October 2013

We (the crew) did not see a lot of Sydney. We had a very busy schedule and on top of that we had the repairs that needed to be done. This left little time on shore to do ...

This morning we said goodbye to the guests who sailed with us from Hobart. After the bad weather during our approach, we now have awesome spring weather. Sydney is by far ...

The weather was not so favourable the last few days. The temperature is ok. In Hobart it was about 12-14 degrees, here it is about 19 degrees during the day and mostly dry...

We decided to wait for the front that was coming our way and then sail to Sydney with wind coming from the west. With a nice sun and barely any wind we lifted the anchor ...

After our departure from Wineglass Bay, the wind slowly increased. After passing Flinders Island the wind veered; late on the next day we hardly could sail a course of 50 ...

Some more photographs: arrival at Hobart, departure near Port Arthur, an albatross in our wake, and crew member Anthony at a job.
And by the way: yesterday in Wineglass...

This morning (Sep 28) we left at 8:30am. Wineglass Bay is awesome. A rather narrow entrance with a round bay, ending at a sandy beach; which explains the name. High granite...

200 years ago the Port Arthur prison was rather modern: leading principle was that the mind is stronger than the body, so it was the mind that had to be broken and not the...