Thursday May 06 In Port Campbell River

Up early and over to the fuel dock in Campbell. Nice guys they always admire the boat, comes from their fishing backgrounds. We filled her up with 3600 liters of diesel, and a few gallons of gas for the skiff. Back to our slip and Deb was off on her errands. I met with Transport at 9:30 and went through the required paces, all OK as the Thunder passed with flying colors. The rest of the day was a blur but in the end we had her ready for the early morning start to make our trip through Seymour Narrows. The next few days travel are all planned around the tides as some areas the tidal current exceeds the forward speed of the Thunder, not to mention the whirlpools that accompany the max tides. Slack at Seymour was 8 am to that set the agenda for the next day. A quick trip up to the Riptide pub for a sushi dinner, their chef Saka makes the best sushi on the south coast!! No problem falling asleep as usual.