Day 22 - Scawfell Island to Shaw Island

Final farewell to Scawfell Is.

What an interesting day! We had decided to depart Scawfell at 0400 so that we could make Airlie Beach before sunset. Ah, the plans of mice and men. Everyone was on deck at the designated time BUT there was one minor problem - we could not get the anchor off the bottom. To be more specific - we could not not even get the chain off the bottom with something very, very stuck at the 50 metre mark. I can read the tea leaves - I decided that it was prudent for us to all go back to bed and pretend that this had not happened. At 0700 we got up again, had a bacon and egg breakfast and i went to have a serious talk to our anchor and chain. Suffice to say that this did prove to be enough for it to give up and let the winch do its thing. We were finally underway at 0800 heading for Shaw Island. It was a pretty unremarkable trip with the small jib, one motor and a favourable set. We saw a few more dolphin, lots of sea birds, had our share of the rain squalls and made it to Shaw by 1430. It is a great anchorage and infinitely more comfortable than Scawfell. Pity we did not make it here several days earlier.

Tomorrow will be the final leg of our trip north with a short hop to Airlie Beach (and the Abell Point Marina) where we transition to cleaning, washing and shopping for a few days before eldest son and his tribe arrive for a week, Hopefully they will get better weather than we have had for the past week or so.