Cape Upstart to Magnetic Island
Gaviota
Thu 19 May 2016 06:08
19:42.709S 147:45.210E
We left
Cape Upstart at 7.30am with already a good South Easterly wind blowing,
mainsail up with one reef in and genoa out on a broad reach, the sea was
confused and the wind gusting as we came out of the shelter of the mountainous
headland and we had a rocky first few hours.
Once away from the headland the wind filled in properly and we poled the
genoa out and wing on winged once again.
We flew along at 8+ knots and with 4 gybes thrown in made much better
time than we had expected, passing Cape Bowling Green and Cape Cleveland and
arriving at Magnetic Island off Townsville
just before dark. Dropped anchor
in lovely sheltered Horseshoe Bay and cracked open the vino.