Sierra’s North Coast voyage, 2023

Sierra’s North Coast voyage, 2023

Four days with winds from the north followed by four days with winds from the south. This used to be a fairly common weather pattern in my experience for the NSW East coast, which we took advantage of in many cruises over the years. But this is very different from the...
On our way home

On our way home

by Kelly Clark, S/V Sanctum I was going to write about our visit to Port Davey/Bathurst harbour but our adventures getting to and from Flinders Island’s Lady Barron still has “eeck” factor in my mind. On our way up the east coast of Tassie we had talked about wanting...
2023 Hobart Wooden Boat Festival

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...
RaRa Christmas Cruise to Jervis Bay 2022

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...
Broughton Island NYE

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...