Hey Zilla, As you know, it is an expoased coast with no shelter from dawesville to Bunbury. Main choice is whether to go inside or outside the reefs. if the breeze is predomintely easterly, then go inside, close to shore for sailing in flat water. if south or s-west (& fresh), go outside the reefs - You don't want to be pinned between the coast & the reefs with a fresh breeze on the nose. Northerly breeze - You can do wahetever!

If you do have a favourable breeze for a nice quick beam reach /run transit, then go all the way to Busso in one go. We did the trip down to race week in feb this year, leaving Freshie at dawn, and got into Busso marina around 9 that night.

Drag a red lure in the waters of Bunbury - You are sure to get a Tuna!! :-)

Poods

PS - If it's worth anything here is some video of our trip down for your viewing....

Thanks for the tips guys. Your videos make it look very pleasant.
We planned to do this trip a while back, from Mandurah to Busselton but the forecast was 3 days of 20-30 knot southerly wind so we didn't bother. How pleasant or unpleasant would it be if we persisted against such winds? I'm guessing the seas would build quite a bit with such a fetch. We sail a 6 tonne 27 ft wooden gaffer.