Everything was looking good for spending a couple of nights at Lady Musgrave. It is best enjoyed on neap tides, first or third quarter moon. We had a spring tide (full moon), which meant the tides were going to be high. Dean was a little concerned about comfort at anchorage, but as there was little wind we decided to go. We headed out and as we were leaving the river, the conditions were not as predicted, we were bopping around like a teabag & only making 4.5kn with motor on. This was going to add another 2 hours onto our trip, which would have pushed us closer to arriving @ sunset. We continued on for another hour with no improvement, with much disappointment we decide to turn back to Bundaberg.

We wanted to visit Lady Musgrave but we also wanted to keep moving north, so we decided to do an overnight sail to Pancake Creek. We lifted anchor at 6pm to calm seas & perfect wind. It’s amazing how a few hours can make a difference to sea state.

We had a very comfortable sail with 10-15kn and very slight swell and a full moon to top it off.

65.65 nm, 12 hr 45 min, avg speed 5.17 kn, total motor sailing 3 hrs