The Schady-Muller Sailing and Travel Blog

Due to tropical cyclone Donna which tracked down from the Solomon Islands past New Caledonia, we departed Cairns a week later than planned, on the 9th May 2017. This proved to be fortuitous, as a prolonged South Easterly weather pattern set in, providing a good...

Tropical low 99p has now reached cyclone status, called Tropical Cyclone Donna. Now you can see why we are waiting to see where Donna will track to. The wind on our route through the Coral Sea is currently blowing at 36 knots. Will update you when this system...

      Easter weekend is ahead of us and the South East trade winds have arrived, heralding the end of the cyclone season. Steve Friedman our neighbour on the water, has made new shade cloth side screens for Esprit's cockpit to keep the sun and insects...

On arriving back in Cairns on the 17th February, we realised what a good idea it was to go back to Sydney for 2 months. It was still very hot and humid in Cairns and the no-see-ums (sandflies) were out in force attacking me and leaving me covered in huge red welts...

After returning from Orange, we moved into Jim and Gail Petrie’s flat in Balgowlah, which we rented for a month. The flat is centrally located with beautiful views across Forty Baskets beach and Sydney harbour, from Manly and North head to South head. This has allowed...

Before flying back to Sydney, we spent four delightful days anchored at Fitzroy Island, snorkelling and exploring this beautiful island. After preparing and securing Esprit as best we could for a possible cyclone, we caught a taxi to Cairns airport for the flight back...