Ok Wine-o’s, After 1.5 years of the Hammo to Hobart Campaign, Wine~Dark Sea is back in cruising mode, though we are gearing up for the Port Stephen Regatta in May. Hopefully you’ve read Pete’s Hammo to Hobart blog to understand the Triumphs and Tribulations of that campaign. Converting back to cruising Getting her back to […]
2025 CYCA Bluewater Series
So we haven’t quite kept up with the blog scope but we’re back on it. The Bluewater series was punctuated by several high points even if the results didn’t necessarily show it. We had great starts in all the races. We even confused the commentators on the Cabbage Tree Island race as we had already […]
The Blog is back
After a very, very, very long break the blog is back. I stopped blogging half way up to Magnetic Island in 2022 and just never came back to it. Since then I have done another trip to Airlie and Maggie race weeks in 2023 which also resulted in abandonning of the Melbourne-Osaka plan for 2025. […]
North West Island to Airlie
Sorry it has taken me so long to get around to this post. It’s not like I can blame my hectic lifestyle. My pilgrimage to Sarah’s resting place complete, I was called back to reality by the need to get back within communication range for a video conference the next morning. I weighed anchor and […]
Bundaberg to North West Island
I had been weighing up a few options for this next leg. Do I do a short hop to Pancake Creek or Lady Musgrave? Or a longer leg directly to North West Island. Frankly it came down to not wanting to spend any more time with my keel in the mud at Bundberg. At its […]
Mooloolaba to Bundaberg
With the handover of the Sydney Football Stadium imminent, I could start my long 2 months of live-aboard. With more tide than when Lindy and I entered and a new sounding being provided by the hydrographer the exit was plain sailing and we headed for the first waypoint off Waddy Point, 100 nautical miles away. […]
Southport to Mooloolaba
Lindy Hardcastle joined me for the short trip from Southport to Mooloolaba. I flew up on Sunday morning and met up with my uncle, Steve, and my cousin, Sean. The later of which works for Riviera yacht on the Gold Coast. The place was pumping, so much so the yacht club couldn’t accommodate us for […]
Sydney to Southport Solo
This year the delivery of Wine-dark Sea to Queensland for Airlie beach race week and magnetic island race week is being juggled with the final commissioning of the new Sydney football stadium. Eyeing up a potential 5 day weekend without commissioning and a favourable weather window, on the tail of a southerly blast, I decided […]
Getting ready to rumble…
It feels great to be getting back into the routine. As departure approaches I’m now in my route planning routine. Every 12 hours, when the new forecasts are released, I download the 6 models from Predictwind and import them into Expedition to run my optimized routes at 6 hour departure times. Currently I’m debating slightly […]
Modifications aplenty. Some planned, some not so much
So long since my last post. Well I didn’t seem to get out much on the boat over summer. Not really sure why. The general blur of the last 2 years of the ‘rona has me wondering what exactly I have done with the last 2 years. I even had to Google when we came […]
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