Posts In The “Australia” Category
Last week we left Dirona in Hobart and flew to Melbourne to attend the final two days of the Moth World Championships. Moths are 11-foot, 61.7-pound, foil-equipped racing sailboats capable of upwards of 30 knots. They’re as incredible to watch as they are difficult to sail. This year’s Moth Worlds had a record 158 entrants,…
Highlights from the week of January 5th, en-route from Eden, New South Wales to Tasmania, and our first few days there. Click any image for a larger view, or the position to view the location on a map. 1/5/2015 1/5/2015: Pretty Fly III Position: -40° 10.19′, 149° 26.24′ We had to alter course twice tonight…
Highlights from last week: 12/28/2014 12/28/2014: Sugarloaf Bay Position: -34° 47.72′, 151° 13.57′ After a few nights in Bantry Bay, we moved over to Sugarloaf Bay for a change of scenery. We enjoyed the anchorage, but it was a lot more crowded than Bantry Bay. 12/28/2014: Spit Bridge Position: -34° 48.21′, 151° 14.64′ We followed…
We started and ended the year in world-class sailing locales in two countries: the Hauraki Gulf, where Team New Zealand defended the America’s Cup, and now in Sydney Harbour, the start of the Sydney-Hobart race. Before visiting New Zealand, our main knowledge of the Hauraki Gulf was that big body of water where the America’s…
Highlights from last week: 12/22/2014 12/22/2014: Boat wash Position: -34° 50.82′, 151° 13.21′ We stopped off at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron to fill our freshwater tank and give the boat a quick wash. 12/22/2014: Bailey’s Marine Fuels Position: -34° 51.67′, 151° 11.50′ In preparation for the trip to Tasmania after New Year’s, we topped…
From the Whitsunday Islands, we ran 960 miles south to the Hawksebury River system just north of Sydney. What started out as a side-trip, mainly for a convenient place to leave Dirona while we travelled back to the US, turned out to be a memorable part of the trip. The scenery and anchorages there were…
From the southern Great Barrier Reef, we continued north to one of Australia’s premier cruising grounds, the Whitsunday Islands. Roughly 500 miles north of Brisbane, the Whitsundays are a group of 74 islands spread over 100 miles. Most of the islands are national park, with a half-dozen or so resorts sprinkled throughout. Offshore, the outer…
In 2012, we were fortunate to be in San Francisco during America’s Cup season. We watched an
One of the reasons we started diving over fiften years ago was getting full value from one day visiting the Great Barrier Reef. Even twenty years ago, we knew we were coming, we just didn’t know when. We finally arrived. Our first dive was at Lady Elliott Island, the southernmost reef in the chain that…
We bought an ocean-capable boat not because we were convinced we would round the world, but because we wanted the flexibility to be able to go anywhere in the world if we wanted to. We bought a strong boat not because we were convinced we needed to test it, but because we wanted a boat…