May 2016... An old school mate and newly retired Peter bought himself and wife Sue a present to enhance their new lifestyle. Wilsons Promontory was rather windy with gusts in the high 60's so we had to postpone our departure by 2 days. When we did leave we were very conservative with our sail...
Continue readingAuthor: Grahame Bear
‘Wolf’ Hunter 336 Mooloolaba to Woolongong April 2016
April 2016... Andy and I set off with a light NE breeze from Mooloolaba. Day 1 was excellent making very good time. In the light conditions we motor sailed for the first 24 hours until the motor stopped. Symptomatic of dirty fuel, I tried to clear the blockage but thought it was in the...
Continue reading‘Trepido’ Halvorson Island Gypsy Perth to Lake Macquarie April 2016
April 2016... After a fairly rolly first 3 days to Esperence, the weather abated and we had a smooth crossing of the Bight. We had a few minor electrical issues on the way and unfortunately lost refrigeration on day 2 but survived on our dry rations. Start battery issues meant one bank replaced in...
Continue reading‘Compass Rose’ 47ft two deliveries April 2015 to Feb 2016
April 2015... I met up with Peter in Newcastle and pick up Compass Rose to relocate to Nowra. We had a non eventful voyage over night to the new location which was chosen primarily due to its proximity to Canberra where Peter and Ann live and work. February 2016... After being moored in the...
Continue reading“Blue Nose” Bavaria 34 Port of Airlie to Mooloolaba December 2015
Glenn searched for some time to find Blue Nose up at Airlie and in my opinion it was worth the wait. Having sailed Ann Louise (Bavaria 32) from Sydney to Hobart previously, I was familiar with the fantastic layout of these yachts and the 34 was equally as impressive. From the moment my crew...
Continue reading“Ortessa” Hatteras 70 from Pier 35 Melbourne to Sydney 2015
Scott will give Ortessa a new lease of life moving this beautiful 30 year old vessel into the digital age. Owner of www.marineonline.com.au and having an amazing amount of technical and practical expertise, Scott has taken on his next project to convert this 30 year old vessel both back to some of its original...
Continue reading‘Cocomarje’ Hallberg Rassy 40 Vuda Pt Fiji to Pittwater Sydney September 2015
Mike the owner of Cocomarje bought and sailed the yacht from Vancouver to Fiji four years ago. Since then, he has cruised the beautiful waters of Fiji but decided it was time to have his yacht closer to home and felt Pittwater was the best place on the East coast to keep it. My...
Continue reading‘Andrew Fisher’ 65ft ex Customs vessel Townsville to Ballina July 2015
Andrew Fisher was a different vessel ti deliver as it was the first time skippering a twin diesel jet propelled craft. After a brief demonstration by the previous owner and being handed a 4 page document describing manoeuvring techniques, we soon kind of got the hang of it. We got to Kepple Is and...
Continue reading