John has created a passage plan that will guide us we sail around Australia. It's still in draft mode and we are tossing it around still as to what is feasible and practical. It will be interesting to see what happens when we come across a place we don't want to leave in a hurry and what flow on effect that has we try and stick to a rough schedule. I think there will be a lot of swings and roundabouts once we get underway but it's great to have a...

In May of 2019 we will be embarking on a 12 month circuit of Australia. We will be travelling in an anti-clockwise direction, I am using the logic that we go out of Sydney turn to port and just keep the land on the port side. If it gets on the starboard side we are going the wrong way. Simple right! Anyway, we had our first haul-out in May 2018 and a lot of preparation was initiated. Electrical systems were upgraded, satellite systems installed, ...

There's many items I want to have ready for the trip, whether it's installing additional furling gear or getting all the safety gear together. In this blog I will go over all the work on the boat ​ to be carried out before we set off in May