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| Great Keppel Island - Hook Is Down -Time for a Nap! |
Longitude: 150 57.101 E
Day 4, Tuesday, May 15, 2012:
8:30 a.m. Dropped the hook in 18 feet of sandy bottom with good holding at mid-ebb tide. Expect to lose another 4 feet under us before the low. The bay is quite large, water is clear enough to see lots of fish swimming under the boat. Currently there are seven other boats in the bay with us. The wind is blowing about 12 knots from the south in the bay. It was blowing 18-20 before we got in the lee of the island. The wind generator is providing us with good power today.
You can go to Google earth and key in the latitude and longitude above and get a fix on our location. For the most part, it's been a good sail. Had a great wind last night that blew us right up the course line.
Great Kepple will be a good place to rest up for a few days after three nights at sea. The hills are green with trees, no palms yet, and a wide arching beach. From here up to the Whitsundays it should be mostly day hops from dawn to dusk. I'll post a few photos maybe later today after a nap.
All is well with the 2 Sail R's on SV Worrall Wind.
You'll enjoy the charm and quietness of Great Keppel, go for an explore. It is a shame that it may all come to an end soon with a huge golf course 750 villas and 300 apartments - 2400 people visiting every day. For more info:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.savinggki.com/
http://www.careforkeppel.org.au/
http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-development-of-great-keppel-islands-public-land-lot21-and-a-marina-on-putney-beach
Cheers,
Tom