Wednesday
24th June 2015
The 6 am squall struck again this morning,
but without the rain. A quick check of the radar showed a developed band of
rain off the coast with a heavy downpour off Keswick Island. Once the squall
passed the wind settled back to 15 -20 knots SE, we were ready to go.
Getting off the marina berths in this wind
is challenging, because the berths run east/west. I helped Lex get “Rambler” of
his berth and he headed out about 30 mins before us. Mark and a passer by
helped push us off the arm just enough so that I could get out of the berth,
turn downwind and reverse out, as I was being blown onto the marina arm.
Once into the outer harbour we put up our
main and were ready to go. After a bit of a bumpy ride out into deeper water,
we had a great sail to Shaw Island, gybing our way up the coast. We travelled
43 nm in just under 7 hours, in manageable seas.
Mike supervising the autopilot (it is still pretty cold here in the mornings !)
There is still bit of cloud and rain over Brampton Island
As we turned the corner at Burning Point to
enter the anchorage, we saw a lot of familiar boats. “Charm” was there, as was
“Eureka” and “Rambler” arrived just before us.
We went ashore at just after 4pm for some
sundowners on the beach with Lex. He had caught a nice Spanish mackerel on his
way, sadly we did not put a line over,
enjoying the sailing too much.
Mark and Lex
There are about 13 boats anchored here, in
what must be one of the better SE wind anchorages in this area.
Just before dark, we headed back to our
boats and will make our plans in the morning about what time “Koonya” and
“Mica” will head off to Airlie Beach.
Arrival at the marina has to be after 12 noon, and we are looking at a 4
hour sail, so there is no pressure for an early start.
Time to head back to our boats
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