Sailing Yacht Emigre

28/05/2026

Country boat goes to the city.

19/05/2026

We have arrived at Kettering. Thanks for the welcome Scott! Now enjoying Tasmania’s finest ales from Hobart Brewing Company.

19/05/2026

Transiting the Denison Canal at Dunalley.

18/05/2026

You can watch us transit the Marion Narrow as we head toward the Denison Canal live from the MAST YouTube channel.

We should be approaching at 10:30hrs AEST 0830hrs AWST

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18/05/2026

https://www.sailingyachtemigre.com/post/albany-to-tasmania-day-18-arriving-at-maria-island

Monday, May 19th 2026.We continued motoring South towards Shouten Island throughout the night, the wind light and the North East swells were gentle. The morning sun hit the mountains around Wine Glass Bay, making them stand out boldly through the morning fog.The wind was coming from South of South W...

18/05/2026

Good morning Maria Island. What an incredible anchorage! A stark contrast from WA.

18/05/2026

https://www.sailingyachtemigre.com/post/albany-to-tasmania-day-17-engine-checks-save-engines

Sunday, May 17th 2026.I woke up around 09:30-10:00hrs after catching a few hours sleep. My usual routine when waking up is to first check our course and position on the chartplotter or using the Navionics app on my phone. I then open the Victron connect app and figure out the state of charge of my b...

17/05/2026

https://www.sailingyachtemigre.com/post/albany-to-tasmania-day-16-to-windward-across-bass-strait

Saturday, May 16th 2026.Kevin and I were feeling significantly better by the morning. I’m not sure that the sea state had settled, but we had gotten used to it.Both hungry from eating very little the day before, we cracked open one of dad’s frozen cheese, tomato, and egg quesadillas, and threw i...

16/05/2026

https://www.sailingyachtemigre.com/post/albany-to-tasmania-day-15-aries-wind-vane-a-ships-best-crew

Friday, May 15th 2026.The last 100 nautical miles has been very consistent with a force five to six blowing from the North East. As we approached Bass Strait, the depth rose from over 500m to just 80m.Despite the low swells, this made short seas stand up making for a relatively uncomfortable motion....

14/05/2026

https://www.sailingyachtemigre.com/post/albany-to-tasmania-day-14-how-sailing-should-be

Wednesday, May 13th 2026.Truth be told I have little to report today. We sailed comfortably all night with the wind ranging from force four to six from the East North East. Despite the up wind course, we made good progress averaging around five and a half to six knots. Our progress was aided by very...