Hi All.
My name's Rick. I've got a Baroness 22 Trailer Sailer named Shanti that I bought 3 years ago. It's my first sail boat and I wish I'd bought one when I was younger.
I generally put it in the water at Windsor and motor sail down the Hawkesbury River to Brooklyn over a day or 2. From there I spend the next week or 2 sailing around Pittwater, Cowan Creek and Brooklyn. I particularly enjoy spending the night at Refuge/America bay on a mooring, or anchoring around the back of Dangar Island near Little Wobby. When it's time to head home, I motor sail back up the Hawkesbury River to Windsor where I pull my boat out and take it home on a trailer.
I've not long started to keep a log. Last time I was out I did an over night sail from Broken Bay to Lake Maquarie. No sooner had I dropped anchor I checked the next 3 days weather. It was going to turn southerly at about 4pm the following day. I didn't want the weather to smack my butt yet again, so I had a quick bite to eat and at 7pm left Lake Maquarie and made my way back to Windsor over 3 days. I pulled my boat out of the water in the rain at 8pm. The following morning the river was flooded. A lucky escape. If I could do my time again I'd have taken refuge on a mooring at Refuge Bay until the rain stopped and the river cleared. I tend to learn the hard way.
Anyways, that's plenty about me. I'll be out on the water again soon.

Thanks,
Rick.

Hi Trysail
Are you aware of trailersailerplace. A site that has everything for trailer sailers.
www.trailersailerplace.com.au/

Also Paul at Sailing Kate Louise
www.youtube.com/@SailingKateLouise

Good sources or info and inspiration.

gary

Hi garymalmgren. Thanks for your reply.
I registered at trailersailerplace a week or so ago. I'm waiting for admin to activate my user name.
Are you a member over there?

Welcome Rick, That sounded like one hell of a sojourn in a ts mate. Good stuff.
Trailer sailer place is a wealth of information and well worth it. There is a bit of a backlog in joining apparently due to it being recommended on the below facebook site which has members from all over the planet even though the title says Australia. . ' Trailer Sailer Cruising Australia '
Have a look .

Imagine you would enjoy belonging to these Facebook groups; they both seem to have high participations at gatherings

Lake Macquarie Trailer Sailers

RAID Sydney - Sailing, Rowing and Camping in small boats

Yep Trysail I am a member.
But not especially active nowadays.
BUT, They can answer ANY question that you have.

I live in Japan but am halves in a 22 Sabre on the Gold Coast.
I sail her very rarely. But will be back in Oz this August , so looking forward to it.
That's me in the red boardies.
gary

Thanks Bananabender. I should probably sign up to Facebook. It can be useful.

Nice boat Garymalmgren. I'll put a photo of mine up when I get a chance. I don't have many photos of it because I'm usually sitting in it.
Where in Australia is that video taken?

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Trysail said..
Thanks Bananabender. I should probably sign up to Facebook. It can be useful.

Nice boat Garymalmgren. I'll put a photo of mine up when I get a chance. I don't have many photos of it because I'm usually sitting in it.
Where in Australia is that video taken?

Welcome.

Nice story of your adventure.

From the title I assume Gary's video was taken in the area as depicted in the picture below.

I find the various Facebook sailing groups that I belong to a great treasure trove of info.

Hope to take my trailer sailer up around there from Sydney when it gets a bit warmer.

Meanwhile Airlie Beach/Whitsunday TS pilgrimage in 11 days :). It's the Southernmost area that I consider warm enough this time of year even though it's a hell of a long tow.

As Jules says Garys vid. is just ,I think, short of Jumpinpin bar on South Stradbroke Island. I am retired and sail around that area weekly and from time to time beach the boat on South Straddie around where Garys vid. is taken for a walk over to the ocean side or down Tipplers Passage for lunch at the cafe. You have to watch the tides and the motoryachts and jetskis on the weekends otherwise a paradise . Did you know South and Nth Stradbroke islands were once one and the story is the Cambus Wallace was shipwrecked just South of jumpinpin carrying dynamite and it was decided to ignite it on the beach causing the ocean to split the island .
Sadly that was also where the sailors who perished on the Cambus were buried. talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/11/12/the-cambus-wallace-did-a-shipwreck-split-an-island-in-two/
This was me friday off Sth Straddie. Retirement is tough.

This is the only picture I have of my boat. All the other pictures I have are taken from my boat.

