Please select your home edition
Edition
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 350

Itinerary planning for the Whitsundays

by Cruising Editor on 19 Nov 2005
Whether you like to hang out for a few days at a time in one anchorage, really savouring the atmosphere, or would rather sail and swim and snorkel each day in a variety of places, it’s always good to have a plan. Naturally, whatever plan you have will be dependent on the weather, but the following itineraries are in easy stages, and with moderate wind conditions are all quite achievable without too much rushing.

Relaxing in the Whitsundays - Sunsail © Sunsail www.sunsail.com.au
Relaxing in the Whitsundays - Sunsail © Sunsail www.sunsail.com.au


Suggestion 1:

Day 1: To Macona Inlet
Day 2: To Border Island – moor or anchor at Cateran Bay
Day 3: To mantaray Bay or Luncheon Bay, moor or anchor for lunch. Then to Butterfly Bay for overnight
Day 4: To Stonehaven, moor for lunch. Then to Nara Inlet
Day 5: Morning in Nara Inlet then on to Hamilton Island for overnight or, after provisioning on to Beach 25 on Whitsunday Island
Day 6: To Whitehaven Beach for overnight
Day 7: to Tongue Bay or Apostle Bay for overnight
Day 8: To Cid Harbour for overnight
Day 9: To Bauer Bay on South Molle Island for overnight
Day 10: Back to base.


The beautiful Whitsundays. © Tourism Whitsunday
The beautiful Whitsundays. © Tourism Whitsunday


Suggestion 2:

Day 1: To Hook Island Resort
Day 2: Morning at Hook Island then to Stonehaven to anchor for overnight
Day 3: To Blue Pearl Bay for the morning, the to Saba Bay for overnight
Day 4: Morning in Saba Bay then to Dugong Inlet Cid Harbour.
Day 5: To Henning Island for the morning, then to Hamilton Island for overnight
Day 6: To Plantation Bay on Lindeman Island for overnight
Day 7: To Chance Bay on Whitsunday Island for overnight
Day 8: To Tongue Point for the morning, then to Macona Inlet for overnight
Day 9: To Daydream Island for overnight
Day 10: Back to Base

Suggestion 3:

At anchor in the Whitsundays © Media Services
At anchor in the Whitsundays © Media Services

Cumberland Yacht Charter have an excellent interactive itinerary planning tool on their Website. Follow the link at for some great itinerary planning assistance.

Henri-Lloyd Dynamic RangeSea Sure 2025Selden 2020 - FOOTER

Related Articles

America's Cup Power Plays
And Growing Sailing Through Learning There's always so much speculation and intrigue in-between each edition of the America's Cup. Everyone wants to know what is happening behind closed doors, inside the teams, and when the Challengers meet with the Defender.
Posted on 28 May Hyde Sails Flying Fifteen Video Tuning Guide
Ben McGrane explains how to get the most out of your B1 mainsail with B1 or 2H jibs Hyde Sails release new detailed video guide for tuning the Flying 15 for use with the B1 mainsail with B1 or 2H jibs.
Posted on 22 May Gladwell's Line: - May 22 - A big month
Kiwi's loss is Italy's gain - our thoughts on the hosting debacle. Kiwi's loss is Italy's gain - our thoughts on the hosting debacle. Paul Whiting's tribute - 45yrs on. Surprise winner of biggest ever two-handed nationals. Chalkie Bland remembered.
Posted on 22 May Puget Sound sailing, Etchells, J/70s, Cup news
Seeking Goldilocks conditions on Puget Sound, Etchells NAs, J/70 U.S. Nationals, AC38 news As the saying goes, 'you don't know unless you go'. While I've mostly heard this phrase applied to climbing, skiing, and mountaineering, four late-winter and springtime races on Puget Sound this year exemplified the fact that this line.
Posted on 20 May The appeal of offshore
Is there still appeal? Have we made it too onerous? Why would someone take it up now? I had been pondering. Yes. Marquee events have no issue attracting entrants. Middle Sea, Transpac, Cape to Rio, Fastnet, and Hobart all spring to mind instantly, but what of the ‘lesser' races? Lots of boats in pens (slips) a lot of the time
Posted on 18 May Banger Racing, Back Racing and No Racing
Racing on the cheap, a return to racing for young Aussies, and ILCA struggles We start with racing on the cheap at the Colander Cup, then focus on a return to racing for the Aussies at the Youth Worlds, moving on to a complete lack of racing at the ILCA Worlds, and then looking at how SailGP should be back out on the water.
Posted on 14 May Night sailing, Transat Paprec, Congressional Cup
Night sailing, encountering light airs in the Transat Paprec, Congressional Cup We bundled up as the last of the rays sunlight dipped below the Olympic Mountains and night quietly fell on Puget Sound. We'd been racing for about twelve hours in the Seattle Yacht Club's Protection Island Race (April 26), and we were getting tired.
Posted on 6 May For the love of slightly larger, even faster boats
Bring it on. No chicken chutes allowed. Celestial, the newest Cape 31 in Oz is up and racing Thank you. You have let For the love of small, fast boats run before the breeze like a superlight planning hull under way too big a kite, with immense sheep in the paddock, and the Sailing Master grasping the flare gun in his pocket... No chicken chutes.
Posted on 4 May The Allure of Timber
The longevity, and sheer beauty, of boats made of wood In these days of exotic materials, high modulus carbon and ultra lightweight construction, it's possible to overlook the longevity, and sheer beauty, of boats made of wood.
Posted on 29 Apr A look inside the Spirit Yachts yard
A close look at what makes their yachts unique Traditional skills in boatbuilding could be regarded as a lost art from a bygone era. In the world of fibreglass and carbon, the joinery and laminating techniques of wood ribs and cedar strips are a thing of the past.
Posted on 28 Apr
This site and its contents are Copyright © 2025 Sail-World Sail-World Australia and/or the original author, photographer etc. All Rights Reserved. Photographs are copyright by law. If you wish to use or buy a photograph contact the photographer directly.
If you have any questions about advertising or editorial then please contact our team. If you encounter any technical issues then please email techsupport@sail-world.com
Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy