It was time to leave the Gold Coast and navigate our way thru the seaway to Peel Island. You need to pick the right tides as it can be quite shallow getting down to under 1m in parts. It’s also good to have the tide running with you to gain an extra knot or two. We chose to go via Jacobs Well, we left Southport 3 hours before high tide, when we reached the shallowest part we had a depth of 1.6m. We didn’t manage to touch but we must have been close as we draw 1.67m. We also had our very first overhead high voltage power lines. We crossed under it around the 20.3m part Time Flies is approx. 15.5m with including the hull.

 

 

 

 

 

 

After navigating our way thru the seaway we still need to be careful navigating to Peel Island as there are many sand banks in Moreton Bay. We anchored at Horseshoe Bay, Peel Island a very peaceful anchorage with very slight movement from the passing ferries.

 

 

Della-Rue told me to keep an eye out for the dugongs & turtles. I did see a dugong in the distance, although Dean says it can’t be counted as a sighting as it can’t be confirmed by 2 or more people. We ended the day with a beautiful sunset & some very musical birds.

34 nm, 6 hrs 30 mins, avg speed 5.34 kn, total motoring 6 hrs 30 mins.