EMIGRE

After spending the morning in the bilge working on the engine in light winds and confused swell, I was again feeling green in the hills and spent some time in the cockpit watching the swells roll through. We had a quiet afternoon mostly catching up on sleep. The sky was full of heavy cloud and had been since we left Albany. This was not doing my small lithium battery bank any favours despite having upgrading my solar array from 100 to 350w. Who knew solar panels didn’t work w

Today is a day I have been thinking about for at least twelve months. This time last year I was aboard Keshi Mer at Middle Island, approximately 80 nautical miles South East of Esperance. I was working for a hydrographic survey company supporting their new unmanned survey vessel (USV) “Fremantle 01”. Spending time at Middle Island and surrounding Recherché Archipelago gave me an idea of the vastness of the waters south of Australia. Crossing the great Australian Bite in my ow

Augusta to Albany - Leg Two A after a few beers, a pub meal, and a solid 12 hours of sleep, I was beginning to feel human again. Some say a crucial trait of any offshore sailor is a bad memory. If we really remembered how bad it was in the moment, none of us would go back to sea. I believe it’s called ‘type two fun’. Waking up to warm sunshine on the cabin, Ash and I enjoyed eggs for breakfast, accompanied by tea and coffee, having already washed the boat down and hung our sa

Many month of planing and preparation in the making, after many setbacks and delays, Ashlee dropped the mooring lines at Quindalup for the final time which marked the beginning of Emigre’s voyage towards Southern Tasmania. It was 19:50hrs on Thursday, January 15th. It’s been a dream of mine for some time now to sail Emigre to Tasmania and explore the D’Entrecasteaux channel, Port Arthur, Port Davey and Strahan.  I suppose you could say the two trips I’ve made by car over the

Albany Adventure Part 1 – From Day Sailor to Offshore Passage Maker By Morgan Flower When telling people at the Fremantle Sailing Club...

After the somewhat extensive work that we completed on the interior of Emigre during July 2020, it was time to sail her from Port...