GHOST
A blog account of the activities of yacht GHOST.
| Vessel Name: | GHOST |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Hanse 470e |
| Hailing Port: | Southampton |
| Crew: | Brad and Kat McMaster |
06 May 2011 | Melbourne
01 February 2011 | Melbourne
05 December 2010 | Sydney Harbour, Australia
28 November 2010 | Pittwater, NSW, Australia
28 November 2010 | Sydney Harbour, Australia
28 November 2010 | Pittwater, NSW, Australia
23 November 2010 | Pittwater, NSW, Australia
17 November 2010 | Coffs Harbour
12 November 2010 | 100nm NE of Coffs Harbour
10 November 2010 | closing on Australian coast east of Brisbane
08 November 2010 | On route to Oz
07 November 2010 | Baie de Prony, New Caledonia
06 November 2010 | Vanuatu & New Caledonia
03 November 2010 | Noumea, New Caledonia
25 October 2010 | Santo, Vanuatu
14 October 2010 | Aore Island, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
13 October 2010 | Aore Island, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
12 October 2010 | Aore Island, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
05 October 2010 | Aore Island, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
16 September 2010 | On route to Vanuatu
Recent Blog Posts
06 May 2011 | Melbourne
It's Official
It's a sad but good thing, we no longer own GHOST. She is now owned by an architect in Sydney who has plans of sailing the South Pacific once again.
01 February 2011 | Melbourne
Reality bites!!
It's been a while since we updated the blog. Apologies for that but we've been busy fighting off the onslaught of reality, not really wanting to admit it's over! After arriving it was the welcome party in Sydney, followed by a hectic week of moving ALL our personal stuff off GHOST. On a side note, it [...]
05 December 2010 | Sydney Harbour, Australia
Pictures from the party & sailing around Sydney harbour
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28 November 2010 | Pittwater, NSW, Australia
GHOST for sale!
Well it's sad news but GHOST is now officially up for sale!
28 November 2010 | Sydney Harbour, Australia
Welcome to Sydney GHOST
Well it was a brilliantly sunny day as we set off from Pittwater in GHOST, entering the Sydney heads about lunchtime. It was a pretty emotional sail through this iconic harbour which Brad has envisaged sailing into as long as he's dreamt of sailing home to Australia. Soon we were pulling up to the [...]
Galapagos, here we come
13 April 2010 | On Route to the Galapagos
Jay
Turtle. Tick. Shark. Tick. Dolphins. Tick. Sailing, motoring, lightning, calm seas, rough seas. Tick Tick Tick. It can't be said we haven't had a varied trip after leaving Panama with a bit of everything in the last 3 days aboard Ghost.
After leaving Panama we decided to spend a few days exploring the Pearl Islands before heading to the Galapagos. A school friend of mine, Claire, who now lives in Panama, also came along. Two nights exploring some picturesque bays, swimming, playing late night cards and trying out Brad and Kat's latest purchase of a Wakeboard went by quickly. On the last day after dropping Claire off at the tiny airport by dingy (one of the more novel forms of airport taxi I would say...) we headed south.
After catching another fish for dinner, we stopped for a quick swim at the most Southerly island and after dinner enjoyed a fast night passage with winds gusting up to 30 knots. These contributed to a good first day's run of 160 miles, during which we had two large pods of dolphins following us for a few hours at a time, both by day and night. Seeing them by night for this long was a first for me aboard Ghost and something I'd been hoping for. It was a dark night and the bioluminescence of the water as the dolphins swam and jumped adjacent to the boat was very bright and we could hear them breathing alongside the boat as they played.
The night led in to another good day of sailing in 10-20 knot winds during which we saw turtles, another large pod of dolphins and our first shark cruising near the boat. Unfortunately, as expected with this part of the world the wind didn't hold up and by early Monday morning the engine went on and deliberations started on our best course of action. We have now motored for a day and a half south, and seem to have picked up some good southerly winds and are beating SW with roughly 480 miles to go.
Other time has aboard has been spent reasonably studiously. Including, catching fish, Steve starting work on his first novel (yes Ghost will be the birthplace of a literary phenomenon we have no doubt), Kat cooking up some great dishes, Kat bugging me to write this blog, Kat bugging Brad to write any blog and many an IPod game and book being read. Hopefully the wind will hold up and we can look forward to crossing the Equator and arriving in the Galapagos Islands at the end of the week.
After leaving Panama we decided to spend a few days exploring the Pearl Islands before heading to the Galapagos. A school friend of mine, Claire, who now lives in Panama, also came along. Two nights exploring some picturesque bays, swimming, playing late night cards and trying out Brad and Kat's latest purchase of a Wakeboard went by quickly. On the last day after dropping Claire off at the tiny airport by dingy (one of the more novel forms of airport taxi I would say...) we headed south.
After catching another fish for dinner, we stopped for a quick swim at the most Southerly island and after dinner enjoyed a fast night passage with winds gusting up to 30 knots. These contributed to a good first day's run of 160 miles, during which we had two large pods of dolphins following us for a few hours at a time, both by day and night. Seeing them by night for this long was a first for me aboard Ghost and something I'd been hoping for. It was a dark night and the bioluminescence of the water as the dolphins swam and jumped adjacent to the boat was very bright and we could hear them breathing alongside the boat as they played.
The night led in to another good day of sailing in 10-20 knot winds during which we saw turtles, another large pod of dolphins and our first shark cruising near the boat. Unfortunately, as expected with this part of the world the wind didn't hold up and by early Monday morning the engine went on and deliberations started on our best course of action. We have now motored for a day and a half south, and seem to have picked up some good southerly winds and are beating SW with roughly 480 miles to go.
Other time has aboard has been spent reasonably studiously. Including, catching fish, Steve starting work on his first novel (yes Ghost will be the birthplace of a literary phenomenon we have no doubt), Kat cooking up some great dishes, Kat bugging me to write this blog, Kat bugging Brad to write any blog and many an IPod game and book being read. Hopefully the wind will hold up and we can look forward to crossing the Equator and arriving in the Galapagos Islands at the end of the week.
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