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 [...]

Granada & the Alhambra

21 October 2009 | Benalmadena, Spain
Kat
So given that we have spent lots of time getting the boat ready for the ARC and sailing South to Gib we decided to have a day off to do touristy stuff and hired a car to go and see Granada as I have always wanted to see the Alhambra.

After finally managing to track down a hire car, surprising difficult given that it is no longer high season, the drive inland reminded the aussie's of home - a hilly dry landscape with the classic Australian red earth! Soon though we could see Granada against the beautiful backdrop of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

The tickets to Alhambra are strictly limited and time allocated so once we had bought ours we settled down for a picnic in the grounds to await our alotted time. Granada was taken by Muslim forces in 711 - they called the town Karnattah - from which the current name is derived. The Alhambra, the arabic name referencing "red castle" is the fortified town which between the 12th and 15th century was home to the Nasrid Sultans. During this time Granada became one of the richest and most populous cities in medieval Europe. In 1491 the Christians besieged Granada which finally surrendered 8 months later - this began an era of persecution of Jews and arabs and the town fell into decline until interest was revived in 1830. Since then there has been significant restoration work and today the Alhambra and the surrounding grounds (called the Generalife) are very well presented.

There are 3 key parts: the original fort - the Alcazaba, the lavishly decorated Nasrid Palaces and the Generalife gardens. The grounds are beautifully set out with fountains and waterworks throughout and the arabic influence in the decoration of the Nasrid palaces is more akin to Morocco and definitely not something that we have seen in our med travels.

It was definitely worth a visit!

For more pics see: http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/bradmcmaster1/Spain2009GranadaAlhambraWithRobbieJess#

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