How does it feel to be surrounded by fires, blanketed by smoke, have mud rain down on your boat, while above lightening storms rage and heatwaves with temper...

We enjoy the wonders of Port Stephens before being surrounded by bushfires as N.S.W faced a day categorised by the Fire Authorities as a Catastrophic Fire Day!

Writing books, like sailing, is a good training ground for the development of patience, presence of mind and endurance. I have often likened writing to a lon...

We set out on our longest sail since the three year refit of our boat! We had almost forgotten how good sailing could be!

We have one last sail with our daughter before she flies to the UK to live.

See where I live and write all my books! On our tiny sea home Kekaimalu!

We sail into Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, install solar panels, modify our clears and Sail to Sydney where we stay at Sugar Loaf Bay and Historical Bantr...

In this episode we finally get our clears, we install the reconditioned fridge, we commission the instruments and head off for a second Shakedown Sail!

See some stunning Australian coast and country and lessons learnt from our first shakedown sail after a major refit.

After a two year refit, Lucy finally goes offshore and gets salty! In the meantime, we find out why our fridge is using so much power, we buy and instal a po...

In this 'new season' episode, we fix a fuel injector leak, Lucy rafts up with her best friend, we explore the spirit of Dreamtime in Morning Bay, Lucy astoun...

In this episode we get a close look at what heartbreaking havoc a rogue wind gust can create for boats on a hardstand and we share our Aussie Christmas and N...

In this episode, we have the electrical work done, we give our daughter a surprise birthday, we survive the storms in Sydney which destroyed two boats on our...

In this episode, the boat goes back into the water, we overnight at our favourite anchorage Morning Bay and the Mast Goes back in!

In this episode we have a Bimini frame made, the boat goes up on the slip and we take to the road to visit Namaste, a hundred acre property at Wollombi where...

In this episode I have to travel to the Gold Coast in Queensland to Lecture, we visit Port Stephens and check out some marinas and towns in the area.

This episode we visit Leura in the Blue mountains, we go to the Boat Show in Sydney and chill out on Pittwater.

In this episode we meet a kangaroo, visit Palm Beach and finish the Mast Step. Lucy sees herself on TV for the first time and is suitably impressed.