The Boat
SV Due West
A Lagoon 380 sailing catamaran out of Coral Sea Marina, Airlie Beach — Portland Roads Sailing.
Length11.6 m · twin hulls
BerthsThree double cabins · two bathrooms
AftCarved cockpit table · stern BBQ · 200-can esky · six-person tender
GroundThe Whitsundays · Ngaro Sea Country · 74 islands
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The Week
Wednesday 14 to Tuesday 20 October. The route is theirs — no anchorage is written down until it has been sailed.
Day One · Wednesday 14 OctoberCoral Sea Marina, Airlie Beach · the briefing and the first legProvisions stowed the night before, the morning briefing, and Due West clearing the marina under her own crew.Day Two · Thursday 15 OctoberThe Whitsundays · aboard Due WestThe first full day on the water — wherever the wind and the tide table said to go.Day Three · Friday 16 OctoberThe Whitsundays · aboard Due WestDay three. The rhythm of it by now: the anchor up, the sails, the snorkel, the pick down again.Day Four · Saturday 17 OctoberThe Whitsundays · aboard Due WestThe middle of the week, and whatever the Whitsundays put in front of them.Day Five · Sunday 18 OctoberThe Whitsundays · aboard Due WestDay five. The long way round something, or nowhere at all.Day Six · Monday 19 OctoberThe Whitsundays · aboard Due WestThe last full day out — the one everybody wants to make count.Day Seven · Tuesday 20 OctoberBack to Coral Sea Marina · Airlie BeachThe run home, the marina, and what everyone said about it on the way to the airport.The Crew
Names as they should appear — confirmed in Kaija's voice brief.
AboardKaija & Pete
Skipperto come
Anyone else aboard, and one line each, to come.