Windward Passage – 65ft luxury trawler, multiple voyages 2018-19
Hobart to Brisbane March 2019... Really hard to pick a weather window this time so we quickly provisioned and headed for Pt Arthur for the night to wait out a front due at 2100. following a track which Ken and Megan had navigated weeks earlier we found a lovely sheltered anchorage. Up early and...
Continue reading‘Scarlett’ Benateau Oceanis 351 Airlie Beach to Brisbane November 2018
November 2018... So Murray and I cleaned up Evening Breeze and transferred our gear to Scarlett. A very enjoyable meal at La Tabella then early start 0500 to catch the favourable tide. A couple of issues, reasonably new Raymarine wheel pilot had gearbox failure and intermittent engine near failures due to partial blockage of...
Continue reading‘Evening Breeze’ 35ft Catalina Sydney to Airlie Beach November 2018
November 2018... A sea change for the owners required their yacht to be relocated to Able Point Marina, just down the road from their new residence. A couple of issues setting up the new CPT auto pilot but once we made several adjustments we were much more confident in its ability.We had a new...
Continue reading’42 South’ Sunfast 3200 Hobart to Sydney November 2018
November 2018... Bruce searched for some time to find what he was looking for and eventually found the Sunfast in Hobart. Previously campaigned by a very experienced sailor, it was exceptionally well set up and maintained. Bruce joined us for the trip north and so at some stage tried every sail plan and had...
Continue reading‘Morning Lassie’ S&S 34 Melbourne to Stanley race November 2018
November 2018... The race was postponed for 7 hours waiting for the weather to abate. Unfortunately although the wind did decrease to 25-35kts, the swells were still 4-5 mts on the beam which was really uncomfortable and after a couple of knockdowns decided to preserve the boat and crew and head back to Melbourne....
Continue reading‘Matrix 111’ Custom 75ft Aluminium Fremantle to Pittwater October 2018
October 2018... With a huge fuel capacity and very economical fuel burn, 10700 lt for the 2200m was achieved without the necessity to stop for fuel. we also lucked it big time with the weather only needing to stop once for weather at Apollo Bay for 12 hours.Matt, the permanent mechanic for Matrix 111...
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