Wednesday 27th September 2017
Engines were started at just before 6am,
and a flotilla of boats left Bundaberg heading South, in light conditions. There were 10 of us that left within 30
minutes of each other, all heading South.
We had sails up all of the way, aided by a
few revs from the Yanmar and a bit of favourable tidal current. Our original
plan was to drop anchor at Big Woody Island and seek shelter from the strong
northerlies forecast for tonight. As we approached, it did not look like a
great anchorage, and a lot of boats went and had a look and kept going.
We saw a few turtles
After a discussion VMR Great Sandy
Straights, we decided to continue on to South White Cliffs , which is a good
holding anchorage close to the entrance of the shallow part of the Straights.
Whist we might not get a lot of shelter from the wind, it is behind a sand bank
that should provide some relief from swell.
All three of us, Dalwhinnie, Moonshadow and
ourselves decided to anchor here for the night rather trying to rush through
the shallows on a falling tide, especially when it was not a particularly high
tide.
Great Sunset an SW Cliffs
No-one is in a huge rush, and we don’t plan
to cross Wide Bay Bar until Saturday, so we will go through Sheridan Flats on
tomorrow afternoons high tide at around 3 pm.
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