The wind abated overnight and we didn't sleep too badly. We pulled up the anchor at 8 am to set out for Cape Upstart. There was a light South to SW breeze, around 10 knots, so the sails went up and we hoped for a leisurely sail all the way. Unfortunately, after a few hours the breeze dropped and we motor sailed the rest of the way, and the breeze moved steadily around to the SE.
On the way to Cape Upstart we passed quite close to the Abbott Point Coal Loading facility, not quite as impressive as Hay Point but still a substantial facility.
Just as we arrived at Cape Upstart, the wind freshened ESE up to 20 knots. Sad we didn't have it for our sail up.
Suffice to say, Cape Upstart is not a great anchorage if there is a lot of east in the breeze. You have to anchor in as close to the shore on the southern side, leaving enough water under you to cover low tide. You still end up a long way out due to the extent of shoaling in all of these anchorages.
There were a lot of holiday houses dotting the shoreline close to the many beaches. This is apparently a favourite holiday spot for the locals.
We had the anchor down at 4pm and stayed on board as it was too rough to put the dinghy in the water.
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