We left Thomas on Saturday at about 0900 to run to Gulnare Inlet. It was a pleasant run (but we were a bit underpowered with two reefs in the main) with gusts up to 25 knots but easy to pootle along – she did want to round up on a beam sea sometimes, but after a stern talking to Phlat Chat behaved herself. We went through Dent Passage (after Andrew nearly missing it- duh!) between Hamilton and Dent Island and watched a plane take off. The guide book says enter Gulnare on a rising tide but we picked our way in on the last two hours of the falling tide – tricky but with a shallow draft we made it – just. We are now anchored in Gulnare Inlet and it is a great spot. We went exploring in the dinghy on the rising tide in the afternoon. The Inlet goes up a long way but we kept running out of water and had to throw out the anchor to wait for the tide to catch us up. We had a “marina sleep” last night. That’s when you can sleep without one ear and one eye open in case your anchor drags. Slept well and woke to flat water and only a tiny chop…..how good. We’ll stay here today and work out what happens on Monday later. Two things – on the VHF there’s a woman on a commercial boat who has gone on a trip with her husband and daughter to Whitehaven a short run from Airlie or Hamilton and she has had a panic attack and has refused to come back - they are trying to work out what to do – poor woman. She insists on a chopper to get her out, she must be seriously scared and it’s really not that bad – a reasonable sea running but that’s all. Also in Gulnare there are five other boats with us but only one has anyone on it – the rest are just sitting here – I wonder where their owners are ?