The Adventures of the Sailing Vessel 'Anais'
We attempted to use engine hoists as a less destructive method of moving the motor from the engine housing to floor level in the middle of our pilot house. It’s a 1.1 tonne motor. We were trying anything to avoid the inevitable – cutting a hole in the roof of our boat. Here are the…
So, here begins our next journey. We are going green by converting our diesel powered vessel to an electric slick machine. We do not expect it to be cheap but we were up for many $$$ to replace the motor with a similar new diesel motor (no gear box) and at some stage we would…
Late last year we did get a sniff of an opportunity to go out for a couple of days. Fitzroy was a 4 hour motor / sail away and we had a good weather outlook for a few days plus and not always co-operating, the coffee shop was delivering consistent trade and we were soooooo…
Opportunities to get out and about on Anais aside from heading deep into the creeks for cyclonic events such as Yasi were limited and frustrating. Catching up with friends on Magic in Trinity Inlet was a fortunate moment as our friends alerted us to the latest copy of the Cruising Helmsman (May 2011) which featured…
In December 2010, we hauled out on a travel lift for an annual coat of anti-foul (although it was almost 3 years since the last haul out). It was our first experience with the travel lift and seeing Anais being wheeled around the yard was like watching our episode of Monster Moves. There she…
We have owned and operated a coffee shop for 3 and a half years now and we continue to live on ‘Anais’ traveling to and from the boat via dinghy for a large part of the three years.
The journey from Hinchinbrook to Cairns featured one weeks stay at Dunk, a two week stay on the Johnstone River at Innisfail (to check out the local croc’s) and a weeks stay at Fitzroy Island. This is beautiful Dunk Island. On the Island we met two couples who are heading to Darwin for a Kupang,…
We sat out the wet season at the Breakwater Marina in Townsville. Not exactly the most pleasant marina we have stayed in, but the people we met there were very genuine and good people. During late January we had some good weather and sailed up to Rattlesnake Island with Trish and Lester from Lekimpa….
Once we weighed anchor to depart Picnic Bay and head for the breakwater marina we had to head into the heavily breaking sea to avoid being rolled about to severely, it also gave us the opportunity to go with the wind and seas once we eventually changed course back to the channel. We managed…
With Makulu on the slipway for repairs and Sakes back at the marina for work commitments, Amaya II back to her berth to fix a punctured rubber ducky leaving only Lekimpa and Anais with Trish and Les having to prepare for work in the next few days. We weighed anchor around 0900hrs and headed…