The Cure for Work

Vessel Name: Antidote
Vessel Make/Model: Seawind 1160 Catamaran
Hailing Port: Mooloolaba
Crew: Greg and Annette Irvine
About:
Greg and Annette are both semi retired pharmacists and are looking forward to cruising the Queensland coast. Greg sailed an off the beach A class cat many years ago and now enjoys the dry comfort of flat sailing. [...]
12 December 2008 | Mooloolaba
25 November 2008 | Bundaberg
11 November 2008
04 November 2008
01 November 2008
22 October 2008 | Magnetic Is
11 October 2008
30 September 2008 | Palm Island Group
30 September 2008 | Breakwater Marina Townsville
23 September 2008 | FNQ
15 September 2008 | The 'Upstart Hilton' on Cape Upstart
11 September 2008 | Bowen
06 September 2008 | Woodwark Bay
04 September 2008 | Hook Is. Whitsundays
03 September 2008 | Shaw Island
29 August 2008 | Scawfell Island
21 August 2008 | mackay
15 August 2008 | Mackay Marina
05 August 2008 | Kepple Bay Marina
Recent Blog Posts
12 December 2008 | Mooloolaba

Home at Last

Wednesday morning saw us up early with the smell of home in the air and the excitement was present in both of us to finally be nearing home. At 0600 we left the Bundaberg marina and shortly after we were doing 8 knots under full sail in a 10-15 knot breeze.

25 November 2008 | Bundaberg

The final leg home

Six days sailing to go and we'll be home, and today we've just completed the third day of those six. Yep, Yeppoon to The Narrows, The Narrows to Pancake Creek, and today Pancake Creek to Bundaberg. Tomorrow we go to Big Woody Is (Near Kingfisher Bay Resort), then Wednesday on to Inskip Point, then [...]

23 November 2008

Sun, wind, spinnakers, and storms

Our friends, Garry and Liz Stewart from Perth, arrived Saturday afternoon and the weather looked perfect for our southbound trip to Yeppoon, so we departed Mackay early on Sunday morning for our first stop-over at Digby Is. Tony Patch and the crew on "Last Resort" joined us in this beautiful anchorage [...]

11 November 2008

Spinaker runs to the south

After Mario and Carmel (friends from back home) boarded at Hamilton Island, we set off for Shaw Is. and anchored in Billbob Bay for the night. After sundowners on the beach with the other cruisers in the bay, we headed back for a great BBQ tea and long catch-up chat.

04 November 2008

Cruisin' the Whitsundays

The next morning I cleaned the other hull and then set sail for Macona Inlet. WOW! A 15knot breeze over the beam and we sat on 9.5-10.5 knots (Max 12 knots) for most of the trip. It's amazing what a clean bottom can do!

01 November 2008

A trip to remember

With the SE winds dropping we topped up the water tanks at Nelly Bay at and made the bold move to head for Airlie. The forecast on Monday was "E/NE winds 10/15 knots with afternoon seabreezes 15/20 knots inshore. Seas to1.4 m" Our heading for most of the day was SE so we went for it. It was a reasonable [...]

Bowen Interlude

11 September 2008 | Bowen
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With great weather to continue our trip north, after 2 nights in Woodwark Bay, we were off again towards Monty`s Resort on the tip of Cape Gloucester, about 9 nmiles short of Bowen. After picking up a mooring buoy chain, we headed off for the customary drink and lunch at the resort. Delicious!! By lunch the next day we were tied up in the Bowen Marina and it was here after checking the motors that I found about a litre of oil outside the motor on the bilge floor.Further inspection showed that the guy who serviced the motors in Mackay, after checking the oil level in the saildrive legs, screwed the dip-stick/filler bung in cross threaded (majorly so) with a shifter. We have now received the replacement cap via o/nite post and intend to head off for Cape Upstart Sat Am, then on to Cape Bowling Green then Magnetic Is. The weather further up north has not been great for cruising, ie 20-25+ knot winds so we weren't sure how far north we would get, but it now appears to be easing to the same as Bowen so who knows. Thanks for the comments on the blog site girls, and yes I can still remember the times when I had to work! I have cought a few other fish too, more pics to follow.
ps. Annette says she is coping very well
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