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By The Cruising CatJanuary 10, 2018
Boat Hunting

Boats, Boats, Boats…….

Choosing the boat that you are going to live on after a long life on land, throws up a few dilemmas. Firstly will it be Monohull or a Catamaran? This one for us was easy as the space of the Catamaran is King and with…
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By The Cruising CatOctober 10, 2017
Paying for the Dream

Selling a House to Buy a Catamaran :)

We are getting closer to moving off land, just a minor hurdle of selling a house in a recession…. Shame to sell it, as its a beautiful property, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
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By The Cruising CatJuly 28, 2017
Paying for the Dream

How to Leave the Daily Grind and afford to Sail Away Part 3

So the next idea to further our cause was bricks and mortar. After the GFC the property market in Perth was in a slump for a long time and we took advantage of this to buy a cheap, but run down house. Having a sizeable…
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By The Cruising CatJuly 21, 2017
Paying for the Dream

How to Leave the Daily Grind and afford to Sail Away Part 2

I’ll admit, being 45 at the time, I already had a history of 15 years hard work behind me, so I was not starting from scratch, but I was still many hundreds of thousands of dollars away from our goal of sailing away. OK, so…
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By The Cruising CatJuly 14, 2017
Paying for the Dream

How to Leave the Daily Grind and afford to Sail Away Part 1

So this is a very tricky one and if you are not one of the lucky few, for most of us it’s a major issue.  Breaking away from the enslavement of the Western World’s hamster wheel and the continual cycle or work, taxes, bills &…
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By The Cruising CatJanuary 14, 2017
Learning to Sail

RYA Yachtmaster Exam

After 5 days Practical and Theory drills and lots of sailing we were ready for our Yachtmaster exam and Nick seemed pretty confident that we would have no issues.  For those of you not familiar with the Yachtmaster exam, it is an intense 12 hour…
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By The Cruising CatJanuary 9, 2017
Learning to Sail

RYA Yachtmaster Coastal Course

So being a bit a bit of a glutton for punishment, it was time to jump back on the training bandwagon and this time go for the RYA Yachtmaster Coastal Certification.  Trevor was easily convinced to join in, probably because he didn’t want me  gloating…
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By The Cruising CatMarch 22, 2016
Cruising

Back from Rottnest in a Gale

Whilst we had been relaxing on Rottnest, the wind had slowly been building, not that we would know it in our sheltered bay, but there had been a ferocious 40Kt Easterly, running for a couple of days and building a beautiful big swell.  On the…
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By The Cruising CatMarch 16, 2016
Cruising

Rottnest Island, Perth. West Australia

Rottnest Island at Dusk – Longreach Bay Latitude:S 31° 59′ 23.6941″ Longitude:E 115° 31′ 52.694″ Rottnest Island is an Idyllic sun drenched island surrounded by reefs approximately 20K’s off the coast of Perth in West Australia.  Its renowned for its Wildlife and has a unique Marsupial called the Quokka…
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By The Cruising CatFebruary 15, 2016
Learning to Sail

Winter Sailing Fun

Perth is listed as one of the top 3 windiest cities in the world and for a good reason, as it certainly blows a lot here, although Winter can be a bit hit or miss at times, but at others it comes howling through.  Being…
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