Start Loc: Daydream Island (20o 15.36'S, 148o 49.00'E)
Narrative: We spent yesterday afternoon swimming, reading and generally relaxing by the pool. After home made pizza on the boat, we went back to the island and watched a movie (Rango) in the open air cinema. The wind switched a bit overnight and this morning we had SE winds at 15-20kts, making our mooring a bit exposed and rough. Hence, after breakfast we got off the boat and went ashore. We booked Haydee into a guided fish feeding tour, booked a hobie cat for just after lunch (Cameron really wants to take one for a sail) and again relaxed by the pool. Haydee enjoyed her fish feeding, but the winds were still too strong so we didn't get to take the catamaran out.
We had a late lunch on the boat before dropping the mooring at 2:50pm and sailing NE to Unsafe Passage (between North and Mid Molle Islands) on our way to Cid Harbour. The winds had started to ease and we had SE at 10kts, so we were on a good broad reach under full sail making 5kts through the water. Once we were through Unsafe Passage and into Whitsunday Passage, the winds changed direction slightly and were more ESE. We winched on the sails and sailed close hauled ENE for a little, but the wind continued to veer north. We tacked and sailed close hauled SE to the southern end of Cid Island. As the wind made NE, still at 10kts, we were able to sail E and dropped sail as we came into Homestead Bay on the west side of Cid Island. There was a bit too much swell and the chance of more as the wind changed to S/SE overnight, so we opted for southern end of Cid Harbour (Sawmill Bay). It took us three goes to get the anchor to bite, and we recalled having trouble here earlier, but we were anchored by 4:50pm.
Tomorrow we will go back to Homestead Bay for the morning so the kids can play on the beach and I will do some fishing. We will head off just after lunch and ride the ebb tide north and through Hook Passage, bound for Cateran Bay at Border Island. We didn't snorkel last time we were there and apparently it is nice, and it will be a base for some more fishing.
End Loc: Cid Harbour, Whitsunday Island (20o 15.89'S, 148o 56.51'E)
Distance run: 10nm (cumulative: 1094nm)
Engine hours: 1 hr, 11 min (cumulative: 129 hr 36 min)