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Overnighter

Wednesday evening Jens and l set off on our first overnight sail on Bela Vida together. We left St Kilda harbour around 6:30pm and sailed...

A new leather cover on the helm has me in stitches... Beautiful Helen organised the leather for me and my mate Bruce some expertise and...

Oh what a beautiful life! Seeing it was Grand Final day here in Australia, the usual Saturday yacht racing down at the club was moved to...

One change I wanted to make to Bela Vida was to change the size of her helm. The previous wheel was a little too small and was 'just not...

Celebrations! Docklands area in Melbourne has been putting on fireworks during the winter months to cheer people up, it works! We kept...

A quick look out the window confirmed it,.... as per usual the forecast was wrong and we were faced with a beautiful clear day and...

Finally the weather was playing along,... After what seemed an eternity, winter let up for a cold but gloriously sunny day. The wind was...

Okay, so we had another cracker of a day that started with a cold and foggy morning, to clear to a beautiful winters day with not much...

So, actually read a manual for the Bukh DV24 engine that's installed on Bela Vida. Turns out they actually have zinc anodes internally,...