A good sail, left 4am to catch as much of the southerly as I could and try make it in daylight as a good 60+miles, belted til lunch in 20-25knots on beam, boat handles that itself by luffing up when it's not happy with the gusts then heading back on course to save me the effort of a reef while cook up some egg&bacon. Sea state more enjoyable now that southerlies are off the land and the GBR to the east. Enough wind to knock out the last of the birds nests from the boom that have gathered over the years. Realised I haven't had her sailing as cutter yet, got the staysail out which improved the balance for the wind vane and added up to a knot in lighter conditions, the genoa is really a larger yankee designed to work with a staysail when had them designed. Have a larger light wind genoa but cutter seems more flexible setup. Been sailing on and off with a very nice Nicholson 38, rest are all production and cats so don't pay much attention. Wind dropped around midday as myself and a catamaran jostled for position for a few hours but picked up again to see me the rest of the way and the catamaran take off. Little need for motor other than getting some charge back into batteries after clouds and rain in Bundy. Nice anchorage sheltered from southerly, read a comment about it from someone warning that they got their chain caught around their keel here due to flukey wind and tides 'so be warned', what a stupid problem to have.

Bundaberg to Pancake Creek

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