Mustang Sally Cruising 2019 - Kiting the East Coast

Hamilton Island definitely lived up to expectation and we had a great couple of days enjoying ourselves in the resort like facilities.  We enjoyed an evening at the sports bar in the Tavern and got to watch a good game of footie (even though Carlton didn't get the win) and some great cricket, Mark took me out for a very lovely meal at the Beach Club Restaurant which was very yummy and the service exceptional and found many ways to remind me that it was my birthday :) As we have some lovely weather forecast for the next week our first stop is around to Whitehaven Beach which is chaos as always with a large number of tour boats dropping in each day.  We got the kayak out and did plenty of paddling around the anchorage and also did the walk over to Chance Bay with a stop over at the lookout. Moonrise at Whitehaven  Whitehaven Beach Local Cateran Bay - Border Island After a few nights at Whitehaven we sailed up to Cateran Bay at Border Island. 

Foredeck Macrame Last we left you we were making our way into Pancake Creek which was back at the end of May.  Pancake Creek was really busy when we arrived and for some reason the mooring's in there didn't seem all that popular so we decided we would have a go at one.  We quickly found out that they come with their own set of problems when you have a lot of current and wind especially when they are opposing each other.  This meant at certain times the mooring line would go under the boat and the ball would sit about half way down the boat which wasn't all that bad however it did mean that Sally ended up lying at all sorts of angles to the wind and current which wasn't always that pleasant.  After a night of this we decided to shorten up the mooring line which is a feat in itself as the ropes are more suitable for small ships than cruising yachts.  This is what we ended up with which looks like macrame all over the foredeck. We did a couple of nice walks one was