Professional Boat Care was recently engaged to handle the pre-purchase inspection through to 'turn key' handover of this Powercat 2600. The boat has been bought by a group of 4 mates who intend to use her fishing and cruising around Moreton Bay with their young families. Powercats are
Pre-purchase inspections with Professional Boat Care
There is little doubt it's a buyers' market at the moment, and Professional Boat Care has been busy doing pre-purchase inspections! It's a service that has saved many clients thousands of dollars. We can either accompany you on an inspection, or we meet the broker or seller as the potential
Cape Moreton surf pumping!
The recent Low Pressure system that formed off Fraser Is over the June long weekend produced some fantastic surf at Cape Moreton the following weekend. I was lucky enough to get out on the friday for some solo fishing before meeting up with another 'solo boater' mate at the wrecks that
The adventure of a lifetime!
Recently I recieved a call from my old man. He said a lovely girl, Iona, who had cooked for him many years ago aboard his boat, the South Pacific II, was on her way north with her husband Jeremy and their three little girls on their new sailing cat, the Nalukai. They were on an adventure of a
The adventure continues for the Bloomquist family
I first noticed this Nordhavn 64 while crossing the bay after a weekend away. It turns out she was arriving direct from New Zealand. The following day Professional Boat Care was introduced to the owner Eric Bloomquist to discuss a full detail of Oso Blanco while they returned to the USA for 3
2012 Laser Master World Championships – Final Day and Result!
As predicted, conditions were very light which isn't good for a skipper carrying my weight - it slows your boat considerably! The results for the day reflect this with a 30, 28 and 27th which doesn't show just how close the places are apart. The racing is so tight that I would guess the time
An editorial on Peter Jenyns at the 2012 Laser Master World Championships
In 1969 a boat costing just $700 and called a Weekender, won its division in the American Tea Cup regatta. Renamed the Laser, some 203,000 of them have been built in the years since. At the 2012 Laser World Masters Championships being sailed at Brisbane’s Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron many of
2012 Laser Master World Championships – Day 6
It's been and action packed 24 hours having discovered it's not only the skipper that is starting to crack under the pressure! When unrigging yesterday I noticed light coming through a crack in the base of the hole the mast steps into. One more crash off a wave and the whole mast base might have
2012 Laser Master World Championships – days 4 & 5
Day 4 was a 'lay day' designed to give everyone a break for some maintenance on boats and body! For the internationals a trip to Tangalooma for the day was arranged. For me it was back to work! Day 5 (Thursday) was a complete anti-climax. The sail out to the start line was an indication of what