Day 10: Hummocky Island – Rosslyn Bay (via Lisa Jane Shoals) – Great Keppel Island - Flingtime

00:00 Midnight. The southerly wind was howling at 30 knots and we now had a lee shore.
We could hear the waves crashing on to nearby rocks and had a good look around with the spotlight. Navigatrix checked that she had recorded the compass bearing in case of an emergency night-time exit from the anchorage. We double checked the anchor, depth and the tides which ranged through 2.66 metres in this area. The BoM forecast had not changed since 3pm.
01:00 the SSW wind had dropped considerably and the tidal flow/surface swell had us on the lee side of the anchor, about 40 metres from shore. We decided to stay put with navigatrix on anchor watch. A move was possible but there was some perceived risk in lifting the anchor in case it may have wrapped around or under a rock. We did not dive in for a look earlier and could not distinguish rock from weed although the bottom looked fairly flat on the sounder.
01:30 TWS 1 knot, light rain, depth 2.2m
02:30 similar
03:00 TWS 8.8 SW, depth 2.6m, the Capricorn light remained visible for a bearing check.
03:15 TWS 10
03:30 TWS 14, depth 2.7
04:00 TWS 11.5
04:30 TWS 16, depth  3.3, swell had increased, handed over watch to the skipper
06:50 TWS 24 knots from the SW with a fairly big swell. We upped anchor and set off for Lisa Jane shoals so Michael could try to catch some fish.
07:30 We hoisted the main sail on the second reef to counter the swell as we motor sailed through the lumpy conditions. The wind was now 24-30 knots and breakfast was just bananas and museli bars with a stugeron in case we got seasick. The LJ Shoals are well off shore
Along the way we attempted to find out why the main VHF radio was under performing, especially on Tx, with a couple of radio checks with CG Keppel Sands.
09:0 We dropped the reef pick with 5m of 10mm chain and 50m of rope in 18 metres.
It dragged while Michael fished and after a while we motored back to his GPS coordinates and tried again; this time it held firmly which came as a fit of a surprise given the difficult conditions.
Michael caught an Estuary cod which was too small and then a larger Parrot fish.
13:00 No more fish and we had had enough so two of us weighed anchor by hand without too much trouble. We made 6.2 knots under main and jib.The Raymarine i70 instrument at the helm was powered off the previous night and would not restart. (It sprang into life later after several attempts by which time we were thinking about how to get it fixed)
14:00 The jib was flopping around as the wind had dropped to 8 knots. We rolled it up and started the motor.
16:30 Lowered the main sail

Cruising past Gt. Keppel Island en-route to Rosslyn Bay

17:00 Tied up at the Capricorn Cruising Yacht Club in Rosslyn Bay. The fuel jetty closed at 17:00 was open on 9-5 Sunday so that was OK.
The CCYC was friendly and we all had a drink at the clubhouse while we waited for Michael's wife, Sue ... and... wait for it...the two dogs! We met solo sailor, Trevor who had his 'green boat' anchored at Pancake Creek but he had sailed direct to Rosslyn Bay. In retrospect, not a bad idea.

A nice radiant sunset from the Capricorn Cruising Yacht Club visitor jetty