Stuck in Hill Inlet - Whitehaven Beach - Whitsundays - Sailing Greatcircle (ep.299)

[@sjaakdekleijnvanderweide8298]

Thank you for showing us this great way of living Outreme will be very happy with your video what a wonderful commercials for them

[@SirMo]

Talk about a prime beach real estate. Fantastic work!

[@Seagole]

Hope u's had a great stay in Mackay, I used to live there for the first 26 years of my life, old stomping grounds

[@carolinajanssen6451]

Wow, beautiful footage Mark. Marijke you proofed your high level of skills again😊. Prachtig, mooi!

[@michaelstavros8652]

Brings back memories from when we anchored in the same position: unfortunately we suffered minor damage from the stern anchor when tide turned: very strong current. Such a beautiful area, well worth the effort to enter.

[@alfreddaniels3817]

Dreamy footage, fantastic professional editing and some real tension that you can feel. Life doesn’t get better, videos don’t.

[@gnarwhaladventures5824]

Good job getting a big boat in there! Hill inlet is one of my favourite places in the world. We had a lovely picnic on the small beach just astern of your little anchorage there.

[@CatGreatcircle]

It’s just wonderful and one of a kind

[@doughall7435]

As always you two have some of the best content. Between places, drone, and video in general, topped off with great music. Well done.

[@TheSailingFamily]

We anchored our Outremer in there, but you need to find a place with swing room as that current is ripping! At 19:19 I think you are on the bottom? Glad it all worked out. One of the greatest spots in the world!

[@CatGreatcircle]

It looked like there wasn’t enough swing room on one position but could / should have reanchored more west of this deeper spot at slack tide

[@marktaylor484]

Outstanding aerial videography and your new tender looks great.

[@Stalefish6]

❤Whitehaven Beach….Mantas, Turtles, sharks just beautiful….I took a jar with sand home😉

[@CatGreatcircle]

Top 3 in our world tour

[@ແມ໋ດຢູ່ລາວ]

Great navigation skills! Beautiful anchorage. 👏👏👏

[@vivianeriesterer4279]

absolutely amazing drone footage, such a joy to see this faboulus place

[@paulrise5284]

Just superb.

[@vokstar]

Thats a very nervous looking captain! :O

[@DoubleUThings]

Gaaf, die inlet! Wel tricky met die roeren van jullie :-)

[@malgraham351]

Aaah the Whitsundays she is very beutiful. Gotta love at Hamilton Marina that Fountaine pajot at the end of the dock has been there for years . Every time we bareboat up there i so want to take it in to hill inlet lol😅😮.

[@CatGreatcircle]

That’s probably a better boat to put on the ground over there

[@thomasthornton5737]

😃👍👍👍❤ gotta love that water!

[@Multiman40]

I anchored there and walked across the top to Butterfly bay. Nice spot.

[@ДмитрийБеспяткин]

So relaxing and chill

[@davidellis2021]

If you risk grounding like that you have to throw stuff into the water to lighten the load - provisions, fridge, cooker, furniture, Marc. If you get really desperate as a last resort you have to drink all the booze.

[@CatGreatcircle]

Sending Mark in the Great white infested water was the only thing she wanted to do ….

[@Qrob214]

Don't forget fuel and water of course. 😁

[@pmorph]

beautiful video! we were at Thomas Island 3 months ago, a wonderful hidden gem that not many know about. I'm curious.. why did you not have an anchor upstream and one downstream when you were in Hill Intlet? Basically to hold you fore and aft in line with the stream? We use a Fortress as a stern anchor which inevitably needs the dinghy to get out it digs in so well. We have a 35' performance cat (daggerboards and low headroom) which we recently sailed down from Townsville to Sydney so got a bit of practice on this. Philip

[@CatGreatcircle]

I would have preferred to reanchor the primary anchor on the other side of the deeper part and do without our second anchor (Fortress as well). If we would have put the Fortress in at slack tide along the stream it would have been in about 10 m and it would have been even more of a challenge to get it back again

[@satieli1]

Oh man, the rudders seem having some scratch on the surface. Hope there is no problem with it.

[@CatGreatcircle]

No worries

[@rossprentice4975]

Must visit Hook Reef there I saw the bottom 30 feet down at 8pm but there was moonlight

[@onclefly8450]

Hi Greatcircle, then you are the brand representative for this boat, the canoe and the rest of the equipment ? Hill Inlet is a really pretty place

[@CatGreatcircle]

It really is one of a kind. We’re doing what we love to do and we do like to show it when we’re happy with a person, service or product. We’re not sponsored at all and the videos are a hobby. Hobbies are allowed to cost money don’t they?

[@onclefly8450]

@@CatGreatcircle Ok, my apologies for the mistake. Yes, Hobbies are allowed to cost money.

