We headed up to Brooklyn to pick up a friend and have a look
around the small town and marina at the north end of our navigable waterway. For sail boats the rail bridge stops any travel further up the river.
There are three courtesy moorings available in the channel, just north of the northerly cardinal 424 shown on the map - and of course they were taken when we arrived so we anchored just to the north of them as marked on the map. The moorings are the 24hr stay national parks moorings and as elsewhere the stay tends to get stretched out in some cases until conscience, more travel or authority provides a motivation to move. On the anchor we managed to get out of the main tidal current in just enough water for our 1.7m draught, it was springs. However the southerly gusting wind sent us dancing around beam on and bum to wind against the outgoing tide and although we held well enough it would need settled weather for me to stay the night – well stay and sleep well without numerous anchor checks around the turn of tide.
There are three courtesy moorings available in the channel, just north of the northerly cardinal 424 shown on the map - and of course they were taken when we arrived so we anchored just to the north of them as marked on the map. The moorings are the 24hr stay national parks moorings and as elsewhere the stay tends to get stretched out in some cases until conscience, more travel or authority provides a motivation to move. On the anchor we managed to get out of the main tidal current in just enough water for our 1.7m draught, it was springs. However the southerly gusting wind sent us dancing around beam on and bum to wind against the outgoing tide and although we held well enough it would need settled weather for me to stay the night – well stay and sleep well without numerous anchor checks around the turn of tide.
We also moved around to the south of the small peninsular into Dead Hose Bay. Maybe it should be Dead Horse Bay yet Navionics says ‘Hose’ so that's how it stays. There are numerous
moorings all along the shore here and it looks as if there is no room when viewed from the channel. There is and after moving close to the beach
we found plenty of space for several yachts to anchor. The water is deeper than the chart suggested
and on the anchor marked we ended up with 2.5m below datum and with plenty of sticky mud hanging on to the anchor and chain when we hauled it up. To the south of us was also plenty of room
to stay in deeper water and weather that does not leave you on a lee shore.
We tendered around from here into Parsley bay just to the north where the
public pontoons are convenient for locking the tender up for a visit to
Brooklyn. The Marina in town has fuel and water,
beer, pay showers and laundrette and it is possible to visit and tie up if
there is space. The town has convenience
stores, pleasant cafes and restaurants and pub for hanging out and some basic provisions.
Much as we wanted to stay a while longer the southerly winds
were heading in so we headed off down to to the southern bays for a few days.
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