E84 - Motoring Denham to Geraldton With a Broken Forestay (why you should check your rigging!)

Leaving Monkey Mia we sail around the spectacular headland of Cape Peron North with it's incredible red and white sand dunes. As we approach Denham we have a couple of playful dolphins play at our bow. After refuelling with jerry cans and a quick look around Denham, we head across Shark Bay to Dirk Hartog Island and down Blind Strait dropping anchor at Shelter Point. Leaving in the dark, we head around Steep Point and south towards Geraldton. Dodging fish farms, ships and countless cray pot floats, we arrive in Geraldton where we visit the Geraldton Museum where we had been keen to see Batavia exhibition. Finally we visit the beautiful and thoughtfully designed HMAS Sydney II Memorial. Timestamps if you like to Jump Right In: 00:00 Intro 00:33 Leaving Coral Bay 01:52 Playful Dolphins 04:33 Denham 09:22 Geraldton 11:25 Batavia Exhibition 13:07 Damaged Forestay 17:12 HMAS Sydney II Memorial WHO ARE WE? We’re Chris and Jo and we have been living on our Seawind 1260 since January 2019. In our first year we bring our yacht down the east coast of Australia and sail it out to New Caledonia. After cruising further north up the east coast of Australia in 2020, we decide to circumnavigate Australia during 2021 and 2022. We had previously owned fishing and water skiing boats, but after a couple years crewing in South Australia we decided to jump right in and make a sea change. We are just an ordinary Aussie couple exploring what this great world has to offer and hope that we can inspire others just as we were by watching other YouTube channels to follow our dreams. #sharkbay #geraldton #circumnavigationaustralia #seawind1260 #seawindcats