Heading Home to Beat the Heat
We had trouble sleeping due to mosquitoes, hence the need to close the door to our cabin and getting very … Continue reading Heading Home to Beat the Heat
We sailed north from Townsville to enjoy a few days pottering around the Palm Island group.
We had trouble sleeping due to mosquitoes, hence the need to close the door to our cabin and getting very … Continue reading Heading Home to Beat the Heat
A light easterly came in as we were ready to leave, so we put the main up and motor-sailed south. … Continue reading Yanks Jetty to Herald Island
We had a good night’s sleep, interrupted only by a few minutes of quite heavy rain. By morning, the wind … Continue reading Return to Yanks Jetty
We had a disturbed night’s sleep due to the occasional patter of rain, which means closing the hatches, but the … Continue reading Little Pioneer Bay -> Yanks Jetty -> Little Pioneer Bay
We took the dinghy ashore after breakfast. It was soon after low tide so we went in quite slowly but … Continue reading Orpheus Island Lookout Walk
Engines on at 07:30 and left the marina soon afterwards. At 07:45 we hoisted the mainsail in the harbour then … Continue reading TYC to Orpheus Island
After loading up the boat during the afternoon, we had dinner at the yacht club and slept on board to … Continue reading Loading up and dinner at TYC