“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...
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‘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“On The Double” Grainger 1220 Pittwater to Fremantle January 2015
3 Weeks and 2 days covering over 2,500 nautical miles saw Ted along with friend John and myself arrive in Fremantle, incident free....
“Ann Louise” Bavaria 32 Sydney to Hobart December 2014
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...
Continue reading“HaHa” Lagoon 620 Port of Airlie to Sydney November 2014
A last minute call from owner Christian after his regular skipper had medical issues meant I had the pleasure of delivering this state of the art luxury 62ft catamaran back home after it had competed in Hamilton Is race week....
“Makroro” Westsail 32 Brisbane to Newcastle November 2014
Tom proposed to Kelly on Makroro now known as the "Love Boat"...
“Infinity 111” Farr 65 Sydney to Melbourne November 2014
Brindabella 1 now Infinity 111 goes to Melbourne...
“Freeway” Carter Passage 33 Sydney to Auckland October 2014
8 days on a port tack with Dodger and George...
“Sulis” Adams 40 Scarborough Brisbane to Sydney June 2014
Thankfully we had Grahame to pull us out of trouble, help advise, troubleshoot, and all and all get us in the right direction...
“Big Red” Delphia 40 ManlyYC Brisbane to Sydney March 2014
A very gentle cruise down the coast in a lovely yacht....
“Plaseabo” Hallberg Rassy 372 Newcastle to Melbourne October 2013
"Experienced and competent skipper and a great companion!" Paul...
“Planet Peugeot” Bavaria 50 Noumea to Lautoka, Fiji September 2013
After competing for the second time at Hamilton Island Race Week, owner Alison felt it was time to spend some time cruising the south Pacific! Some of the “Hammo” crew got Planet to Noumea but for the next leg to Fiji, they were a bit short, soI got a last minute call and three...
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