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cavalier32 > 9 months ago, 19 Jun 2017

cisco

QLD

12364 posts

17 Aug 2017 10:26pm

Nice to see you enjoying Magnetic. Maggy Race Week is on soon isn't it?

While you are there you should visit Horse Shoe Bay. It probably still has the largest community of eccentrics in Australia.

You might even get a good massage there.

Heading back south, more whales than I have ever seen from Townsville down to Kepple. 4 times closer than 40 meters, and none of them knew the collision rules. Up to 12 a day and all still heading north.

Jode5

QLD

853 posts

21 Aug 2017 4:45pm

Anchored at the Palm group of islands. 3.7 knots of wind so slould be a great night. Water temp is 25 deg so I will be in for a snorkel very shortly.

Jode5

QLD

853 posts

24 Aug 2017 8:05am

Heading out to the outer reef today (Britomart Reef) Conditions are perfect, true wind speed .5 knots. Had a fantastic day at Zoe Bay yesterday The weather gods are really look after us.

Our Yellow Brick tracker:
my.yb.tl/jode7/#

cavalier32

QLD

19 posts

27 Aug 2017 4:00pm

Hi Everyone, I bought a Deck Tec TV arial and it's shi#, apparently the best is the Saturn 12 v multi-directional, but at a cost of $435

McNaughtical

NSW

908 posts

27 Aug 2017 11:50pm

Hello everyone,

Loving reading your posts... wish I was tagging along with you all. Maybe next year...

Datawiz

VIC

605 posts

28 Aug 2017 7:58am

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cavalier32 said..
Hi Everyone, I bought a Deck Tec TV arial and it's shi#, apparently the best is the Saturn 12 v multi-directional, but at a cost of $435

Bit late now cav, but pity you didn't come across these - ~~http://majesticausonline.com/product.php?id_product=170~~
I've had one for about 4 years now - works really well.
regards to all
Allana

oldboyracer

NSW

292 posts

28 Aug 2017 8:43am

Heading back to pegasus tomorow at bundaberg,will head further north from here but it looks like time has got me and will have to find somewhere to leave her from november so i can go back to work ( yes i know im not going to get any pity from you lot lol) will bring her home over christmas. On a side note looks like i will be catchup up with gary on his cav 32 as yesterday he was still in the river at bundaberg, i left him there 2 weeks ago. Maybe now he will take head about bananas on a boat

twodogs1969

NSW

1000 posts

28 Aug 2017 2:26pm

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cavalier32 said..
Hi Everyone, I bought a Deck Tec TV arial and it's shi#, apparently the best is the Saturn 12 v multi-directional, but at a cost of $435

I have a Deck Tec and was having troubles with it but I brought a new booster and it fixed the problem. Worth a try.

EC31

NSW

490 posts

29 Aug 2017 8:04am

We are on our way home from Hamilton Island. My very talented crew put together a short video of the week. Enjoy!

.be

Ramona

NSW

7737 posts

29 Aug 2017 8:30am

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We are on our way home from Hamilton Island. My very talented crew put together a short video of the week. Enjoy!

.be

Really nice production.

cisco

QLD

12364 posts

29 Aug 2017 12:01pm

Nice one EC31.

Wander66

QLD

294 posts

29 Aug 2017 12:49pm

Amazing video thanks!

Now will you all please go back to work and stop torturing me?

Newmo

VIC

471 posts

29 Aug 2017 2:57pm

An awesome video
Thanks for putting that together

twodogs1969

NSW

1000 posts

29 Aug 2017 3:26pm

Well done Noel the old girl was moving when the wind got up.

seabird

QLD

227 posts

29 Aug 2017 5:23pm

Thanks EC31 brought back some great memories of my week at HIRW a few years ago.

Making me rethink my decision to list Seabird for sale.

shaggybaxter

QLD

2661 posts

30 Aug 2017 4:20am

Thanks for the video EC, that was excellent.
Can you get a bigger headsail? The one in Race 1/2 looks enormous.

EC31

NSW

490 posts

2 Sep 2017 4:55pm

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shaggybaxter said..
Thanks for the video EC, that was excellent.
Can you get a bigger headsail? The one in Race 1/2 looks enormous.

It was actually race 3, we used the lightweight 150% for the first time in 6 knots of breeze. Absolutely brilliant upwind. We went round the top mark with a Hanse 415 & NorthShore 38 and just behind 2 Oceanis 43. Pole wasn't long enough for it to work properly downwind.

