Deliveries – Powered Vessels

Gold Coast to Hillary's WA April 2018 Sold to Steve in WA, Murray and I set sail for the Gold Coast for the long trip. Great weather virtually the whole way made it a very pleasurable trip. Unfortunately the port stabiliser ram broke east of Esperance so a little less stable for the final...

November 2017... My longest delivery to date at 2850 nm. And welcome aboard new crew member Ben who was a great asset with his vast knowledge of boats, the sea and all things mechanical! Great company and not a bad cook either.         We stopped in Albany for a day to...

September 2017... Absolutely no problems with this delivery. Boat presented in excellent condition. Weather perfect and crewmate Rocky "The Chef" keeping us constantly well fed.Thanks also to Andrew and Josh Moore Brokerage at RMYC Pittwater for their assistance in preparing the boat....

August 2017 ... Another trip accross the "Bight" done in two parts as on the way to Albany, an oil leak in the Starbord motor meant a two week delay to our voyage. Was given outstanding service from Chris Hibbs owner of SLR Mechanical in Albany who will remain a great contact and friend....

June 2017... Luxury plus on MV Pacifica with everything you might have at home, all Miele appliances including coffee maker. An extremely well set up vessel complete with very effective stabilisers which was lovingly professionally built in Melbourne with the careful supervision of owners Bernie and Shelley. Time now to sell and allow new owners...

December 2016 and NYE Sydney Harbour… Peter and I did the trip down from their home in the Gold Coast in short legs, stopping at Coffs Harbour and Port Stephens. Weather was perfect the first two days enabling us to cruise at 24 knots but with a southerly wind and swell on the final...

October 2016... Every picture tells a story! I arrived in Fremantle having cancelled my crew (Andy) as the mechanics decided at the last minute to recondition the heat exchange elements. Unfortunately, reconditioning went wrong and resulted in new ones being flown in from the Man factory in Germany. It took a week to finally...

August 2016... Back to Hobart with Alan to pick up his new Integrity 35. Hobart turned on the weather and not nearly as cold as the previous weeks, thankfully. Up through Dennison Bridge and Dunally Canal to exit just south of Maria Is - very picturesque. The trip went exceptionally well and as I...

July 2016... A lovely couple of days riding the current down from the Gold Coast with the delightful company of new owner Phil. Twin Tug performed seamlessly with the only issue being the generator cutting out for no apparent reason facilitating cooking on the bbq.      ...

  June 2016... Another trip across the bight this time into the breeze! Along with crew mate Blair the trip took 16 days which included a couple of days waiting for a weather window in Pt Lincoln and a "pit stop" in Esperence to remove the rear platform (which had partially broken) and the...

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...

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...