
New Years – Sydney
GOOD BYE 2024 – HELLO 2025
Jack and Jude extend their warmest wishes to all our friends for a healthy and happy New Year 2025.
Despite facing health challenges last year, we had a wonderful life in 2024, thanks to the excellent healthcare system in Australia, our close-knit family, and the magnificent “great outdoors” that this beautiful country offers.
Currently, we are aboard our beloved sailing yacht Banyandah, which we launched over fifty years ago as young and hopeful kids starting our family. Our four hard years constructing this magnificent lady of the sea took us to more than two hundred countries and hundreds of unihabited islets and coral atolls, sailing thousands of miles across vast seas, alone surrounded by Nature.
As we welcome the new year, let’s also say a prayer for World Peace. Let all Earth’s creatures live in tranquility to appreciate the Creation.
Our Winter at Home in Pictures
Destination: Coral Sea
East Diamond Islet
Away from the crowd, deep into Nature.
You have a few months to prepare for the sailing adventure of a lifetime.
The Coral Sea is right on our doorstep – And East Diamond Islet is one of the closet, and one of the best Coral Sea anchorages. It has a lighthouse and a massive variety of seabirds and good fishing.
Jack and Jude have explored the Coral Sea many, many times over the last 50 years. In fact our first two ocean voyages crossed it both ways, to PNG and back from the Solomons. There are few ships to worry about, and with GPS navigation, finding the reefs is easy. Once there, navagating does take a good eye and caution. Reef Navigation is all about water colour and a good height of eye. Up the ratlines, me mateys. OKay, down to the details. Our Coral Sea Guide is a good place start. Free online. Or get a copy of our electronic guide that works offline on most devices.
93 min Film Available
Available on USB memory stick $20 Posted
(sorry no DVDs)
Books:
We have a few books remaining on board that can be autographed.
Posted to Australia only – Email us for availability and further details.
1X Around the World…..$50
2X Reflections…………..$39
3X Practical ……………..$35