Sailing in Sydney Harbour

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We (SWMBO and me) are visiting our youngest daughter who now lives in Sydney next March (2016) for about a Month. Whilst there, we would love to sail out into Sydney Harbour to see the place from a different perspective (and get some sailing in!). Before we research the usual charter choices or tourist bay trips, which TBH we don't really want as we prefer to crew, we thought we'd check to see if there were any forumite sailors out there with a suitable vessel that fancy a jaunt around the harbour next March at some point, to show a couple of Poms the sights?

Rewards of expenses and beer are on offer!!

PM me if interested - thanks.
 
Its a fab place to sail around, like the Solent only warmer and busier!

Was there Christmas before last. Got a yacht from Darling Harbour and we took my wife's twin nieces out for a day. Was great.

Good luck!
 
capnsensible said:
Its a fab place to sail around, like the Solent only warmer and busier!
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Like the Solent, it even has a b***** great big sandbank plonked in the middle.

When I was there a few years ago I had a friend of a friend who took me out one Sunday in a Dragon for a friendly club round-the-buoys. Be aware that March is the onset of their autumn.
 
The very first thing to do in Sydney is to go to circle quay and take a 2 hour tourist boat around the harbour. Really helps get over the jet lag and in tune with the place.
 
We'll be in Tasmania, Port Davey. Don't restrict yourself to The Harbour, think outside your box and go upto Pittwater (you can drive or take the bus there). You can then sail down Cowan Water and be within 30km of Sydney CBD and be out of range of mobile phone and TV - magic. And March might be the onset of winter but think - our winter is like summer on the Solent (so pretty tough).

Jonathan
 
Keep well clear of the Manly Ferries (they are green and cream). They stop for no-one.
 
Bobc said:
Keep well clear of the Manly Ferries (they are green and cream). They stop for no-one.
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We hired a 34 footer from Darling harbour for 2 nights and on the second day took my brother's family out for a sail past the sights. The best night was spent right up into the forest - about 4 hours sail from Manly. The ferries and many other boats weren't very different from the Solent - not as scary as the Cowes hydrofoils just a lot of them about. The evening racing packs were more of a challenge. Great fun.
 
The colleges don't apply to the ferries in Sydney Harbour. I would love to see a chart to see why they are given cart-blanche to run down anything in their path.
 
Many thanks to everyone for the input.

I have joined and posted on the local forum (thanks Fishermantwo)

I am absorbing all the comments, the main one of which seems to be don't get in the way of any ferries :)
 
Seven Spades said:
The colleges don't apply to the ferries in Sydney Harbour. I would love to see a chart to see why they are given cart-blanche to run down anything in their path.
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They are large, not very manoeuvrable very easily seen and have a very obvious route - if you cut it too fine they cannot stop. Oddly ferries all over the world have the same problem with idiots who think they can cut in front of them.
 
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