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morganflower

Jul 24, 202120 min read

Rounding my First "Great Cape"

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

morganflower

Aug 23, 20205 min read

Sailing From Busselton to Fremantle in a Force 9 Gale

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

morganflower

Aug 23, 20204 min read

Renovating the Forward Cabin

The second project on the list for the winter refit was to renovate the forward cabin. This included installing a plywood floor in the...

morganflower

Jul 27, 20204 min read

Replacing the Engine Bed

It’s been a while since I’ve posted here, that’s not because I haven’t even up to much. Quite the opposite in fact. Throughout June and...

morganflower

Jun 17, 20204 min read

mast, RIgging and Sails

Emigre's current sailplan & aluminium mast. Sloop?, cutter?, ketch?, In mast furling?, in boom furling?, slab reefing?, two reefs?, three...

morganflower

Jun 7, 20205 min read

Shorthanded Spinnaker Sailing

Solo Spinnaker Sailing aboard Emigre near Quindalup, Western Australia. One of my favourite pastimes, other than sailing, is reading...

morganflower

Jun 1, 20203 min read

The Romance of a sailboat

Many believe that a sailboat is more than an inanimate object. Boats have a soul, they breathe and give feedback to those who crew them....

morganflower

Feb 7, 20204 min read

Yacht Design, Quindalup Cruise & Summer in Paradise.

If you ask most yachties where Quindalup is, you’ll quickly realise that not everyone knows about WA cruising’s best kept secret. I have...

morganflower

Jun 24, 20192 min read

Welcome, Let The Voyage Begin

You're probably wondering what this is all about? Well so am I! Stick around to find out. The First Step “Its out at sea that you are...