hrs we unfurled the headsail and were motor sailing upwind at aro
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May 193 min read
Albany to Tasmania - Day 17 ‘Engine Checks Save Engines’
Sunday, May 17th 2026. I woke up around 09:30-10:00hrs after catching a few hours sleep. My usual routine when waking up is to first check our course and position on the chartplotter or using the Navionics app on my phone. I then open the Victron connect app and figure out the state of charge of my batteries. This is relatively simple to do with a basic voltmeter when you have lead acid / AGM batteries as you can somewhat accurately predict the state of charge based on the vo
morganflower
May 185 min read
