The Schady-Muller Sailing and Travel Blog
Retirement Is Fun!
“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do, than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
Mark Twain
Latest News From Esprit
Sydney – February to April 2025.
Since our last post, much has been happening in our family. First up, Karen our daughter and her husband Evan, welcomed their first child Nina Quinn, on the 6th February after an induction by her obstetrician, at North Shore Private Hospital, We attended Graeme...
Dec. 2024 – Jan. 2025.
We emailed our Christmas greetings mid December and received many in reply - good news from all around the world! Another year over and an exciting 2025 ahead of us! This year we plan to visit the USA and Cuba in July and August. At the end of the year we plan to sail...
Sydney, Port Stephens and Lake Macquarie
What better way to start October than joining the CCCA members on the 5th, for an Octoberfest at America Bay. For the princely sum of $10/pp, Pam, Phil and Steve provided us with typical German fare aboard Nahli, rafted up with two other yachts for enough seating...
Sydney, August and September 2024
Annie and I decided we should do something about all the hundreds of old photos in boxes and albums cluttering up our cupboards. We bit the bullet and ordered a Plustek photo scanner that scans a 6 x 4 photo in 2 seconds. After two weeks of work in the July winter...
Sydney, July 2024.
Esprit was lifted out at Quays Marina on the Pittwater on the 8th July. We were quite shocked and embarrassed at the amount of marine growth and barnacles on the hull, keel and rudder after not sailing her for two months. The guys at Q-Service assured us that most of...
Netherland – June 2024.
An Easyjet flight flew us from Milan to Schiphol airport on the 18th June. Amsterdam Airport (Schiphol), built on the site of the former Haarlem Lake, is 4 metres below sea level - it is the second largest airport in the world. From here we took a train to Utrecht,...