We departed the dock at 6.34am and left Barrenjoey Heads and past the light house at 7.20am after logging the passage for the first leg to Nelson Bay with Marine Rescue Sydney.
The weather is expected to be 10-20knots of wind with seas of 2m. Actual conditions were quite different. The wind was quite pleasant with gusts up to 25knots but the seas started at 4m with a lot of chop and we then struck ~5m seas with a large amount of chop off Stockton beach north of Newcastle. Everyone was sea sick to varying degrees which was extremely unpleasant.
The highlight was seeing a pod of dolphins just north of Newcastle which stayed with us for about 5 minutes, dancing around the front of the yacht, surfing waves and having a great time. We all throught it was wonderful and the kids were extremely excited.
We arrived in Nelson Bay entrance at 6pm and was on a berth for the night at 6.30pm. After a refreshing shower we all enjoyed a good dinner and off to an early bed. A very big journey tomorrow as we are likely to have to go day night and day non-stop to Yamba/Iluka. We will top off the fuel and water tomorrow morning as we are all extremely tired.