Brisbane to the Pittwater on my friend’s classic Moreton Bay cruiser Lorellen!

[@Fritz2personal]

Thank you for continuing to make these videos. I hope you can appreciate how much we love them.

[@AndrewPortway-io6fu]

One of your best; good change from the Queensland coast passages

[@simonwhite5828]

Good to see the old school pals getting together and sharing their love of the sea and these amazing old cruisers - I spent a number of years of my childhood cruising around Moreton Bay in a 40 foot wooden hull cruiser called "Pieces of Eight" - fond memories of those days - watching Pete's channel helps me reminisce.... great work mate - hello to Doug Q as well

[@sailorpete136]

First time watcher, enjoyed every minute. Looked like a classic Tassie ketch departing on your arrival, perhaps Lullaby 2.

[@antoncarmoducchi6057]

Gorgeous boat, I don't know whether I would be touching that equally gorgeous engine.

[@russellclarke6855]

Very nice, Lorellen was a Pittwater boat for many of her early years and moored at the R.M.Y.C. Newport. I think her original owner would cry if he knew the current owner was thinking of re-powering her, he loved the Deutz👍

[@billwilliams672]

Hey Peter another fantastic video Love the classic boats

[@Ezygame1986]

Thanks Peter for another great a video, what a beautiful classic boat.

[@chrishanson1998]

Another fantastic episode and thank you for the effort to put this together, which is very enjoyable The back ground sound tracks also really good 👍

[@adrianregan1038]

Thanks Peter, made my day!! Seen a few familiar vessels down there… and those Palm beach boats … wow, so many.. just awesome …

[@katiewilson7128]

Fantastic video Pete..love your commentary and great to capture these special places with good mates.

[@shanelikesbikes]

We love the Pittwater area , we find it similar in many ways to areas in the Kimberley region. Great video bloke ….

[@scottrippon9565]

Great video Peter. Many good memories of Pittwater and the Hawkesbury here (we're now in QLD)..... incidentally, where you moored at the mouth of Careel Bay (dark gully) you can see the fabulous old modernist house designed by the late great architect Peter Muller in 1955 for Victor Richardson (VICTA lawnmowers) and the structure on the waterfront used to be a hangar for his seaplane..... cheers S

[@jetta1342]

I'm delighted to see this clip. I hope those deck prisms are doing their job! RL.

[@jasontomins97]

Another great video, very relaxing to watch especially with the background music which makes it more relaxing to watch

[@Eleven132]

Nice work. Just what I need to unwind on a Friday night.

[@dustinpward]

holy cow, I'd like to be a deck hand on this trip. beautiful boat.

[@reelmates18]

Pittwater is a stunning body of water with amazing scenery, always enjoy your travels.

[@davidleatherbarrow2640]

Great Work as usual. Your Family owned South Pacific when we were neighbours at Manly. Love the old Deutz. Thank You.

[@jerrycoon3369]

You do a great job with your videos. I'm glad you turned on the comments so I can tell you!

[@ProfessionalBoatCare]

Glad you like them! 👍

[@dennisfromoz6436]

I sat here for whole video and totally mesmerized. Thanks guys for sharing that venture down part of the Australia Eastern Coastline.. Cheers & big thank you.👍

[@davidmcelwaine6624]

What a beautiful video....thanks again 😍

[@johnsykes706]

I originally subscribed to your channel for the Bill fishing you do, but this is great. What a lovely Vessel.

[@timshaw8187]

A stunning boat, and what a beautiful part of the world, I thought we had some great old classics in the U.K. but just as good over there.

[@Tony-qx5mt]

My goodness I enjoy these videos! Love it

[@rudders]

Great video again mate. Cowan Creek is our home waterway so lovely to see it through someone else’s eyes. So much more to explore next time though!

