Maggie Jedda 22 NOT for sale!!

After spending a few hours on the boat on Sunday...and having somebody inquire about her...I've decided NOT to entertain the selling idea!!
Renovation rescue here we come!!! 

..."a power boat will get you there quicker, but with a yacht you're already there"...

thanks Howard...requoting somebody...

Scanned Print - Mordialloc Beach, 2005ish (i think)

Current Gear

I'm currently using one of these...

photo by Ken Rockwell...check out his site by clicking on this text

...a Nikon F80, with this lens...the Nikkor AF-D 24-85mm...

and i'm upgrading to this beasty when it gets into the country..

photos by Ken Rockwell...check out his site by clicking on this text

...which will apparently be early next month or so...the plan is initially to stick with the same lens and see how it performs.

So in the interim, any photos i will be taken form scans of my printed film shots or from my compact digi. 

My Photo Page

I've decided that seeing i am about to get my new camera, i thought i'd start a second blog... in case you've missed it, my first is loosely based around my random sailing misadventures...

Timbo's Sailing Stuff

...while this blog is going to be a place where i'll dump photos which i think warrant display.

It should be noted that i'm probably in the world's best 6 billion photographers, so advice on how i could have improve photos is always welcome!!

Maggie Jedda 22 NOT For Sale...if anybody is interested...

After spending a long weekend up at Lake Macquarie racing and socialising, it appears the time may have come to forego the excellent sea keeping qualities of the Jedda for something a little bit lighter (easier to tow) and faster.

Details are as follows:

Builder Ossie Whitley
Year unknown but thought to be circa late 70's
Length 22' - 6.7m
Beam 7' - 2.1m
Draft 0.6m / 1.2m
Displacement approx 1500kgs (empty)
Keel / Ballast swing keel  approx 338kg / total ballast approx 522kg
Hull Material GRP
Deck Material GRP
Outboard 2008 Yamaha 8hp, low hours
Toilet porta potti
Accommodation 2 in V berth, 2 in quarter berths
Galley Sink, 2 burner metho stove, shelving, sealed storage areas suitable for ice chests, water bladder
Ground Tackle Anchor, chain and rope
Safety Gear 2 no. Fire extinguishers, flares, life ring, boat hook
Electronics Battery, solar panel, cabin lights, nav lights, switch panel
Electronic / Navigation  Raymarine ST40 Bi-Data depth sounder / speed log, ST1000 autohelm, VHF and 27MHz radios, FM radio / cassette player, Compass
Sail Inventory 2010 Main sail, Genoa, #2 Jib, #3 Jib (hank on headsails - all fair condition)
Deck Gear 3 winches, all lines to cockpit except clew reefing lines which terminate on boom
Covers boom mounted sun shade

Yard Trailer
  
If anybody is interested...leave me a message (i won't publish it) or email me at sorrygonesailing at gmail dot com

edit: i'm not selling because i have to, it's just part of a longer term plan...so the longer Maggie takes to sell, the more improvements will take place...therefore the price won't drop with time...i'm just sayin'

2nd edit: NOT SELLING!! i changed my mind...i'm libran, and it's part of my charm...

Video of HCW

This video is an edit of action which was shot by AJ and Mick aboard AJ's boat Afta Hours sitting just off Wangi Point during the 2010 HCW Yacht Race. Some boats had spinnakers up prior to rounding the point while others chose to wait until a bit after the point.
Masterful editing by Singo from www.tscom.org and sound track by the Wolverine.

I make a few appearances on the video, on the rail and bow of the Ross 780 Viva La Vida (sail #169) - it's a touch quicker than Maggie...

Our Long Weekend Away & HCW Wrap Up

A few pics from the weekend - i'll write do a bit of a write up later...needless to say we'll be heading back up again next year!!

On the rail waiting for my first spin hoist... 

Spinnaker run after passing Wangi Point...Viva la Vida has blue, white and gold spin  - just to right of centre, it's set so I obviously did something right...

Viva la Vida ahead of arch-rival Zorro...

Viva la Vida to far left of shot with Walko on Guns Blazing with red spin to centre...

Just after the start looking beneath the boom to leeward...It was an amazing start with sailing boats of all descriptions ranging from foiling moths to 40-odd foot yachts and everything in between. 

View after start looking aft...

My GPS track dumped onto google earth...showing the 21.9nm we covered in just under 4hrs at an average speed of 6kts. It'll be interesting to see how this compares to Singo's track from boat.

Photos courtesy of Singo and Impy and ripped from TSCom Website. Track from Google Earth dump of my GPS plot.