LaGecko Sailing

Today we moved LaGecko up to Prince of Wales bay and tied up next to a catamaran to await the removal of our masts We went around the boat removing hardware and labelling all the stays

Today we flew from Rockhampton to Brisbane after spending nearly a week with Karen’s brother and his family in Yeppoon, while there we celebrated Brad’s birthday and gave their mum a wonderful send off at the Korio spit Farnborough beach We arranged to overnight in Brisbane and spend the day with Trevor, Nicole and Annabel…

Well it was time to leave the dock again This time to head up to Prince of Wales bay to meet up with Rod from hurricane marine to get our rigging inspected and enable him to quote us on replacing it. After this we motored down and had a look around Ralphs bay then did…

Day three started a little late at around morning cuppa time, we had decided to stay at the public marina for another night, once up and about we went to Coffee Roaster for a couple of mugs of chai to start the day then walked as tourists through Salamanca to later meet up with my…

Although it was mostly a calm night at the casino anchorage, very little sleep was had due to the little waves slapping under the transom (our cabin) making a booming noise inside the boat. However we were ready to embrace the morning with a dingy tour poking in and around Derwent Sailing Squadron and Royal…

So Kaz and I have finally retired (well stopped working, holidays etc to use up first), Kaz stopped on the 1st of July and I finished on the 21st of July, it has taken until now to have time to play on LaGecko. We came down to the boat Saturday night after Phil’s 60th planning…

2023 Sunday 1st January Parsons Bay Nubeena / Tasman Peninsula A day on anchor. The strong winds continued off and on during the night. Despite the conditions we slept very well. The anchorage has been better than expected contrary to what the Cruising Southern Tasmanian book say’s. “Poor Holding”. We took Kansas over to the…

Sykes – Kettering A wonderfully calm night. The only interruption, a lone mozzie whose life soon ended after what seemed an eternity of torment. A trip to shore for the dog ( she’s in the groove and not so stressed about 3 trips a day in the dingy now), a leisurely breakfast then made our…

Parson’s Bay – Nubeena / Tasman Peninsula to Duckpond then Sykes/ D’Entrecasteaux Channel Depart 07:45 Arrive 16:00 A beautiful calm night. At last! Along with a great night sleep and an early rise at 6am feeling much more refreshed. A quick trip ashore for the dog and a coastal walk along the broad walkway up…