Port Douglas

Weekend at Port Douglas

On Saturday morning we departed Low Isles and motored the 9 nautical miles to Port Douglas for a weekend in the marina.  There was only 6 knots of breeze and a flat sea so just a very casual cruise to enjoy.  We really like Port Douglas very much it is such a lovely town to spend time in.  There is plenty to do in such a small place and is always quite vibrant and busy with tourists and the weather was sensational.  We were even lucky enough to snag the markets on Sunday morning.  There is obviously a lot of very talented people who live in the region as all the stalls had unique handmade items for sale made by the stall holders.  The variety on offer and the size of the markets made for a very pleasant morning.  The local fresh produce on offer was certainly worth the effort to stop by.

Back to Double Island

14/10/2019     After a really relaxing weekend in Port Douglas we departed the marina this morning after refuelling and headed south.  There was virtually no wind, only gusting between 3 to 4 knots and a flat sea so sailing was definitely out of the question today.  So it was a very nice cruise down the coast for 20 nautical miles to Double Island.  All was going well until 5 nautical miles from our destination when the captain spotted he had a fish on one of his trolling lines.  He was hauling in a rather large Spanish Mackerel and quite excited until the unthinkable happened, just as he almost had the fish on board, you guessed it the darn thing escaped not a happy Captain.  Worse was to come, with 10 minutes there was another Spanish Mackerel on the line and the same thing happened, the Captain not a happy Captain especially the second time round.  We have incredibly light winds at the moment so heading out to the reef for a few days from here, looking forward to that.