Some great sailing through the North East Channel, getting full boat speed of 7knots in 12+ knots on a broad reach with the calm waters with the mainland to west and Moreton island to east, must have had a bit of current I guess but not showing much here on the maps and my STW still not working to tell, only have SOG. Was humming along trying to cross bow of a massive container ship in the channel but decided against it out of caution despite both our tracks showing easy clearance on the chartplotter, the captain appreciated that and came out from the bridge to give me a wave and let of the horn as he passed which was so loud at that range scared ths shit out of me.. Green water over the bow from his wake. Made slack tide for the bar crossing in time but rather mild conditions at that stage so not too much bother despite being warned of it by another sailor, although when I said at the time I'd just come from Tweed Heads how does it compare to that, he said oh right don't worry about it then what's a bar crossing to you now.. A sweet anchoring job in a tight spot, really getting a feel for the turning limits of the boat I can have confidence to lay the throttle on and spin into a tight spot, drop the anchor and slam on reverse and get a bite. Got a thumbs up from the neighbour which made the day.

not to self - the GPX track file lost half of it, the second half is estimated manually 

Peel Island to Mooloolaba

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