The D'Entrecasteaux was squally as we scooted across its broad channel.

A large squid was wrestled from its furrowed waters and shortly afterwards sliced and thrown into a pan with red chillis before we nestled down on Bruny Island for the night.

The following morning we struck out across the top of Storm Bay

The "Iron Pot" - a very well known landmark for exhausted crew in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

Mount Wellington touching cloud in the background.

We stopped at Betsy Island and climbed to its peak for a view into the sun of our next destination - the blue outline of the Tasman Peninsula.

And this was the view from the Tasman Peninsula, looking back at Betsy Island.

It is not at all apparent from this image, however for about 3/4 of this passage a nor-easterly whistled through, forcing us to lean well forward in our seats and paddle hard into the oncoming chop and spray.