We left at 0600 from Yellow Patch to ensure we had enough tide and after a brief period with the spinnaker up had to motor sail again when the breeze dropped below 8 knots. We arrived at the marina at lunchtime but were unable to contact them as they had lost all power. Eventually went in and tied up at the end of the finger and waited for power to be restored late in the afternoon.
We booked the courtesy car for the following afternoon as we had to buy a new generator. Our 1kVa Honda wasn't big enough to power the 60A charger on Phase2. We got a 2kVa Honda generator in Yeppoon. Anyone need an as new generator? Works well on the 30A charger in the 1000s! We also did the shopping and bought a few other items in the 2 hours we had the car. This is a great service offered by Keppel Bay Marina.
Warren ran into John from Hadja (Seawind 1160) while here. They are also heading up to the Shag Islet Rendezvous. We ended up staying another night in the marina when a strong N came in on Thursday.
Friday, 12 August, 2011 Rosslyn Bay to Pearl Bay
We set the spinnaker soon after leaving at 0700 and gybed downwind until after Cape Manifold when the breeze got up over 20 knots. We arrived at Pearl Bay at 1610 after 55nm and anchored with 8 other boats in this beautiful bay.
Awoke late the next morning to find everyone had left and we had the bay to ourselves until lunch when the next group started to appear. 10 here on Saturday night which was quite rolly as the swell was more to the east.
Sunday we headed around to Island Head Creek to escape the swell. Print this post
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