Compass or ?

Way too big and powerful and the wife says no! She thinks I'm too old. I was thinking that too this afternoon when I dropped my spinnaker into the drink! Worst cock-up since the last one! I was interested in the SS34 in Bundaberg that was for sale but now disappeared. After it was removed from sale she said I should have bought it! Can't win!

There is a nice Jarkan 10.5 for sale at Drummoyne near Wright's Point.

www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/bowen/sail-boats/carter-37-cruising-yacht-cutter-rig-twin-furller-s/1200179318

Previous name "Bohemian" current name "OBI" built in 1976.

For you Ramona

www.boatsales.com.au/boats/details/1970-COLE-43/SSE-AD-3774385?pageSource=details&id=SSE-AD-3774385

I skippered a Cole 43, Midnight Magic, on a Lord Howe attempt in 2013. We sailed to Newcastle where the owner had a business and I wanted a few jobs done before we attempted the passage to LHI. The boat went on the hard in Newcastle and fixed the issues except for a rudder problem which the chippie said was fine.
About 60 or so miles out from Newcastle at 1700 in light winds and a 2 metre swell I head down for a kip as I had the 1st watch. Laying there drowsing I hear the owner say 'don't panic, don't panic I can fix it'.
A nano second later I'm in the cockpit to find the rudder top mount broken and the post moving around being held by the fibreglass riser tube through the hull. If the tube broke she was probably going to the bottom.
I stopped the boat and the owner spent many hours in the developing night contorting himself to resecure the top mount. He did do a great job but when finished he indicated it was Ok. I said we had about 1000nm to get to LHI and back and that we are going home.
The boat had a modified spade rudder that had removed the skeg. The only S&S34 to sink at sea, Morning Tide, had a modified rudder and sank because the hinge broke and the flailing rudder post broke the glass tube.
Lesson learnt, don't sail on boats with rudder modifications.

Moored near me. Looks nice from outside. I did a couple of Hobarts on Cole 43s - lovely boats although a bit like a tunnel inside.

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Chris 249 said..


That's odd, I'd have thought it was Brutta Faccia, Australian One Ton champion in 1974 (?). Originally owned by Guy Fornaro of Perth.

I don't know of any "Bohemian" that did a one ton cup as claimed, or indeed any boat of that name around that time or any Carter 1 ton in Australia apart from Brutta Faccia.

Thanks for that Chris. There certainly can't be many timber Carter one tonners in Australia. I inquired about names because it would make a lot of difference when selling a boat with history to list the boats name and all previous names. Certainly to me at least. I'm not buying and the owner is selling because it's too much boat for his age. He is of a similar age to me!