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By The Cruising CatMarch 31, 2020
The Beginning

15HP Enduro Video

Not running too well
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By The Cruising CatNovember 29, 2019
Boat Hunting

Say Hello to my Little Friend….

Well it’s been years in the planning and at times I seriously thought we’d never get there, especially with the state of the Australian $, but we have eventually found the boat of our dreams and everything went smoothly with the purchases and ‘Casablanca’ a…
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By The Cruising CatOctober 2, 2019
Boat Hunting

Almost Lost my Focus and Purchased a Monohull

With the Aussie $ being at an all-time low, finding the right catamaran in good condition in Europe has been a fruitless exercise. I went to see a Lagoon 440 in Spain that was advertised in Excellent condition and the broker also confirmed this was…
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By The Cruising CatSeptember 18, 2019
Cruising

The Whitsundays on a Leopard 38 Final Part

Following our concierge in, I was a little nervous, as this would be the first time maneuvering Seafox in confined quarters and I was still getting used to handling her with the twin engines for steerage.  Fortunately there was a minimal cross wind and the…
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By The Cruising CatAugust 22, 2019
Cruising

The Whitsundays on a Leopard 38 Part 4

After the trauma of our first night’s anchoring experience, Whitehaven was the perfect place to jump back on the horse, with nice shallow water and great protection from the current South Easterly.  We headed down to the southern end of the beach, running just off…
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By The Cruising CatAugust 15, 2019
Cruising

The Whitsundays on a Leopard 38 Part 3

Moving on from Stonehaven, we cranked the iron sails and headed North through the passage between Hook Island and Hayman Island and round to Butterfly Bay.  Due to the relatively narrow passage and multitude of fringing reefs, the charter company has this as an engine…
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Stonehaven at Sunset
By The Cruising CatJuly 16, 2019
Cruising

The Whitsundays on a Leopard 38 Part 2

Ed an ex sailing instructor, turns up bright and early to give us a very thorough boat briefing on its systems. We also go through and check that everything is working and also make a note of any pre-existing damage, which was only a few…
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By The Cruising CatJuly 4, 2019
Cruising

The Whitsundays on a Leopard 38 Part 1

As you fly into Proserpine you notice the wild and rugged landscape give way to the manicured fields of humanity and the mass production of sugar cane to feed the insatiable addiction of the west for sugar. A parallel springs to mind of Bolivia and…
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By The Cruising CatJanuary 28, 2019
Cruising

Rottnest Revisited

It was time for another visit to Rottnest Island, which was decided on the drop of a hat, a quick stock up of essentials such as Beer and Whiskey and we were on our way 🙂 Checking the wind on windy.com we decided to head…
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By The Cruising CatNovember 4, 2018
Paying for the Dream

SOLD…..

At long last and just over a year after putting it on the market our house in the hills has sold. Unfortunately the housing market in Perth is not great and is going nowhere fast, so we had to take less than we wanted and…
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