Deliveries

September 2020... Barbara and Bruce live on the Gold Coast and their new purchase was in 'hot spot' NSW. So despite being a master marina, Bruce was unable to come collect Elise. They engaged me to do the delivery to Tweed Heads (then a bubble with the Gold Coast for locals). I asked Phil...

August 2020... Fellow delivery skipper Mark was contracted to deliver Banter from Mooloolaba to Sydney. He got her as far as the Gold Coast but was hampered by weather. Eventually when the weather changed, so did Sydney become a 'hot spot' and the Queensland border was closed to people having recently visited Sydney. As...

July 2020 Sydney tio Southport... The crew and I met owner Ric at Gibson's Marina Pittwater and after having a very thorough hand over took Ric ashore and settled in for the night to wait for the weather to abate. Up the next morning to near perfect conditions and dropped the mooring line at...

July 2020... Catherine and Jack contacted me with a shortlist of three boats they were looking at. I checked out the listings and gave my opinion and after they inspected the yachts, chose Nutcracker (also my choice). After survey, engine service and letting an East Coast Low pass and seas abate, we departed around...

February 2020... Ross and his friend Phil, joined Ray and myself at Southport YC the morning that a cyclone was tracking toward Lord Howe Is from Noumea. Despite the lovely calm night Ray and I had bringing her down from Brisbane, shortly before meeting time, the heavens opened big time. Nevertheless, we headed out...

October 2019... Delivering a yacht across the Tasman always has some days when the weather is somewhat interesting. Not to disappoint, days 5 to 7 were 35-50kts with seas reaching 5 mtrs but Johanna II handled the conditions exceptionally well. What I found most impressive with was the ability of the auto pilot to...

2019... New owner Jay asked me to assist with the delivery of Oui Ca Va from Sydney (Pittwater) to Yamba. On board also were two of Jay's adult children Brodie and Rachael who were delightful company as well as excellent crew who all took their fair share of watches and other onboard activities. Conditions...

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...

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...

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...

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....