Another awesome day sailing to Magnetic Island today. Although cool and overcast, we had a following breeze in the morning that increased to a 20 knot reach around the middle of the day. David, Rosie, Catherine and I took turns driving the boat. It was great fun scooting along at 8-10 knots. David claimed the top speed of 10.5 knots.
We arrived at Magnetic Island at 4:00pm and were welcomed by the friendly marina staff. We washed the boat to clean off ash that covered the decks when we sailed through a plume of smoke from a large bush fire south of Townsville. We freshened up and then went out to dinner at a Thai restaurant. We’re staying on Magnetic Island for just tonight and tomorrow we head off to Orpheus Island.
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