Thursday 27th November The queen of last minute organisation strikes again… Queenscliff Harbour phoned today to say they have found us a berth against the jetty at the entrance to the cut. Forecast looks ok for going down, even better for coming home on Sunday. A hasty annual leave day application for Friday is approved, the dogs are at my…
Author: OziYoti
Phoenix gets a facelift!
One of the keys to converting dreams is to focus on the things you can control and be aware of the options available to you… When I first decided that my long term goal was to go cruising, it was exactly that; a long (very long) term goal. The decision pre-dates this blog by many years, although this story records the beginning of…
Re-writing Murphy’s Law…
Spoiler Alert!!!! Graphic images of post-op foot below… don’t read if looking at bruises and stitches makes you queasy! How many sayings could apply to this past week? Let me come up with a few… It never rains, it pours. What is it that comes in threes? If something can go wrong it will… Monday started out well enough… day…
How did you get to work this morning?
This was the view of my office building as I came in to Victoria Harbour under the Bolte Bridge yesterday morning … Cheaper and more relaxing than catching the train! My work clothes are in the gym locker, the boat is stocked with muesli, dog food and sauv blanc and I’m getting used to living aboard (and so are the pooches).…
For sale!
Finally! The decks are freshly painted, the new boom bag is on, the boat is clean and Children of Phoenix is up on the broker’s site for sale. Now the waiting game begins… it could take 5 weeks or it could take 5 years… this is one of those elements I will have very little control over. Richard has sold Terra Novae,…
Figuring out what matters
Part of getting serious about converting a dream is figuring out which parts of it matter. It’s great to have a specific goal in mind, to have a definite picture of what it is you’re trying to achieve. Knowing exactly what you want gives you something very concrete to strive for. But to make it an ‘all or nothing’ deal…
Launching a community of dream converters
It’s been a few months now since I began working on this blog and refining its purpose and content. I’ve run it past a few trusted and loyal friends so far, but the time has come to launch it more broadly and convert it from an idea into a community. When I first started writing the content, it wasn’t a blog; it…
Friday 20th June 2014 – The season in review
Well that’s it for another year, and I could’t be happier with the outcomes. It was a fairly typical season in many ways; starting with a large group of crew (in fact, larger than ever), some of whom became regulars and others dropping off as the season progressed. Difficult to train a crew up when circumstances mean you can’t schedule…
Gallery
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- Salty sea dogs hard at work!
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- Training with women’s team SYC, 2012
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- Aqua Samoa Resort – April 2014
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- Nice spot for a swim!
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- Bay of Islands, NZ
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- Terra Novae – For sale!
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- Opua
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- Altona sunset, Jan 2013
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- The first day of the rest of my life…
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- This is the ‘who’ part of the plan…
Hobsons Bay Sunset
The story so far…
This blog is a story. Like all stories, it has a beginning. If you’ve only just joined us, you may want to start there. This page allows you to do that without having to work backwards through all the posts… Monday 10 March, 2014 Exactly 17,128 days have elapsed since I made my entrance into the world. I…