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 [...]
We like Malta
28 June 2008 | Malta
Kat
So after a trip down the South coast of Sicily where we picked up J Vo & Chris, we got to Malta a couple of days ago. Generally we weren't that impressed with Sicily which is pretty run down and the marinas are expensive and pretty rubbish! So it's great to be in Malta...
We spent the first night in Maltese waters at anchor off the neighbouring island of Comino - we had a great swim and then a barbie off the back of the boat. The boys tucked into Vodka till 3am which meant a bit of hungover sea-sickness on the sail towards Valetta!
We sailed into Msina marina yesterday, it's next to Valetta and right next door to a particularly helpful chandlery so hopefully we can fix up the remaining problems on the boat (service main engine which is still leaking a bit of oil, service outboard engine which is clunking, obtain replacement batten for mainsail, re-fix chartplotter which is resetting itself itself every 2 minutes yet again) and also INSTALL FANS. It's over 30 degrees in the day now, and over 22 at night with stifling humidity, Brad has done a fantastic job installing fans all over the boat so at least we can sleep!
Last night we headed into Valetta for a lovely dinner and stroll around the town. The architecture is fascinating, a complete mixture of styles with plenty to see including a definite partiality towards balconies!
Jo and Dunc joined us early this morning (3am) and swapped places with J Vo and Chris who headed home a bit later. We then did some sighseeing around Valtetta and in the palace state rooms and afterwards headed back to the marina for a swim and a siesta - we're definitely in relax mode now! We also have internet on the boat - what a luxury and toilets with toilet paper.. it's such a contrast to Sardinia and Sicily.
Tonight we're dining on the Black Pearl, an old timber sailing vessel which was used to push through ice in the Bering sea. It's right next door to the boat so perfect for a chilled out evening with the still farily svelt Jo, now 21 weeks pregnant.
We spent the first night in Maltese waters at anchor off the neighbouring island of Comino - we had a great swim and then a barbie off the back of the boat. The boys tucked into Vodka till 3am which meant a bit of hungover sea-sickness on the sail towards Valetta!
We sailed into Msina marina yesterday, it's next to Valetta and right next door to a particularly helpful chandlery so hopefully we can fix up the remaining problems on the boat (service main engine which is still leaking a bit of oil, service outboard engine which is clunking, obtain replacement batten for mainsail, re-fix chartplotter which is resetting itself itself every 2 minutes yet again) and also INSTALL FANS. It's over 30 degrees in the day now, and over 22 at night with stifling humidity, Brad has done a fantastic job installing fans all over the boat so at least we can sleep!
Last night we headed into Valetta for a lovely dinner and stroll around the town. The architecture is fascinating, a complete mixture of styles with plenty to see including a definite partiality towards balconies!
Jo and Dunc joined us early this morning (3am) and swapped places with J Vo and Chris who headed home a bit later. We then did some sighseeing around Valtetta and in the palace state rooms and afterwards headed back to the marina for a swim and a siesta - we're definitely in relax mode now! We also have internet on the boat - what a luxury and toilets with toilet paper.. it's such a contrast to Sardinia and Sicily.
Tonight we're dining on the Black Pearl, an old timber sailing vessel which was used to push through ice in the Bering sea. It's right next door to the boat so perfect for a chilled out evening with the still farily svelt Jo, now 21 weeks pregnant.
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