It is D-Day for our Summer 2016-17 Cruise! D for Departure, Decompress, Discovery, Delight, Dawdle. Hopefully not D for Danger, Disappointment, Dullness, Dread, Drips or Damage!
The weather gods are at last smiling upon us. After spending two days in Paynesville for last minute jobs, we left the Gippsland Lakes at first light on Tuesday 29 November, bound for Wilsons Promontory. This first leg of our Tasmanian voyage is a 90 miles run in light winds.
For a look at our proposed itinerary, click on this link to our earlier post Grand Plan for our Summer 2016-17 Cruise. Only time will tell which of our cruise plans will eventuate, but the main thing is we are out in the ocean, sailing.
For those interested, you can track the boat’s location on http://www.marinetraffic.com If you have not done this before, you have to set up an account (which is free and just means providing your email). You can then set up your ‘fleet’ so you only track the boats you want and enter our vessel’s name – you guessed it: Take It Easy (the Australian one, not the French one)! Then once set up, to check our progress, go to Vessels/My Fleet and it will show you where we are on the chart, whether we are moving, at what speed and in which direction. It will also send you an email as we enter main ports.
This is it for today, as we don’t want to make ourselves seasick by staring at a computer screen for too long. We will try and post on our blog twice a week so you can follow our voyage and see what we are up to. Stay tuned and we would love for you to keep in touch too… a comment or a like from you on WordPress means a lot to us!
Sv-Anui 
Bon Voyage, see you when you get back.
Thanks Leanne. Sure to talk to you on the way.
A very witty post Chris as usual.
Enjoy your adventure. We’re always thinking if you.
xx Lisa and Waz
Thank you guys!
Hi Chris & Wade. Have a great trip. Smooth seas and steady winds hopefully! We just got back from our east coast 6 months on Bossa Nova. Will follow your journey as it is one that we would like to do in the near future. Looking at the New Cal rally for 2017. Amanda – Bossa Nova
Thank you guys, We were wondering where you had got to! Light winds and lumpy sea for us today, but we are on our way, so very pleased.
Have a wonderful trip guys and we look forward to following your adventures 🙂
Thanks Nat and Brad. Have fun too… sorry we missed you😊
Happy sailing, looks like a great trip planned, really looking forward to following you and reading posts along the way. X
Thanks Susan, we’ll see what the wind lets us do.
Whacko! Have a great time smooth seas & good winds hopefully will make for a good trip. Have fun & see lots of wonderful sights on our blue planet
Thank you Susie. Lots to discover.
Enjoy and here’s hoping the weather stays in your favour. We have been lucky for the last few months but others have not, just make sure you take your time. Looking forward to your posts and catching up in Vic at the end of this adventure when you get back. Cheers Trish
Hi Trish – yes no rushing… if the weather does not allow the lap around Tassie, we will settle for Plan B. The weather patterns have been odd here and very unstable. So one step at a time!
You are living my dream have a wonderful safe adventure will follow you all the way Cheers Di
Thanks for the visit Di. We had not heard from you for a while😊
delightfully delirious distant discoveries
Now you’re talking!
Lucky! I am very jealous. Have a wonderful time. Safe travels and can’t wait to read about your adventures. 🙂
Thanks Viki. Good to be underway. Hope you have some adventures in store too!
Absolutely but not sailing ones. I will keep you posted! 🙂
Bon Voyage…. Here’s to lots of discovery and delight!
Thank you Sue!
Have you a good trip!
Thank you😊
I asked some questions by text, and your latest update answered them immediately afterwards ! Will be more patient in future ! Doug
Hi Doug – you can put comments or questions here and we generally answer soon after if we have service.