Louisiades revisited
‘Overfalls occur where the outgoing tidal stream passes into deeper water and meets the sea generated by the south-east trade wind. The overfalls are hazardous to small craft,’ said the Admiralty Sailing Directions for Hydrographers Passage.
This did not sound appealing as we were planning on using this passage to take our Oceanis 37, Essex Girl, through the Great Barrier Reef from Queensland, Australia to the Louisiades Archipelago of Papua New Guinea for our second aid project.
How many of the lessons learned from our Learning Curve, May 2018) had we taken on board?
