7 Apr 2024 | Calamity Corner
by Martyn Colebrook Jeremy and Martyn to the rescue. It was the recent Long Weekend which saw KaiRani, Sanctum and, latterly, Flo anchored at Chinaman’s. The plan to moor at Store was abandonded as KaiRani and Sanctum were nicely settled in, in the relatively,...
7 Apr 2024 | Cruising destinations, Cruising Events
by Gill Attersall PANCAKE CREEK I think we all have to agree that Kingsley Forbes-Smith gave a most informative and entertaining talk on the weather at the March meeting. The only comment I had an issue with was his saying there was nothing to do in Pancake Creek,...
7 Apr 2024 | Cruising destinations, Cruising Events
by Selina O’Brien 4 yachts set sail on Good Friday bound for Pittwater. Sanctum looked resplendent as she carried her spinnaker and Ra Ra, Eternity and Viking III had to contend with motor sailing under benign conditions. We settled into America Bay and made...
3 Feb 2024 | Electrics/Electronics, Tech corner
by Niclas Westling A while ago David, owner of S/V Gana, called out to the Cruising group, asking for advice/help on improving his electrical installation on his old Folkboat. David admitted that electrics wasn’t his strongest side and that the boat he bought...
3 Feb 2024 | Boat presentations
A Beneteau Oceanis 400 – Jenni Lincoln and Gerald Nicholls Serenite is a Beneteau Oceanis 400. She was launched in 1996 and is a three cabin, two head configuration, originally delivered under the Moorings programme for charter work in the Whitsundays. Jenni and...
5 Dec 2023 | History, random tales
It was at Foys, the restaurant at the Flying Squadron, where us Middle Harbour Yacht Club Cruisers had our annual Long Lunch, where I read a little bit of history about the club on one of the plaques on the wall. Strange that it couldn’t be had at our own club.It...
5 Dec 2023 | Cruising destinations, Trips
Some people think of umbrella drinks, decadent luxury and a trouble-free existence when they hear you’re going sailing in the Whitsundays for a week. That’s not my cup of tea, luckily. Our Whitsunday sailing week may not have offered rejuvenating relaxation, but it...
4 Dec 2023 | Cruising destinations, Trips
In October I enjoyed a cruise to the end of the world and beyond on the MS Fram. She is the smallest of the three Hurtigruten line ships which sail in South America. We sailed from Valparaiso, the closest port to Santiago and a really interesting city in its own...
4 Nov 2023 | Safety, Trips
Through the Facebook group “Sydney Sailing Crew Finder” I found Dave, who needed some crew to help him get his 40ft Fountaine Pajot catamaran “Pourpre” from Pittwater to Coomera. As he put ‘no previous experience required’ in the ad...
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