Oz East Coast

Wednesday 11th Nov 2008

Skie arrived at Urangan Boat Harbour, Hervey Bay after a quick trip down across Hervey Bay from Bundaberg.

It was a bit lumpier than I wanted for Marg, after her trip down from Middle Percy, but as usual didn't make one complaint.

On board as well was our son Chris, and my sailing mate "Brownie" (David Brown) who I introduced to the "dark side" after a lifetime of being a "stick and rag" sailor.

David is having a Selene 59 built in China and can't wait for it to be delivered (myselene59@talkspot.com).

Arriving at Urangan was not without it's dramas as the marina spot allocated, although being on the end of an arm, would not fit us in, so we proceeded down the fairway and grabbed another spot that was free.

It turned out this was a differently owned marina, but the dockmaster (actually mistress) was very obliging and let us stay.

I have learned now to exaggerate the length of the boat when making a booking, and argue later about the charge when it comes to pricing by metres.

It was blowing 30 kts on our port beam as we were docking starboard tie up. I just set up to allow the wind to blow us onto the dock, and boy did those fenders take some punishment.

Urangan Boat Harbour is at the Northern end of the Great Sandy Straits, and a day and a half of steaming inside Fraser Island to get to Southport our next stop.