“Sweetart” Inglis 39 Coffs Hbr to Newcastle July 2019
July 2019... What a great boat! New owner Stephen rang me from my home port marina at Coffs Harbour asking if there was any chance of me assisting him with the delivery to Newcastle 'tomorrow'. Checking my diary, there was only 3 appointments that would need to be rescheduled (including the dentist) so I...
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Jeaneau 319 Multiple – May to June 2019
June 2019... Previously delivered from Sydney for the 2019 Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show. Unfortunately for the brokers, no sale at the boat show so the 319 spent a month at Mooloolaba Marina before we were asked to return it to Pittwater. This time going against the weather, saw the first 3 days beating...
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Cygnet – Etap 37 Gold Coast to Adelaide – May 2019
May 2019... After finding water in the fuel at the Gold Coast, we needed to drain off about a litre from the tank and bleed the system and renew all filters. Finding the fuel in this condition gave us little confidence about the maintenance of the motor. Next we decided to check and probably...
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‘Just A Dash’ Benateau 40 Mult Deliveries Jan 2013 – April 2019
Just A Dash... April 2019 Sydney to Pt Stephens and return. NSW IRC championships again, this time with a great crew and JAD beautifully prepared suffered from virtually no wind on the first 2 days and variable shifting breeze on the third. Hours of motoring around waiting for the non existing breeze to arrive....
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Carver 44 – Sydney to Melbourne – April 2019
April 2019... A last minute request to deliver this boat when the original skipper declined to continue, so I jumped on a plane within 12 hours and got the boat delivered by Easter as required. Often a problem with boats which have not been used and fuel has been left sitting for a long...
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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...
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