February 15, 2017
We didn’t go to Hobart by boat so we could avoid the wooden boat show crowds. We went instead by bus from Port Arthur. We’d heard that the crowds started to thin out immediately after the show closed. We thought we’d give it a week or so, and then sail to Hobart.
What we didn’t count on is that we are directly in the path of the exodus of the hoards!
Even our little, quiet bay has turned a bit crowded. Not too bad, but still, we’re used to having it to ourselves.
And that’s just the boats with AIS. As an example, our little bay (Ladies Bay) shows only us here on AIS. There are, in fact, six boats here including Legacy. If we apply that same ratio to the bigger bay just outside of where we’re anchored, there might be as many as 30 boats passing through. And one of them is this…
The Golden Princess carries up to 2600 passengers and 1100 crew. We assume they’re visiting the landmark, hostorical penitentiary in the next bay over. We’re glad we went last week!
This too shall pass.
-Rich
