We left Musgrave for Pancake Creek, spent a week there crabbing, fishing, walking and socialising, before the SE blew in. We made a run for Gladstone and had some rather vigorous sailing, surfing down waves hitting 14.2 knots at one stage - whoooo! Time to find the brakes! Would you believe it but the wind died in the shipping channel and we motored for the last 5 miles to the marina.
There we reprovisioned, and, with the strong wind warning still out there and 20-25knots of SE up our tail, left this morning for Pacific Creek, at the northern end of Curtis Island. We made record time through the Narrows arriving off the creek mouth 4 hours after leaving the Gladstone marina! Entering the creek was a challenge with 28 knots and gusts to 34 knots hitting us in the face, but we bounced our way in and are now securely attached to the bottom off the hut in the creek mouth. We'll stay here for a few days till the wind eases before making our way to the Keppels.
The crabs caught at Pancake Creek blew us away!
Xhale - our sister-ship and travelling companions - making a run for Gladstone
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