With a forecast of NE 15 - 20 knots for the next 2 days we decide to head south towards Yeppoon. We left Hunter about midday hoping to get a nice spinnaker run to Island Head Creek. Unfortuately the breeze stayed around 7 knots and we were forced to motor sail to make headway against the 3.5 knots of tide! The whales were everywhere and we were glad of the engines running which alerted them to our presence. We entered Island Head Creek on dark following our GPS track from the trip north.
Sunday 5 September, Island Head Creek to Yeppoon
The forecast 15-20 knot NE did not come in until lunchtime so more motorsailing as we had about 60 nm to cover today. We finally got the spinnaker set after lunch and headed towards Great Keppel Island. The breeze freshened as we approached the island and with a 20kn N to be followed by a 20kn S change during the night we opted to go into Rosslyn Bay for the night as there are no all weather anchorages on the island.
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Highlight of the day was the Yellowfin Tuna that Warren caught south of Cape Manifold. We decided it was too big to keep so we released it after removing the lure. Rain on Monday meant we stayed 2 nights at the marina and Lois and Kel headed home after helping us with the reprovisioning. We certainly enjoyed their company over the last 10 days - even if Kel could only laugh at the irony of releasing the biggest fish we have ever caught! Print this post
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I hope there are no blood stains on the deck Warren! Cheers Shawn
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