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An Australian currently sailing single-handed aboard a 26ft Yacht named Constellation.
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Entry, Constellation for sale

Nov 30, 2009
Nearing Australia, I saw another sailing vessel and radioed to ask if they knew whether Customs ran 24hrs or not. The radio crackled, “Customs? Where are you coming from, over?” … “Tonga” … “Tonga? Please repeat, over”, “Tonga, in the south Pacific” …...

We're home at last. In 743 days.

Nov 19, 2009
It was a long final passage from Tonga… I don’t really even know how long. I left sometime in October, and I arrived yesterday. I don’t count days anymore, and I think in this last passage I made my peace with many things. I spent several hours every...

Next stop Coffs Harbour

Nov 10, 2009
The sailing thus far, has for the most part been idyllic. I say for the most part, because the last 48 hours have verged more on the miserable scale of things than anything else. Passing 160 nautical miles (around 300km) south of New Caledonia, I...

Australia is on my chart

Nov 3, 2009
My recent posts have been rather anguished. I’ve been in a very odd state of mind, there is no doubt about it. Someone left a comment on my last post saying I was sounding more and more like Moitessier. And he wondered if that was a good thing or a bad...

Final leg, Tonga to Australia

Oct 21, 2009
Tomorrow I haul up the anchor, and set sail for Australia, nonstop from Vava’u, Tonga. The counter on this website indicates that I’ve been doing this sailing thing for 765 days. That sounds like a lot. In fact, it’s so many days, that I’m going...


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