Low Isles

Published October 12, 2019

Low Isle – Return

11/10/2019 After a really good night at East Hope Island we pulled up the anchor this morning at 7.00am to head 40 nautical miles south to the Lowe Isles. There was a mass exodus as we were heading out with half the fleet on the move. The winds were only light around 9 knots as we departed so hoisted the mainsail and unfurled the headsail and as there was some east in the wind hoping to be able to sail the entire journey. After about 2 nautical miles the winds dropped down to between 5-6 knots and we were not going to be getting very far, so the captain had to reluctantly turn on one of the engines to motor sail, not a happy captain. The crew did enjoy the very calm seas and easy sail which was very non eventful the entire way. The only highlight being a large cruise ship passing and a cargo vessel heading north. It is amazing the number of cargo ships in the area from Cairns north as the reef is so close they are much closer to the mainland and very noticeable. We dropped anchor at 1.30pm amongst all the other cruisers on anchor here and the large number of day visitors here from Port Douglas.