I have compiled a cruising guide for Cape York – up the East side and down the West, including Torres Strait and Thursday Island. I used notes and sketches from many fellow yachties. It is currently only available on lulu.com by searching their catalogue. Soon I will get it into shops like Absells, Boat Books and Whitworths. Email me for details – dianepithie @ gmail.com
Cape York Coast Cruising Guide
August 15th, 2010Northern Territory Coast, Cruising Guide
August 3rd, 2008
I have updated the John Knight book ‘Northern Territory Coast’. It is now called ‘Northern Territory Coast Cruising Guide’. This book is an essential guide for small and large craft when fishing, cruising or motoring throughout the Gulf of Carpentaria and Beagle and Joseph Bonaparte Gulfs. It will take you from the border of Queensland, west of Cape York Peninsula, to the Kimberley. The Darwin Harbour buoyage system is detailed. Full instructions for shooting through the Gugari Rip (Hole-in-the-Wall) and a colour photo on the back cover – will aid you through this exciting stretch of horizontal waterfall. It has now been updated to 2009, in accordance with navigation aid given to Zac Sunderland as he passed through NT waters. It also gives you waypoints for torres Strait passage and most major ports in the Gulf of Carpentaria
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This book ‘Northern Territory Coast Cruising Guide’ is a privately published book by Diane Andrews. I wanted to keep this invaluable information available to the public. Coming soon – a book of Cape York and Gulf of Carpentaria crusing hints
WHAT JOHN KNIGHT SAYS ABOUT THIS EDITION
Dear Diane
Yesterday I received my ten copies and I am absolutely amazed at the excellent job you have done with my work. I can’t thank you too much for giving the works a new lease of life. I should have had you around for the initial publication as this edition has far more impact and the slightly larger format has been well used to show charts etc which were cramped in the first edition.
Navigation Mudmaps – an example
July 3rd, 2008
I have heard there are a few mud maps of the Northern Territory in a book by Kevin Lane. I had a look at the book – I got it when I was doing research (from the Battye Library in Perth) but don’t think there is any need to use these as the ones in John Knight’s book are completely adequate. If you really want to have a look you can order a copy through your local library – there are a few copies around the place, secondhand.
There are also mud maps in other Northern Australian Cruising Guides and online resources. These may or may not be helpful. It is extremely necessary, whichever book you have, to make sure you primarily follow information given in charts. Some dimensions and written coordinates in the book may be incorrect. Shifts in currents, man’s intervention and fallibilities etc may also cause some data in the book to be faulty. The publisher will endeavour to keep the book as updated and as accurate as possible but takes no responsibility for navigational errors. So far as this edition is concerned, it contains updates collected from various sources – by John Knight, right up to the end of 2008. New information was discovered when he was laying waypoints for Zac Sunderland and this is now in the book. So, it is very current.
Zac Sunderland Solo Sailor – John Knight’s Assistance
June 20th, 2008Zac Sunderland did a solo circumnavigation in his own yacht. he went in the opposite direction to Jessica Watson and traversed the Torres Strait and stopped in at Darwin. His sister Abby recently abandoned a solo navigation. jessica made it – go the girls!
Here is a part of Zac’s his blog:
John Knight, the author of the Northern Territory Cruising Guide, has been a great help at gathering tide info and confirming waypoints as well as booking the yard, alerting media and even rummaging up a yellow quarantine flag that he will run out to Zac. You will see from this why John Knight’s guide is so useful and how helpful he is -
Someone asked why Zac entered the Strait so close to PNG. He entered the Strait at Bramble Cay in the top right corner. Then along the Great North East Channel. He followed that down to Twin Island and then had to bear west through the Prince of Wales Channel, out past Booby Island (named for the infamous bird) and out past the Carpenteria Light Buoy. Yesterday’s position (9/9/08) had him just east of the Carpenteria Light Buoy. That black snake-like line to the right of the screen is why Zac entered the Strait so far north – it is called the Great Barrier Reef. John Knight plotted the transits for Zac. These transits wil be included in the ‘Cape York – Carpentaria Coast Cruising Guide’ – out soon.
Zac is leaving Darwin tomorrow, still with Northern Territory waters to be negotiated. Here is the latest from his blog:
Darwin Update
Zac has delayed his departure one more day as the tides will be just that much higher making passing the sandbars less dangerous. He will be leaving tomorrow (Saturday in Darwin) around 3:00 – 4:00pm which is about 11:30 pm PDT on Friday here.
It appears that Zac won’t be blogging from Darwin. He has been unable to get his computer to cooperate with the WiFi there. He is quite busy and the weather is extremely hot and humid. He has been doing a lot of skateboarding lately since Laurence left with the rental car. I’m sure he wouldn’t mind me saying that he is greatly indebted to Mr. John Knight who has been guiding and advising him since before the Torres Strait. Lately, he has been driving Zac here and there and helping him with some of his boat worklist. With a lifetime a seafaring and navigational experience, John is a rare diamond who has played a huge part in Zac’s stay in Darwin.
Keep the land on the left I say. We once sailed from Sydney to Cairns in a sixteen foot bilge-keeler – young, mad, mid-life crisis… whatever. Search the internet for ‘Little Ship – Big Trip’ for the PDF, my husband says it’s pure fiction but the bit about the trip IS true. The rest may be slightly exaggerated!
