Sailing/Boating Memoirs: (my real profession)

Canoe and Kayaking in the 70's
5 meter Runabout and diving 1976 to 1984
8 meter Cruising Boat from 1984 to 1991. Ocean experiences from Sydney and 100km out to sea (usually Jarvis Bay)

1^st Yachting experiences in 1985, Sydney to Mooloobah, crewing (40 ft Duncanson "Dollar Bird")
2^nd Yachting experience in 1987, Sydney to Bundaberg, crewing on "Dollar Bird"
3^rd Yachting experience in 1989, Sydney to Whitsunday Islands

Purchased "Little Swan", in Sydney, in May 1991. Coastal cruising for one year
Sailed to the Solomon Islands in 1992
Sailed to Tasmania and Lord Howe Island in 1993
Circumnavigated Australia, for 9 months, in 1994
Sailed to Lord Howe Island again in 1995
Numerous coastal cruises were done in between longer trips
Departed Sydney in October 1996 sailing to Tasmania and then across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand. Sailed via Steward Island to the Fjord lands and up the west coast of the south island. Spent 4 months cruising New Zealand
Departed the Bay of Islands May 1997 and sailed to Tonga. Cruised Tonga for 5 Weeks
Sailed from Tonga to Fiji and cruised Fiji for 3 months, June - August 1997
Sailed to Vanuatu. Departed for a visit to Sydney then returned to Santos to continue cruising to the Solomon Islands, October 1997
Cruised the Solomon Islands for 10 weeks then departed for Papua New Guinea in mid-December 1997
Cruised PNG, for 4 months, until the end of April 1998
Sailed to Palau in Micronesia and cruised the Rock Islands in May 1998
Motor sailed to the Philippine Islands and cruised, chartered until April 1999
Motor sailed to Sabah and Sarawak in Borneo then on to Singapore
Sailed up the east coast of Malaysia and its' Islands in June 1999
Cruised to Gulf of Thailand for 2 months then returned to Singapore in October 1999
Cruised up the west coast of Malaysia in September 1999
Arrived Phuket in November 1999. Haul-out and Routine   Maintenance
Cruise; Charter the Andaman Sea in the Year 2000
Combined, over 80,000 nautical miles of Ocean experiences
More sailing experiences please read Little Swan's Adventure Journals.

Private Memoirs:

Migrated to Australia in 196
Australian citizenship 1970 (dual nationality)
Married in Australia 1973, separated 1995, divorced 1997 (she got the house and I got the boat)
No kids but have five Godchildren

Professional Memoirs

Worked as Shift Lab technician for ICI Botany Operations from 1972 until 1996 when I took voluntary early retirement

Little Swan is a privately owned sail / cruising vessel circumnavigating the world at a leisurely pace.

From time to time the owner/skipper invites people to join as "crew" (passenger) to participate in these trans-oceanic passages.

You can participate in every aspect of the smooth running of the yacht. With advanced learning, you can even be in charge of the vessel with minimum supervision.

Interested?

For more information about the training you will receive and about boat rules please contact us by email

Other Adventure and Seafaring Links:

National Geographic Adventure Magazine

Living Aboard

Yachting World

Seven Seas Cruising

Sailing Magazine

Asia Boating