Start Loc: Airlie Bay, Airlie Beach (20o 15.81'S, 148o 43.17'E)
Narrative: We raised anchor at 10:48am and motored around to the marina. As we approached the channel we raised the marina on VHF 09 and were given a fuel pump number and a marina berth after that. Diesel was expensive.
Refuelled: 46.49L @ 171.0c/L = $79.50
Economy since 26 Aug: 46.49L for 33 hr 58 min = 1.37L/hr
Economy overall: 198.25L for 107 hr 41 min = 1.84L/hr
The berth was again a tight squeeze. Our beam is basically 4m and we were berthing next to another Beneteau 411, so there is 8m. The pens were not more than 9m wide. Anyway, we got in and tied up, then discovered that our shore power cable would not reach the nearest box. We went to the marina office to check in and pay for fuel, and asked if they could lend us a 15A extension lead. They could not so we asked if we could move to another berth as the only way our cable would reach was if we turned around (stern in) and ran the cable over the boat next to us. Finally they agreed to move us up two berths. We dropped in to the chandlery (rigger) on the way back to the boat and found out that the rigger who was going to do the head sail furler work for us this afternoon has done his knee and wasn’t able to. The parts had come in so I decided I would give it a crack in the morning, but the priority was getting groceries and getting them stowed.
End Loc: Abel Point Marina, Airlie Beach (20o 15.83'S, 148o 42.73'E)
Distance run: 1nm (cumulative: 953nm)
Engine hours: 0 hr, 38 min (cumulative: 107 hr 41 min)