The Plan 2024This year we are ready to finally make that jump across the Atlantic. We will be travelling through the Gibraltar Strait from Spain and head to the Canary Islands. All the upgrades are completed on the boat including a watermaker. Mid December we plan to be in Cabo Verde to start the Atlantic adventure.
WINEGLASS BAY After the hairy arrival at Wineglass Bay we were all happy to chill out for a while (think we managed to scare the crap out of Valerie on her first sail day ... oops). It was still quite windy so ventured ashore the next day for a hike up to the...
Setting out from Long Point with Valerie we try for Wineglass Bay a part of Freycinet National Park on the east coast of Tasmania. Heard a lot about Wineglass Bay so looking forward to the trails leading up to a lookout for panoramic views. Wind was coming from the...
We have been trying to pick up Val visiting from Montreal since we arrived and first attempt was St Helens, but that was not going to work. Tried for Bicheno the next day and ran into a bad northerly coming down the coast. Which meant the tie up to the shallow dock at...
From our well rested Jamieson Bay night (Flinders Island) we started our 50 nm trek to St Helens around 0700hrs on a nice calm morning (yeah!!). At one point I looked out and saw what I thought was a log and quickly manoeuvred MAD around to find the log had...
The Strait Bass Strait is a notorious stretch of water between mainland Australia and Tasmania. Numerous vessels have had their share of difficulties in crossing the strait. The 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race resulted in the loss of 6 lives and 5 boats. So, it is...
Bateman's Bay is apparently a beautiful spot, however we wouldn't know it because Australia is on fire! The smoke is causing 1) the boat to be filled with ash again, 2) breathing is an issue. Can't imagine what it would be like for the firefighters trying to control...
