Tell us about your boating adventures.
These are your short stories: things that happened while cruising or interesting places you visited.
Story & photos by Chris Way
My mate, brother and I purchased Symphony for 20k in 2019. I looked at her because I had heard about the quality of these boats (Arends 33) and had watched the asking price drop
Story & photos by Fraser Duff RG1027
I took this beautiful photo of Mount Sorell while on the RYCT VDL Circumnavigation 22 Cruise.
Phil Adams (RG369) has been a member of Tas Maritime Radio (TMR) since 2005. With his four-pawed crew Dusty the retriever, Phil regularly trailers his Stacer 4.55 metre dinghy
On Maatsuyker Island the day begins at 5:30am when the caretakers brave the icy winds to check the weather. It's then time for a hot cup of tea and breakfast, before checking in
by Adam Gittins RG1092, April 2019
The roots of our Tasmanian circumnavigation were solidly terrestrial. We spent two years volunteering for Tasmania
from David Conway RG289, March 2019
David Conway (RG289) is one of Tas Maritime Radio's newer members. In February he sailed his vessel, the MV Eva Blanche from Franklin to Constitution Dock in Hobart to participate in the
At 0801 on Sunday 30 December Tas Maritime’s operator received an unusual radio call from a vessel named Jetski KQ which was departing Devonport and heading for Stanley. As the days, phone calls and radio calls rolled on, we
by Paul Reardon RG597, January 2018
Until we recently upgraded to a cruiser we had a trailer boat with which for many years we explored southeast Tasmania, launching from boat ramps between Swansea and Dover with the odd further trip to St Helens and even
(This article was originally published in Albatross April 2017, magazine of the Cruising Yacht Club of Tasmania') by Andrew Boon, Commodore, CYCT, May 2017
I won’t bore you with descriptions of the fantastic weather,
by Sheenagh Neill, Vice Commodore, CYCT, April 2017
I am a proud paying member of this volunteer group. TMR is my connection to others on
by Bruce and Kate Frankcombe, November 2014
Kate and I have just returned from 7 months volunteering for the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife service, living on Maatsuyker Island located off Tasmania’s south west coast. Just
