14 Mar 2021 | Cruising destinations, Trips
By Sanna Westling S/V RaRa. In Newcastle, we looked ahead at the weather forecast for the following week and decided to go to Swansea and attempt getting into Lake Macquarie. We spoke to Marine rescue and decided to give this a try, not being ready to return to Sydney...
14 Mar 2021 | Cruising destinations, Trips
By Kelly Nunn-Clark of S/V Sanctum. Okay where to start……. I have been wanting to update our blog, ‘onelegatatime’ almost daily but it takes time to organise photos and write. We have been so busy with work and working on the boat that there seems to be...
14 Mar 2021 | Different sailing
by Anna Alvsdotter. High-performance sailing is what many of us aspire to. The dream is to go faster than the wind, but unless you’re on an America’s Cup AC75, or as in this story – an iceboat – the dream might not be so easily achieved. Being a Sydney sailor,...
14 Mar 2021 | random tales
By Martin Colebrook. My Dad was a policeman. He was very strict. I grew up in a little village in the midst of farming land in Kent, UK. He was the village bobby and so I had to be a good boy at all times, which I was but was always being told off for something or...
28 Feb 2021 | Tech corner
By Niclas Westling. If you’re anything like me, you want to understand the various systems on the boat. Why? Well, when things go wrong, and you’re out to sea it can be very handy to be able to do some basic troubleshooting. Also, it may give some...
21 Dec 2020 | Cruising destinations
by Phil Darling, eXpresso How to choose. We have the quietness and solitude (mostly) of Bantry Bay. The innercity bustle and excitement of Lavender Bay, just under the Harbour Bridge. The suburban charm of Hen and Chicken Bay. The upmarket shelter and...
24 Nov 2020 | terminology
By Dot Theeboom. Here are some terms in common use which originated in sailing: At a loose end – unoccupied. Nautically, loose ends are unattached ones that are not doing their job. “Tying uploose ends” is used to mean finalising details of a matter as a sailor makes...
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