[@scimi7994]

I was about to comment on a steady sail, and there you go, beautiful 😍

[@dosoflynn848]

Excellent video once again mate

[@bishopkinlyside8477]

Hi Peter, thanks for the wonderful video. Just absolutely beautiful New South Wales coast always like to stay at brooms head just south of Yamba. It’s so peaceful and quiet camp ride on the ocean. I’ve been watching. The guy down in Sydney restoring a boat called Jabiru It’s a wonderful old wooden boat. He is actually fibre glassing the whole, which is a bit of a shame, but it will take a lot less maintenance Philip is not a young fella. Anyway, keep up the good work. Always enjoy the videos. , Cliff from Logan City, Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺 I’m on the big island 🏝️

[@ProfessionalBoatCare]

Thanks Cliff!! 👍

[@hoosiercrypto9955]

Sweet ride. Hopefully in a few years I'll have a Notdhavn 56 motor sailer..

[@dugaldking4688]

Really enjoyed this video. My family owned a boat called Sebranzer which was very similar to Lorellen. My grandfather was a prolific fisherman on Moreton Bay and fished extensively with his good mate Ian Gall…..I even have his book Fishing for the fun of it, which I’m sure you’ve read!

[@TradeWindgng]

Great video Love those passages Keep them coming please.

[@bobbuilder5362]

Great vid. Love these waterways.

[@frankkreyssig7626]

Love the old woodes.

[@dirkvandertoornvandertoorn4895]

Very nice video thanks greetings from Ibiza Spain

[@christopherrouseau7660]

I Always enjoy your uploads watching from Trinidad & Tobago

[@ProfessionalBoatCare]

That’s fantastic, thanks for watching!

[@paulrise5284]

Mate, just Superb. Thanks you.

[@daviddellit8344]

Thank you; love it.

[@zzzsydneyhom1379]

Nice trip and she's a lovely boat mate. I'm Pittwater based and bought a 46' sloop in Newport Qld in 2006 and did the same trip after refitting her for a few months in Thornlands in Moreton Bay. We just managed to get through the inside of South Stradbroke on a high tide as she had a lifting keel, although we did stir up the mud a few times though as I recall. The trip you did to Cottage Point and Cowan Creek was up the Hawkesbury River, which joins Pittwater in Broken Bay, where Lion Island sits. My yacht is currently on a swing mooring opposite the RPAYC so I might see you around and will give a shout. Hope you have fun in NSW...

[@jeffgurney1]

Great video guys well done 👍🏼💯

[@jalakai99]

Beautiful old boat, I did some of the stainless work many years ago when she was berth at the RMYC, owned by a gut named Peter back then who live just up behind the club

[@rod3rz]

Love your cruising vids Pete, so much to take in and always really informative. I also love the fishing vids from your own trailerboat. Could you give us a walkthrough of your runabout whenever you get the chance ? That would be awesome ! Cheers, Rod.

[@ProfessionalBoatCare]

Thanks Rod, and I have a video to edit on the new boat, a trip I did a few months ago with my boys. Cheers

[@rod3rz]

@@ProfessionalBoatCare A new boat ?! Can't wait to see the vid 😃

[@andrewhutchinson2037]

Great video! We have been custodians of rarawai for the last 5 years. We moor her at RPA.

[@ProfessionalBoatCare]

We saw her there!

[@bigjay5594]

Hi Peter, Loving the videos of your tours, keep it up!! Will contact you soon for some advise. Cheers, Jay

[@edwardmacintosh9476]

She is a beautiful vessel, & lots of space. Nice nautical style woodwork seems so inviting . She does roll abit though but 5hat 8s just the style of build. ( Maybe some stabilizer to improve that.). Tks for the vid.

[@stevecrop6264]

Great to see the going south vibe 👍🏻

[@weissenbornguitars]

Great video I have been looking forward to it coming out, I could see this boat from my mooring at Bayview, I’m current doing my boat up to hopefully do some similar tips. 44ft Kong and Halvorsen island gypsy

[@daviddanne5259]

G’day Peter, those timber cruisers are absolutely stunning, having so much character. I would think the owner of a timber m.v. would have it “ lifted “ at least once a year, if not twice, for maintenance. You’re certainly in the right business, Peter. Do you ever find it gets a little boring, moving vessels up and down the east coast?? Great video!!!!

