When the northerlies blow, we go!

We had two days of northerlies forecast, a rare opportunity on this cruise!  So we put in a big effort and have just completed a 39 hour non-stop passage to get us south.  We left Port Macquarie at 6.30am on Sunday morning and sailed till we reached Jervis Bay at 10.30pm on Monday night, 280 nautical…

Gone into hiding from an East Coast Low!

Australian East Coast Lows are intense weather systems that have many of the characteristics of sub-tropical cyclones, and guess what? We have been right in the middle of one of them! Strong winds of 30 to 40 knots, heavy rainfalls that can cause floods, dangerous swells and seas making boating hazardous, all this for several days……

Tin Can Bay

Published in Australian Multihull World!

We have had another article published in Australian Multihull World this month!  Even though this relates to the delivery of Take It Easy from Gippsland to Tin Can Bay some 7 months ago, it is still a thrill to see our work in print.  This was very much a team effort: Wade as skipper, Merv…