Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Back home again


All too quickly, the time came to head back to home base at Mooloolaba.  We had a weather window between troughs, so took it last week (Friday 28th September).

Wide Bay Bar from Inskip Point
 
Crossing the bar on sunrise
 
We crossed the Wide Bay Bar just as the sun was coming up – speccy!  The forecast northerlies didn’t kick in till about 11am, so we used the iron sail for the first few hours. We had the best trip!  The wind picked up a notch off Noosa so we reduced sail and were still skipping along averaging 7-8 knots!

Our welcoming committee off the Mooloolah River mouth at 2.15 was a pod of whales, breaching, fin waving and generally enjoying the choppy conditions!  AWESOME!!
 
 Off Noosa
 
 Fin waving off Mooloolaba
 
This little fellow was just off the Mooloolah River mouth
 
Now it’s unpack the boat and secure her for a few months while Greg heads off on his next adventure – helping his mate sail a 76 year old wooden mono from Gove to Tin Can Bay later this month.

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