Sunny Whitsunday's

Wednesday, 13 June, 2012 - Curlew to Brampton Island

A southerly around 20 knots gave us another good sail to anchor off the jetty at Brampton Island about 1500. We went ashore near the resort which is currently closed for renovation. Not much sign of activity and we suspect this is another victim of the GFC.

Thursday, 14 June 2012 - Brampton to Airlie Beach
We parted company with Folie a Deux at Brampton Island and made slow progress north in a light southerly. Disaster struck off Blacksmith Island when I ran over the fishing line while going in reverse to engage overdrive on the Gori propellors. We motored on the port engine and anchored in 6m off Blacksmith Island. While there was next to no wind there was a reasonable tide running through the passage. Warren donned his wetsuit and eventually cut the line free. Luckily we use VB cord which had not gone anywhere near the seals. Our second save for the trip!

Smoke from fires on the hill behind Shute Harbour was evident as we passed through the Molle Channel.









Friday, 15 June 2012 - Airlie Beach
We motored into the Abel Point marina at midday and were soon joined by Jan and Shawn who had flown up from Brisbane to sail with us in the Seawind Rally. The sun has come out and we are all looking forward to the coming week of activities. We also caught up with Alan and Cat, Derrick and Jenny and Alan who had flown up and were hiring Seawindow, a Seawind 1250. Print this post