Dubbed 'the friendly Mayor', Mayor MacKenzie confidently announced: 'we have 83 entries, next year it will be 100.' Direct Link Comments

A broken mainsheet did not stop Graham Buckeridge and his crew from a line honours victory in the opening race Direct Link Comments

Canadian native John Dennis is set to take on the challenge again his entry in the 2010 Velux 5 Oceans. Direct Link Comments

Rod and Martha Harper have brought their Farr 1106 Pub Talk' from Wollongong for their first Sail Port Stephens Direct Link Comments

The ultimate challenge for the two Queenslanders was to be the 2010 Fitzroy Yachts Solo Tasman Challenge from New Plymou Direct Link Comments

Today, we cleaned the boat. the entire boat. we used some orangey soap, which i didn't think would work because it's environmentally friendly, and scrubbed the whole boat, from bow to stern. it was okay. my feet were soaked, so thank goodness i rolled ...

Masked off and painted the bottom. 2 coats of Interlux Fiberglass Bottomkote, black. Changed Oil (Valvoline Synthetic High Mileage 10W-30) and Oil Filter (Fram PH-16). Repaired courtasy light. Replaced push in connectors with crimp on butt splices. Too...

Sunday April 11: Weighed anchor at 7:45 am & had a great beam-reach sail at better than 7 knots all the way up Biscayne Bay to Key Biscayne, where we anchored on the west side of the key south east of the Rickenbacker causway, with a view of the Miami ...

Chad converted me to the very important matter of having ice on board. Direct Link Comments

It feels strange to be sitting at my desk in our house after nearly 3 years. It is still a luxury to have unlimited hot showers, a washing machine, dishwasher, coffee machine, big TV, and constant internet. After spending a week making the house 'homey...