It is spring tide: full moon! I decided to ride the flood tide at least halfway down the Great Sandy Strait. There are loads of anchorages along the Strait, so if it got too hairy I could always just drop the pick and continue the next day.

I had managed to get some authentic, traditional South African “boerewors” from the butcher at Urangan and this went on the barbie with onions in the frying pan, ready for happy hour!

The passage down the strait was uneventful, but required a lot of concentration. There is a lot of shoal water and I was grateful that Sunny Spells only draws 1.8 meters. A lovely passage though in perfect weather, a full moon and almost 3 knots of tidal current behind us! The tides at mid-point in the strait (Boonlye Point) are almost a full hour behind the entries to the Strait, so that gives one an hour extra to get to the mid-point.

I got to Tin Can Bay/Pelican Bay at around 11PM – tired but happy. Nearly ran into an unlit tri-maran anchored bang in the middle of the entry to Pelican Bay! Note to self: always expect unlit boats!