As we crossed Cleveland Bay we had an excited call from Clare, checking on our progress and reminding us to call as we entered the marina. We confirmed our berthing arrangements and by 1500, we pulled into our berth with a huge reception and welcoming party, and plenty of line handlers. It was fabulous to […]

We departed Hammo at around 1100, after some quick provisioning at the brilliant new IGA, as the last of the wedding crew were heading to Dent Island for lunch. We had a good breeze, and were able to blow away the harbour cobwebs with a pleasant reach across to Woodwark Bay, just north of Airlie. […]

We have had the best few days at Hamilton Island, enjoying the nuptials of good friends and crew, Al Chase and his wife, Larissa. Despite some major hangovers on Sunday morning after the rather long session on Saturday afternoon, everyone got to the chapel on time and correctly dressed! Larissa was of course a little […]

From Macona we headed out the next morning to the northern part of Hook Island, aiming to check out the snorkeling at Maureens Cove. The wind was blowing about 10-15 knots from the East and we werent sure if the shelter there would be adequate, so  we made alternate plans to head to Butterfly Bay […]

Potter we did, but not for long, when the subject of the assymetric spinnaker came up. Once we had got around Fraser Island, we had pulled the assymetric out from under the bow and had it in the storage cabin, in case we wanted to use it, but we hadn’t had the right conditions or […]

Yes, one of my best pictures of the trip so far! The offending object is what made us stay two nights at Mackay, though the muffler was only on the sofa for a very short period of time. Mr Optimistic said, after we picked up the part at 1630, “I will have that installed by […]

Pete was superlatively optimistic as we approached Mackay, expecting that we would be in and out of the water, fully repaired in 24 hours. I cautioned that this may not be the case, and we needed to think in terms of days, rather than hours. In the end, Pete was spot on! Greg and his […]

Just a quick update for those who have not seen Facebook. We were unable to get the work done on the keel in the Whitsundays. Understandably there is still a lot of Cyclone repair work going on, so finding an available tradesman is next to impossible. Whilst we don’t believe we need urgent repairs, our […]

We had hoped to have a short stopover at Airlie Beach, but it became 3 nights because we really wanted to stock up with fruit and veg from the market. As this only happens on Saturday, we had to stay until then. However, as a bonus, we were moored beside our Sister Ship, Never a […]

We had started to discuss the need to make a visit to the mainland during our time at Goldsmith, when we really started to get low on fresh fruit and veg. We were already on powdered milk, and both fridge and freezer were starting to look half empty. We were also not sure how much […]