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Our August Sailing Adventure in Sardinia and Corsica, 2023
Our August Sailing Adventure in Sardinia and Corsica, 2023 Kristin and Jeremy Clarke SV Kai Rani
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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 weather we have received…
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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 to get into Lady Barron, on…
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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
