Home Base - Southport Yacht Club, Gold Coast, Australia

 As this is my 1st attempt at writing a blog, it will be a bit of trial and error.

Left is our home base - The Southport Yacht Club on the beautiful Gold Coast here in Australia. I have had Fete Accomplie back here for just on a year now and moved onto her full time as a live aboard at Easter 2011.

This is the culmination of a 30 year plan to own a yatch like Fete Accomplie, and the name says it all.
He she is pictured left and below, in Hilo Hawaii on her way back from Napa Valley Marina where I found and purchased her in July 2009. 
Fete is a Roughwater 45 Ketch and was designed by Ted Brewer. She weighs 20 tons and has around 9,000 lbs of ballast in her keel, (which came in very handy at one stage of the trip back - more on that later).
I guess this is a little self indulgent as it is our story and, I hope to bring to you over the years to come, some of our adventures and introduce you to the friends we make where ever we go.