Lake Macquarie is an interesting stretch of protected water. The lake is a coastal lagoon of 110km2, with numerous bays, twists and turns, thus offering varied anchorages, and sailing conditions. The depth varies from a couple of meters up to 12m in the deepest part. Anchorages are on a muddy or sandy bottom, so the…
May be we have got over the heebie-jeebies of rough seas and gear hassles. Touch wood! We left ill-fated Port hacking on Friday, having spent a full day attending to our rudder and the navigation lights, which had decided to stop working. Mr Fix It picked up a couple more stripes on his epaulettes after…
We often say “cruising is the art of boat maintenance in exotic places”. As well as enjoying a forced rest in Jervis Bay, waiting for the northerlies to pass, we attended to a few jobs: fitting Hocus Pocus, the lightning protector, up at the top of the mast; changing a broken sail lug in the…
