Wind  SE 10 – 15   15 nm      Sunny                      HT 11:00   LT 5.10 pm

Morgan and I went for a paddleboard to shore for a walk along the rocks and sandy beach.

We watched a guy put his net out to catch whitebait to take up to his house for breakfast. He said he had already got one bucket ful. The houses here all front the beach and water, the house front being about 50 metres from the water, not far for a swim or a fish. The water is beautiful and clear and inviting, a perfect place to live.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We departed Montes at 10:00 and headed towards Bowen in anticipation of a good sail.

The forecast wind did not eventuate, the most wind we got was 8 knts. With both sails up it was not enough so we dropped the main and sailed with just the large blue and white screecher for a while. The wind died further so we furled the sail and motored the last hour to Greys Bay arriving not long after Back Friday who are also sailing to Townsville. Moor R & R have headed back to the Whitsundays for some more fun with friends.

We anchored in the usual spot off  the boat ramp in about 1.7 metres of water. As it is a full moon the tidal range is quite large ( about 3 mts) so  at low tide we anticipated having 300 under the keel. That would be just enough.

Dave Simpson from the Biggara valley in the Upper Murray, now living in Bowen came for a visit. John picked him up at the boat ramp and we enjoyed an early happy hour with David looking over the boat. He and Sue have a cataraman which they have currently left in Port Douglas for 6 weeks and rae heading back there shortly.

After dropping David back to shore we walked to Horseshoe Bay a short distance away. On the way back we grabbed takeaway chinese from the restaurant at the resort overlooking Greys Bay.