Great Sandy Straits Experience 2018

The R Marine Jones Great Sandy Straits Trip will be held from Saturday the 22nd September to Wednesday the 4th of October 2018.  This allows for some flexibility around the weather.

Taking in the Wide Bay Bar, the Great Sandy Straits, Bundaberg and Lady Musgrave Island on the Great Barrier Reef.

For Gold Coast-based attendees, we will depart the Gold Coast Broadwater the afternoon before (21st) and head north to a suitable anchorage in Moreton Bay where we will start the event from at 7:00 am on the 22nd.

The Anchorage and start point will allow the Gold Coast and Brisbane people to join us at their leisure sometime before dark. Saturday morning will be an early start so we can travel non-stop as a group to Bundaberg.

Our goal is to spend at least 2-3 days at Lady Musgrave Island which will mean an overnight stop in Bundaberg for fuel. If the weather is not suitable to head offshore then we will spend our time away in the protected areas along the inside of Fraser Island.

The trip is suitable for diesel-powered vessels with Shaft and POD drives (not suitable for stern drive) with a range of over 300nm in ocean running conditions at an average cruise speed of 20 knots. If you are not sure whether or not your boat is suitable for this trip then please call Randall to discuss. 

The proposed itinerary and registration form will be sent out to those who register.

Numbers are limited so please register by Saturday the 8th of September. Please call our office for any further information.