All this foolishness first started when we bought Solar Mist, a venerable Sunmaid 20 built around 1982. As our first boat on which to learn to sail she was ideal, easy and forgiving of our many mistakes, and learn we did, from tentative L plate sailing days on Lake Burley Griffin (mind that ferry!!) through two seasons of twilight racing at the CYC to our first ocean cruise, yes the "big one" from Batemans Bay to Moruya on the NSW South Coast.

    And plenty of fun in between, racing on Lake Macquarie, Lake Illawarra and the iconic Marley Point and cruising on the Hawkesbury, Sydney Harbour (Mind that ferry!!!!) and the Gippsland Lakes. We have learnt many things, first getting cold & wet can be fun and more importantly ferries DO NOT change course to avoid small sailing boats!