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Preparing for our first longer Cruise
Susanna and I are about to embark on a longer adventure, sailing north towards the Barrier Reef on S/V RaRa. In preparation for the upcoming journey I have tried to document some of our preparations to the boat in particular below. There are also some significant changes to lifestyle, decluttering of our unit etc, but…
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October ’24 Long Weekend Cruise
With so many of our Cruisers still enjoying their time further north in Queensland or with other commitments here in Sydney, the October Long Weekend Cruise was fairly small, both in the number of boats attending and also the distance we cruised. Three boats came along with Sanna & Niclas on RaRa, Gavin on Viking…
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Port Stephens Race week 2024
Another brilliant week of fun racing around the harbour and offshore around the islands. It is probably our favourite sailing week of the year. The racing was very well organised and the courses were fabulous taking in some wonderful scenery. It was also very good spinnaker practice for SnO with everybody gaining much more confidence…
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Anchor Problems in Chinamans!
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, peaceful bay. There were a handful of other vessels, including a…
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Pancake Creek
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, and I’m afraid I said as much.…
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Easter Cruise 2024
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 plans to visit Dangar Island on Easter Saturday. It was the…
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Improving electrics on Gana
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 had an installation in dire need of attention. I agreed to take…
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Serenite
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 I bought her from the second owners in March 2017 in Airlie…
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Messing about on the River Medway
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 seems Mark Foy, founder…
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On building character and strength – a week in the Whitsundays
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 did allow us to grow as people, which is the new black…
