After a few hours motor sail we arrived at Tangalooma and sort anchorage inside the wrecks at the northern end of the resort. The current was running very strongly and combined with the wind, made the anchorage untenable for us. The anchorage seems narrower than it was in 2011. We proceeded to the southern end of the resort to anchor in the same area we had seen a cruiser when we first came in. The water was crystal clear with a lovely sandy bottom and while there was any east in the wind, it was quite protected although a little rolly. Another cat joined us later in the afternoon. And then the breeze backed around to the south and south south west. This allowed the small swell to wrap around the point and hit us beam on. Things became uncomfortable especially at tide change and a most uncomfortable night was had by all. The next morning we decided that Tangalooma was not a good place to be and we departed and hour and a half earlier than anticipated for Mooloolaba.

We needed to travel in or beside the major shipping lanes as Moreton Bay is such a shoal infested area and consequently encountered a procession of tankers and container vessels departing Brisbane. We managed to meet most of them on the narrowest crossover, such fun.

Because of our early departure we didn't need a lot of boat speed to reach Maloolaba at a suitable tide. We spent the whole trip headsail reaching with a severely reefed headsail and still going too fast because of the current and following sea, a very frustrating and uncomfortable situation. We arrived in Maloolaba 2 hours early and crossed the bar at the bottom of a rising tide with no problems. We had organised a berth at the Maloolaba Marina intending to stay 1 or 2 nights. The weather had other ideas forcing us to stay 6 nights.