30/10/2020

Got up at 6.30am. We left Bundaberg towards The Great Sandy Straight. Wind was weak at first but picked up in the morning. The only thing I knew about Bundaberg was its ginger beer. Later I found out that it is a sister city to Nanning. The whole town was very flat with no hills, so if the sea level continued to rise, the city would disappear.

By noon we were heading DDW (Dead Downwind). Red goose wings up, we roamed between the blue sky and sea.

The plan was to enter the Great Sandy Strait at 2pm at the beginning of low tide, and it was exactly 2pm when we reached the entrance marker. Good timing J!

We passed one of the four boats in front of us. Downwind we reached a top speed of at 10 knots, making a record!

Arrived at the Big Woody Island in the strait at 4:30pm. 9.5 hours and 49 nautical miles today. Went almost in a straight line.

In the evening J made bread in a frying pan. We had it together with tomato soup.