Sailing solo down the E Australian coast - part 1
16. desember 2024 · 3 min · 183 visninger · Fraser Island
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Jeanne Socrates, sailing solo south down the Queensland coast aboard her own vessel, anchors at Kingfisher Bay off Fraser Island and describes the tidal and navigational constraints governing every leg of the passage.Watch Shallow water dominates the planning: the crossing from Hervey Bay to the south end of Fraser Island requires a high-water transit, forcing a Saturday morning departure.1:31 From there she will wait at Tin Can Inlet before crossing Wide Bay Bar — a shifting sand-channel entrance — on Tuesday morning when conditions align.1:49 Reaching Mululaba requires arriving at the river entrance at 1000 at high water, which means departing Rainbow Beach just after midnight.2:42 Each stop is dictated by bar depth, tidal height, wind direction, and weather; a weekend rain system is already pushing decisions back by days.3:05 The central lesson she draws: east Australian coastal cruising demands treating every river bar with care and timing arrivals precisely to the tide, or the consequences are severe.
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