Sailing diary week 9: Dunk Island and Cairns

Sailing diary week 9: Dunk Island and Cairns

to be honest, I can hardly believe that it is already the ninth week on board the Malaica. To say that time has evaporated would be an understatement.

This week we left the Hinchinbrook channel and took course on Dunk Island, which is about 11 nautical miles from the northern end of Hinkinbrook.

rugged point

Our second anchorage in Hinchinbrook was further at the northern end, known as Scraggy Point.

This anchorage was quite inconspicuous in terms of activities. However, it offered a quiet place to put down our heads and admire the untouched wilderness of Hinchinbrook Island. The mud lasted extremely well and fishing even better.
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supplement in the port of Hinchinbrook

We knew that we would spend some time on Dunk Island before we would reach Cairns. So we decided that it was best to fill our water and fuel in the port of Hinkinbrook.

Unfortunately, this beautiful port has been neglected by any dragage for some time. In fact, the actual channel at low tide dries up to 50 centimeters above the water level!

Then we filled out fuel and water and drove up with the tender. The owners of the Port of Call boat accessories at the end of the channel greeted me with the typical hospitality of North Queensland and asked me jokingly to "tell the world!". So I'm here to meet his request.

Further to Dunk Island

streams and rivers in North Queensland are wonderfully suitable for sailing and anchoring. However, the blue water has something in itself that misses me even on rolling nights and howling wind.

So after a few days we broke up in the Hinchinbrook Channel to Dunk Island.

The sail was calm and short in light wind. After we arrived about two hours after we got it, we grabbed one of the three berths and set off to explore Dunk Island!
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Exploration of Dunk Island

Dunk Island is a beautiful piece of the Great Barrier Reef Islands. Like many of the other islands we had explored, there was a run -down and abandoned luxury resort.

In addition to the resort, there was a lot to discover for the crew, including a few shots from the picturesque sandbar, an island tour of the island through dense tropical rainforest, private beaches and the best of everything, free hot showering.

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Read the full blog post: Explore Dunk Island: To see and do the best things

Set the sails according to Cairns

After incredible four days on Dunk Island we put both jumper sails and drove further north to Cairns.

We had a breath of fresh air with 20-25 knots and 1.5 to 2 meters from our rear, which enabled us to slide and surf all the way to Cairns.

The original plan was to stop on Fitzroy Island, but this is just a clever anchorage in relatively quiet weather. Instead, we were looking for protection directly opposite the Yachthafen of Cairns and ended an incredible week of sailing and exploring the Great Barrier Reef Islands.
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Segelog: Reminder plans

Originally, the northernmost point of the sail of the Daintree should be River. However, after the crew created weather forecasts and brought time restrictions under one roof, she decided that it was not so attractive to defend itself against strong south winds.

It is disappointing not to sail Malaika on this trip in the Daintree, but everyone was happy to bring the victim to spend more time to explore the Great Barrier Reef.

You say that time with age seems to pass faster, but have these people ever live on board a sailboat? To recognize the time as our only true good has always been the strongest motivator for me, almost up to a feeling of fear. To see how incredible experiences fade can be a sad thought, but to be grateful for your events is an important step towards a fulfilling life.

While time progresses and the present goes into the past as quickly as it happened, we can only stop and embed the memories in our minds and keep it in the closet of the great adventures of life.
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