Passion for Cruising

Vessel Name: Truest Passion
Vessel Make/Model: Seawind 1160 Catamaran
Hailing Port: Southport
Crew: Stuart Simpson & Nanette Black
18 May 2012 | Mooloolaba
02 November 2011 | Mooloolaba Marina
30 October 2011 | Sandy Straits
29 October 2011 | Bundaberg
27 October 2011 | Pancake Creek
26 October 2011 | Great Keppel Island
25 October 2011 | Pearl Bay
24 October 2011 | Middle Percy Island
21 October 2011 | Mackay Marina
16 October 2011 | Mackay Marina
14 October 2011 | Goldsmith Island
13 October 2011 | Turtle Bay Whitsundays
12 October 2011 | Gloucester Passage
11 October 2011 | Bowen
10 October 2011 | Rattlesnake Island
09 October 2011 | Haycock Island
08 October 2011 | Hinchinbrook Channel
07 October 2011 | Dunk Island
06 October 2011 | Fitzroy Island
02 October 2011 | Half Moon Bay Marina
Recent Blog Posts
18 May 2012 | Mooloolaba

Good News-Bad News

Hello to all our yachtie friends, it is so long again since I have posted a blog, but the moment has at last arrived that I can talk to you all.

02 November 2011 | Mooloolaba Marina

Home!!

The last lap, so we left Garry’s Anchorage at 5.50am to catch the incoming tide to cross the bar. No wind at all. We started down the “mad mile” towards the bar crossing – not for the faint hearted today, it was like a washing machine, however the largest wave we saw was about 3 metres. Finally [...]

30 October 2011 | Sandy Straits

Yankee Jack Creek

Off yet again at 5.45 am, I was almost sleepwalking as the skipper did his usual, go, go, now.........

29 October 2011 | Bundaberg

Nearly Home

We had a lovely quiet day in the creek, we even played cards and Scrabble, beaten again!!!

27 October 2011 | Pancake Creek

Dawn Start

Up at 4.30am [we must be mad]! To get to Pancake Creek before tomorrow, when a S Easter is forecast, means a very long haul today. We will pass Cape Capricorn at about 10am before sailing down the outside of Curtis Island and Gladstone etc.

26 October 2011 | Great Keppel Island

Another Ripper!!

Another day, this time up at 5am and underway at 5.40am. The water is like oil, not a breath of wind. The clouds are quite heavy at present, but it is very early yet.

Island off Malacca

18 November 2008 | Pulau Besar
Nanette
Anchor up 6.15 am. Still dark wind 18kts first wind for weeks, but it is only the edge of yet another storm. Oh well it looked good for a while, but soon down to 2kts and one motor. Talking of storms, the lightening is bad and almost daily. Sadly Pure Chance USA was hit, and he lost all electrics, instruments etc. Scot has stayed at Raffles marina to sort it, but he was not insured. A lesson for all in these waters.
I do admit to getting twitchy when we run into these storms, they are pretty bad in the lightening stakes. It is 1pm as i write these notes, and at last we have 5kts true, but 11 with the motor,so have just set the genoa as we have 40 degrees angle, our ETA 6pm.
Ships everywhere and a constant flow, luckily they are in the separation channels and we are running just outside them, hoping to miss all the fishermen and their long lines of nets, sailing in the separation zone between the through and local traffic - a bit like cycling between the double white lines!
The Straits of Malacca are used by 63,000 ships each year carrying 30% of the world's cargo and 50% of its oil!!!!
Anchor down 16.45 we did well!!
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