Year OneDate: 29/1/2008 16.00Weather: overcastLocation: Off Tasmanian coast around St Helens - Tasmania 41'28S 148'26EAuthor: PeterWe woke up with the group on Sunday morning and made our way to the Denison canal as we were to go through together as a large group so that the bridge did not have to open multiple times. The canal itself was quite narrow but deeper than...
Year OneDate: 26/1/2008 10.00pmWeather: still and beautiful tonightLocation: Slopen Main - Tasmania 42'58S 147'40EAuthor: Kylie and PeterThis is the first night of our cruise in company to Flinders Island. We have just returned to the boat after a bbq on the beach with the other 10 or so boats anchored at Slopen Main. We were a little unorganised this morning and left about...
Year OneDate: 24/1/2008 MiddayWeather: 22 degrees but sunnyLocation: Hobart, Tasmania - The Royal Yacht Club of TasmaniaAuthor: PeterWe woke up Sunday morning to discover it was race day so moved over to the otherside of the river to Lindisfarne Sailing Club to say g'day to some old friends and to relax and watch the race. This did not quite go to plan however...
Spoilt, that’s what we are…Sarah has posted us 2 huge bags of goodies to be opeed at various times such as when the package arrived, Australia Day, April Fools etc. There were however some rules: We had to take a pic of the gifts and then a pic each time we open one so she knows we aren’t cheating and post the pics...
Year OneDate: 24/1/2008Weather: 22 degrees but sunnyLocation: Hobart, Tasmania - The Royal Yacht Club of TasmaniaAuthor: KylieHi everyone, sorry for not writing in ages. Yes we are safe and have arrived in Hobart! Actually we got in on Saturday night but have been busy being tourists the last few days. More about that later...East Boyd BayWe left Eden last Thursday morning along with...
We are now headed to Tasmania across the 240km stretch of Bass Strait. ...
Year OneDate: 16/1/2008 11.30amWeather: Southerly front just come throughLocation:Eden - East Boyd BayAuthor: PeterWe have a had some fantastic days down in Twofold Bay. We spent some time catching up with our friends Pete and Jess and have had some wonderful food thanks to Jess and her passion for cooking. We would also like to say a big thanks to them for driving...
We have internet access so here are a few pics...Casualty 1 - Spinaker pole (Sydney Harbour to Jervis Bay) Ulladulla HarbourCasualty 3 - Mainsheet block (Batemans Bay to Eden)Sunset at east Boyd Bay - 11/1/08We moved to East Boyd Bay for some protection from a southerly forecast to hit late afternoon. We were happy we did...quite a wind picked up, as well as...
Year OneDate: 11/1/2008 4.00pmWeather: Fine,sunny and windy, SW change expected late today strong wind warning presentLocation:Eden - Quarantine Bay - 37 04S 149 52EAuthor: KylieHello everyone, Pete and I are now in Eden. We decided not to stop at Bermagui or Tathra Head and instead sailed from Batemans Bay straight through to Eden on Wednesday. We left Batemans Bay at 9am (had to...
Year OneDate: 6/1/2008 4.00pmWeather: Fine and Sunny now, SW change expected late today strong wind warning presentLocation:Batemans Bay - Square HeadAuthor: Kylie and PeterWe write this sitting at square head in Batemans Bay waiting to cross the bar into the river. We left Ulladula this morning with no wind, motoring for the first 40 minutes then the wind gradually increased from the NE...
Year OneDate: 4/1/2008 7.00pmWeather: Fine and Sunny now, rainy and windy this morningLocation:Jervis Bay - Long BeachAuthor: Kylie and PeterWe were beginning to think that Jervis Bay was always windy, more precisely always blowing a gale but this afternoon we were finally shown some nice weather. We are anchored by ourselves off Long Beach on the eastern side of Jervis Bay. This afternoon...
Year OneDate: 2/1/2008 10.30pmWeather: Fine and SunnyLocation:Jervis Bay - Hole in the WallAuthor: Kylie and PeterHave just woken up after a bumpy night, got in to Jervis Bay at 10.30pm last night. Trip took us 11 hours with an average speed of 7.5knots. Our maximum speed reached was 11.7 knotsAlready learning lessons the hard way! NEED to set wind alarms, auto pilot does...
Year OneDate: 1/1/2008 1.30pmWeather: 13knots from the NE, clear sky's, beautiful day, sea is a bit sloppy due to a big low off QLD. Good for the surfers though.Location:Off the coast of NSW approximately abeam of Port HackingAuthor: Kylie and PeterWe have left!!! We are both extremely excited.We sailed out of Sydney Heads at around 11.30am heading for Jervis Bay, approximately 80nm south....
