Hello everyone,

I am interested in the collective thought on what draft do you start missing out on the highlights of the East Coast and Tasmania ?

What are the must see highlights that have draft restriction ?

There are quite a few tempting performance around cruisers with drafts up to 2.5m. I am wondering if 2.5m would become a real limitation in finding good anchorages and seeing the best stuff.

Cheers,

Andrew

in my opinion 1.8 is ideal for qld as it allows you to tuck in a lot closer out of the roll though south of the border it seems less important

I was staring at the arse-end of BlackJack (little one) the other weekend as they ran aground, thinking ooo, glad I don't draw that much.
I then promptly ran aground.
Bollocks.
Andrew, I can't add to the above , at 1.2m I'm almost on the shore in most places.

My boat is a shoal draft 57' Hanse 575 drawing 2.2m (7'4") which I have had no issues with up and down the coast. I have alway said that 2.4 m is the maximum for Moreton Bay with out having to be overly concerned about the tides. The is why I did not go for the standard keel which draws 9'4"". The penalty I pay is 1 ton of extra weight in the keel.

this conversation doesn't really have a correct answer as a beamy 50 footer like jodes anchored out in the swell will be nothing like as uncomfortable as my 37 footer tucked in close drawing 1.5 meters
my comment is more based on sub 40 foot designs which is where i believe most cruising boat are
rammonas comments are also true as i have just gotten off the phone organizing the slipping of an 8 foot draft trawler something we can only do 1 week in the month but i assume most people now use travel lift so this is less of an issue

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Thanks Ramona for pointing out your home port as one of the highlights of the east coast !

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Well it is!
There is even another Currawong 30 visiting at the moment. This is a nice little video of your boat.

Ramona said..

Thanks Ramona for pointing out your home port as one of the highlights of the east coast !
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Well it is!
There is even another Currawong 30 visiting at the moment. This is a nice little video of your boat.

That's now quite an old video. She has had quite a few modifications and a big refurb since that video was shot. Still trying to work out why the previous owners needed 11 winches. I can raise the sails, run the spinnaker and set all the reefs quite happily with just 4. Removed two, at least 4 more to go. We finally got her into Bass Strait last weekend in the ORCV Latitude series.

Which Currawong is on tour ? Do you have any photos ?

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