*Departs Fiji or Vanuatu September
In September in FIJI & October in NEW CALEDONIA the Down Under Rally will be holding our FREE Sailing to & Cruising in Australia info sessions.
Like to know more about sailing from Australia to Indonesia & SE Asia or destinations in the SW Pacific such as New Caledonia, Vanuatu & Fiji?
This is your opportunity to spend time learning from those who know what you need to know!
The Down Under Rally has once agin arranges for Customs, biosecurity & immigration clearance into New Caledonia for 2019 Go East Rally fleet to be carried out at Ilot Maitre, New Caledonia followed by arrival events & end of passage party
FREE Guide to Sailing to & Cruising in Australia, featuring Fiji, New Caledonia & Vanuatu stopover info
Aussies, John & Leanne have been full time cruisers since 2009. They originally departed from Brisbane, Australia and since then they have well over 30,000 ocean miles under their keels.
In 2010 they cruised the west coast of Central America and then in 2012 crossed the pacific on their 54 Moody "Red Sky" before selling her early in 2014. In November 2014 they purchased Songlines a 48.8 Ocean Catamaran.
Songlines is an Ocean 48.8 performance sailing catamaran launched December 2005 in South Carolina USA.
An owners version, three cabin, two bathroom version, she has the Larouge signature moulded curved fore-beam.
When you see Songlines drop by and say "g'day mate!"
Awards
In 2016 John and Leanne were nominated for the Cruising Helmsman Magazine / My Sailing "Cruiser of the year award".
In 2017 The Down Under Rally was the recipient of the AIMEX innovation award.
Fiji to New Caledonia (September 2019)
New Caledonia to Fiji. (October 2019)
This is your opportunity to find out first hand what it is like to spend several days & nights on an ocean passage, gain blue water skills, knowledge and get dome hands on experience!
For Sale
Songlines - Ocean 48.8 -Blue Water Sailing Catamaran
Over $200,000 has been spent over the past 4 years on upgrades and maintenance including new engines, steering, autopilot batteries, electronics, rigging and more.
Why is Songlines for sale?
Before we departed on the voyage my parting words as organiser of the rally to the fleet were to quote Bob Bitchin who once said: “The difference between an adventure and an ordeal is attitude”
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