2023 Hobart Wooden Boat Festival

2023 Hobart Wooden Boat Festival

6 Mar 2023 | Cruising destinations, History, Videos

It has been great living on Sanctum in the wooden boat capital of Australia for the last 10 months.  Living on board in Cygnet and surrounds we are among so many wooden boats both loved and unloved. Tasmania really is the land of love for wooden boats. There are...
RaRa Christmas Cruise to Jervis Bay 2022

RaRa Christmas Cruise to Jervis Bay 2022

31 Jan 2023 | Cruising destinations, Trips

S/V RaRa this year decided to head south to benefit from the forecasted wind conditions which were mainly NE. The goal was Jervis Bay, which we hadn’t seen before. On our first day, we left Sydney and had an absolutely fabulous downwind sail to Port Hacking...
Broughton Island NYE

Broughton Island NYE

31 Jan 2023 | Cruising destinations, Trips

For a number of years now Jeremy and I have been sailing up to Port Stephens, but have never managed to make it to Broughton Island. This year, with consistent light NNE winds we sailed the 7nm to Esmerelda Cove, intending to stay overnight for NYE. With better...
Travels with the Attersalls

Travels with the Attersalls

4 Jun 2022 | Cruising destinations, random tales, Trips

or – You are never too experienced to not get left with egg on your face! By Gill Attersall, Simply Irresistible Last MHYC Prize Giving Sanna honoured Glynne and myself with presenting to us the Yaffee Trophy, which usually is awarded for a cruise of note. ...
Easter cruise to Shell Harbour 2022

Easter cruise to Shell Harbour 2022

1 May 2022 | Cruising destinations, Trips, Videos

Dallas & Selina O’Brien (video by Niclas/Sanna) Four boats made their way from Middle Harbour to Shell Harbour’s new marina complex for our Easter Cruise this year. With absolutely gorgeous weather, Argenta, Eternity, Ra Ra & Kai Rani spent the first...
Southern adventures on Sanctum

Southern adventures on Sanctum

2 Aug 2021 | Cruising destinations, Trips

by Kristin Kool-Clarke. When Kelly and Evan invited Jeremy and me to help them bring Sanctum back to MHYC from Hobart, I have to admit that I was apprehensive. I have never done an overnight passage, let alone a 60-hour passage across Bass Strait! The fact that Jeremy...