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Where is the boat now?
Somewhere crossing the Pacific eastwards on Dockwise Super Servant 3
Tues 9th Feb, 2010

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"SKIE "
Nordhavn 55
    Length: 60'
    Beam: 18'
    Staterooms: 3
    Heads: 3
    Stabilizers: ABT Trac
    Thrusters: Sidepower
    Main Engine: JD 330 hp
    Wing Engine: Lugger 70 hp
    Genset: Northern lights 20 KW

Peter, Margaret, and the low slung dog Elliott
Barnes Bay, D'Entrecastaux Channel, Tasmania, 2008

Just cooked. Rock lobsters from SW Tasmania

“I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.” John Masefield (British poet, 1878- 1967)

SKIE'S THE LIMIT

Prudhoe Island, Kimberley, Western Australia

THE ADVENTURES OF"SKIE"

Exploring the World in a passagemaking motor yacht.

SKIE is a dream come true for Peter and Margaret Sheppard to experience exploring our wonderful world, and see revealed the wonders of life from a very different perspective - the water.
If you wish to follow our journeys, we will try and show you some of the sights and experiences that are happening at the time.
It is often said that cruising plans should be written in the sand at low tide, however our plan is to let SKIE take us anywhere around the world, and this will be done over an indeterminate time frame.
Whether we make it or not depends on many issues, health being probably the most important. Much quality information is available for the cruising yachtsman these days due to the miracle of the internet and many websites such as ours chronicling other peoples adventures to provide a guiding light.
We would particularly like to encourage people to take the plunge in spite of their diverse backgrounds and previous knowledge and experience. Just get out there and do it, as the rewards will be very fulfilling.

Hope you enjoy our various adventures as they unfold.

Peter & Margaret Sheppard

Melbourne, Australia

Circumnavigation of OZ
2008-2009

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Snow topped mountains from Port Davey, Tasmania