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 [...]

Lying low in Palma

07 October 2009 | Palma, Mallorca
Brad
Well since Stu, Su and Jenny left we've been lying low in Palma Mallorca trying to finish off some jobs, including both improvements and warranty work before we set off into the great yonder. We've established a little routine it seems of spending Friday and Saturday nights in a little anchorage called Las Illetas (little islands) a lovely spot with blue water and sandy bottom, then the weekdays on a charter boat pontoon. The charter boats are out during the week so it means we get some cheap mooring right in the middle of town, only moments from the Cathedral and old town. It was a top bit of advice from our mates Ray, Julie and Sam on Meander, an Aussie family from Queensland that we have been spending some time with. They too are on route to Oz so we'll likely be crossing each other's paths many times in the coming year and the BBQs we've been sharing in the last couple of weeks will surely be only a few of many to come.

So last week we had an overnight visit back to London for my Citizenship ceremony, (yes I'm now a POM, although still 100% Aussie it makes sense to get both passports) spent some time with Kat's Folks and of course, had the mandatory curry! We also stumbled upon a nice little 21inch 12volt monitor that is now our TV!, a new toilet system for the aft heads that is electric and chops the stuff up and a range of other little nice to haves.

Then late last week my mate Robbie (from donut days) and his girlfriend Jess who are 3 months into a 6 month trip abroad joined us. We had a couple of ridiculously rolly nights at anchor back at Las Illetas, the worst we've ever experienced which wouldn't be so bad if you ignored the weather forecasts and could see the swell but these super stealthy ripples could hardly be seen but still managed to rock the boat all over the place. So after two nights of this indescribable, unfathomable phenomena, we hightailed it back into our cheap mooring arrangement for a good night's rest and to prepare for some warranty jobs Hanse are doing for us. Nothing that jeopardises our safety, just cosmetic stuff that was displeasing to the eye and need sorting.

So now we have a couple of more days here in Palma before heading down to Ibiza to catch-up with Lee and Sal who are flying out for a weekend catch-up and then on to mainland Spain before we pick our way down to Gib as quickly as possible. We're definitely "meded-out" and it is time to move on to sunny skies, warmer water and catch-up with some of the other liveaboards that have already sailed out of the med. It feels like the weather is becoming more and more volatile and Meander and Ghost are the only cruising boats left in the med!

More pics at: http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/bradmcmaster1/Spain2009MallorcaWithStuSueAndJenny#

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/bradmcmaster1/Mallorca2009RobbieJessInPalma#
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