Flight to Proserpine
5月8日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌬 26 °C
After taking a short flight from Brisbane, we landed at Proserpine Airport, and got to picking up our bags.
The Initial Steading
5月8日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌬 24 °C
A quick dip into a luxurious apartment, before we board the vessel tomorrow.
The Pre-Voyage
5月9日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌬 24 °C
Groceries and other such exciting activities await, before we board this afternoon and set off tomorrow, weather permitting of course.
Setting Out
5月10日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌬 21 °C
After a well-delivered safety brief, we begin to set out on our own. Our first voyage lacks any actual sailing due to the quite windy conditions.
The first destination on our list is the deceptivelyもっと詳しく
Habouring in Cid
5月10日〜11日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌬 24 °C
A rough motor over the Whitsunday Passage finally graced us with our first anchoring at Cid Harbour accompanied by a delicious paella prepared by our First Mate Brodie.
Lunch at Nara Inlet
5月11日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌬 24 °C
We've motored along to Nara Inlet to have some steak wrap lunches. So far we've still yet to sail due to the continuing winds, but the weather promises to let up in the next two days.
And, justもっと詳しく
Moored up at Butterfly Bay
5月11日〜12日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌬 24 °C
The chef for tonight is Alec, who is preparing us some fish tacos. Notably these fish were bought, not caught, as Greg has not been able to come save us yet with the fishing gear.
The afternoonもっと詳しく
The Arrival of the Greg
5月12日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌬 24 °C
Mid morning of Monday, Greg has finally been able to rejoin the group, after a very rough ride over.
Earlier that morning we moved from Butterfly Bay to Maureen Cove to check out a very coral-y beachもっと詳しく
Stirfry in Stonehaven
5月12日〜13日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌬 24 °C
Anchored up in Stonehaven Bay, we will be enjoying a chicken stir fry after a spot of diving off the deck and swimming around the boat. The trip down was pretty smooth, and I even had the joy ofもっと詳しく
Back to Stonehaven
5月13日〜14日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌬 25 °C
Rough seas on the northeast end of Hook Island have forced us to abandon our voyage down to Whitehaven Beach.
However on our way back to Stonehaven Bay, along the north coast of Hook Island, we hadもっと詳しく
Excursions from Tongue Bay
5月14日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌬 24 °C
An early morning motor and sail down the west side of Hook Island, through Hook Passage and down the east side of Whitsunday Island brought us to moor in at Tongue Bay. From there we tendered andもっと詳しく
Morning at Chalkie's
5月15日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Starting the day, we raised both mainsail and headsail fully and sailed towards Esk Island, then tacked towards the top end of the French Shoal. We ended up moored off Chalkie's Beach and had an hourもっと詳しく
Anchored at Whitehaven
5月15日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Once we were off the mooring at Chalkie's, we then motored on over to an anchoring off Whitehaven Beach and spent the remainder of the afternoon swimming and wandering the beach. Since then, the nightもっと詳しく
Nacho Lunch at Cateran Bay
5月16日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Setting up both sails, we took a leisurely voyage to Border Island to have lunch on our last full day at sea. The island was unique to other in that it wasn't covered in trees, but small bushes andもっと詳しく
Last Anchoring
5月16日〜17日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
After a splendid trip around the Whitsundays, we have made our last anchorage at May Bay.
On the way over, we managed to achieve a top speed on the sails, hitting a massive 7 knots, or for thoseもっと詳しく
