Tuvalu to Kiribati (Tarawa)
Wow! Two weeks since we left Tuvalu. Where does the time go? Our passage from Tuvalu to Kiribati took us 6 days and we sailed 727 nautical miles. We had …
Farewell Australia
Our First Bluewater crossing Blimey! It’s been a very busy and sociable 10 days at Paradise Point on Australias Gold Coast. Amongst the usual tasks of making sure DT is …
Southbound from Cairns
Can’t believe we left Cairns over a month ago! We have been super shabby at posting updates here, so its time to try and play catch up…. Our NZ departure …
Cairns!
We have had a great couple of weeks in Cairns, catching up with friends and doing a few boat jobs.Normally we swerve marinas. They tend to be expensive , stressful …
Training Week
As you may have gathered, we are both pretty new to this sailing lark. We have already completed the RYA Competent Crew course, but it was during the Brisbane winter …
OAP’s in town
Jo’s parents had decided that a visit to see us and to meet DT was long overdue. They were due to arrive on the Saturday lunchtime flight from New Zealand. …
Preparing Double Trouble for cruising
Having moved onto DT in February 2017, we had noticed that sitting in the marina was not helping the antifoul keep up with the barnacles on the hull. We also …
Liveaboards at last!
Today was the day. We have been talking about this for a number of years. It may even be as many as ten. Planning to get to this day started …
Our first solo trip !
Our first ‘solo’ trip out of Manly was over to Lucinda Bay. A couple of people had said that there was a nice place to anchor on the West of …
Sydney to Brisbane
Well moving the boat proved to be quite an experience . We managed to manoeuvre out of the berth and then get ourselves alongside the fuel dock, whilst avoiding hitting …