Double Island Point Hidey Hole. Shoal Draught Only.

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cisco
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25 Oct 2020 12:29pm
Talking with my cousin who took his 4wd up to DI Pt and he drove over the isthmus and saw the lagoon full of catermarans.
Looks like a nice place to hole up if you have shoal draught.


Zzzzzz
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25 Oct 2020 11:02am
Hell hole if it gets bad you roll like a pig
MorningBird
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25 Oct 2020 8:04pm
Zzzzzz said..
Hell hole if it gets bad you roll like a pig


Yep. We stopped there one night many years ago in a Swarbrick S111. A change was coming through with strongish southerlies forecast so we dropped anchor at dusk. It was a good bolt hole to escape the southerlies but we did roll like a bastard.
Flatty
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25 Oct 2020 8:30pm
Yeah i saw that as well in a simon carter video. I think it may have changed since you were there MorningBird, it looks almost completely protected now.
MorningBird
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25 Oct 2020 10:22pm
Flatty said..
Yeah i saw that as well in a simon carter video. I think it may have changed since you were there MorningBird, it looks almost completely protected now.


I don't recall that sandbar coming out of the point into the bay. As I recall we were anchored about where the end of the sandbar is, maybe a bit towards the point. It was 2005 or thereabouts. We had done one leg from Mackay to Bundy for a part crew change and then had come outside Fraser Island heading for Manly.
Zzzzzz
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25 Oct 2020 7:33pm
MorningBird said..

Flatty said..
Yeah i saw that as well in a simon carter video. I think it may have changed since you were there MorningBird, it looks almost completely protected now.



I don't recall that sandbar coming out of the point into the bay. As I recall we were anchored about where the end of the sandbar is, maybe a bit towards the point. It was 2005 or thereabouts. We had done one leg from Mackay to Bundy for a part crew change and then had come outside Fraser Island heading for Manly.


Amazing how the swell turns corners and gets you, you try to get in as far as your draft allows but it makes it worse.
Oh and watch out for Wolf Rock
woko
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26 Oct 2020 4:28am
I recall a mate who was holed up there for a few days and to counter the roll he told me he rigged an anchor bridle, so he was effectively anchored from the beam and faceing the swell
Zzzzzz
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26 Oct 2020 4:36am
woko said..
I recall a mate who was holed up there for a few days and to counter the roll he told me he rigged an anchor bridle, so he was effectively anchored from the beam and faceing the swell


I can remember VMR Tin Can Bay bravely racing out there to rescue someone and it was so rough they had to camp out there for days with very little supplies
nswsailor
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26 Oct 2020 9:45am
At present draft up to around 1.5 can safely anchor inside, larger drafts can get in at the entrance.
cisco
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26 Oct 2020 9:49am

Zzzzzz said..

Oh and watch out for Wolf Rock


Is Wolf Rock always exposed??
dialdan
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26 Oct 2020 11:54am
cisco said..



Zzzzzz said..


Oh and watch out for Wolf Rock



Is Wolf Rock always exposed??


Yes
Flatty
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26 Oct 2020 11:58am
cisco said..



Zzzzzz said..


Oh and watch out for Wolf Rock



Is Wolf Rock always exposed??


Yeah not very far out of the water though








cisco
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26 Oct 2020 9:32pm
Looks like plenty of room to go between it and D.I. Pt.
nswsailor
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26 Oct 2020 10:47pm

There were about 18 boats in there a week ago.
MorningBird
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27 Oct 2020 11:00am
nswsailor said..

There were about 18 boats in there a week ago.


It wasn't like that in 2005. No sandbar exposed with a protected anchorage. How deep is it in there?
nswsailor
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28 Oct 2020 12:32am
MorningBird said..

nswsailor said..

There were about 18 boats in there a week ago.



It wasn't like that in 2005. No sandbar exposed with a protected anchorage. How deep is it in there?


Yep not there in 2015 either. see my post from last Monday for depths.
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