Bundaberg next stop

Tuesday 20th




After not much sleep we set off for Bundaberg at 6.45 am motoring out and set sail in a 10 to 15 knot southerly and had a good sail until around 11 am when the wind dropped to under 5 knots and we ended up motoring the rest of the way to Bundaberg. The seas were flat and we were on autopilot much of the way.

The Girls on Watch during the sail to Bundaberg

Lee on watch on Cooinda

Cooinda was still having mainsail problems, now identified as a disintegrated bearing on the boom furler, so they motor sailed on their jib.
The forecast does still not look favourable for anchoring at Lady Musgrave Island, and Cooinda needs to source a new bearing, so we will be in Bundaberg for a few nights.



We were coming through the heads of the Burnett River at around 3 pm and tied up at the Bundaberg Port Marina by 3.30pm.



Dinner tonight was at the restaurant at the Marina.
 

Sunset at Bundaberg Marina