Double Bubble

15 metre Kelsal Tonga Catamaran. 15.2m x 7.1m 1x1m Fibreglass.

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Posted: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 - 13:38

We have had a change of plans as we will be in Townsville for the next 6mths for cyclone season, we have moved over to Townsville's duck pond anchorage & we will whip into town to grab a few supplies

Posted: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 - 13:38

We have had a change of plans as we will be in Townsville for the next 6mths for cyclone season, we have moved over to Townsville's duck pond anchorage & we will whip into town to grab a few supplies

Posted: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 - 15:20

Well yea ha & woo hoo we have finally arrived at Townsville's, Horeshoe Bay, Magnetic Island (Maggie Is). 18 months after we departed from Adelaide we have achieved our main objective from the

Posted: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 - 16:00

Left bright an early this morning (5.45am is early) in case we went straight through to Maggie but as the day progressed the wind abated to 3-5kn so we decided to come on into Cape Bowling Green for

Posted: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 - 17:00

Fairly uneventful cruise up to Cape Upstart past Abbot Point with it's open roaded coal loader, stretching 2.5km out to the ships, handling 50,000,000 tonnes of coal per annum. A fair amount of algae

Posted: Sat, 19 Sep 2020 - 20:49

Wind is finally settling down & we plan to depart in the morning for Cape Upstart (think Ayr) if weather stays as it currently appears! We have enjoyed our time here with various jobs completed &

Posted: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 - 18:45

We have met lots of lovely people here in Bowen Marina, all going either north or south and all waiting for the wind to drop from the constant 20-30 knot blow. We ended up with 24 people on our table

Posted: Sat, 5 Sep 2020 - 14:36

We enjoyed a lovely lunch with The Tramps at the Eco Resort, topped off with a cocktail each. Back to ready the boat & plot our course to Cape Upstart, hoping to make Magnetic Island by Monday ahead

Posted: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 - 15:30

We departed Double Bay East & have moved on up & through Gloucester Passage, past Shag Islet (infamous Shaggers Club annual haunt albeit cancelled this year due to Co-vid) & anchored out the front of

Posted: Tue, 1 Sep 2020 - 13:17

<p>We've left Airlie Beach and moved 2hrs up & around the coast into Double Bay East & anchored for the night to escape the swell from the constant blow that is continuing.</p>

Posted: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 - 14:27

We are still anchored at Airlie Beach & have had a couple of trips into town, collecting mail, restocking our stores, & being blown about. Much fun & frivolity was had catching up with "the Tramps" &

Posted: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 - 19:25

Had a bit of a blowy night last night with a couple of boats dragging right across the inlet amazingly not hitting anyone & ended up on the rocks, re-floated with the tide in the morning, lucky! We

Posted: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 - 12:58

After the skippers big day for his 60th yesterday we have done a 2 hour jaunt up to Hook Island and into Nara Inlet this morning, it's really quiet here, surrounded by large lush green hills with the

Posted: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 - 16:43

Hip hip hooray, we have arrived at The Whitsundays! We have anchored between Cid Island & Whitsunday Islands in Dugong Inlet, stunning day, beautiful clear blue water. Had a great day travelling at

Posted: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 - 17:08

We have left Mackay & due to northerlies after a 25nm run, we have decided to anchor on the western side of Newry Island, (think on a parallel with Brampton Island), not too many alternatives with

Posted: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 - 19:25

After the saga that is attaching existing cables with a mouse, removing & measuring old ones (obviously we replaced port & stbd) we were able to get cables delivered in a rush and genius skipper has

Posted: Thu, 6 Aug 2020 - 17:00

After a great night watching the Crows lose, we had a cruisy trip up to Mackay as the clouds rolled in with a bit of weather thats heading our way. As Mackay is a major port, (we passed 16 ships

Posted: Wed, 5 Aug 2020 - 15:00

Just anchored at Curlew Island a part of the Guardfish Cluster after a very pleasant 5hr jaunt past various islands & greeted by lots of butterflies on approach. We can finally put the dinghy in the

Posted: Tue, 4 Aug 2020 - 20:55

We have anchored at Hunter Island, rather swelly in parts along the way, tides can be up to 9 metres in spots along this coastline, and are some of the biggest in the country, whilst running in

Posted: Tue, 4 Aug 2020 - 19:07

Enroute to Hunter Island, eta 1730. I have barely had signal whilst at base of creek (though we got to sort of watch the football albeit moving modem or phone about so I quickly put this update in

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