Dave & Patsy are here! (Here? with us, on Eucalyptus)

July 23, 2019 | By Shelley Beer
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Who are Dave & Patsy? When Jill went on the crossing from Vanuatu to Bundaberg in October 2017, while crewing for Ron & Toni Borret on SV Cruising Kitty, she met Dave & Patsy Mitchell. Pristine waters of Champagne beachPatsy L, then Jill, Toni far RPort Olary. Jill L, Toni & Patsy RVanuatu 2017 Dave & Patsy are very experienced sailors. As a young family, they had circumnavigated the world on a 32 ft Phantom monohull – “Mr Walker” during…

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No Portugese Tarts

July 11, 2019 | By Shelley Beer
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I quite like Portuguese tarts but Jill is not so fond of them, hence the name of this video. The Journey We wanted to leave at first light so we put the alarm on to get an early start. It was a 60 nautical mile sail to Figuera da Foz and we expected a 12 hour day at an average of five knots. We woke to very dense fog. Captain Jill was a little nervous about the dense fog, so…

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