Tika

Tika is a 55' Outremer catamaran, hailing from Fremantle, Australia.

We are on our way home to Perth from Panama, having left Panama in August 2015.

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Posted: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 - 11:15

Great sailing yesterday. If we didn't need jumpers on in the cockpit we could have been in the trade winds! 15-20 knots from the SE, we have had the code 0 on the windward hull for 24 hours and

Posted: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 - 06:00

Had a pretty good start. Swell about what we expected and long period so reasonably comfortable. A little more wind than we expected, so while both code 0 and screecher are set on the sprit at the

Posted: Sun, 4 Mar 2018 - 10:36

Left Western River Cove this morning at 4:30am under clear skies and an almost full moon. Wanted to get away early to hopefully avoid any westerly sea breeze and maximise the chances of getting in

Posted: Sat, 3 Mar 2018 - 10:30

Came back to Western River Cove after a walk up the hill yesterday. Really stunning spot - probably our favourite SA anchorage so far. Strange seabreeze pattern seems to happen here, though where a

Posted: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 - 10:24

Nice sail down the interesting landscape of the north coast of kangaroo Island. ran out of wind just near western river cove, but decided it looked a bit swelly as there was a solid 3m of westerly

Posted: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 - 09:03

Didn't quite get underway yesterday. Was blowing 25 knots and didn't feel like doing the run in that wind. So managed to hitch a lift into town with Des who is a volunteer with RIG, the

Posted: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 - 11:51

Finally got around to a YIT update! Had a good few days in Victor Harbour. Had to swap west side of causeway to east side of causeway depending on winds, but a great stop in a nice regional centre

Posted: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 - 10:09

Just managed to get in before sunset last night, after a hooking up our third set of cray pot buoys and having to jump in again to cut them away. Super smooth motoring and then sailing north up for

Posted: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 - 12:33

Had a great run until 5pm, when the wind came in fairly hard. Fairly eventful 24 hours....had 30-35 knots and solid 3m steep seas as we came around the corner. Managed to get our record of 22 knots

Posted: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 - 07:21

Swell smoothed out a bit a few hours out of macquarie and wind backed us....had Tika pointed comfortably straight for Esperence....but then there's Jaiya's best ex-cruising buddy now living in

Posted: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 - 10:27

Underway for Victor Harbour - although final destination may change depending on how this weather pattern bears out. Pretty sloppy which is to be expected, but wind from behind and heading NW, so

Posted: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 - 08:15

Heading back to Strahan today. Been raining solidly for 2 days and looks like we will be getting wet on our way back....water tanks full from the awnings. Had an great day up the Franklin on

Posted: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 - 13:00

Still hanging out in this magnificent location and haven't seen anyone else at all. Apparently there is a rafting group arriving today to get picked up by the local ketch "Storm Breaker" - so may

Posted: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 - 15:39

Long time since we have moved the boat and checked in...so much to do and so little time to update YIT :). Contacted local, Ronnie Morrison and borrowed his mooring to hang off while we caught the

Posted: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 - 10:12

An uneventful run up the west coast. Probably only sailed for a third of the way - rest of the time only had about 6 knots and constant low level cloud and drizzle. Nice to get through Hells Gates

Posted: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 - 11:30

Cold and rainy but wind is light and nice to be making miles north again. Went to shore for a great full moon rise last night and then saw the start of the eclipse from tika at about 11:15pm

Posted: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 09:00

Nice walk along the long beach yesterday morning before the front came through last night with squalls to 30 knots. Has cooled off a lot! Comfortable in here, although was a little rolly for a while

Posted: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 - 09:03

Finally got some proper Tasmanian weather yesterday with wall to wall cloud and rain yesterday. Moved around to Spain Bay and hoping for a couple of walks before we head north on thursday or Friday.

Posted: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 - 09:09

The run of extraordinary weather has finally ended after a 30 degree day yesterday! Felt like we were in the tropics again :). Went up Mt Milner for a sunset that ranks in the top 10 two nights ago

Posted: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 - 10:24

Our third spectacular day in a row :). Climbed Mt Beattie two days ago and Mt Rugby yesterday. It was so settled that we hung out on top eating lunch and watching the world go by for 2.5 hours

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