Crossing the Wide Bay bar
15 November 2007 | Inskip Point/Tin Can Bay
I was a little nervous about crossing this bar. I had heard John and Carol, Jay's parents, recount a number of horror stories over and over about things that had happened to boats crossing this bar. It has a notorious reputation. Luckily we had a very, very easy crossing, it didn't live up to its reputation at all but I do know that we shouldn't get too blase about it, maybe we were just one of the lucky ones.
What wasn't lucky for me was my first bout of sea sickness, I thought I was going to die. You might see in the gallery some photos of Double Island Point, Jay took those photos so that I could see what I was missing, I just wasn't that interested in the scenery at that point. However, the conditions were not very pleasant and even Jay experienced a bout of queasiness after having a coffee, although he may have been saying that to make me feel better. Even the call of 'dolphins to starboard' couldn't bring me out of the hell I found myself in. You may think I'm being melodramatic but anyone who has experienced sea sickness firsthand will know what I am talking about.
Anyway enough about that, I was fine once we crossed the bar and settled ourselves in Inskip Point for the night. It was a quiet anchorage right near where the ferries take cars across to Fraser Island. After a pleasant night there after the days travelling we moved on to Tin Can Bay.
As we were entering the anchorage near the Tin Can Bay Marina we saw a beautiful looking mono, red in colour going by the name of 'Half Measure'. The guy on board came out to talk to us and said that some 'old guy who worked for Cummins' sold it to him. Yes, that's right, our very own Ross MacDonald. While the guy has loved 'Half Measure' he is now in the market for a catamaran, sorry Ross.
We only spent a night at Tin Can Bay before moving on.