Provisioning. Never a simple job, especially when you are trying to think about where it will all fit, and you have to “be prepared” for any eventuality! I knew that Clare had a great spreadsheet for Pilgrims provisioning, so rather than trying to create my own inept version, I asked if she would mind sharing. […]

With one week before our expected departure, it was crucial to ensure we have a place for everything we need, we don’t carry too much excess, and that things are accessible. Most of our large storage space is under beds or seats, so when packing stuff away, we have to think about storing stuff for […]

So this year, Pete and I are taking Wine-Dark Sea north. We will retrace the steps we took last year on Pilgrim, but heading as far north as Magnetic Island. We will be taking friends, meeting friends, racing at Airlie Beach and Magnetic Island, then cruising home to Sydney. If we can just get ourselves […]

Pete and I are home, the cats are back from prison and we commence a new era. Pete is starting his own business, and I will be returning to work. We are looking forward to sailing Wine-Dark Sea again, and taking some of our learnings from our cruise with Paul, Clare and Pilgrim and applying […]

I managed to drag myself out of bed for the line throwing and exit of the harbour. It was uncomfortable as the sea was still up though there wasn’t much breeze. We exited at around 8am, and turned south under engine at around 7 knots. We put up the main to steady our motion, and […]

Lazy morning lolling around in pyjamas, drinking tea and coffee, catching up on email, and other electronic stuff. Text from mum to say they are following the blog, which is great. Wind is whistling through the rigs all around us, but we aren’t heeling today, so that’s a bit better. A little rain passing through […]

We gradually awoke around 9, all feeling much better for a couple of bourse good sleep. It was a beautiful morning with the nor’easter still gently cooing everything down and the sun continuing to blaze down from a blue sky. We know the southerly is coming, but it’s still only at Newcastle, so we all […]

I woke at around 8am, with another glorious blue sky overhead. Pete stuck his head on my door and checked if I wanted coffee. I luxuriated in bed with a coffee and my book for about an hour, then realised that my iPhone time had changed for NSW and that I really should have been […]

A beautiful morning, with very light breeze, sunshine and a million tinnies buzzing around fro the first crack of daylight! It’s busy out here this morning as I sit on deck with my cup of tea and I could stay here forever. Such a great little place, good crabbing, good provisioning and great yacht club. […]

I woke up to the dulcet tones of rugby commentary as Pete had done the 4am wake up to watch Australia and England. As I woke and got up, so Australia won which means England cannot get beyond the first round, and Wales are through. Even worse for Clare, we ran out of gas before […]