Living the Delivery life – Simone Hill

Living the Delivery life – Simone Hill

3 May 2023 | Different sailing, Safety, Trips

How did you get into this line of work? When the opportunity to join some yacht deliveries arose at the beginning of Australia’s COVID lockdowns in 2021, I jumped at the chance for a new adventure. Having grown up around boats in a sailing family and competing in...
Plimsoll Mark

Plimsoll Mark

2 Apr 2023 | History, random tales, Safety

by Jeremy Clark, S/V Kai Rani The Plimsoll Mark is painted on the side of British Merchant Ships to indicate the draught levels to which a ship may be loaded under various conditions  The Plimsoll Mark shows six  loading levels, those for: TF –...
Marine Pilot Jon Drummond

Marine Pilot Jon Drummond

24 Mar 2023 | Safety, Videos

A Cruising talk Jon did at MHYC in March 2023. Jon took us through the journey of how a Pilot guides the large commercial ships in and out of the Sydney Harbours, explaining the way they navigate using landmarks and navigational marks. He also explained some incidents...
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. ...