Great sandy Strait

I left Burnett Heads last Thursday 0300, and after a pretty uneventful trip across Hervey bay am now, once more, in The Sandy Strait. There was very little wind coming across and no sea or swell to speak of, so it was motoring all the way with Charlie coping with the steering.

I arrived at the North White Cliffs anchorage about 1500, visibility was pretty poor in the strait, about a mile in light rain, kept me on my toes af far as navigating goes. One eye looking for markers, one on the depth, one on the heading and one on the chart!

I spent the night at White Cliffs and moved on to Gary's anchorage yesterday about lunch time once the tide had turned in my favour. It was impossible to have the tide in my favour all the way as the half way mark was north of Gary's. Once I passed there the tide influence is from the south and the incoming tide that I had ridden down from White Cliffs was now against me. I could have waited for it to turn, but there is nowhere there suitable to anchor and it was only about 4 miles to Gary's.

Wet night at Gary's and woke up this morning to vis down to about half a mile in drizzle. Never the less I had an out going tide, about 2 - 3 knots of favourable current, so set off. I am now anchored opposit Pelican Bay waiting for the tide to turn to an incoming, about mid day, to continue down the creek to Tin Can Bay where I intend to hole up for the next few days until the forecast strong southerly is over. Tuesday or Wednesday look good for the next leg to Mooloolaba.