To Shag Islet

Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Fri 10 Jun 2016 22:57
To Shag Islet – Off Gloucester
Island
![]() Sadly, it was time to leave Airlie
Beach. First job was to fuel up, on number two pump as number one was stuck on
$3000 dollars...... Chatting to the man trying to fix it, he told us of a super
yacht that had to send a bilge-gas-monitor back to the UK for calibration at a
cost of $3500 (on a ratio to Beez about $15........) Our fill up cost $174 but
this lady only topped up for $30,000. Oh
my.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We had to wait for our old friend
Spank Me to come in before we waved at our slot, took the
corner and headed out between the marker
posts. Wind on the gauge – zero.
![]() Flat-as-a-pancake
blue water and sunshine, it doesn’t get much nicer than this. Nearly an
hour to get from 2.4 metres below to double figures.
![]() Airlie Beach
behind us, what a great week we had there.
![]() ![]() ![]() Local cruisers are certainly lucky to
have these views.
![]() A couple of friends out
for a spuddle.
![]() ![]() Coming up to Armit
Island, just one yacht at anchor. Between the
islands depths over twenty metres.
![]() The corner in the distance, and Gloucester Island in the far distance.
![]() ![]() Dust
floating as we go through tidal
lulls.
![]() The corner.
![]() Around the corner Manta Bay and the
anchorage of Shoal Bay.
![]() The skinny but buoyed Gloucester Passage ahead.
![]() The skipper was born in Gloucester, I
thought it would be nice for him to notch up Gloucester Island - to tick an
island as visited we have to go ashore. Would you like to visit and have a
bimble I ask in my beloved. No thank you.
But surely. No, no thank you and don’t call me
surely. Now I’m suspicious, why ever not I press. Cos all that’s there are deathly adders, that’s what I’m calling
them from now on and several trees for them to hide in. I guess it’s
a no then. Absa-flipping-lutely. End of that
conversation then......just Bear pointing is as close
as we are going to get.
![]() ![]() ![]() We go through more
‘dust’ as the water shallows to five metres below us.
![]() In fact looking over our left shoulder
we can see the lull.
![]() ![]() Smiley chops just loves
all this nonsense.
![]() We have to turn sharp left after the next red and head to the
parked catamaran.
![]() Monty’s
Resort, a popular stop, water at it’s lowest 2.4 metres below, at high
tide.
![]() We can now see our
anchorage, by the furthest white boat, but first, a quick swing around
Shag Islet – on the right.
![]() Shag Islet.
![]() Our final set of
markers.
![]() Round the last red
and there we are.
![]() Today’s twenty five mile
journey.
![]() Anchored tucked behind Shag Islet,
Gloucester Island (home to the deathly
adders) and the Gloucester
Passage.
ALL IN ALL A LOVELY
DAY
QUIET, SHORT MOTOR ON A DUCK
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