EMIGRE

After spending the morning in the bilge working on the engine in light winds and confused swell, I was again feeling green in the hills and spent some time in the cockpit watching the swells roll through. We had a quiet afternoon mostly catching up on sleep. The sky was full of heavy cloud and had been since we left Albany. This was not doing my small lithium battery bank any favours despite having upgrading my solar array from 100 to 350w. Who knew solar panels didn’t work w

Today is a day I have been thinking about for at least twelve months. This time last year I was aboard Keshi Mer at Middle Island, approximately 80 nautical miles South East of Esperance. I was working for a hydrographic survey company supporting their new unmanned survey vessel (USV) “Fremantle 01”. Spending time at Middle Island and surrounding Recherché Archipelago gave me an idea of the vastness of the waters south of Australia. Crossing the great Australian Bight in my o