It was so good to wake up to sunshine and less wind. It felt
calm. At 8am we weighed anchor along with Isabella and headed off for Tin Can
Bay. We have to cross the shallow area of Boonlye point but after that it is
all easy. On the rising tide we crossed comfortably and had an uneventful motor
down towards Pelican Point. On arrival at Elbow Point the swell from the Ocean
was coming into the straits and the wind was a lot stronger than where we left
the calm anchorage hours before.
Thinking that Pelican Bay would not be a good anchorage we tried
to anchor at Elbow Point but the wind against tide was just horrific and there
would be a real danger of the chain getting wrapped around the keel.
We pulled the anchor up in search of a better anchorage. I
motored down to Inskip point and found it was reasonable there so we dropped
anchor along with several other yachts that were hoping a Friday exit over the
Wide Bay Bar would be possible.
We settled down and ate lunch and tried to catch some whiting
but there were only toad fish and nuisance fish that we caught. After half an
hour we lost interest and gave up.
The worry about tomorrows bar crossing continued all day with a
detailed study of the weather maps and wind readings and the tidal info kept us
guessing if it would be possible or not.
We prepared the yacht for a crossing in case it was possible and
the decision was made to go and if conditions were bad we would abort.
There were no 5 o’clock drinks in preparation and after an early
dinner we had an early night.
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