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We had a great time catching up with friends & had a courtesy bus pick us up & off to Jacobs Well hotel, great place, great band, fab time. It is now apparent that we have an issue with our Kiwi ... Read More

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After a partucularly lovely day yesterday we have come up the Broadwater past all the boats left along the way like a graveyard & come into Pacific Point Marina (Jacobs Well) for 1 maybe 2 weeks ... Read More

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After our final goodbyes we have travelled 2hrs back out the Coomera River & anchored opposite Tuleen Island . We will stay here for the night & have made arrangements to go to Horizon Shores marina ... Read More

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We have been very busy gearing up to get back out on anchor, not long now before we leave Hope Island Marina, unfortunately another vessel has booked to come in on the 2nd March, ergo we need to be ... Read More

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We have just arrived back at the boat, after being held up a bit, masses of roadworks in NSW & had to pull over with torrential rain on a few occassions, narrowly missing the storms that followed. We ... Read More

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We decided to hire a car & do the 2 day drive to Adelaide. 1st day 878km took 14hrs due to non-stop roadworks, 2nd day 1179km took 13hrs! We've been running around picking things up whilst we have a ... Read More

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So update on current affairs. Most locals get around in licensed Golf carts here, apparently way cheaper! We hired a little car to get around & made the fatal mistake of going to Southport on ... Read More

Double Bubble - January 17, 2026
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After the skipper when bought 1 kilo of Moreton Bay bugs & a kilo of prawns we have left GCCM & a quick 10 minutes later tied up in Hope Island Marina for a few weeks & wait for the East Coast low to ... Read More
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After the skipper went & bought 1 kilo of Moreton Bay bugs & a kilo of prawns from the fishermen that tied up behind us, we have left GCCM & a quick 10 minutes later tied up in Hope Island Marina for ... Read More

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We have had a bit on! We went back in the water on Tuesday arvo, fired up the engines & with minimal smoke & a cough, they both went brooom! A nice supply of water & ran smoothly, yay! Then opened up ... Read More

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So from us tying up at fuel berth on the 7th to being slipped on the 8th, engine removal, transport etc, clever skipper has totally stripped & rebuilt both engines (Yanmar 3GM30's) & with the yard up ... Read More

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Happy New Year! We hired a moving truck with a lift in it, grabbed a hefty neighbour who helped lift the trolley up Michelles front steps & bingo bango, loaded engines, a breeze! Gathered up all ... Read More

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Apologies, failed to update our return back to Michelle's for Christmas. So Merry Christmas & we are back at Shell's whilst we prepped for Christmas, skipper kept on working after returning hire car ... Read More

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Quick update, Rod has stripped Port engine bottom end, removing pistons, & crankshaft now all polished up, cleaned out, honed cyclinders etc. Re-built with new main bearings, new con rod bearings ... Read More

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Well cheers, it took Rod a day & a half to completely disconnect both engines & with the help of the marina guys they were lifted out with their really big forklift (which takes boats out of dry ... Read More

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Amazing experience thus far, (keep waiting for the ball to drop), we needed $ 20 million indemnity insurance to go up on the hard, so after a quick call to Pantaneus Insurance this morning, we got ... Read More

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Goodness me, what a day, the Gold Coast is bad enough but this area is a nightmare! With the onset of a thunderstorm looming and the amount of twats on the water from ferrys to huge flash boats & ... Read More

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With only a few hours sleep we were up & off at 7.30am across the bay to Macleay Island as the only other northerly anchorage in Moreton Bay is at Peel Island were it looked like an easy 150 boats ... Read More

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Well, a long day has seen us cover 98 nautical miles in 18 hours under a beautiful full moon. We decided to bypass Mooloolaba's bar crossing (it was getting too dark) & go directly to Moreton Bays' ... Read More

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We sure have had some ripper storms & winds between 25 - 45kn, think we seen the last of it for a bit. We have moved back up to Inskip Point with the hope of crossing the bar tomorrow, hopefully the ... Read More
