As the sun set, we watched those magnificent straits vanish behind us. We glided into the Gulf and night simultaneously. The Arafura sea lives up to its reputation – the dull green waters beckoning a quieter and more relaxed passage. Bernardus runs around the boat optimizing everything, and soon discovers, […]

On Tuesday let’s visit Thursday (Island), and on Thursday, why not pop in on Friday (….island)? So what was the plan, ye old discoverers of limited imagination, once you’d run out of weekdays? How about Ile de 10am? Brunch Island perhaps? It turns out that Thursday is quite busy on […]

Glorious tradewinds, incredible colours and wild desolation. These past few days we’ve seen a handful of ships, and only one other yacht. Other than pearl farms, and a few truly isolated communities, this coastline feels untouched, still raw. Highlights? Incredible sailing – Ressie just lopes along with 25 knots on […]

“I immediately went upon the highest hill where to my mortification I discovered a reef of rocks laying about 2 or 3 leagues without the island extending in a line NW and SE father than I could see…” ~ Capt. James Cook “Essential. Must do it” said Brutus, the Lizard […]

Who said old lizards never change their spots? Well, that sounds like Merge, actually, who apparently knows a Lizard Island when she sees one. Cupcake quite likes a Lizard Island, too it seems. Can’t quite put my finger on it, but this morning she ate a kind of eggs benedict […]