Sail protocol week 1 - Self Sailing Whitsundays

Sail protocol week 1 - Self Sailing Whitsundays

This room was a great valve to exchange international travel experiences and give my photographic habits a targeted feeling of meaning.

In contrast to most blogs out there, however, I never intended to write down my personal travel plans or the action from week to week.

But after I had ended up in Mackay last week and spent my first seven days with many sails on the Koralen coast of Queensland, I had the idea that sharing a more detailed and personal experience could be advantageous for many, especially for those who want to sail on the Whitsundays themselves.

What is the plan?

I flew to Mackay and drove directly to the boat harbor to meet my parents. They left their belongings in Brisbane and broke up to live in Malaica, a 50 -foot long, self -made engine glider made of steel.

Malaika and crew have already spent the last two months to glaze up the Brisbane coast, so I get on the trip a little later.

The general plan provides to accompany the sail of Mackay via Cairns and Port Douglas to the Daintree River.

We are not overwhelmed in time, so it is more about how much we can see and do during the trip than how quickly we arrive there. According to large estimates, however, it should take about two months.
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The ship-Malaika

Malaika was built in the back yard of my family from 2004 and launched in 2014. Most of her father's project was, however, quickly became a family town, in which most of us spent their weekends to build them up in some way or another.

It would have been much easier to buy a boat, but my parents' dream to put the sea would not be as epic as the first building of your own boat.
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It is definitely unique. The heavy steel hull, the high control level and the scrap -tired Schonerrigg definitely attract some looks and raise a few cameras when pre -flesh.
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Read more: How it is to sail up the east coast of Australia

The first week of self-sailing Whitsundays

Apart from the introductions, the first week was mainly spent winning my seabones. In the meantime, the crew, consisting of my parents and two dogs, was already well adapted to life on the water.
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So far, self -sailing on the Whitsundays has offered calm, sunny and hot weather. This was a nice tropical change from the cold and dark Sydney. The anchor places offer relatively peaceful protection from the southern Passat winches that can blow through.
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Keswick and Brampton Island

After arriving in Mackay, we sail to Keswick Island, about 15 nautical miles away. Keswick and the neighboring island of St. Bees are one of the first joint anchorages for cruise ships that even the Whitsunday Islands.
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The next day we drove to Brampton Island. It seemed as if the water with every northern northern mile obtained was taking a lighter blue tone.

Brampton itself was once the home of a large and popular holiday resort. Due to cyclone damage, the owners decided to pack it and give it up. For us that meant going ashore and examining the remains.
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Coconut palms and untouched island huts remained on the beach, but no tourists were in sight.

The anchorage outside the abandoned resort was quite protected. However, we still had a few strong residual winds and Seegang at night.

Brampton Island according to Outer Newry Island

I was able to get a decent LTE and 4G connection on tiny remote Philippine Islands and even in the Everest Himalayan region. But now that I was back in Australia, I apparently couldn't find a bar on Brampton Island.

Since I work online after a schedule, we were forced to return to the mainland for the weekend. We chose Outer Newry Island because of its well -protected anchorage with a strong south wind and its good internet connection.
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The next few days we spent working on a laptop on the boat. We also had time for kayaking, fishing and exploring the apparently deserted islands off the coast.

Goldschmied-Back to the islands

After a few days in Outer Newry, we were done with the work. That meant that we were ready to sail again on the Whitsundays.

It took about five hours of great sailing at 15 knots south wind on our bar to reach Goldsmith Island. Another epic island with rubber hills, surrounded by turquoise blue water.

We spent the day driving around the reef around the reef and enjoying the white sandy beach and the solid ground under our feet. The next plan is to continue through the Lindeman Group and to Hamilton and the Whitsunday Islands.
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