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As Jules says Garys vid. is just ,I think, short of Jumpinpin bar on South Stradbroke Island. I am retired and sail around that area weekly and from time to time beach the boat on South Straddie around where Garys vid. is taken for a walk over to the ocean side or down Tipplers Passage for lunch at the cafe. You have to watch the tides and the motoryachts and jetskis on the weekends otherwise a paradise . Did you know South and Nth Stradbroke islands were once one and the story is the Cambus Wallace was shipwrecked just South of jumpinpin carrying dynamite and it was decided to ignite it on the beach causing the ocean to split the island .
Sadly that was also where the sailors who perished on the Cambus were buried. talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/11/12/the-cambus-wallace-did-a-shipwreck-split-an-island-in-two/
This was me friday off Sth Straddie. Retirement is tough.

That's a messed up story about the Cambus Wallace and Stradbroke Island Bananabender. I bet that didn't go as planned.
Those pics you posted look like the perfect way to spend your retirement. I'm trying to get more time off work now. I'm planing to sail the Whitsundays in my boat next year.

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Trysail said..
Thanks Bananabender. I should probably sign up to Facebook. It can be useful.

Nice boat Garymalmgren. I'll put a photo of mine up when I get a chance. I don't have many photos of it because I'm usually sitting in it.
Where in Australia is that video taken?

Welcome.

Nice story of your adventure.

From the title I assume Gary's video was taken in the area as depicted in the picture below.

I find the various Facebook sailing groups that I belong to a great treasure trove of info.

Hope to take my trailer sailer up around there from Sydney when it gets a bit warmer.

Meanwhile Airlie Beach/Whitsunday TS pilgrimage in 11 days :). It's the Southernmost area that I consider warm enough this time of year even though it's a hell of a long tow.

Thanks Julesmoto.
So you're off to the Whitsundays? That's Awesome. I plan to take my boat up there next year. I'm hoping to take six months off work and sail up the coast and back. I'm setting up my boat now. I'll have lots of questions to ask as the time to leave gets nearer. I haven't ruled out towing my boat up yet, although trailering it up isn't what I'd originally dreamed of doing. If I'm true to myself I'll put my big boy pants on and sail up. I've got a lot to do and a lot to learn before I leave if I want to sail up safely.

I got the bug for sailing my own boat around the Whitsundays a few years back. In June 2022, a friend of mine hired Lunasea, a Lagoon 380 for a week from Queensland Yacht Charters at Coral Sea Marina and none of his family could sail, so they asked me to sail it for them. What an AWESOME experience!! An incredibly capable and easy boat to sail.
Then in August last year, they asked me to sail them around on Nautilus, a Bali 4.3. Not nearly as good a sailboat, but very spacious and very comfortable, and an awesome experience none the less.

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Trysail said..
Hi All.
My name's Rick. I've got a Baroness 22 Trailer Sailer named Shanti that I bought 3 years ago. It's my first sail boat and I wish I'd bought one when I was younger.
I generally put it in the water at Windsor and motor sail down the Hawkesbury River to Brooklyn over a day or 2. From there I spend the next week or 2 sailing around Pittwater, Cowan Creek and Brooklyn. I particularly enjoy spending the night at Refuge/America bay on a mooring, or anchoring around the back of Dangar Island near Little Wobby. When it's time to head home, I motor sail back up the Hawkesbury River to Windsor where I pull my boat out and take it home on a trailer.
I've not long started to keep a log. Last time I was out I did an over night sail from Broken Bay to Lake Maquarie. No sooner had I dropped anchor I checked the next 3 days weather. It was going to turn southerly at about 4pm the following day. I didn't want the weather to smack my butt yet again, so I had a quick bite to eat and at 7pm left Lake Maquarie and made my way back to Windsor over 3 days. I pulled my boat out of the water in the rain at 8pm. The following morning the river was flooded. A lucky escape. If I could do my time again I'd have taken refuge on a mooring at Refuge Bay until the rain stopped and the river cleared. I tend to learn the hard way.
Anyways, that's plenty about me. I'll be out on the water again soon.

Thanks,
Rick.

Hi Rick, and welcome.

I'm on this forum and trailersailerplace (not an admin). Hope the admins get you in shortly.

Congrats on actually getting out there. Plenty of folks come here to ask what they should buy as a first boat, and the best answer is to get something inexpensive (no disrespect to your boat) and get out there, like you. Learn it by doing it and keep a log. Big thumbs up from me!

