A change of pace after the night that (refer to post “Have you ever wondered what would happen if“) I was loving the peacefulness and calm… Even if we were a little tired…

We had our pilotage plan and pulled up anchor at 6.45am. We recorded our position, direction, wind etc along the way. Checking in on each way point was different as there were so many channels turns and passages (In fact Navionics told us there were 70) to take as we navigated between the islands as we headed to the Gold Coast.  It was very different to anything we had done before and most enjoyable.

The only challenge was we had to go under some powerlines which we had not found when doing our plan. I was terrified we were going to hit and we reversed out just in time. We looked up various sources to find out what the clearance was and could not find anything. We had watched a cat go under and went to where they went under and we had plenty of clearance.

We got to our new marina and our friends Jo and Tim were waiting on our finger ready to catch our lines. Martin docked perfectly first time. 

We had arrived and we were exhilarated. It was a brilliant 2 days of challenges and hugely satisfying…  

And we enjoyed the best cup of tea on Jo and Tim’s boat. I tried Coco and Chill tea for the first time. It was amazing.

And then a magic powernap back on Phoenix before Bill picked us up and drove us home.

Big thank to John, Carl and Elliot from Sunshine Sailing Australia. Thank you to your brilliant training, your skills and experience, we never panicked.

We either know what to do or sat down and worked together seamlessly and could anticipate each-other’s needs. Both of us took it in turns to do every task. Well almost every task. I let Martin haul in the headsail… We cannot praise you enough for the skills that you have taught us in your theory and practical training. Can’t wait until next time. 

Takeaway from our change of pace:

We should have read more about anchoring south of Peel Island and we could have avoided the adventure of Saturday evening. Having said that…

No regrets we learnt so much…

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