Monthly Archives: November 2014

Additional fuel tank installed

We now have our new 300 litre petrol fuel bladder tank installed under the port settee in the saloon, as pictured below. You can see the gravity feed pipe on the original tanks to the right, where fuel is fed into … Continue reading

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Satellite Communicator

Have now received my Delorme InReach Satellite Communicator, using the Iridium satellite network but $1000 less than a Satphone because it only uses text or email, not voice. Who wants to answer the phone anyway! You can post directly on … Continue reading

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Yeppoon to Brisbane Delivery: Catmando

Clockwise from bottom photo: Over supply of ineptpertise supervising dinner preparation at beautiful Pancake Creek, a gem of an anchorage just South of Gladstone , on the good ship Catmando!  Sunset at Bundaberg.  Double Island Point. Safely at her new … Continue reading

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Strong winds in Seawind Regatta

30 kts of wind saw heavily reduced rigs in this years Seawind Moreton Bay Regatta.

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Traveller upgrade

This is is what our new double car main sheet traveller will look like, after our old single car failed, spilling ball bearings all over the cockpit! Update: went a different route , rather than coupling a second traveller car … Continue reading

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