Sound A mere 4 hours later, I am rudely pulled out of my dreams by the alarm. It is time to go. I listen to a scratchy VHF weather report and hear the South Moresby, South Hecate and Dellwood buoys report winds from the south or southwest at 10 knots. Sea height is 2 meters.
Conditions sound good.
As quietly as we can, we fire up the trusty Mercedes diesel and untie from our friends in the Aorama . It is our first time this trip to depart before sunrise. It is a beautiful morning with a bright moon. We have carefully timed our departure to coincide with the beginning of the flood. The flood should give us a little push out of Houston Stewart Channel, but not enough to pose a rip tide threat had the wind been blowing hard out of the southeast.