Nearly ran into a whale…

We were still motoring off Surfers Paradise, at the start of our passage to Sydney, with the Autohelm steering. I was down below navi-guessing when I heard excited shouts on deck. I poked my head out and nearly crapped in my pants! There was a tail out the water, wide as Sunny Spells is long, probably 30 metres dead ahead!

Two leaps to the helm, Authelm off, 90 degrees to port. Hey dudes, are you nuts!!!?