LittleBoris

NSW

27 posts

3 Sep 2017 7:36pm

Awesome video EC31, I'm glad you guys are having a ball up there defiantly seems worth the trip up

Jode5

QLD

853 posts

8 Sep 2017 6:42pm

Still having an awesome time up here. Can't imagine work in the cold down south

. Any one that has ever dreamed of coming north should make the effort. Today we snorkelled the giant Clam garden on Orpheus Island, totally amazing.
our tracer / blog
my.yb.tl/jode7/#

southace

4794 posts

8 Sep 2017 7:25pm

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Jode5 said..
Still having an awesome time up here. Can't imagine work in the cold down south

. Any one that has ever dreamed of coming north should make the effort. Today we snorkelled the giant Clam garden on Orpheus Island, totally amazing.
our tracer / blog
my.yb.tl/jode7/#

Can't quite remember the actual story about them clams but I think it was something to do with commercial farming back in the day. The water is mercy and some hungry little sharks there. I did a solo dive around 5 to 8 meters one arvo about 5 years ago!

Jode5

QLD

853 posts

8 Sep 2017 9:52pm

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southace said..

Jode5 said..
Still having an awesome time up here. Can't imagine work in the cold down south

. Any one that has ever dreamed of coming north should make the effort. Today we snorkelled the giant Clam garden on Orpheus Island, totally amazing.
our tracer / blog
my.yb.tl/jode7/#

The farming was a huge success. So much so that they bought in the US military to remove a lot of them and they were sent all over the world to boost Clam populations where they were having problems.
I took the photo below today. You can see a mix of dead and live clams.

southace

4794 posts

8 Sep 2017 9:33pm

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Jode5 said..

southace said..

Jode5 said..
Still having an awesome time up here. Can't imagine work in the cold down south

. Any one that has ever dreamed of coming north should make the effort. Today we snorkelled the giant Clam garden on Orpheus Island, totally amazing.
our tracer / blog
my.yb.tl/jode7/#

That's right I remember all the dead ones and the razor fish type dead shells ...was quite spooky dive.
Need to go north of lizard island on the ribbon reefs for the good clean ones! Apparently the lizard island ones where also farmed.

Jode5

QLD

853 posts

10 Sep 2017 6:22pm

Beautiful sunset at Dunk Island

cisco

QLD

12364 posts

10 Sep 2017 8:56pm

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Jode5 said..
Beautiful sunset at Dunk Island

Hi John. As you are at Dunk it is just a short trip out to Bowden Island and I assure you well worth the effort.

Bowden Island was one of the visiting places on my Marine Park Permit and during a passage south I took the trouble to visit it.

I am so glad I did as it is forever etched in my memory. It is just a tiny little island but incredibly beautiful.

The north side anchorage is good for a southerly. You will figure it out.

P.S. The sunset photo will top the one you posted.

oldboyracer

NSW

292 posts

15 Sep 2017 6:58am

My trip for this year is over. Didnt get to have that beer cisco it will have to be next year now. Even though i didnt get to my intended destination i still won. This is the furthest north ive sailed, met some wonderfull people and havent laughed so much in years.. And only ran aground twice

Sectorsteve

QLD

2195 posts

15 Sep 2017 7:56am

Nice looking boat. Why the lift out?

oldboyracer

NSW

292 posts

15 Sep 2017 9:58am

She will stay on the hard till next year when I go back , will anti foul and go north from Bundy. Met a few up there that do that as well.

cisco

QLD

12364 posts

15 Sep 2017 10:00am

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oldboyracer said..
My trip for this year is over. Didnt get to have that beer cisco it will have to be next year now. Even though i didnt get to my intended destination i still won. This is the furthest north ive sailed, met some wonderfull people and havent laughed so much in years.. And only ran aground twice

I am sure we will still have beer in Bundaberg next year.

If you only wanted to store your boat during the cyclone/flood season, say for a couple of months, leaving it on Bundaberg Port Marina is safe. During the last big floods there was no damage there.

If you need to store it for say 6 months or more, hauling out is the way to go.

I believe storage there is much more economical than points north.

Jode5

QLD

853 posts

21 Sep 2017 12:09pm

We are finally heading south from Townsville at 6.00am this morning. The weather is about 12kn NE and we are currently motor sailing at just under 10kn. Our original intention was to overnight at Cape Upstart but the weather is so good we are going straight to Gloucester which should have us there by about 6.30pm.
Our current track can be viewed on the website below.
my.yb.tl/jode7/#

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