With a plan to head out at 7 am, all we needed was a nasty little rain squall at 6am that dumped a lot of rain and very gusty strong winds. We decided to delay departure to see how it developed as neither of us fancied a day sailing in the rain.
Even the marina arm is covered in water
At 10 am, there were still heavy falls just North of here in a band that ran across from Brampton Island to the mainland. No-one was enthused to head into weather that was worse than we were experiencing here, so we abandoned our plans and will go tomorrow. We will give Goldsmith Island a miss and head straight to Shaw Island, which is quite a nice anchorage. On Thursday, we will then have a leisurely sail to Airlie Beach, (only about 25 nm), where we have booked into Abell Point Marina.
A number of boats that left earlier than us are already there, so we also look forward to catching up with a few people.
Today is a bit of a lazy day, going for walks, doing a bit of extra washing and a few things around the boat. Only one boat left the marina today, and they didn't even put a sail up. They look like they were motoring out east in the direction of Keswick/St Bees Islands which are not far from here.
Mark and Janet got put their folding bikes and went for a ride to Slade Point, and met a resident who had taken his 6m tinnie from here to Kurumba in the NT.
We shared a BBQ on board Mica tonight and will leave tomorrow. The weather forecasts here are allover the place, so as long as there is some sort of trend, that is all you can trust.
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