Silver Light

A 2008 Bavaria 46 Cruiser, new to us in 2008. Silver Light is the partner we, Cheryl and Ian, chose to live our dream and further our life's adventure. During the last 10 years, we have modified and developed her into our home - lived aboard for seven years - and now to explore some of our wonderful planet.

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Posted: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 - 13:30

Motor sailed down to Hervey Bay into Boat Club marina. Departed 0630, arrived 1430. Another nice day travelling. Following sea had built by our arrival time so doing a bit of swinging back and forth

Posted: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 - 14:50

Departed Pancake at 5.30am and headed for Burnett Heads. Motor sail again with friendly sea state. Getting along at time up over 7kts. Accompanied by a Leopard 47 cat, GENIET LEWE who departed 30

Posted: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 - 14:30

Motor sailed from Gladstone marina down to Pancake creek today, nice easy 30nm trip. Wind was hard on nose but easy enough to provide some lift without creating too much swell problem. Anchored in

Posted: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 - 09:15

Hauled anchor at 0715 this morning. Had the quite narrow and at times shallow North Channel to navigate on a rising tide this morning. High tide at 0830 and needed to get the 5 nms though it by

Posted: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 - 16:00

Departed GKI anchorage at 0630 this morning. Nice sailing breeze, just coming right from where we had to go. 43 nm trip that ended up being almost 70 nms given we had to tack back and forward across

Posted: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 - 11:00

Udder life and Breeze left shortly after 0600 heading north to the Percy Islands - next year for us. Ay midday we moved across to Svensons beach due to expected wind shift to SE and ready for early

Posted: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 - 11:00

Still at Leeks Beach. Udder Life - Bavaria 56 from Auckland - with Wally and Celia aboard joined us late morning having come up from Cape Capricorn. They are accompanied by Breeze, a Moody 65 from

Posted: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 - 10:00

Left previous anchorage before 0900 and motored slowly around to the North side of GKI via the east end. Needing protected anchorage from expected blow coming through. Anchored off Leeks Beach, site

Posted: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 - 14:38

Anchored off Long Beach, GKI, along with 20 other boats all seeking the same shelter from the Northerly. Great to be back out here. Water beautiful and clear down to sandy bottom at 6 mtrs. Nice

Posted: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 - 15:00

Moored back in Keppel Bay Marina for a couple of weeks. Hong departed Friday 26th. Spent the weekend getting thiungs ship shape before picking up a rental car and doing a big inland trip to

Posted: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 - 09:59

Anchored off Svensons beach with a number of other yachts. Spent the week doing trips ashore, a walk across the Island to the cafe - lots of mossies - and a catch up with the other boaties around a

Posted: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 - 10:30

Tied up in Keppel Bay Marina for next 3 nights. Our friend Hong from Wellington arriving tomorrow through Rockhampton. Also catching up with Kay and Steven who are staying a few nights in Yappoon.

Posted: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 - 10:00

Anchored off North side Great Keppel Island. Great anchorage, sandy bottom with crystal clear water. Nice gentle 3 hour motor sail up this morning. SW wind slowly dropping as morning progressed

Posted: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 - 15:00

Anchored in sheltered north side of Hummocky Island after a day sail from Pancake Creek. Departed at daybreak and got in several hours straight sailing before having to resort to the support of the

Posted: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 - 11:30

Stop off in Pancake Creek anchorage on way North. Departed Manly marina with nice SW breeze, sailed up Moreton Bay and out into open sea heading up the East side of Frazer Island. 370nm mile trip

Posted: Sun, 7 Jul 2019 - 11:30

Left St Helena at 1200 and motored to East Coast Marina, Many. Lots of yachts of all sizes out racing, passed through a couple of dinghy fleets. Manly an easy place to get into and easy to navigate

Posted: Wed, 3 Jul 2019 - 13:00

Departed dockside marina heading for NW side of St Helena Island to wait out the SE blow for a few days. Great motor down the Brisbane river and out into Moreton Bay. Short hop to anchorage and

Posted: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 - 13:00

Motored across to the Brisbane river and up into Dockside Marina. Great trip and arrived on slack tide. Will spend the next week or so here. Mark & Jude left on the 16/6/19 after a days sightseeing

Posted: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 - 13:00

Moved down to The Sandhills after doing a round of the wrecks and going ashore for coffee at the resort. Signage makes it clear that only resort dwellers and those from cruise ships are welcome

Posted: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 - 15:00

Moved to Tangalooma today. Tried sailing but had to revert to motor assist after a couple of hours. Glorious day on Moreton Bay. Anchored by 1600 abnd had a quick swim before doing an early evening

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