Left at 0700, pushing tide which made for slow going to start. We anchored off the marina at Bundaberg at 1640 after 58 nm alternating between spinnaker and motor sailing with one engine. The breeze was E to SE between 5 and 12 knots. We were surprised to immediately get a call from Dave and Lorna who now own Next Phase. They are in the marina and heading north to Pancake Creek tomorrow also. Wednesday, 3 August to Saturday, 6 August 2011, Bundaberg to Pancake Creek
We left about 0615 about an hour after Next Phase and the 2 cats they are travelling with. Breeze was S to SE between 12 and 20 knots. We set the spinnaker after clearing the leads and set off after the boats ahead. Initially we gained quickly until Dave and Lorna set their spinnaker and then we kept pace all the way to Pancake Creek. A great days sailing averaging nearly 8 knots.
On Thursday we moved further up the creek as the anchor chain was noisy on the coral and gravel bottom. Warren caught a Giant Trevally off the boat after the move. We emailed a picture to my brother Dave who is a keen fisherman to see if ciguatera poisoning was an issue. After many years of telling TAFE students to be careful of large fish I was very cautious. Dave posted to his fishing forum and came back that consensus was it was fine to eat. We had a small serve the next evening and it was beautiful. The wonders of technology!
We have been using our Telstra prepaid mobile WiFi and Skype when we have no Optus coverage. This seems to work well and is very cost effective.We stayed here until Saturday morning enjoying the opportunity to catch up with Dave and Lorna for sundowners and the first real break of the trip. Print this post
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