Back to Airlie

Friday 7^th July 2017

Having enjoyed a great stay at Bait Reef, we are heading back to Airlie this morning to re provision at the markets and get organized to have Michelle and Cody on board from Monday.

Sunrise at Bait Reef

The tide is high at 9am, so we leave at 7am so we can enjoy of few hours of running with the tide before it turns. Conditions are very light and we are motoring, but with current assistance making good time.

Once past Hayman Island, the seas flattened further and became almost glassy. The trip back to the marina took 5.5 hours.

Glassy seas looking towards Double cone Island

We have organized a berth for one month, as we will be leaving the boat here for 2 weeks when we fly back to Sydney at the end of the month, and in the meantime will be coming in and out as we cruise around the islands and need to top up with fresh food or hide from bad weather.

A lot of boats from Royal Prince Alfred  are arriving ahead of their planned rendezvous here in a week or so. Dalwhinnie is also heading for the marina, about 2.5 miles in front of us.

Our berth for the next few days is on a T arm, and not long after we had tied up, a dinghy came up alongside to say hello. It was a couple from a boast called Back Friday, that we sailed in company with a few times 2 years ago, and spent time in the same marina at Magnetic Island. They have anchored outside the marina and are running in, in their dinghy.

Late afternoon we went for a walk around to the North marina to see if we could find Dalwhinnie. We ended up having a few of Brian’s beers and a good chat before heading back to Mica at just before 6pm to organize dinner.