Ambler 2

Ambler is an Island Packet 485, cream in colour, with a cutter rig. Home port is Adelaide, South Australia.

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Posted: Sun, 8 Mar 2020 - 13:51

Greetings from Hamelin Bay, where Ambler is riding at anchor whilst en route to Bussleton W.A. Tom, a young friend from Perth ( all 6 feet four inches of him), joined the boat for a couple of days as

Posted: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 - 20:00

At the time of writing Ambler is fast closing in on her current destination of Albany with only 100 miles left to go. We intend staying overnight before moving on to Augusta , which is situated just

Posted: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 - 13:42

Hi all, We departed Port Lincoln Marina at 0700 hours this morning after loading diesel fuel AND after a fairly hectic and somewhat nerve wracking, couple of days of maintenance and preparation, tied

Posted: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 - 10:57

Family and friends, Well.....after much planning and preparation we are finally away on the first leg of the next adventure of Ambler 2. We departed Marina Adelaide shortly after 0600 hours this

Posted: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 - 08:33

Hello all, Ambler is currently working her way through Bass Straight, having departed our mooring at Eden at 2130 hours last night. At present about 80 miles north east of our turning point at

Posted: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 - 14:48

Skipper?s wife is back on board and enjoying some one on one time with her intrepid sailor husband.( Actually I?m incredibly proud of the old sea dog who looks younger than he did a year ago.)

Posted: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 - 14:24

Just a brief note to say that we arrived in Coffs Harbour early on the 16th and after clearing in to the country enjoyed a couple of days in their seriously upgraded marina. The clearance process

Posted: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 - 11:00

Ambler 11 is back on the waves, that is both air and sea waves. However, as seems so often to be the case HF radio is performing less than ideally and is probably due to atmospherics. VHF on the

Posted: Sat, 7 Sep 2019 - 10:00

Hi all, Ambler II is now back in Port Moselle after a week cruising in the New Caledonia lagoon and we are now waiting for some favourable weather for the journey back to the Australian coast. We

Posted: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 - 09:45

Hello folks As planned, last Thursday Jim and I went diving on the outer reef. The wind was from the south west at 15 knots, enough to make the sea choppy and, with us going into it at about 30 knots

Posted: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 - 07:27

Good afternoon friends and families, As planned we carefully managed our speed to ensure we arrived at the start of the South Lagoon entry at dawn last Thursday 08 August. By 12:30pm, having

Posted: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 - 10:27

Good afternoon friends and families, Ambler II is back at sea on a somewhat lumpy, reaching passage on our way to New Caledonia. We have had some fun in Vanuatu including the National Day

Posted: Sat, 3 Aug 2019 - 14:27

Well, well folks, on with the Show Ambler II rested for 6 days in wonderful Port Vila. Harry and George undertook some touring while the Skipper and I scuba dived; he is now a PADI qualified ?Open

Posted: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 - 13:18

Howdy customers, howdy After a slow start,Huey has blessed us with some stronger winds. The assymetric spinnaker has been put away and for the last 24 hours we have been sailing with the jib poled

Posted: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 - 13:21

Good morning Sports Fans on behalf of all viewers I would like to express our thanks to Libby for her contributions to this record of ?The Adventures of Ambler II?. Job well done that Lady. After

Posted: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 - 09:36

Well hello strangers, No , I?m not on strike I?m just well and truly initiated into living my life on Fijian time. Ambler 11 is resting up in Denarau Marina in the very capable hands of Ravi who

Posted: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 - 19:15

Bula from the boat. I will try and amend my ways and learn how to use an apostrophe instead of a question mark.... errors just spotted when I did a reread !!! So we holed up in Blue Lagoon during a

Posted: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 - 14:45

Bula to you all, Well Bill?s off the hook and I?m now the designated scribe. I realise I?m talking to a mostly male audience so I?ll not start off by telling you about my bad hair day! Do you know

Posted: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 - 08:21

Good morning good people Another of our amazing voyages has been completed. We are at rest in the beautiful Port Denarau Marina, on the main island of Viti Levi, Fiji. Very close to the bustling

Posted: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 - 12:12

Good morning customers, May I apologise for some tardiness in reporting; I fear that sometimes we/I lapse into ?islander syndrome?. We arrived at Savusavu at 01:30am last Monday morning and anchored

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