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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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Sydney Boat Show 2023
A visit to the Sydney Boat Show is a great way to see many different types of boats, be it small tenders, surfboards, sups, sailing boats, motorboats and some huge engines and boats. The RaRa crew enjoyed Saturday at the show – the weather was a little drizzly but we managed to see and visit…
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Viking III – the journey begins
It’s always been a dream of mine to do a World Circumnavigation, so after Simon and I sold Delphin during Covid I started looking for a new yacht that would be a capable blue water sailor. I have always loved the quality of Swedish-built yachts so preferred Malo, Najad or Hallberg-Rassy. Unfortunately, they don’t come…
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Eternity, Buizen 40
by Dallas O’Brien. I would like to introduce our new boat, SV Eternity. Build She was built by Mastercraft Marine in Terrey Hills in 1996 by the late Eddie Buizen. The boat was designed by Paul Stanyon, and was the first pilothouse yacht built in Australia. There were 36 Buizen 48’s built and 10 only…
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S/V Shearwater
A video recording of Guido’s presentation to the Cruising division on the 21 June, 2021.
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Catalina 375, RaRa
Owners: Niclas & Susanna Westling. She was built in 2010, probably in Florida, USA, and is designed by Gerry Douglas. The C375 was replacing the much more common C36 (Mk2). The diesel power comes from a 40HP 3 cylinder Yanmar (3JH4E). The hull is made of hand-laid woven fiberglass and Vinylester (no sandwich) and the…
