Deliveries – Sailing Vessels

October 2017... Previously joined John when he first bought Calysta to deliver her from Lake Macquarie to Coffs Harbour, then when the marina was damaged and yachts were asked to leave to enable the repair, we took her up to Yamba and then when John and Sky moved to Pittwater, another most enjoyable couple...

September 2017... But for Mark and family, a fast cruising yacht with a huge amount of space and very well set up for racing or cruising. Look out James, he might give you a run for your money in your XC 45 in the Batemans Bay SC twilights! Rocky and I drove from Paynesville...

July 2017... Andy and I had a delightful 4 days delivering Aqua-C for her new owner Ian. The sea and weather were very kind to us and apart from a short stop in Shoal Bay whilst a front went through, we motored down the inside to the Gold Coast and then had a 20...

February 2017... After crewman Jeff secumbed to the ways of Jetstar (flight cancelled) we departed 12 later than planned which meant heading north into a strong NE wind to clear Moreton Is rather than the inland route to Southport then out via the seaway. Eventually at 0200 we turned south an picked up about...

Aug 2016 & Jan 2017... Stock standard run down the coast with my life long sailing buddy Michael solving the problems of the world en route. Le Billet is a very well prepared highly campaigned racing boat which owner Mark takes meticulous care of so, as expected, no problems at all. I look forward...

July 2016… Time Lord was a strong boat and the rig was well built. Unfortunately much of the peripheral equipment was second hand and not professionally installed and we had a lot of break-downs. Rocky, my crew was incredible. His logical, lateral approach to fixing things was very very creditable. The pictures show the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Johannes had his late model Bavaria 32 in Pittwater but relocated to Hobart so along with two of his work associates, asked me to assist with the delivery to Hobart. Murray and Lloyd joined me in Sydney and sailed her to Eden where we waited for Johannes. As luck has it, it was during...