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Over Night on Smooth Water

It’s Aug 8th now and we have been motoring for three days and haven’t turned the boat’s stabilizers on once! The water is that smooth. One whole week of fabulous weather   Currently we are on a 60 hour nonstop passage that is taking us from th…

Over Night on Smooth Water

It’s Aug 8th now and we have been motoring for three days and haven’t turned the boat’s stabilizers on once! The water is that smooth. One whole week of fabulous weather   Currently we are on a 60 hour nonstop passage that is taking us from th…

Traveling South from Whitsunday

Our first day of travel got us to Scawfell Island around 2:30pm. Pulling up to the lee side of an island with a sandy beach is not a Canadian West Coaster’s idea of “gunk holeing” (terminology used to describe hopping from anchorage to anchorage on…

Traveling South from Whitsunday

Our first day of travel got us to Scawfell Island around 2:30pm. Pulling up to the lee side of an island with a sandy beach is not a Canadian West Coaster’s idea of “gunk holeing” (terminology used to describe hopping from anchorage to anchorage on…

From My Galley Window

From My Galley Window (A perfect “after sunset” in the Whitsundays, Australia)   Water, shimmering navy blue satin, shot with streaks of dark silver grey. Distant mountains, gun metal grey and closer dotted islands, velvet black, in stark rel…

From My Galley Window

From My Galley Window (A perfect “after sunset” in the Whitsundays, Australia)   Water, shimmering navy blue satin, shot with streaks of dark silver grey. Distant mountains, gun metal grey and closer dotted islands, velvet black, in stark rel…

Perfect Conditions in Whitsundays

Hamilton Island Marina in the Whitsundays is a good place to pass some windy days. We spent July 31 and Aug 1 nights there, gave the boat a well deserved bath.  We got together with Oso Blanco both evenings as we will be parting ways when we l…

Perfect Conditions in Whitsundays

Hamilton Island Marina in the Whitsundays is a good place to pass some windy days. We spent July 31 and Aug 1 nights there, gave the boat a well deserved bath.  We got together with Oso Blanco both evenings as we will be parting ways when we l…

Making Tracks Again

We are making tracks south again today July 29. I have to write the date down every once in awhile as I tend to lose track.  It is a normal travel day, bouncing into the south east swell and being sprayed by the persistent 15 to 20 knot trade …

Making Tracks Again

We are making tracks south again today July 29. I have to write the date down every once in awhile as I tend to lose track.  It is a normal travel day, bouncing into the south east swell and being sprayed by the persistent 15 to 20 knot trade …