22/09/2020

Last night there was dead calm, and this morning there was a warm northeast breeze. I was still oiling the teak in the front cabin, J came over and said we might need to get ready to head south, today, so we could go a few miles while the northerly was blowing. I immediately dropped the brush and went to the supermarket with him to resupply food for two weeks, as I was not expecting to leave today at all. At 2:30pm, we lifted the anchor and sailed away from Airlie Beach. Just after we left Pioneer Bay, Daryl, the buyer from Makay, knew we were leaving and made another offer. After a few bargains, it finally reached the price we wanted, and he agreed not to survey. We accepted immediately and opened a bottle of non-alcohol beer to celebrate. When we left Airlie we texted Bob to let him know we were off, he crossed his fingers and wished us luck, it worked, thanks Bob! In the evening we anchored at the southwest corner of South Molle.

It was a magical day, all decisions were made at the last minute: last minute to leave Airlie for Brisbane; last minute to reoffer; last minute to sell the boat; last minute to anchor before dark.

Fried Hokkien noodles with chicken for dinner.