by Mad Crew | Jan 8, 2020 | Australia, Tasman Sea |
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....
by Mad Crew | Dec 28, 2019 | Australia, Coral Sea, New South Wales Coast |
Said goodbye to Port Macquarie around 10 in the morning in order to get the tide across the bar. And because it was a short sail (around 50 nautical miles) to our next destination Cape Hawke or Forster as it’s called we figured to get there in plenty...
by Mad Crew | Dec 21, 2019 | Australia, Coral Sea, New South Wales Coast |
Port Macquarie is a lovely little coastal town with a storied past as a penal colony from back in the early 1800’s. We had set off from Coffs Harbour later in the morning and knew that the timing would put us there early the next morning. The overnight...
by Mad Crew | Dec 15, 2019 | Australia, Coral Sea, New South Wales Coast |
Left RQS on a sunless day and spent the night at Blakesly so that we could catch the right tide to the Gold Coast the next day. We had an uneventful trip down the inside passage, anchored just outside of Seaworld which is next to the Gold Coast Seaway for a...
by Mad Crew | Nov 10, 2019 | Australia, Coral Sea, Fraser Island, Queensland Coast, Whitsundays |
It has been about 3 weeks since I posted our adventures up at Lizard Island … been a little busy! Picked up Shelley at Cairns airport and came back to Port Douglas to continue our journey south. The goal would be to get as close to Brisbane as we could...
by Mad Crew | Jul 18, 2019 | Fraser Island, Queensland Coast |
Arrived back in Brisbane and spent a few days provisioning and running errands. Making sure that MAD was up to the new adventure. Marine mechanics had a month to do a service on the engine while we were in Vancouver, but noooo, they decided that they would...
