Keep it cool

Tech talk with Pete today I was inspired to have a look at Wine-Dark Sea’s cooling system after Sunday’s CYCA Winter Series race (which we won by the way). I saw another yacht blowing steam out their exhaust. We told them and they shut their engine down straight away most likely saving their engine from […]

One year on…

Today is one year since Sarah Goddard-Jones, my Little Welsh Dragon and soulmate passed away. Over the long weekend (at least in Australia) friends of Sarah all around the world have remembered her in their own way. Not surprisingly this has generally involved champagne, and lots of it. On Sunday, the Wine-Dark Sea crew got […]

COVID times

Like 2019 wasn’t enough of a shit show. Welcome to 2020! It is early days but I’m not holding my breath about getting Wine-Dark Sea up north this year. In Wine-Dark Sea news, we got back racing but the season was quite disjointed given the late return of Wine-Dark Sea, the repair work she required […]

More Tragedy for Wine-Dark Sea

Tragedy has unfortunately followed Wine-Dark Sea further into 2019. As many of you may be aware Wine-Dark Sea was involved in a fatal sailing accident on Sunday night of the October long weekend (6/7 October). It is with the heaviest of hearts that I write that person was Hugh Lachlan Macready. Hugh was an experienced […]

Magnetic Island Race Week

Tropical Race weeks have to be approached in a pragmatic fashion. Often crews arrive to find themselves apparent “handicapped out”. The reality is that until you are out on the race track you don’t really know. Having coming 2nd twice before at Magnetic Island Race week, the race committee should have had a good read […]

Middle Percy

19/8/19 After a bit of a sleep in and a hearty breakfast we radioed the homestead to see it Cate was taking visitors. She was so we headed into the beach. Greg and Lindy had their first tour of the famous A-frame. I went in search of the Wine-Dark Sea mug that Sarah and I […]

Mooloolaba – Middle Percy Island

16/8/19-18/8/19 As relaxing as it was to be snugged up in Mooloolaba, we had to keep moving. Another overnight was in store and we departed Mooloolaba with a goal to get to Lady Musgrave around midday the following day. We left Mooloolaba at 0640, after the obligatory coffees of course. Our only real drama was […]