During a visit to the South Pacific in February 2011, four of us went for a two-day circumnavigation of Hamilton and Whitsunday islands, complete with a visit to Whitehaven beach and its famed overlook. The sailing aboard the new Seawind 1250 was spectacular, but still no match for the raw beauty of this slice of the Australian Coast and gateway to the Great Barrier Reef.

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