Mersoleil

Mersoleil is a 2010 Hylas cutter rigged monohull, an H46, built in Taiwan by Queen Long Marine. A bluewater cruiser through and through, she has carried Robbie and Bev more than 50,000nm around the world from 2011 to 2020. Mersoleil will be interviewing new owners in Ft. Lauderdale by spring 2020.

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Posted: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 - 10:01

Spent the night in Rose Bay on the hook. After coffee we think we'll sail up to Broken Bay. Darwin, Here we come!

Posted: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 - 16:03

Just a quick overnight at CYC of Australia in Rushcutters Bay. My, this is a racing marina! We share a dock with nothing but racing yachts, many of which we followed in the Sydney to Hobart on

Posted: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 - 11:48

Moving onwards, upwards. Today we're only going as far as Sydney Harbour to kiss Sydney goodbye. Also Fabio and Lisa (Amandla). Will have dinner with them, then leave with the next weather/current

Posted: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 - 15:16

We are safely docked at Cronulla Marina and happy to see friends (marina staff) made the last time we were here...including Kathryn who is getting married in a fortnight and is very excited. Best

Posted: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 - 14:05

Where did we get the idea it's difficult sailing in Australia? So far our sailing experiences here have been outstanding, each better than the one before. We arrived at Cronulla Marina (a Sydney

Posted: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 - 12:15

After the quick hop up to Coles Bay we're tucked in at Passage Beach, a short distance S of our previous anchorage. When the wind turns southerly this evening just before dark we'll stick our noses

Posted: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 - 22:13

Yes, all those things I said yesterday? All true. We had a nice sail to Fortescue Bay, and upon arrival, found no phone, no Internet, no VHF. But delightful peace and quiet, a stunningly gorgeous

Posted: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 - 11:47

A bit premature to tell you this, as we are just departing Quarantine Bay, but we expect to anchor tonight in Fortescue Bay by 17:00 and there's probably no Internet there. We sat out the 990 low at

Posted: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 - 09:56

Working our way back toward the East Coast and eventual return to the mainland. We've tucked into Quarantine Bay to hide during a day of NE winds. They used to stop European ships here, before

Posted: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 - 18:34

We had a lovely time in Port Cygnet during Regatta weekend. Watched the races in which light west winds generated beautiful spinnaker displays to the finish line and spent a fun evening catching up

Posted: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 - 18:02

It's windy today, but of course the wind was on the nose so we motored from the Duck Pond to Port Cygnet. Many people have recommended Port Cygnet, a spacious bay on the E side of Tasmania's Huon

Posted: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 - 10:33

After we returned from Melbourne on Tuesday, Doyle returned our sails and we were free! Absolutely loved Hobart, but we were quite ready to resume splendid isolation after running all-day receiving

Posted: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 - 13:32

Not much of a move, but we're nestled inside Hobart's Constitution Dock and have been here nearly two weeks. Our plan to sail north via Melbourne was modified for the sake of simplicity and we have

Posted: Sun, 14 Feb 2016 - 12:10

Australian courtesy flag was new when first hoisted in New Castle, NSW and did a yeoman's job until we crossed the Bass Strait and sailed down the East Coast of Tasmania. Wow.

Posted: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 - 23:19

Sails have been deivered to Doyle's loft and Mersoleil has taken herself to downtown Hobart. Initial intent was to raft up in Constitution Dock (just to the NW of our currentl location on the other

Posted: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 - 23:16

Before leaving Port Arthur we had to spend a little time with new cruising friends. Cocktails on Billaroo with Kerry and Sue were followed at 9:00PM by dinner on Last Vintage with Julian, Matthew

Posted: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 - 00:00

Perfect weather today for the sail to Port Arthur. Northerlies, sometimes very light, carried us south wing and wing from Chinamen's Bay to Cathedral Rock and Tasman Island. We expected the wind

Posted: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 - 00:00

Working our way gradually south along the E Coast of Tasmania. We'd like to stay at Maria (muh RYE uh) Island and do some hiking, maybe hang around in the evening and glimpse a Tasmanian Devil. But

Posted: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 - 14:14

OK. If you looked at this two hours ago you'd see that we inTENDed to anchor tonight at Chinamen's Bay, Maria Island. But no! The midday weather report predicts tomorrow's cold front and southerly

Posted: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 - 00:00

From a day anchorage in Promise Bay on the west side of the Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania, we went ashore and found the path to stunning Wineglass Beach. A nice 5k walk took Regina, Michael, Robbie

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