Tassie Circumnavigation Port Davey/Bathurst Harbour to Hobart.

18/3 Friday At anchor in Horseshoe bay Port Davey.
Overcast 15C
Woke at 6.30am departed for Recherche Bay winds W/SW and as predicted yesterday swells 5 metres plus.
As someone described it as "a bit like going up & down in a lift every minute." I guess you could say we were pumped for it and within a few nautical miles we were feeling the effects of waves and swell. Listening to the radio we soon heard that almost all the fleet that had been in Port Davey were now on the move to Recherche Bay on the S/E coast of Tassie.
We sailed almost all the way, other yachts around us, we kept pace. A magnificent coast line with large impending cliffs and the huge swell pounding in to them . If you got in closer than 2nm you could feel the undertow wanting to drag you on to the rocks. Different sets of swell coming off the rocks pushing and pulling and at times we were surfing down the waves with speeds up to 12 knots SOG. All of this with one reef in the main and no 3. headsail.
If you look at a map of Tassie you will see that during the course of this sail we changed headings three definite times; south down the coast ,east along the bottom of Tassie between Maatsuyker Island and the mainland and then North along the D'entrecasteaux Channel towards the Derwent River and Hobart.
Arrived at destination in the daylight 7.30pm. Cooked spag bog for tea. All well. Comfortable night’s sleep in a very protected spot from wind or rollers. In bed 10.00pm.

19/3 Saturday at anchor in Recherche bay
Sunny with clouds developing 18C.

Funny to wake up and to look out to civilisation or weekenders in the bay. There was even a couple of yachts anchored nearby that weren't part of our fleet. We were definitely back in the big smoke!
Departed about mid morning 30 NM to Dover seas slight motored all the way wind from the N/NE.
Arrived in Dover mid afternoon anchored just off the yacht club. Inflated the Zodiac and went in to search for showers, laundry and rubbish disposal, Showered in the yacht club and had a couple of beers. Went up town to the RSL for tea. When we walked back to the wharf to reboard the Zodiac we noticed quite a number of locals had their wood fires going. Each house sported enormous wood stacks, I reckon a Guiness Book of Records would be a definite for Dover to win in terms of wood stack size and symmetry.
All well; in bed 9pm; slept like a top.

20/3 Sunday at Anchor in Dover
Winds increasing sunny spells 19c.
Set sail for Cygnet a distance of some 15nm. We will be attending a BBQ at PCSC at 6.30pm this evening.
Motor sail, along the way we decided to explore the Huon Valley and Port Huon. We got as far as Port Huon itself and tied up to the wharf for lunch. Very pretty surroundings; ideal not many people around just a mother and three kids fishing off the wharf. We found we had water coming from somewhere near or from the engine and planned to see a Yanmar dealer in Hobart. 
We had lunch and sailed back, mostly sunny day quite a contrast to some of the weather we have had at sea.
Later in the afternoon the NW got up just as we moored off the PCSC. Used the Zodiac to go in to the BBQ; $20 for steak, sausage, burger & salad followed up with pavlova & apple crumble. Good laughs and met some interesting people. It was fun backing the dingy out with four on board back to the good ship Schnell. All well; in bed 9.30pm.

21/3 Monday moored at Cygnet
Overcast winds increasing 19c.
Weather supposed to turn for the worse with strong NW with showers and rain. We decide to bypass Barnes Bay & Apollo Bay and go direct to Sandy Bay in Hobart, about 45nm. Our leak is still with us and seems the same with the motor on or off.
As it turned out the weather was pleasant with sunny conditions most of the journey. Motor sail most of the way to the Derwent River and then we could put up the sail for the last leg. Further investigation by Chris trying to find the origin of the leak saw him disappear in the lasserette to cry out joyfully that he’d found where the leak is coming from and it wouldn’t be that bad to fix.

There was a small pinhole in a brass pipe on the outlet side of the cooling water from the engine. The fact that we now knew it wasn't the motor and where it was made everything rosier. Well done Chris – that’s worth a beer or two!
We berthed at the Royal Hobart Yacht Club, Sandy Bay. Many of the fleet where there. For many this was the end of their circumnavigation as the majority were from Tasmania and this yacht club. For yachts like our own we had completed the wild and woolly west coast with the more protected east coast yet to travel.
This was the end of the journey for me; I have other commitments back in Sydney and Clipper training in the U.K.
There were a mixture of feelings from ‘I don't believe it/it went so quickly’ to ‘how good will it be to shower on a regular basis again and not have to pull my bed apart everyday and make it up in the evening.
I thank all the crew Ian, Chris, Kevin & Tony for their patience, sense of humour, eating skills and learning experiences they gave me on this journey. Yes Ian ,I can now do a bowline under pressure. Chris thanks for the navigation tips; latitude, longitude & rhumb lines are a go. Kevin thanks, I can now furl and unfurl the headsail knowing what I am doing. Tony, part of a great team that threw out many an anchor only to be told "pull it in & throw it out again". Thanks Guys.