Author Archives: John

July 6-9, Hi All, We are back from the road trip around Darwin safe and sound (came back yesterday, July 14). But, before I update the blog on that trip in the next few days, I will post some pictures of the passage from Horn Island to Darwin. I last left the blog we were … Read More →

July 3-5 Hi All, WE DID IT!!!!! Leg 1 of our 2016 itinerary!! Made it to Darwin…….66 days, 2730nm…..about 41nm/day avg or about 5 hours/day of moving. Of course, we didn’t move everyday and in fact had a total of 15 overnighters……yikes…..and yes, we are a bit pooped!!!! And, we have another 2500-3000nm to go … Read More →

June 30-July 3 Hi All, We arrived at Black Point in Port Essington around 3:00pm on Thursday, June 30. We left Malay Bay around 7am and it was 59nm and took around 8 hours. It was actually a delightful trip as it seemed a treat to do a day run instead of all these overnighters!! … Read More →

June 27-29 Hi All, We arrived in Malay Bay about 12:30pm on Tuesday, June 28 safe and sound. It was a 235nm, 29.5hr, overnight run. For the first 23 hours we had rather nice conditions…..12-16kt ESE, 2-4′ seas, all behind us…..a very nice ride. But, the last 6 hours it got gnarly……20-25G32 kt winds and … Read More →

June 24-26 Hi All, We arrived safely at the Two Island anchorage on Marchinbar Island in the Wessel Island Group around 9am Sunday am. It was a 43 hour, 2 night, 336nm passage. It was probably our roughest passage this season, but having said that it was an overall ok passage. We left Horn Island … Read More →

June 21-24 Hi All, We arrived at Horn Island, Cape York area, yesterday around 8am. It was a decent 2 night passage although the weather was different. We had a good ride……winds were 15-25kts ESE-SSE, all behind us and seas in the 3-6′ range, again all behind us so it was a pretty smooth ride. … Read More →

June 17-21 Hi All, We loved Lizard Island but it had its challenges and disappointments. The 17 hour overnighter from Cairns was uneventful and a pretty good ride except for the last 6 hours when the wind and seas turned ESE and got pretty beamy….ugh!!! But, we caught up with the north bound current (the … Read More →

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 →