Sailhand

Hi I have lived on a sailing catamaran for 17 years and owned one of the first hobie adventure islands in Queensland. I would not hesitate to do that journey on an AI however I would check the weather on something like windy or meteye and consider the tides and plan accordingly. There are AIs making much larger trips than that, but again it all comes down to the 7 pees. Prior preparation and planning prevents piss poor performance. Starting slowly and carefully with shorter trips, doing some heavy weather work on a lee shore so that if you sink or capsize etc you get to experience these things at a low risk as you will be blown ashore. You can prepare your craft and yourself to survive these conditios comfortably and expand your horizons appropriately. No one just gets out of their lounge chair and scales the north face on everest, it takes preparation. Increase your knowledge base and your fitness, get the right gear, epirb life jacket etc organise to travel in company with other vessels etc. In other words be prepared for the worst and hope for the best not vice versa. The hobies are a fantasic boat and in perfect conditions that is a 3 hour run but more likely 5 hours. There and back in a day is a much greater challenge due to tides and afternoon sea breezes. I would camp on moreton and return the next day. A much better option would be to start somewhere like caloundra for instance as there is great fishing just a few miles out. I bagged a 42kg longtail there the best tuna Ive ever caught.