June 11-16 Hi All, We indeed made it to Yorkey’s Knob 5 miles north of Cairns around 8:30am on Saturday, June 11 just as planned. The overnight, 21 hour, 161nm run was actually quite pleasant. The winds indeed were 15-25kts ESE-SE and clocked from a little aft of beam to almost directly off the stern. … Read More →

June 7-11 Hi All, Cape Upstart: It was indeed very trawler like weather and we pulled in around 4:30pm as expected. The conditions remained bright sunshine and very trawler like…..winds <5 kts, seas <1’….sweet as!!! We did fish but not catch……whaaaaa!!! We met up with Bella Vita at the anchorage but both of us were … Read More →

June 2-7 Hi All, We have been without internet the past 3 days so just getting a chance to update the blog!! We are leaving the Whitsunday’s today making a 75nm passage to Cape Upstart on our way to Magnetic Island outside of Townsville. We got an early start….around 6:20am and hope to be at … Read More →

May 30 – June 1 Hi All, We left Nara Inlet around 9:30amish and arrived into Cid Harbor about an hour later….it was about 8nm….a big passage indeed:))) We were going back to Stonehaven but Brett called and said a boat named Exit Strategy, another one from our Pacific Crossing class of 2013 was coming … Read More →

Hi All, The Hamilton Island Marina was very nice indeed….back to civilization for 2 days!!!! And it was super calm and quiet….we had 2 nights of “heavenly” sleeps!!!! Of course, the best part for the Admiral was running the AC. Besides the obvious creature comfort, the Admiral likes that it dries out the boat and … Read More →

May 20-22, Hi All, We are now in the Hamilton Island Marina safe and sound. The conditions just got too rough for us over at Whitehaven Beach so after a very sleepless night we came into the marina a day early. It was about a 10nm run in 15-20 kt winds but mainly behind us. … Read More →

5/18-20 Hi All, We had a very leisurely 13nm passage to Shaw Island. We waited until the tide changed at 9:00 so we would have a slight favorable current…..besides leaving at 9:30 am is the Admiral’s preferred time to do anything:))) We had just one of those very relaxing cruiser days….read, nap, read, sightsee…yes….pretty good … Read More →

5/16-17 Hi All, We are here at Scawfell and well…..kind of blown away….I mean literally. We left early this am…around 6:45am….for this 62nm run to Scawfell. We had one of our best passages….10-15kt SE winds…..maybe 2-3′ chop….all behind us…..again a smooth ride!!! AND…..drum rolls please…..we fished and caught….a lovely bluefin tuna…maybe 10 pounds or so….yeah … Read More →

5/14-15 Hi All, The alarm went off at 3:15am right in the middle of a deep sleep….arghhhhhh:(((( So, up we are, both feeling groggy, a grogginess that coffee and tea did not seem to help for me….WTH???? The 102nm passage was actually a good one. We had 12-20kt winds SE with 3-5′ seas….all behind us….so … Read More →

5/11-5/13 Hi All, We indeed made it to Keppel Island around 6:30am last Wednesday. The last few hours were uneventful but the winds did build to 20-25kts from the south so all behind us…the ride remained moderately smooth!! The anchorage was flat calm with just a slight chop coming from the south winds, but the … Read More →