Off to Cid Harbour, via Daydream and South Molle

Sunday 9^th July 2017

Back out of the marina by 9.30am, there is not a lot of breeze and it is variable, so we are motoring to get somewhere close to Hamilton Island where we will meet up with Michelle and Cody tomorrow.

We decided to head down the Molle Channel and past the top end of Daydream Island to get a look at what the cyclone damage looks like from the North.

Northern side of Daydream

From there we pass through Unsafe Passage between North and South Molle, and take a detour down to Bauer Bay  to see what the state of the resort out South Molle is. It is also closed till further notice. It obviously was hot hard and was probably in disrepair before the cyclone. The damage to the jetty is a fair indication of the destructive forces at work.

"Unsafe Passage" between North and South Molle Islands

There is a lot of damage at the closed South Molle Resort

The wind is now more consistently SE but still below 10 knots, so we rolled out the headsail and motor sailed to Cid Harbour, at least saving some diesel.

Arriving at just before noon, there were surprisingly few boats here, with some leaving after lunch. By sunset the arrivals had outnumbered the departures and about 30 boats are anchored for the night in very pleasant conditions.

Even in protected Cid Harbour evidence of  Cyclone Debbie is evident with this commercial vessel  washed up on the rocks at the northern extremity of the harbour

A party boat arrived at sunset and hopefully it is just a twilight cruise and they will leave and take the noise with them. Fortunately they did depart at around 7.30pm and the tranquility returned.

As usual here, the sunset is always worth watching.