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09-06-2012, 04:00
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Geelong,Australia
Boat: Lagoon 440 Pathfinder
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What a nightmare,crappy conditions let alone the boats conditions.
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09-06-2012, 07:53
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Perth, Australia
Boat: Van DeStat Super Dogger 31'
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Re: Across the Top of Australia
Holy Moley, can this get worse.
Tough time to do Cairns to Brisbane but surely it can't much worse.
I am impressed with your tenacity.
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09-06-2012, 21:07
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#78
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Geelong,Australia
Boat: Lagoon 440 Pathfinder
Posts: 594
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Want to deliver my cat from cairns to Hervey Bay?
Everything works on it,i think?
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10-06-2012, 00:44
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: cruising SW Pacific
Boat: Jon Sayer 1-off 46 ft fract rig sloop strip plank in W Red Cedar
Posts: 3,687
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Re: Across the Top of Australia
G'Day tony,
Holy shit, Batman, don't think I've ever heard of a worse delivery scenario. What a saga! Your perseverance is laudable, the boat's perseverance is not so good. I forget what sort of cat it is that you are sailing, but I think there is a new and lucrative occupation for your future: blackmailing the builder, threatening to go to boat shows with a copy of all your posts here on CF!!
At any rate, sure hope that the rest of the trip goes well... but then, what would you have to write about?
Cheers,
Jim
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10-06-2012, 01:49
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Mackay,QLD, Australia
Boat: planning a approx 45ft cat
Posts: 2,054
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Re: Across the Top of Australia
Enough issues to put the average sailor off sailing for life. 
What a ride. 
Hope you have better trip south to Brisbane although the wind will likely be in your face and if recent weather is any guide not ideal to put it mildly.
cheers
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10-06-2012, 02:27
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Melbourne Australia
Boat: saga kan walker 31ft
Posts: 465
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Re: Across the Top of Australia
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Originally Posted by downunder
Enough issues to put the average sailor off sailing for life.
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Im just happy im NOT the owner
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10-06-2012, 02:30
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Geelong,Australia
Boat: Lagoon 440 Pathfinder
Posts: 594
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Sounds like a very,very expensive boat
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18-06-2012, 21:22
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Tortola
Posts: 473
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Re: Across the Top of Australia
Many thanks to all for the comments - and the weather !!
Well - we got in to Brisbane this morning and the boat is securely at the owner's dock. The last leg from Cairns was not without its electrical and mechanical problems - but we've come to expect these! In particular, we lost the autopilot again and this time I couldn't coax her back. Then the depth sounder went which was a little unnerving coming into the very shallow Moreton Bay. However, we didn't manage to bump into anything. Then the Starboard engine water cooling system completely broke down so I had to rob the port engine of the exhaust muffler and various cooling hoses, so we came the last few days on one engine - I robbed the Port because the Starboard is the only one giving us electricity!
Otherwise, the run down from Cairns included a couple of 150 mile days in the right direction so it was generally the best part of the whole trip. Nice to be finished though!!
Once again, many thanks to all and Safe Sailing to everyone. Tony
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18-06-2012, 21:25
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Tortola
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Re: Across the Top of Australia
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Originally Posted by dirkdig
Want to deliver my cat from cairns to Hervey Bay?
Everything works on it,i think?
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Just got in and catching up! When do you want it done? PM me and I'll work out a quote for you. Cheers, Tony (PS - I'm getting quite used to cats where nothing works!!)
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18-06-2012, 22:12
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Boat: Hartley, Tahitian 45 - Tahiti K
Posts: 33
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Re: Across the Top of Australia
what part of brisbane are you in?
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19-06-2012, 01:46
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Perth, Australia
Boat: Van DeStat Super Dogger 31'
Posts: 3,682
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Re: Across the Top of Australia
I bet everyone is happy that you finally arrived, good to see that the boat kept true to form right up to arrival - not.
I wonder if you have found ALL the defects in the boat or if the ownwer still has a few surprises coming his way  .
Again congratulations on your perseverance!
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19-06-2012, 04:31
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Vancouver Island BC
Boat: 41' Morgan Classic
Posts: 56
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Re: Across the Top of Australia
Hey Tony. Glad you made it! In comparison my trip with Rupert from Singapore to Cairns was the exact opposite - no wind other than PNG to Cairns. Biggest problem was fuel - and getting robbed in PNG of course. I'm back in a logging camp in Canada - gotta work a bit, the problem with 100% retirement is too much time on your hands to spend money! Stay safe.
Doug
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26-06-2012, 21:45
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Tortola
Posts: 473
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Re: Across the Top of Australia
Hey Doug - thanks!! I followed your passage (via Roop's fb page) with interest. Hope to see you on the water again soon! Tony
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26-06-2012, 21:50
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Location: Tortola
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Re: Across the Top of Australia
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what part of brisbane are you in?
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Hi Kevin - I'm to-day in Currumbin, having spent a couple of days in Noosa catching up with relatives and friends who emigrated many years ago. I fly home to the Caribbean on Friday and, going Eastabouts, its gonna be a very long day! I wish I could have stayed much longer - really loving it here (apart from the current weather), but there's work in the Caribbean and if I aint sailing, I don't get paid!
Tony
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