Maunie of Ardwall

Maunie is a cutter-rigged Vancouver 38 Pilot sailed by Graham and Dianne Keating from Dartmouth, England. We left the UK in September 2012 and after spending our third summer in New Zealand we spent the 2016 season in Vanuatu and 2017 in Australia, heading south for Sydney and then Tasmania. In 2018 we took the tough decision to ship Maunie back to the UK to resume working careers but we'll continue to sail her from her mooring in Dartmouth. Length: 11.6m Beam: 3.7m Displacement: 10,150kg Sail number: 6 MMSI Number: 235072013 AIS: Yes (transmit and receive)

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Posted: Fri, 25 May 2018 - 04:01

Maunie is back home! We arrived to tie up to our mooring in Dartmouth at 1440 after an eight hour passage from Weymouth. We started the day flying the Irish Flag spinnaker and wonderful beam reach

Posted: Fri, 11 May 2018 - 09:22

Maunie is back in British waters! After 6 weeks on the deck of the mv Dmagracht she looked remarkably clean and untroubled by all those sea miles. The unloading process was way more entertaining (if

Posted: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 - 14:29

Well, this is sad - our last YIT report from the southern hemisphere! We're in Newcastle Marina (and have been for a couple of weeks) waiting for the ship mv Damgracht to arrive. We're loading

Posted: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 - 20:15

Anchored in Hen & Chicken Bay for the strong southerly to roll in at around midnight. Only 2.5m depth of water but said to be very good holding in mud, according to the pilot book. Well, we dragged

Posted: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 - 20:12

Anchored in Hen & Chicken Bay for the strong southerly to roll in at around midnight. Only 2.5m depth of water but said to be very good holding in mud, according to the pilot book. Well, we dragged

Posted: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 - 20:12

Our final sail under the Harbour Bridge as we beat out to Rose Bay this afternoon. Anchored in 6.5m in calm water. Heading north to Pittwater tomorrow, but we will be sorry to leave Sydney.

Posted: Sun, 28 Jan 2018 - 20:04

On the only NSW Govt visitor's mooring in Watson's Bay - a tad rolly since it's pretty close to the route used by the high-speed ferries coming into the wharf but easy access to the beach. A great

Posted: Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 09:50

In beautiful Bantry Bay on visitors' mooring. We moved here at 07.00 after an event-filled night. We were on a visitors' mooring just upstream of the Spit Bridge and a 50ft light-displacement

Posted: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 - 17:44

In Blackwattle Bay. Shocked to find the rigging-wire, used to lock the dinghy to the public pontoon, had been severed somewhere between 11.00 and 14.00. The thief abandoned the boat when he / she

Posted: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 - 20:24

After a few days anchored in Blackwattle Bay (handy for the fantastic fish market), we opted for a complete change of scene. With winds averaging 15 kts, we had perfect sailing conditions for a beat

Posted: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 - 09:08

After a great time in Broken Bay and Pittwater, we took advantage of a good breeze to fly the spinnaker down to Sydney Harbour yesterday - a brilliant daysail. Anchored off Manly and we have some

Posted: Sat, 23 Dec 2017 - 17:43

We moved into Pittwater on Monday and are on a mooring organised by friends Sue and Ian. This is a busy sailing centre with hundreds of moorings and several marinas and yacht clubs to cater to the

Posted: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 - 10:12

We motored to the Head of Cowan Creek, in company with s/v Bravo, and are on visitors' moorings at Bobbin Head. In spite of the proximity of a large marina and being only 40 minutes drive from

Posted: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 - 11:03

A superb sail from Newcastle yesterday - a close reach with the Irish Flag spinnaker in 15 to 20 knots E backing NE and a gentle sea state. Arrived in Broken Bay at 19.00 and came up to America Bay

Posted: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 - 11:01

We have been in 'stealth mode' for the past few days. We actually arrived in Newcastle, after a beautiful spinnaker run down from Port Stephens with dolphin escort, on Thursday but kept quiet to

Posted: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 - 09:41

The tail-end of a weather system which brought flooding to Victoria a few days ago is still giving us variable winds and, yesterday, a thunder storm with torrential rain for about thirty minutes

Posted: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 - 22:14

After a productive day, in warm sunshine, yesterday recaulking teak decks (the project is nearly complete!!), we motored over to Lemon Tree Passage under grey skies this morning. We are moored

Posted: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 - 21:30

A fabulous day sail from Crowdy Head to Port Stephens. Although the wind was disappointingly light this morning, it built enough to fly our beloved Parasailor from midday. Once we had the current

Posted: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 - 19:24

A pleasant downwind sail, Irish Flag spinnaker flying, from Port Macquarie; the crew was on a sugar-rush from Dianne's latest batch of excellent orange and walnut flapjack but the breeze faded so we

Posted: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 - 18:00

We motored up the Hastings River this afternoon and found a nice spot on a bend, just opposite where the Maria River joins the main waterway. Very rural and peaceful, apart from the buzz of cicadas

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