Double Bubble

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

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Posted: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 - 13:51

Well 3 surgeries later, quite a few get togethers & a whole pile of sewing we have finally departed the marina & anchored over at Magnetic Island's - Bolger Bay. We'll hang here for a day or 2 to

Posted: Sat, 22 Jul 2023 - 15:49

So we have had a good catch up with our friends Micky & Sue, from Cairns heading back to SA & also caught up with our friends from SA heading to Cairns, both caravans, with friends due to arrive by

Posted: Sat, 8 Jul 2023 - 13:47

Firstly, cyst came back benign so excellent results there, & I've moved onto "soft foods" light pasta's etc. We had planned to leave Thursday but with the next weeks weather, friend Phils 70th &

Posted: Sat, 24 Jun 2023 - 13:57

So sorry to all the southerners but goodness me, we have had some beautiful weather, with most boats going out to the reef in ideal conditions, we are of course not one of them! So surgery has been

Posted: Fri, 9 Jun 2023 - 15:01

We have had another delay with regards to us leaving as I have had another surprise crop up health wise & face another surgery, another scan now & surgery asap! We have both been busy I have

Posted: Tue, 30 May 2023 - 14:27

So nearly good to go on Friday/Saturday being that the southeries still have a while to blow up the coast we'll use that to go further north where it's warmer, when the change comes will head back

Posted: Tue, 16 May 2023 - 18:38

So enroute now for hopefully last MRI & the end of the doctor shuffle, we're now paid up until the 2nd of June & then we're back out to sea, woo hoo! We are still undecided, but we'll probably go

Posted: Tue, 2 May 2023 - 14:40

Well happy days & hip hip hooray, we are in the water & back at the marina with skipper currently hosing off the black antifoul, dirt & dust, inground into our beautiful deck! We have decided to

Posted: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 - 21:30

Well happy days on the slip, bonus is, the first few days had a lot of heat build up, then down came the rain, so we got held up a bit with that & now have had a lovely cool breeze blowing straight

Posted: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 - 18:01

Fortnight update, we seem to be constantly on the go of late. We had Rods cousin Kelly & her lovely friend Barb come for a visit for a few days after driving up from down south. We also had a couple

Posted: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 - 13:59

Well woo hoo, I'm back on, yay! I think maybe that last whirly gig that we dodged & ended up in Auckland did a lot more damage than we heard about here! So as a catch up, I went to Perth for my

Posted: Wed, 8 Feb 2023 - 20:27

Well we have certainly had our fair share of rain recently & barometer is going down again with curly little system off in the Coral Sea, think it will miss us, looks like heading over to Auckland on

Posted: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 - 15:09

An update on all things Double Bubble in Townsville with success at last being achieved on the drama of the anchor winch, the one thing we did not have was a reversing solenoid so this was ordered

Posted: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 - 22:14

Happy New Year folks, so glad that YIT appears to be working in 2023, thank you Mike. So lots have been going on, starting with great New Years gathering being enjoyed on the Bubble with another

Posted: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 - 19:43

Well Merry Christmas to all & hope you had as much fun as we did. We were fortunate enough to be invited up to Frenchs Beach (near Ingham - 1&1/2hrs north & spend the day & night there so no driving

Posted: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 - 12:42

Apologies for delay, I do try to keep it to f/nightly updates whilst in marinas. So today is the big day, finally the motor & reversing solenoid for the anchor winch has arrived & Rod has been flat

Posted: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 - 22:20

So I can't see the wind speed/direction or the barometer reading as I've been in Brisbane since the 14th Nov, doing my annual slave fest for my friend Michelle, woo hoo, digging in the dirt, where

Posted: Tue, 8 Nov 2022 - 14:09

We certainly have been busy, me slaving away on the sewing machine & making a constant mess, I should point out, all this sewing is on a $139 Elna, not a Sailrite Sewing machine. Skipper has made

Posted: Tue, 8 Nov 2022 - 14:09

We certainly have been busy, me slaving away on the sewing machine & making a constant mess, whilst skipper has made even more changes (read more expense) changing the saltwater feeding impellor pump

Posted: Mon, 24 Oct 2022 - 13:20

So a current update has had us catch up with some friends & get on to our job list. So skipper has upgraded our solar panel to a 400 watt, which put in 29 amps on start up (more than the existing 3

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