With her classic lines and timeless elegance, the 72' schooner "Windjammer" is considered to be one of the most beautiful yachts ever to be built in Australia. Whilst built in the best traditions of her past offering sailing as it was in yesteryear that is where the resemblance to her predecessors end. Below decks she is luxuriously appointed, the interior adorned with New Guinea rosewood and fittings from a bygone era. The large uncluttered decks and spacious cockpit are ideal for enjoying a leisurely lunch or soaking up the tropical sunshine. While Windjammer is fully crewed with skipper and hostess, guests are encourage to take the wheel, tend the sheets, or for the more adventurous, climb the ratlines and for fine tune the 70' of canvas above the deck. Accommodation is in 4 cabins catering for up to 10 guests.

Itinerary

Saturday - AIRLIE BEACH/HOOK ISLAND - Boarding at 11300 at Abel Point Marina. Set sail for Blue Pearl Bay on Hayman island for our overnight anchorage.

Sunday - HAYMAN ISLAND - After breakfast go snorkelling, scuba diving or hike to the top of the island to view the magical Whitsundays. After lunch we set for the Outer Barrier Reef. Overnight at Bait Reef.

Monday - OUTER BARRIER REEF/HOOK ISLAND - Explore the wonders of the Outer Barrier Reef. Try your hand at scuba diving and snorkelling under the guidance of our diving instructor. After morning tea we set sail for Nara Inlet on Hook Island - a fjord like inlet where we hike through rainforests to view ancient cave paintings.

Tuesday - WHITSUNDAY PASSAGE/SHUTE HARBOUR - After a leisurely breakfast and a hike up to the Nara Caves we sail via Whitsunday passage to Shute Harbour where we bid goodbye to our departing guests at midday. We then leave Shute Harbour at 1230 under sail for Cataran Bay on Border Island for our overnight anchorage.

Wednesday - BORDER ISLAND/WHITSUNDAY ISLAND - After a mornings snorkelling or scuba diving the fringed reefs we take a hike up Masstrooper Peak on Border Island. After lunch we sail to the famous Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday Island for Windsurfing, beach volleyball or just lazing in the Sun.

Thursday - WHITSUNDAY ISLAND/LONG ISLAND - Sail through Solway Pass via Hamilton Island to Palm Bay on Long Island for a shoreside evening BBQ.

Friday - LONG ISLAND/AIRLIE BEACH - A week of days later, of Whale sightings, sing songs, snorkelling, hiking and lost hours reading and riding on the bowsprit we start weaving our way back to Abel Point Marina. We all seem to have been friends since the beginning of time.