Brass Monkey Winter Pursuit

Hanse, SBSC, Yacht

Fog, Frost and First Place SBSC 2026 Brass Monkey Winter Pursuit Series · Race 4 · 28 June 2026Safety Beach Sailing Club · Port Phillip Bay There are winter mornings on Port Phillip Bay that make you question leaving a warm bed, and others that make you glad you did....

Smoke, Sparks, and 25 Knots

Hanse, ORCV, SYC, Yacht

Flare Drills Prepping Shimmer for Hobart at the ORCV Winter Series There is nothing quite like a biting, windy June morning on Port Phillip Bay to test both your gear and your nerve. On June 20th, before the starting gun even fired for Race 1 of the 2026 ORCV DYSC...

Time Out goes north

Delivery, Hanse, Yacht

Delivering ‘Time Out X2’ A Family Affair and Whale-Watching Along the Coast Delivery Map When her new owner, John Corrie, approached me to handle the technical leg of Time Out X2’s delivery—from Martha’s Cove on the Mornington Peninsula down around the...

Port Douglas Race Week 2026

Great Barrier Reef, Hanse, Yacht

From the Bow of YKnot Racing at the Port Douglas Race Week 2026 For those who haven’t sailed it, this is a five-day annual event that runs right alongside the massive Port Douglas Carnivale. While the tourists are packing Macrossan Street for the parade and fireworks,...

North by Northwest

Delivery, Great Barrier Reef, Hanse, Yacht

North by Northwest Delivering from Maggie to Port DouglasA passage of 199 nautical miles up the Queensland coast We were tied up in Nelly Bay, on the south-eastern shore of Magnetic Island, with nowhere to go. The south-east trade winds — the engine of...

ORCV Coastal Sprint #3

Hanse, Offshore, racing, ORCV, Yacht

ORCV Coastal Sprint 2026 West Offshore Products Coastal Sprint There’s something about an early Saturday start at Queenscliff. The fleet gets underway while most of Melbourne is still in bed, and by the time the city wakes up, you’re already working your...