There are hundreds of unique knots out there for every use under the sun. But since we started cruising in 2014 and finished our world sailing circumnavigation in 2020, we have found that these are the three most important knots for sailors to know by heart. Learn the, use them, love them. Bowline This is…
David and I are not shy about it – we suck at fishing. Sadly, a lot of it is for lack of trying; just shear laziness discourages us from putting our lines out. But in early 2017, we went through our fishing gear for cruisers, gave it a good polish, and revamped our set up….
We took an all day sail to get up to Lake Macquarie on January 10th. The bar crossing was easy, and we raced a few other sailboats in and snagged the last of three mooring balls in the east side of the bridge. The bridge opens on the hour during the day except for rush…
After our celebration day in Sydney we took off into the Tasman Sea. David’s family wanted to get some real sailing in with us, so we made the day trip to go cruising in Pittwater. Pittwater Geography The Pittwater area is located just an hour north if Sydney. While the whole area is commonly referred…
Having our floating home in Sydney, seeing New Year’s Eve on the water, and having David’s family (all four of them!) visiting us makes for a once in a lifetime experience. The icing on the cake was celebrating Jan and Brian (David’s parents) 40th wedding anniversary in Sydney. Sydney Opera House Tour We booked a…
With David’s family visiting us in Sydney, we took a quick detour up to Brisbane to check out the capital of Queensland that we’ve heard so much about. We also returned a few months later with my best friend, Madeline. Madeline has been one of my best friends since kindergarten, almost 30 years. She came…
You may be wondering how to know you’ve got the perfect spot, like we did, for New Year’s Eve in Sydney. Here’s how I know where the perfect spot for New Year’s Eve in Sydney is: That is the Associated Press photo that was used in a TON of press releases (like this one) regarding…
I can’t technically say these are the BEST Sydney anchorages, because we didn’t try them all. But after discussing with our cruising friends and locals, we are pretty confident in saying that these two anchorages in the Sydney area are GREAT anchorages and should not be missed. We had a particular challenge because we had…