Hanse 400e

Hanse 400e

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Off to the Great Sandy Straights

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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