The wind calmed down over night. Swing moorings are great to use especially in deep water, they also help protect the reefs from anchor damage. The downside to one is the noise it makes when it hits the hull. It barely touches the hull but it resonates thru the boat. Not a very comfortable nights rest with the noise & swell.

We dropped the mooring and headed over to Butterfly Bay (Hook Island). We motor sailed with main sail 5-10 kn W. There are a few little bays on the north of Hook Island with good snorkelling& diving. We have decided to come back to these bays when the school holidays are over and less charter boats out on the water.

I spotted a mooring in Maureen’s Cove but we could see a couple of boats leaving Butterfly Bay so we continued the short distance. Unfortunately there were a couple of boats hovering and grabbed the moorings so we turned around a picked up the mooring in Maureen’s Cove.  

 

The snorkelling was great with lots of fish, including bat fish hanging around Time Flies. We had comfortable conditions and stayed overnight. We moved to the smaller mooring to let a bigger boat use the mooring we were on. The moorings are rated for boat size, being a 10m boat we are lucky to be able to use all moorings except the tender moorings.

9.08 nm, 2 hrs, avg speed 4.29 kn, total motor sailing 2 hrs