PK's sailing posts: Log of the Yacht Magic Sunday 11.04.2010

Log of the Yacht Magic Sunday 11.04.2010

Message from paul@kerrigan.net:

Sunday 11.04.2010

24:00 Checked Anchor all ok on deck

02:00 Checked Anchor all ok on deck

04:00 Checked anchor all ok on deck and wind nil.

06:20 Up anchor at Whites Bay

Motor started then key switched off. This prevented the anchor winch control from working. Stopped and started motor and this fixed the problem. Weather fine and sunny no wind.

06:40 Cleared Island and made new course 350ºM to clear Normandy Rock.

07:00 Abeam Normandy Rock

POS 21º41'S 150º13'E

New course 305ºM

07:25 Abeam Pine Light Top of Middle Percy

21º40'S 150º10E

SOG 6.0kts

COG 300ºM

Set 0.7kts setting 240ºM

09:00 Bound for Hendreson Island in the Beverly Group

POS 21º34'S 150º02'E

SOG 6.3kts

COG 308ºM

Being set to the west

New course to steer 310ºM

No Telstra coverage

09:15 New course to steer 290ºM

Rolled out headsail, just filling on this heading.

09:30 Motor Sailing Full rig on Stb Tack

POS 21º32'S 150º.00E

SOG 6.1kts

COG 290ºM

Set 0.1kts setting 005ºM

09:45 Trying to fetch below Digby Island

Motor sailing as previously

COG 276ºM

SOG 7.3kts

10:15 Abeam to the South of Digby Island

POS 21º30'S 149º54'E

SOG 6.4kts

COG 277ºM

Set is 1.3kts setting 071ºM

10:35 Noel Abaft, came to new course 288ºM

SOG 7.0kts

COG 287ºM

Set 0.6kts setting 035ºM

Full main and #2 Headsail

11:00 Tacked onto new course between Minster and Beverlac Islands 030ºM

POS 21º27'S 149º50E

COG 032ºM

SOG 8.4KTS

Set 1.2KTS setting 004ºM

Main and #2 headsail

11:00 Tacked back to stb to clear Minster Island

POS 21º26'S 149º 51'S

SOG 7.4kts

COG 308ºM

Set 0.7kts setting 054ºM

Wind light at 7kts variable.

12.00 Passed over the tail of Lloyds Shoal in 16M of water.

POS 21º23'S 149º52'E

SOG 6.9kts

COG 306ºM

Set 1.6kts setting 014ºM

Not quite fetching Purdhoe Island on this course.

13:15 Big lift got us round Purdhoe Island

POS 21º17'S 149º40'E

SOG 8.0kts

COG 284ºM

Set 1.2kts Setting 288ºM

Windspeed 8.5kts

Full main and #2 headsail

Now sailing between Outfall and Overfall Rock We are sailing really close to these islands for the fun of it and tacking north and west as the course and water depth allows. I've never come on this route to Mackay before far too risky in dee keel yachts like Sydney. So it's cool to get up close and personal with all these little Islets.

17:05 Secure alongside Mackay marina

This was a chance for shower and runs along the shore and most importantly to restock on beer, rum and other necessities of life like coke. We ate ashore at the beef joint which was just OK. no marina to date has come close to Rosslyn Bay for eating out. After failing to get fuel, too late for the fuel wharf, we let slip the mooring lines and cleared the marina and harbour making a course for Hamilton Island to allow Adam to catch a flight at midday tomorrow.

20:30 let go marina, cleared Harbour followed harbour leads until we were abeam Slade Island Light. New course to steer is 046ºM

20:50 Abeam Slade Island Light to the North.

POS 21º06'S 149º15'E

Came to new course 045ºM

SOG 7.1kts

COG 042ºM

Headsail rolled out adding about 1.0kts to boat speed

Windspeed 7 to 10kts variable

Flat seas, partly cloudy and moonless night. Moon not due to rise until 0400 in the morning, full watch on deck.

22:10

Decided to navigate the inside channel, this is slightly shorter than the outside channel but much more difficult to navigate. However it will take us close to many of the islands and will be more interesting for the boys. So our course will take us North East to clear Blackwood, Hunt and Llewellyn Shoals at 21º00'S 149º 24'E before turning North West and negotiating the Hillsborough Channel.

22:20

POS 21º00'S 149º 24'E

New course to steer 305ºM

SOG 7.7kts

COG 300ºM

Turn point now mid channel.

Wind slight and variable Motor sailing with Headsail

St Bees Island light in view abaft the beam now, some fishing boats working in tandem had us confused for a while over the last hour. These are now clearly moving east and south now.

23:10

Have been plotting position on the chart since 22:00hrs as a cross check on the RayMarine Plotter and my laptop, the former is again playing up and I've had to reboot it's internal GPS twice in the last hour or so. All the other instruments are showing good to very good fixes with accuracy at 8meters.

POS 20º56'S 149º20'E (plotted on chart)

SOG 6.8kts

COG 302ºM

Set 0.7kts setting 054ºM

Headed by breeze and rolled up headsail.

23:25 Within 0.2NM of WP 38

POS 20º55'S 149º19'E (Plotted on chart)

SOG 6.9kts

COG 292ºM

Set 0.7kts setting 035ºM

Came to new course to WP 39 at 285ºM

Motoring all sails stowed.

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