Last Updated on May 14, 2021 by Amy After two nights sailing from Hook Island in the Whitsundays, we arrived in Cairns, where we attended the first meeting of the Wonderful Sail 2 Indonesia Rally. Why Did We Join the Rally? We’ve never done a paid rally before (the Pacific Puddle Jump is free). This…
Last Updated on September 28, 2020 by Amy We made two stops on Hook Island. The first was Stonehaven Bay on the west side, and the second was West Butterfly Bay on the north side. During our stay on Hook Island, the tradewinds were blowing pretty strong, 20 knots or so, and the nearby landscape…
Last Updated on March 1, 2019 by Amy Airlie Beach (pronounced Air-lee) is the coastal town that serves as the jump-off point for the Whitsundays. It’s the budget town to Hamilton Island’s luxury, and it’s targeted more for backpackers. Marina & Anchorage The Whitsundays have dozens of charter boats available through GlobeSailor for sailing vacations,…
Last Updated on November 9, 2020 by Amy The Whitsunday Islands are mostly empty, with a few resorts here and there, with the exception of it’s main hub: Hamilton Island. Hamilton Island is owned by the Oatley family (as in Bob Oatley) and is leased by the Australian government. It’s mostly a holiday spot, with…
Last Updated on September 13, 2023 by Amy Plotting world circumnavigation routes is a lot easier than it sounds. There are cruising boats LITERALLY all over the world. There are boats in the Northwest passage (up and over Canada), in the Antarctic, and everywhere in between. There are a few key things to take into consideration, but…
Last Updated on September 10, 2019 by Amy As we’ve been cruising the world, we have discovered that in most places our charts are fairly accurate. However, there are some places completely inaccurate charts. One of the most obvious ones on our first year across the Pacific was Beveridge Reef, a small atoll just east…
Last Updated on May 14, 2021 by Amy As our time traveling up the coast of Australia is coming to a close, we’re limited in how much time we can spend along the way. But for 6 nights, we enjoyed two completely different bays on Whitsunday Island. About the Whitsundays The Whitsundays are a group…
Last Updated on September 13, 2023 by Amy While at The Boat Works in Coomera, we tackled a lot of projects. Some of them we do yearly, while a few are things we’d never done before. Starry Horizons is now over 3 years old, and although she’s still young for a boat, as she gets…