and onto Abel Point

Friday morning looked better, calmer, even with patches of sun, so up-anchored and sailed across Whitsunday passage, around North Molle Island and into Airlie Beach.  Unfortunately the outlook was rather misleading, and no fish caught either.....!
Grey rain squalls and gusty changes were very visible as they passed both north and south of us, but of course the inevitable happened over the last few miles, we had a drenching as one passed right over, blotting out all visibility . The intrepid crew all retreated under shelter, leaving the good ol' skipper out at the helm...  However, went into Abel point marina at Airlie Beach and settled in for a day or two.  Pleased we did as the wind and rain continued. These pictures are the end of a passing sqall, approaching Nth Molle Is, and a dampish approach to Airlie Beach (from the comfort of the cabin of course).