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 [...]

Blustery Meltemi

27 May 2009 | Vathi Inlet, Astipalaia, Greece
Brad
Well we left Palon on the island of Nisiros this morning (a place we'll hold fond memories of) in windy conditions to say the least. Got off the harbor wall in first class style and put to sea. Had considered staying for another night as the forecast was asking for 25ish knot winds. At times we regretted leaving though as the sea state was very lumpy and the wind built most of the morning with gusts of 30 odd knots. Had the first reef in the main all day and motor sailed achieving a decent 8 knots. Unbeknownst to us we were actually in one of the most exposed areas of the Dodecanese islands as the fetch to the north is pretty much uninterrupted all the way to Macedonia, hence the heavier sea state. Put the second reef in the main early afternoon and continued to maintain 9 knots, topping out at 11.4kns!

Finally made it around the north cape of Astipalaia and down into an idyllic inlet called Vathi. Thank good it was welcoming! It is very hidden away and was apparently once the haunt of pirates! The wind is still blowing but we are anchored amongst a few other boats now and tucked up below! Man this Meltemi blows! It is a frustrating wind as it is clear blue skies outside and all forecasts suggest it should be calming down, but the Meltemi continues to defy the best efforts of any meteorologists!

Poor ol' ghosty is doing her best to sit still at anchor but failing! She hunts around all over the place and while we are used to it now, it would still be nice to not have to listen to the snubber (length of line running from each of the fwd cleats to the anchor chain) grinding away every time she swings from one side to the other... we'll see how well the new stainless steel guards stand up to the challenge.

Tomorrow we'll see how the forecasts look, and then ignore them and most likely head on to Santorini (Thira), 55nm away, and deal with what every the dodgy Greek weather can throw at us!
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