“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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“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...
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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...
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‘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 readingC’est La Vie Princess V52 Gold Coast to Mackay & return June / July 2015
Peter and Sharon wanted to discover the Whitsundays on their new Princess V52. I assisted Peter for the trip up in June and my crew Martin helped me with the return delivery in July....
“Kibitzer” Meridian 580 Pilothouse Fremantle to Melbourne March 2015
Back across the "Bight" for me on this superb vessel. Joining me on this delivery is Andy my long distance specialist and supplier of a great movie library for our viewing pleasure!...
Heritage 52 Queenscliff Pt Phillip Bay to Georges River Sydney Feb 2015
We believed there bad people but also good people, like you. So just to show our great appreciation and gratitude we have promptly paid you with little bonus. May God bless you and your family. ...
“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....
“Oscar V” Ranger 42 Pittwater to Aqua Paradise Brisbane December 2014
Roy was “boatless” for just 6 days before buying Oscar V, site unseen from Andrew Moore Marine in Pittwater. By the time it was surveyed, I had to squeeze the delivery in, leaving on boxing day to make sure we got it north in time for New Year. No promises to Roy, but...
Continue reading“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"...