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Charriot
Charriot
QLD
880 posts
QLD, 880 posts
16 Oct 2014 10:49pm

Magic place, but there are things to wach for.
Entered an hour before hight tide, dropped the anchor in middle of the very narrow channel .
Just over 6 meters water, 20m rope + 8 m chain, to help reset an anchor when current changes,
extra 5 kg load on anchor rope.
Late arvo, flood to ebb tide, anchor resets ok, it's 10 pm, current is incredible must be 6 knots, wind picking up.
After midnight, sitting solid, one foot water around.
Lucky, my draft is 2 feet without centreboard, tilt was just 10 degree.
Wind overcome the current, pushed me to the sand bank.
Anchor holds, channel is too nerrow........lesson is....don't know...?....?...suggestions please...












I entered through the blue entrance and left through the red. In and Out about an hour before high tide.
Both entrances just over 2 meters.
A few boats were coming using the red channel only.
Video is still pretty high tide, on low ....all is dry...
/ I have blue channel waypoints, have to find them//
on low, you completly enclose, as fars as you can see




cisco
cisco
QLD
12365 posts
QLD, 12365 posts
17 Oct 2014 12:02am
Six knots of tidal current is fairly incredible. It does not look like there is that much of a body of water to cause that. The tides have been pretty big lately though.

Thanks for the post, pics and vid.
nswsailor
nswsailor
NSW
1458 posts
NSW, 1458 posts
20 Oct 2014 11:49pm
Look forward to your way-points as I am sailing north around next year.
Charriot
Charriot
QLD
880 posts
QLD, 880 posts
26 Oct 2014 12:58pm
finally I find my entrance waypoint,as I mention
on the way out I kept right, couldn't distinguished channel neither way
no sweat, plenty of soft sand all over
next number 7 is my anchoridge .....see plotter...guess you can follow channel round the corner/ I will next time /




nswsailor
nswsailor
NSW
1458 posts
NSW, 1458 posts
26 Oct 2014 5:31pm
Thanks Charriot,

Will try them out next April/May.
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