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
The North California and Oregon coasts.
On Sunday 8th September we picked up a car at Avis and headed north out of SF to see the Redwood forests enroute to Portland, Oregon. Our first day was quite a long drive with a stop in Sausalito for coffee on the waterfront, before turning off Interstate 101 to take...
San Francisco, California.
The month of August was relatively quiet, cold and wet. Our first sail outing in a while was on the 16th August to the Basin for a BBQ with the Sail Cruising Division. We had a good turnout as the sailors were keen to get out and socialise again. But enough of sailing...
May to July 2025.
May to August is the hibernating season for retirees in Sydney - and probably for retirees everywhere south of latitude 34 degrees south, in the Southern Hemisphere. We start this post with an old photo of Michelle our daughter, during her 49er FX sailing days in her...
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...