So much for a quiet retired life. Up early - our the Burnett River. We always log on with the Volunteer Marine Rescue People, give them our position, POB (persons on board), heading and ETA. They do keep an eye on us as they phone or try us on the radio if we haven't logged in by the ETA. Great service.
eg
Heading 312 deg POB 2 Position S 24 deg 39.650 mins E 152 deg 23.843 mins
Get this off the Chart Plotter - best thing humankind ever invented.
We had 65 nautical miles planned for today. So long day. We sailed for 13 hours today. You can't opt out half way through.
It isn't much fun coming into an anchorage in the dark, a creek or bay which you have never seen. The chart plotter is amazing, however Ian doesn't like to put his whole trust in it. He also uses the leads and looks out as well to check where we are going.
Pancake creek is filled with lots of sandbanks. So we had to work carefully up the river and avoid other yachts until we decided to anchor. Ian always wished he has built a centreboarder - much easier not to have to worry about depths as much.
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