Sailing Inelsamo
The Chaotic Compass

That very first time you start up the engine and slip the bow line to take your own boat out for the first time without 'supervision', is...

The further into the planning of this next adventure in our lives we get, the more courageous I begin to feel. Some months ago, after...

While I have known this amazing guy for well over 35 years, it was 30 years ago that we decided to make it official. Every day he makes...

It was a weekend of 'firsts' for us.....first time we stayed overnight and slept onboard; first time we cooked; first time we used the...

Being a reasonably new starter to this wonderful activity of sailing, I have decided that I will do as many training courses as I can in...

​Not much to report really. Except....this is how one spends the time. Too cold, miserable and frankly, dangerous to go anywhere near...

The first time you slip the dock lines and motor out of your marina berth is daunting to say the least. When our instructor explained...

So today is my birthday. And I am spending it as a foreigner, in a foreign country...by myself. Now, travelling alone is not unfamiliar...

Just a short little video introducing our new home!

I am not sure how it happened, but I am fairly confident about the when. It was during the Christmas school holidays at Caloundra...