LaGecko Sailing

Category: anchoring

  • Christmas & first year on LaGecko

    On the 5th of December last year we moved permanently on LaGecko, since then we have had a year of, for us, many new adventures. Now we are at Christmas 2024 in the Pittwater – Cowan creek area roughly 30km north of Sydney finally living the Cruising lifestyle as started by a simple idea five…

  • Sydney almost over it

    The last two and a half weeks in Sydney have been interesting and amazing. After the five nights in Blackwattle bay we set a course back through the harbour to Spit bridge into Middle Harbour. Spit bridge only opens a few times a day. Passing through the bridge was a bit intimidating trying to time…

  • Sydney- Loving it 😊

    It was approx a 9 hour motor sail from Shell Harbour to just inside North Head at Quarantine near Manly where we picked up a mooring. A night of wake from the Manly ferries doing 20 knots had us moving on early the next morning to one of the very few good anchorages in the…

  • Collision – adding some more deck space

    Just having a shower this afternoon when Kaz starts yelling that another boat has just crashed into us, I run up on deck with just a towel wrapped around me, have a look at the problem which Kaz is handling well and decide to put some clothes on 😳 Que Sera a seemingly abandoned 40’ish…

  • Jervis Bay

    The approach to Jervis Bay from the south has the highest cliff in Australia. Point Perpendicular to the north dominates the landscape with its straight squared cliffs standing proudly as the swell pounds away at the base. It truly is a sight to behold. We are now in ACT! Approx 8km wide and 14 km…

  • Wedding gifts

    As you know Karen and I were married on the 20th of February 2022 on board LaGecko. A few of our wedding gifts are now a big part of our lives as we travelling on LaGecko up the east coast of the big island, tonight we are anchored off Vincentia in a very windy Jervis…

  • Topping up with everything we need and leaving Bermagui

    Yesterday we did our last shop and paid our marina bill for the 12 days ($660), and last night we topped up our  water (800 litres) and power (not much as solar is covering our usage in the marina easily) and packed up the boat back into sailing mode. This morning after disconnecting the power…

  • Wineglass to Eden

    On Wednesday morning at 8:30 we departed Wineglass Bay in Tasmania heading for Eden in New South Wales. The weather forecast was predicted on Wednesday to start with northerlies,  changing to a southerly later in the day which would help us travel North, then to a southwestly on Thursday morning which would have helped us…

  • Crossing Bass Strait under our command Friday 13th 2024

    Celebration🥳🥂 Well we made it….YaHooo!⛵️ We are exhausted , elated, intact, bruised, chuffed and very very happy to be here at Eden. How was it ???? Rough!!!! The magic bit was getting to Gabo Island when we had the full jib out westerly winds and calm seas. Greeted by tail slapping and breaching whales and…

  • Wineglass Bay and departure 12/09/2024

    Yesterday we started the last leg before the crossing of Bass Strait, moving from Mayfield Bay to Wineglass Bay sailing across Great Oyster Bay through Schouten passage. Stunning scenery! Motoring north and into Wineglass Bay, the scenery and rock formations were fantastic, though difficult to capture and photograph well with our phone cameras. The entrance…