So here we are at Eden, we anchored last night at 1:15am and up at 6am. We have a perfect weather window to sail over to Deal island so no time to play or walk …
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Day 1 & 2 – Syd to Eden – Jan 26th & 27th 2019
Hello Again!! Well we have finally organised some time off work (mostly) and are heading down to Tassie again. For our last trip in January 2017 we had time to prepare from provisioning to learning …
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On Our Way Home———————- The seas are calm and the day sunny and warm, the breeze SE fills our sails nicely and the current is pushing us to the mainland. We are expecting the wind …
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After snorkeling at Neds beach we went to find Arajilla www.arajilla.com.au, a boutique resort built and owned by the well known sailor and entrepreneur Bill Shead and his wife Janne. They created Arajilla over 30 …
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After returning from Tasmania last year life got busy. We renovated our little apartment, work responsibilities increased, study is on-going. Our wonderful Middle Harbour Yacht Club has a new Cruising Captain in Evan and I …
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We left Jervis Bay at 5:38pm. That is when we logged on with Marine Rescue. It is sunny and the wind seems pretty benign compared to yesterday. Gusts ripping through once in a while but …
Continue readingPart #1: Cruising sails? Why we chose the sails we did for Nashira.
Cruising Sails, How we chose between style, material and size of sail. Cross-cut vs. radial sails, materials: Polyester, Cruising Laminate or one of the more modern Dyneema/Polyester blends. and what size is optimum for our Bavaria 40 Ocean centre cockpit
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