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1st August 2009,

Things are rocketing along with work, busy busy busy. The new Marten 67 is in the water and the final touches are being done. On Monday we will take it for a test sail and make sure everything is going right. Then as soon as the boat is together and sailing we will be pulling it apart to put it on the ship to the Med where it will live.

Delivered the Wild Joe from Sydney to Hamilton Island in 4 days with a stop over at Middle Percy. Very fast trip, I think we topped out at 26 kts with 46kts TWS. Best ride ever!

Hammo race week is coming up fast, it has been a while since I have done a race week up there so we are looking forward to that. Katie & I are racing on the Swan 601 'Ginger'.

The final touches are going on the F18 Travelers Series calendar for next season. Hanging to get the cat out of the shed and start racing her again. She has been given the full tickle up along with some new sails and rig. She is fully pimped out now.

Till next time.

30th April 2009,

Well it's a very long time since an update has been done here, mainly taken over by Facebook really. but I thought I had better do one just to keep it all running. 

Things are forever changing, after doing all the hydraulic training in the US with Navtec and starting up the company in Australia, which had finally taken off we hit the GFC and the head office has decided to close the doors of Lewmar and Navtec in Australia. The good side of it is I come out with a lot more knowledge and skills. 

On the sailing side of things we are going to focus on the F18 class next season. We have been doing a few regattas this past season with some good results and happy with our result at the Nationals. Next season we plan to get the guru coach Traks Gordon to put in some time on the water with us and work on a top 10 result in the next Worlds.

Well that's about it for now

27th July 2008,

Sorry the updates have been slow but it's just been one very hectic period. 

The trip to the USA was a great success Navtec HQ was a great learning experience and the sailing in Newport was FUN, something that has been missing from my offshore sailing lately. Missing fun has made me take a step back from yacht racing lately and I think will continue for the next season with my sailing being focused on cat racing. 

The Newport to Bermuda race was great fun. Sailing on Shockwave 5 (RP80) that has just been bought by Andrew Short and is on route to Australia as we speak. The race was a slow one but pretty much a rhumb line race. With zero water coming over the deck and only the 1st night needing wet weather gear just to stay warm it was a great race. The race was very much a VMG race and a small bit of upwind on the last day. reaching Bermuda we found that the boat we were racing was not the boat we thought it was and we did better then we thought beating a lot of A class crews and rockstars, not bad for a bunch of punters that only stepped onto the boat 1 day before the race. In Bermuda I had great joy in catching up with some old friends from the German team and from back home.

Now back in Australia it's been very busy setting up the warehouse for the new Navtec stock that is on the way as well we have the Sydney Boat Show coming up, this means new show stands so busy designing and setting them up. Once this boat show has been and gone it's into getting Navtec up and running properly and to start working at getting it going. 

On the sport side of things a trip to Thredbo has been great. Snowboarding could be built more and more into the weekends over the winter period. I hope more to come over August. No trips to Southport, Hamo or Airlie this winter.

28th May 2008,

Work work work. That's all life has been about for the past few months. The Sanctuary Cove Boat Show has been and gone as a great success. After all the hard work I was only able to be there for the first day then had to race back onto the plane to head home to sort out another major project for the Beijing Olympics.

Heading off to the USA on the 8th June to go and see the guys at Navtec HQ. I might fit in the Onion Patch Series and the Newport to Bermuda Race just for fun.

4th May 2008,

Next season I'll be getting back to my roots and will be campaigning an F18. Sailing when I can with Katie and any stand ins along the way while she is off on the Women's Match Race Tour.

25th April 2008,

The brand new web site is slowly getting up and running still more to come but we will see how I go with it.

Grantly...