24/9/2019 Today would have been Sarah’s 55th birthday. Instead I find myself burying her ashes on a remote coral cay, North West Island. As emotional as the day is, I won’t say it is hard. I find a lot of peace in the location that I have found for Sarah’s final resting place. Given the […]

15/9/19-23/9-19 Will Hardcastle arrived on the afternoon of 15th September to aid with the delivery home. We had one last dinner with Paul and Clare Ley. In the days leading up to this I had decided that some of Sarah’s ashes should be left on Magnetic Island, a place where we had planned to use […]

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 […]

20/8/19-24/8/19 Blow from the south they said, and blow from the south it did. We set off from South Percy in 20+ knots and it stayed up there most of the day. We sailed on with headsail only all day. The only real decision for the day was Scawfell or Brampton as our next anchorage. […]

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 […]

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 […]

12/8/19-15/8/19 Sorry about the delay in the post but we have been moving along and when we have stopped we have generally been out of range. Get ready for an influx of news though Following our delayed start we decided to head up to Kirribilli for a “last supper”. We were joined by a rather […]

Stowage is now complete and the boat rigged ready to go. Somehow we did manage to stow all the booze. One might say enough booze to sink a ship but I think we have just managed to lower the waterline a centimeter or two. From memory we are sporting 6 packs of Moet, Bollinger, Piper […]

Boat preparations are going well, but not without the normal number of hiccups. A couple of jobs hanging over from her lift out are yet to be finalised. The toe rails are yet to be replaced and I have been advised they will be wood and not nylon as previously advise. Lighter but more maintenance […]

I am sure most of you are already aware. Sarah passed away on the 10th of June after a diving accident in Fish Rock Cave at South West Rock on the northern NSW coast. Her funeral was held on the 2nd July at North Suburbs Crematorium and was attended by more than 300 people from […]