[@CatGreatcircle]

No worries mate, too easy 😎

[@luisteixeira9841]

hey i love yours videos , i would like to ask something , what did you do in past to could afford a catamaran like what and have that lifestyle . Im 18 , and in the future i would like to cross the ocean and explore the world . thank you and the keep up with the greet videos

[@CatGreatcircle]

We meet people daily that are doing similar stuff. If you look at @paulsailingadventures for instance. He bought his boat for 9k and has at least the same level of fun sailing around the world…

[@awanderer9000]

Wow, that was adventurous! But is it a real river or the current is due to lagoon emptying at low tide? The island seems to be too small to support a real river.

[@CatGreatcircle]

It’s an inlet so tidal currents. It’s more or less open on the other side so maybe it’s not even a real inlet

[@kankama1]

Wow - it seems a bit of shame to have such a nice cat and not be able to kick the rudders up. We have spent a few weeks (total - max 6 days straight in Hill inlet) and other lagoons, drying out each tide. It is fabulous to be able to have a fast cat that can easily take the sand each tide. I would find it very hard to have the limitations of non kickup rudders when other similar cats to yours - Schionnings G force - can dry out and be very easy to live on in such places. Will you consider kick up rudders on your next boat? I have had them for 23 years and they have no limitations other than an increase in complexity when building but I certainly would never be without them for some of the reasons shown by your video. It seems that you had a slightly troubling experience when a different rudder concept could have allowed you to dry out near the trees each tide or reduce the depth required to just the hulls and be totally worry free. We spent 10 days straight tied to a tree in Percy Lagoon and did some great walking and diving knowing our boat was perfectly safe at all times, same in North Zoe Creek at Hinchinbrook. Viva the kick up rudders. Cheers Phil

[@CatGreatcircle]

Yes we had kick up rudders on our Nacra too 😎

[@kankama1]

@@CatGreatcircle Our cat is a 38ft Chamberlin, a nice 4000kg cedar strip boat I built myself with cassette rudders that are not even in the water when moored. I really like the Outremers and like following your videos. Just felt like it was a slight shame you couldn't enjoy the lagoons like we have over the years when cruising. Every boat has its compromises - but I reckon you could install kickup cassette rudders in your Outremer and then tie to a tree no worries. Cheers Phil

[@greatpix]

Could Greatcircle withstand being completely beached at low tide without damage? It almost looked like you could have waded out to the boat and not gotten your shorts wet.

[@CatGreatcircle]

Probably better not to touch the ground but a couple of cm in soft sand doesn’t seem to have been a problem

[@Thestarrsandthesea]

this is where we are not going to anchor... haha

[@IlyaMarin]

What is your intercom headset? How is it working in windy conditions?

[@CatGreatcircle]

We got it from Hollyland and it works simple and fine

[@mosca3289]

Beach cat!

[@CatGreatcircle]

🙈🙈🙈

[@JosePedroEspinosa]

Folks, the next time you anchor in a strong current river or canal, be sure to anchor your boat so that it is always parallel with the current, no matter the direction of the wind. The current pulls the boat with much more force than the wind, unless you are in the middle of a storm of course.

[@CatGreatcircle]

True, the problem here was that we stayed that long that we had currents in both directions. It might have been easier though to reanchor on the other side of the deeper part at slack tide

[@JosePedroEspinosa]

@@CatGreatcircle If the boat is aligned with the current, it doesn't matter if it comes from the bow or the stern, it will still make less pressure than if it comes from the side. An anchor at each end of the boat is enough. I have done it several times in canals in southern Chile, with currents of 6 knots.

[@CatGreatcircle]

We would prefer doing it with 1 anchor as the fortress digs in so deep that we have major problems getting it out again. In the marquesas the stern line also tried to get behind the rudder as well.

[@realulli]

14:09 somehow screams "DUAL ANCHOR!" to me... ;-) Edit: 16:45 you heard it too, apparently. ;-)

[@CatGreatcircle]

😂

[@nicoleortiz983]

21:05 😱Rudder damage?

[@CatGreatcircle]

No everything fine

[@louithefly63]

The sand is so fine there, you could polish jewellery 😊

[@jorgenvanseters-dz2nm]

Hello, if you guys are visiting Airlie Beach, please reach out. We are also Dutch, and have an offer our on a lagoon 52, I am just checking your video’s now😊

[@CatGreatcircle]

Hi Jorgen, sorry we’re already between Lizard and Thursday, if you send me a message via Insta or FB I can try to answer your questions

[@jorgenvanseters-dz2nm]

@@CatGreatcircle klinkt goed! Was de Lagoon goed voor jullie? I will reach out tomorrow sorry to miss you guys!!

[@CatGreatcircle]

@@jorgenvanseters-dz2nm we waren erg happy met de Lagoon. De 52S is de best zeilende Lagoon ooit en een zee van ruimte ook in die enorme owners hull

[@nigelmorgan3449]

Did you feel stupid for being stuck 😢