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Marine Pilot Jon Drummond
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 that have occurred and what can be done…
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2023 Hobart Wooden Boat Festival
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 still new vessels being built, old…
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RaRa Christmas Cruise to Jervis Bay 2022
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 where we stayed the night. The next morning we…
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Broughton Island NYE
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 anchoring in Coal Shaft Bay, we joined…
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Cruising Rallies in the South Pacific
Presentation to MHYC Cruisers 17 October 2022, by John Hembrow from “DownUnder Cruising Rallies” and Viki Moore from “Island Cruising NZ”
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Sanctum’s cruise to Tasmania 2022
Evan Hodge spilling the beans on what went on in the latest crossing from Sydney to Tasmania. Good tips on places to stop along the way and much more. Presented to the Cruising Division at the AGM, 20th June 2022
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Travels with the Attersalls
Gill telling the tales of many adventures on the seas over the years together with Glynne
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Easter cruise to Shell Harbour 2022
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 evening anchored in Botany Bay at a location called Frenchmans Cove, before an 0800…
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Costa Concordia – the story of the grounding and salvage operation
Zoom presentation by Noel Phelan to the Cruising Division on the 16th August 2021
