TASMAN TREASURES
No pizza today.” When this announcement is made at Port Cygnet Sailing Club, all conversations among members in the clubhouse stop.
“The pizza guy says it’s too hot. He won’t bake today,” is the explanation. Too hot in the Roaring Forties? It’s true, it has been a delight to sail here with warm temperatures, clear skies, light breezes and moderate waves. The sailing club members recover from the disappointment of missing their pizza by delving into more cheese and crackers with gusto. The local shiraz flows, as does the conversation about sailing, racing, crews and skippers: this is cruising in Tasmania at its best.
Tasmania is one of those bucket-list cruising destinations. On the other side of the world and across the daunting Bass Strait, it takes a lot of effort to get there. But the rewards are plentiful: stunning landscapes; very diverse cruising areas; superb food and a friendly welcome.
The cruising areas can roughly be divided into three: the north
