We had a 4am start to get to Lady Musgrave at a suitable time
for the entry into the lagoon.
Our biggest issue was the current. We were pushing the tide for
the first 6 hours which added 6nm to our journey as it was slowing us a knot on
average. I made matters worse as I had never seen Mast Head Island and wanted
to go past that. That added another 5nm.
It was a long day motor sailing all day and would have been
boring apart from all the fish we were catching. We caught 6 Tuna. Kept 2
smallish Big Eye Tuna for sashimi and dinner and a Mac Tuna for bait.
We arrived at Lady Musgrave at 2pm and it was a very easy entry
through the narrow entry to the lagoon. The sun was bright and it was easy to
see the coral heads.
So nice to be here again. It is a jewel in the paradise of the
Great Barrier Reef.
We launched the dinghy and blew up the inflatable SUP for some
exercise and coral viewing.
I gave the bottom of Billabong a clean to get the hull in good
shape for the trip south. There was quite a bit of growth and it was obviously
slowing us down a little on our long legs.
Drinks and a lovely sunset behind the Island made it a very
pleasant evening.
Sunset at Lady Musgrave
We played a bit of music after dinner and listed to some funny
songs but we were too tired after an early morning start and we were in bed by
9pm
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