Saturday 26 June: Safety check at MHYC. Due to Covid lock down starting in the eastern suburbs this years Safety checks where a little less busy than previous years. We where lucky to catch the guy checking the fire extinguishers before he left. We then had our check and passed with just a few things…
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11-14 JUNE Long weekend to Pitt Water
Friday 11 June; We arrived at the boat in the evening and had dinner onboard. Niclas and Sanna visited Sanctum and crew to hear about their trip to and from Tasmania. Saturday 12 June: Weather was beautiful and we set off after breakfast. We headed north towards Pittwater and set sails as soon as we…
15-16 May Sydney Harbour
Saturday 15 May 2021; Sanna and Oliver arrived onto RaRa in the afternoon whilst Niclas was racing on Wailea. We played some card games in the afternoon and had the new heater on. It only works when we are on shore power as the power is too draining on batteries. For dinner Niclas and Sanna…
New headsail and new anti foul, April 2021
Niclas and Oliver picked up our new headsail and delivered it to the boat. It is a smaller sail than the old one which did not sail well when reefed and as we mostly get winds above 15 knots it is better with a smaller sail. Sunday 11/4: We arrived at the marina in the…
Easter 2021 – Botany Bay
Friday 2/4: Arrived at the boat 9.30, unpacked and then had coffee with a friend at the club. They were to join us for the Easter cruise but had to change plans. We sailed off with RaRa at 13.00 and headed south. The wind was SE with a top of 10 knots. Started off with…
27 – 28 March: Back on the harbour
Saturday 27/3: After another week Of more rain and the worst floodings to Sydney for 50 years, we got back onboard Saturday afternoon. The weather was sunny but the water very brown and murky. Sanna and Oliver arrived in the afternoon as Niclas came back from racing Wailea. Oliver’s friend Flynn came over for a…
21 March – wild weather
Sunday 21 March: It has rained a lot since last weekend and we spent it at home. Went to RaRa for a few hours to check her out in the marina and do some jobs. Managed to stay relatively dry when we walked to and from the car.
MHYC 12 – 14 March
Friday 12 March: The plan was to do a night sail with the cruising division but in the end no boats were around to participate and it was decided to cancel. We booked diner with friends onboard RaRa and we kept it at the marina. A few other friends joined and we had a lovely…
MHYC and Sydney Harbour regatta 6-7 March 2021
Saturday 6 March: Niclas sailed the Sydney Harbour regatta on Wailea both Saturday and Sunday. Sanna arrived to RaRa in the evening after having played a squash tournament together with Oliver. When Niclas returned we left to go to a friends birthday party and later in the evening we returned to the boat for the…
Penguins in the harbour, 27-28 February 2021
Saturday 27 February: With a race free Saturday we arrived at the boat after lunch and left the dock. We motored over to Quarantine Station to meet up with our friends on Eternity. As we waited for them to finish lunch, we went sailing in very light winds. As we passed Middle head there were…