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"Sailing For Cheese: The Detour We Didn't Plan"
18 January 2026 · 24 min · 19K views · New South Wales
Sailboat navigates rocky harbor entrance in choppy water
What this video covers
Adam and Luke depart Bateman Bay at 6 a.m. on a 90-mile day sail south to Eden aboard their Prout Ltd. Snowgoose 37 Elite catamaran, Chequers.0:57 North-easterly winds build to 17 knots from behind; with apparent wind over 20 knots, they drop the main and run on the genoa alone at 6.5 knots.5:01 Mid-passage, a closing weather window for the Tasmania crossing forces a course change: instead of Eden, they divert to a small coastal inlet — tentatively called "Burmergui" by Adam — where a narrow, shallow entrance with half-metre breaking waves and strong outgoing current makes for a tense approach.8:57 The catamaran's shallow draft lets them anchor in what amounts to river water, touching bottom at low tide in a spot a monohull could not use.14:39 Ashore, they cycle 11 miles to the heritage village of Tilba, visiting a cheese factory and a tea shop.20:03 Luke floats a 5,000-mile offshore circuit — Tasmania to Wellington, up to the Bay of Islands, back to Bundaberg via the Tasman Sea in the roaring 40s — as a future passage idea.10:52 Weather windows for the Tasmania crossing shift daily, delaying departure planning.24:01 The catamaran's shallow draft opens anchorages completely inaccessible to monohulls.19:13
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