Single Handed Summer
Well it has been a great summer so far and I've been able to spend two weeks single handed around the Bay just before Christmas with...
You know summer is coming when?
Bush alight at Beecroft weapons range yesterday.
In search of DE38 Ketch "Vixen II"
You may ask who is Vixen II? Good question, I want to know as well. She was built by Down East Yachts of Santa Ana California USA in...
3 days of Dad and Daughter on the Water
Just got back from three days on Tondy in Jervis Bay with my youngest daughter Sammy. We had a lovely sail down to "Hole in the Wall" in...
That sinking feeling!
Bilge System Upgrade. During the 1300nm delivery of Tondelayo from Townsville to Jervis Bay in 2009 we experienced a failure of the PSS...
Raw water pump service
Tondelayo was re-powered with a 40hp Iveco M4041 in 2005 which starts first time every time and never misses a beat. I usually replace...
Another Summer Teaser
A quick video from summer 2013. Good times!
A Day sail with friends
I just got this video of a day out in Jervis Bay a while ago. Thanks to Den Cornell Snr for the video.
Tender Trailer Reconstruction
Ok so if you read the blog titled "Tender Trailer Deconstruction" you'll be keen to see if I was able to rebuild the "Tindelayo's"...
Mooring musings
In Jervis Bay it can occassionally get quite ugly if the southerly swell gets in so you have to have a good mooring and look after it if...