Up at 12.15am to get everything in place for a 1 am departure, a little after the peak high tide, and planning to hit the Wide Bay Bar a couple of hours before the peak high tide there to enable a reasonably smooth crossing.
We departed on time, and set sail once clearing the Mooloolaba bar. Rod and Lee were having problems raising their mainsail, so fell a little behind. We had a good sail in 15 -20 kt SW breeze on the mainsail only and as the breeze strengthened to over 20 kts we put a reef in about an hour before Double Island point.
David spent most of the trip down below seasick.
We arrived at Wide Bay Bar at 10.30 am and headed in, a bit of an experience for the uninitiated, but we just followed the leads and ignored everything else going on around us. Once clearing the bar, a long run in, we motored up the Straights to Garry's Anchorage ( about 14 nm) arriving around 1 pm.
Garrys anchorage (Mica furthest out)
Rod and Lee arrived at around 3pm after having trouble getting their mainsail down before crossing the bar.
Dinner tonight was Paella on Mica which was enjoyed by all, and everyone was off to bed for a good sleep after what was a long day. The plan for Sunday was to head North an the high tide and clear the shallow area at Sheridan Flats, anchoring on the northern side.
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