1 Day sailing / motoring –

Departing everyday Sailing Whitsundays to Whitehaven Beach, Hill Inlet lookout and a snorkel stop. A relaxing Airlie Beach Day Tour with a small group of 24 guests

• 7.30am – Depart Coral Sea Marina North & set sail across the Whitsunday Passage. Learn how to belay a cleat; sweat the mainsail on our tall ship or just chill on deck and watch the sails fill in the breeze.

•  10 am –Delicious locally prepared morning tea on deck before we sail for Whitehaven Beach (northern end Betty’s Beach) and Hill Inlet for a light bush walk and a stroll along the beach.

• 1 pm – Lunch box served on board – if you chose the lunch option with the tour.

• 1.30 pm – Depart under sail to Dumbell Island for some snorkelling time.

• 2.30pm  – Why not indulge in a drink from our licenced bar while you nibble on a fruit platter and try something sweet on the way back home

• 4.30pm – Back in port at Coral Sea Marina north end.

All Inclusive: Morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, , coffee, tea, chilled water, snorkelling equipment, stinger suits, Marine Park fees and National Park fees.  If the wind conditions are not strong, the boat will motor to travel the distance.

• Winter wetsuit hire available at $10pp

Inclusions

• Transfers to / from your accommodation

• Morning tea

• Afternoon tea

• Coffee & tea

• Chilled water

• Snorkelling equipment,

• Stinger suits,

• Marine Park fees and National Park fees.

What to bring

• swimwear,  sunscreen, hat, camera, beach towel

• cash for drinks at the bar

• lunch if you selected ‘bring your own’

• Winter wetsuit hire available at $10pp

Providence V is a unique vessel – a 62-ft gaff rigged topsail Gloucester schooner. Her builder was an Ozzie guy who’d fought in the Korean War. His reward was to be trained as a boat builder. He began building cray boats down south and then moved to Queensland when they found prawns in the Gulf, to build prawn trawlers. But his real passion lay in wooden boats. In the mid 80s, he decided to build the ultimate schooner so he travelled, with his wife, up the east coast of America. He finally found his ultimate schooner. The builder saw four Providences on his journey north so he named this boat Providence V. Providence is the capital of Rhode Island so it’s not surprising it was a common name for vessels.