Back on Dry Land

Ok folks it’s all back to normal once again, I feel as if I’ve just returned from a couple of weeks of total relaxation and after all’s done and dusted I had a great time The Ancient Mariner is probably a ways off as yet but it was an experience that I’d recommend to anyone [...]

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It’s a Breeze!!
 
Back on terra firma and home to Coffs, well that was a great couple of weeks spent tooling around on the water and I consider myself very fortunate to have had the opportunity, the Osiris is a great boat and I learnt a great deal. I now know that if you have enough [...]

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Hello Sailor!

It has been well worth the wait, the weather has been kind and we have sailed down the coast into Morton Bay, albeit the first part of the journey was fairly slow and a bit wallowy!! However Morton Bay has been quite a buzz, fairly narrow channels to navigate through and a lot of shallows [...]

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Anchors Away!!!

Well listeners you wouldn’t believe it, the weather has undergone a quick change, so we are going to take the opportunity and hit the big blue. We cast off (gatta luv nautical talk!) in an hour and see where it leads. Stay tuned and hopefully tonight I’ll be still standing with innards intact and will [...]

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Alas me Heartys!

Alas fellow travellers, it has come to pass that my hopes of gaining greater understanding of the great mariners of the ages, Columbus, Cook, Nelson, Drake and Alby Mangles have been dashed upon the rocks of crap weather. Once again the storm clouds are amassing above us threatening deluge and devastation. Whilst we would be [...]

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Sunshine at Last!

Well folks the sun has been shining and I have actually been out on the water albeit in the Osiris’s rubber ducky!! An hour spent wandering around the river and canals that make up the Mooloolaba waterways. I just wish I had a dollar for every thousand dollars worth of boats moored around here!!! Pretty [...]

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