I recently had an Integrity 386 delivered from Melbourne to Sydney. Way beyond my skill set. Took 6 days at under 9 knots. The hard part is leaving Port Melbourne without breaking the boat, and getting to Eden. Alan Lucas has published a book on cruising the NSW coast, maybe further north too. There are refuges between Melbourne and Eden, after that there are plenty of ports.The guy who moved it seemed to know his job, and had a good attitude to preserving and not hammering the boat. They took refuge twice, Batemans Bay and Port Kembla due to conditions. We added radar so they could run at night. There was already an autopilot.
I`d be expecting a series of southerlies, with the usual rotation from NW> W> whammo S. June might better than July. I`m glad we did it in March, not June/July, but you get what you get.
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BruceK
2005 Integrity 386 "Sojourn"
Sydney Australia
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