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Hi John, We are having an 'open boat' relaunching of Gypsy Belle. It is Saturday 24th September at Darling Harbour Marina. We are coming in at the 3pm Pyrmont Bridge opening and will be staying overnight. If you're in the area drop by, or bring in your boat next to us for the night! We'll have...

Hi Hickers, What a fantastic trip! You are a couple of years ahead of us but definitely the way we want to go! We've bought our boat and are working on her now - whoever invented the concept of a 'floating bank' was a genius! What better place to put your money lol. Here is our story so far...

Hi Peter, yes we figured that one out pretty quickly! Any burley created also tends to hit the water rather than the side decks if created from the lower deck.

Bruce, yes Mainsales were the broker. We are lucky in that we are into 'pleasure boating' so if the weather isn't pleasurable, we're not going to sea! We are enjoying Gypsy Belle as our weekender at the moment, with a view to extended time aboard in the not too distant future.

Hi Bruce, funny you mention the off shore behaviour! We transfered the boat from Brooklyn to Sydney last December and I reckon we tested the angle of vanishing stability a few times - very glad we had 1200l of fuel and 1000l of water down low! Our problem was we were top heavy with 5 adults and...

Hi Scott, My wife and I took the plunge last December down under and are really enjoying the experience. We are planning to come up your way next June for a Charter out of Anacortes - the best way to enjoy trawlers without the need to trawl the distance!

Hello all, I have an Island Gypsy 36' aft cabin with a 10' Polycraft tender. The tender weighs 75kg (165lbs) unladen. At the moment we are towing it behind when we need it but we are about to move into a permanent marina pen (slip) that won't have room for it to float behind our boat. Has anyone...

I'd like that John. I'm champing at the bit to get back out on the water! The shipwrights are aboard again today and probably will be all week. I'm hoping that the thru hull sounder gets done soon so we can sea trial the new gear, set the compass and the rudder indicator. We had a new freezer...

Hi Bruce, there are two ways to get to Cockatoo - one is the ferry (two choices - The Cockatoo Island loop or the Parramatta/Sydney Olympic Park ferry) OR the tender service offered by the Marina from Balmain, Birchgrove, Drummoyne, Woolwich and Greenwich Point. Cockatoo Island fees are similar...

Location Hi John, We are in a marina under development at Cockatoo Island in conjunction with the dry stack at the Drumoyne end. Works well and if we have weather that means we don't want to let the ropes go there is still plenty to do! James

Thanks Bruce and George. You'll be pleased to know Bruce that we sold a 27' sports cruiser to join the trawler fleet and it went to Gosford, so there is at least one less speed boat on the harbour! :rofl: Ah George, we've spent many happy hours afloat north of the border and it is on our...

Hello all, My wife and I own a 36' Island Gypsy aft cabin that was launched in 1979 and purchased by us in December 2015. We live in Sydney and are using winter to get some work done to get us ready for the summer. The flybridge had the chart plotter, UHF radio and an old depth sounder. The main...