Tuesday, 12 July 2021
2am we all get up and quietly motor out of the bay in the dark just far enough that we can put the sails up. Weather was good but winds and swells just not playing the game so it was a slow sail.
After dodging all the cargo ships and tankers anchored just outside Mackay we sailed on up the coast until it was decision time …. jibe back and forth and arrive during the night at Goldsmith Island or turn the motor on and head directly over in a few hours and arrive just before dusk. We chose the latter as we were all pretty tired by then (might have been due to Andrew and Lydia boogying down to the music whilst helming and trying to get the boat pointing as high as we could without letting the wind out of the sails)!
We arrived at Goldsmith Island just before dusk, anchored, then Lydia jumped in the water to wake herself up. Nachos for tea then bed as we all could hardly keep our eyes open.