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Trysail said..
Hi All.
My name's Rick. I've got a Baroness 22 Trailer Sailer named Shanti that I bought 3 years ago. It's my first sail boat and I wish I'd bought one when I was younger.
I generally put it in the water at Windsor and motor sail down the Hawkesbury River to Brooklyn over a day or 2. From there I spend the next week or 2 sailing around Pittwater, Cowan Creek and Brooklyn. I particularly enjoy spending the night at Refuge/America bay on a mooring, or anchoring around the back of Dangar Island near Little Wobby. When it's time to head home, I motor sail back up the Hawkesbury River to Windsor where I pull my boat out and take it home on a trailer.
I've not long started to keep a log. Last time I was out I did an over night sail from Broken Bay to Lake Maquarie. No sooner had I dropped anchor I checked the next 3 days weather. It was going to turn southerly at about 4pm the following day. I didn't want the weather to smack my butt yet again, so I had a quick bite to eat and at 7pm left Lake Maquarie and made my way back to Windsor over 3 days. I pulled my boat out of the water in the rain at 8pm. The following morning the river was flooded. A lucky escape. If I could do my time again I'd have taken refuge on a mooring at Refuge Bay until the rain stopped and the river cleared. I tend to learn the hard way.
Anyways, that's plenty about me. I'll be out on the water again soon.

Thanks,
Rick.

Hi Rick, and welcome.

I'm on this forum and trailersailerplace (not an admin). Hope the admins get you in shortly.

Congrats on actually getting out there. Plenty of folks come here to ask what they should buy as a first boat, and the best answer is to get something inexpensive (no disrespect to your boat) and get out there, like you. Learn it by doing it and keep a log. Big thumbs up from me!

Thanks Achernar. I appreciate your thumbs up.
I tried to register on trailersailer place as shanty a year ago. Shanty was never activated. I registered as Trysail (better name) a week or 2 ago. I hope Trysail is activated. If not, I'll happily spend my time here on Seabreeze. I'm sure the members here will steer me in the right direction.

Sailing up to Queensland - Check out Kevin Green in Stormbird - got there slowly in 25ft Contessa,and shows it is entirely feasible,if progress dictated by the weather .
Mason

Sorry - Kevin Green Skyebird -

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Sorry - Kevin Green Skyebird -

Hi PLanter4.
I've been watching him. He seems to know his stuff. He bought a hand held VHF with DSC & AIS receiver. I like it. I'll buy one. Seems a simple affordable way to cover several bases.
An ICOM IC-M94DE.

Hey Trysail,

Nice tidy looking boat! There are a few of us Trailer Sailors on here as well as FB TS Cruising Page and TSP. All are good resources.
I'm finding The Facebook Cruising Trailer Sailers Australia is quite positive, supportive and helpful, not to mention very active. A really wide array of boats from home made to production and from every part of the country.

I had a Hartley TS18 when I lived in Sydney and sailed it all around Botany Bay and Georges River, and have done a lot of yacht sailing out of Sydney Harbour on big boats from 45'-72'. I wish I'd had my current TS when I was back there, never knew what I had until I couldn't have it any more. The Hartley wouldn't have fared well offshore on the East Coast. I'd love to sail my current TS up the whole East Coast some day in the future once I sell up my business.

I'm in the west now and we don't have such ideal cruising grounds due to weather and long stretches of reefs and rocky cliff lines. They don't call it the shipwreck coast without good reason. I'm towing mine "up north" to get some winter sun next week for a break. The benefits of a TS, it'll do 50 knots directly into the wind and cover >900km in a day

I'll see you in the other forums I'm sure

Darren

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ActionSportsWA said..
Hey Trysail,

Nice tidy looking boat! There are a few of us Trailer Sailors on here as well as FB TS Cruising Page and TSP. All are good resources.
I'm finding The Facebook Cruising Trailer Sailers Australia is quite positive, supportive and helpful, not to mention very active. A really wide array of boats from home made to production and from every part of the country.

I had a Hartley TS18 when I lived in Sydney and sailed it all around Botany Bay and Georges River, and have done a lot of yacht sailing out of Sydney Harbour on big boats from 45'-72'. I wish I'd had my current TS when I was back there, never knew what I had until I couldn't have it any more. The Hartley wouldn't have fared well offshore on the East Coast. I'd love to sail my current TS up the whole East Coast some day in the future once I sell up my business.

I'm in the west now and we don't have such ideal cruising grounds due to weather and long stretches of reefs and rocky cliff lines. They don't call it the shipwreck coast without good reason. I'm towing mine "up north" to get some winter sun next week for a break. The benefits of a TS, it'll do 50 knots directly into the wind and cover >900km in a day

I'll see you in the other forums I'm sure

Darren

Thanks Darren.
I feel very fortunate to live on the Hawkesbury river. It gives me access to the ocean and the whole east coast of Australia.
I was told that several Baroness 22's ended up on the west coast because they are slow, heavy and they'll withstand a bit of rough weather.
Sure, mine's slow, but any boat I'm sailing would be slow. My tiny sail boat is more capable than I am. I feel disturbingly safe in it.
Anyways, thanks for your reply.
Rick.