[@ProfessionalBoatCare]

Never boring!! Thanks for watching! Cheers

[@jarrod8438]

great video, thanks

[@allankatie1]

Another great video. I must admit I missed the fishing though.

[@ProfessionalBoatCare]

Just had two weeks on Tsukiji fishing Cairns - editing now. Thanks for watching 👍

[@zacwinch3218]

I love the long passage video's, but you should also write a book, 'yachts stolen' haha id buy it, and all the boats from your family at Percy Island? Be a good read...

[@markverrills7910]

Lorellen used to live at Newport when I was kid with Kala Venture

[@t-dog8528]

Morning 👌

[@gcw5352]

Thanks for that

[@johnproudlock1085]

In Pittwater you passed and filmed a canoe sterned dispacement boat. Her name is Kareela. She was also an old Moreton Bay boat.

[@georgegaitanos1275]

Brilliant video sir. I lived there in Palm beach nearly all my life. I am currently working in. ASIA .. DEAR LORD YOU MADE ME SO HOME SICK... YOU ARE A GREAT MAN... MORE VIDEOS PLEASE.. THANK YOU SIR..

[@colinjones3244]

worked on many of those boats working at alex baddiley &sons from 1971

[@acp1866]

Pete, you enshrine the old saying of "if you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life", great video again.

[@wayno-ms1gm]

I was pittwater 1970 till 1998 Marine Painter at RPAYC and Clairville and careel Bay,

[@seanuren6755]

Always enjoy watching your videos when they go up. I've recently purchased a 40ft twin hull power cat 6 months ago to travel up and down the qld coast in winter & the NSW south coast in Summer. Living on the Broadwater now as I prepare the boat to a level my wife will except 😂😂. Hot water & water maker to start with

[@markverrills7910]

The anchorage between Palm beach and Careel Bay is Dark Gully

[@mickeykeymoaw]

Great Vid.. Most people just say 'Pitt Water'.

[@ProfessionalBoatCare]

Thanks I was wondering about that! 👍

[@leajaxcc6013]

Man , love your vid but didn’t see a lot of detail of the boat you were on… would have loved a bit of a tour … looked like a nice vessel

[@leajaxcc6013]

Sorry … watched again and got the brief walk through at the start ..

[@ProfessionalBoatCare]

More to come on the boat! In the return passage video I’ll be asking Doug for a tour! Thanks for watching. 👍

[@anthonymaddison9588]

Nice work but oh that rolling

[@stevenfogerty2110]

The Pittwater is up round Palm Beach. You were on the Hawkesbury River.

[@ProfessionalBoatCare]

Whoops! Thanks 👍

[@stevenfogerty2110]

@ProfessionalBoatCare no biggy. Your vids are awesome. You have the best job/life.

[@Leosarebetter]

I'd be keeping the Deutz.

[@johnsykes706]

I would as well. Bullet proof.

[@StevenHourigan]

Beautiful.

[@seanuren6755]

Just a quick question Why did you sit so close to the coast line heading south. Wouldn't you of gained a lot more speed with current out wider especially with a straight run down the coast

[@ProfessionalBoatCare]

We were simply enjoying the view! But yes we hug the coast even closer on the return passage to avoid the EAC as best we can. Thanks for watching! Cheers

[@stephenj9563]

Great video When did you make this trip? My mate the W⚓️ wants to know.

[@ProfessionalBoatCare]

Haha would have been 27th Nov 2023 - almost a year ago much to my shame. He obviously has a good sense of humor- please say g’day to him from me! Thanks for watching! Cheers

[@stephenj9563]

@@ProfessionalBoatCare Will do. His wife gave it to him and he wears it with pride, very apt. I wish you hadn't called Seabatical a super yacht though, we'll never hear the end of it.

[@ProfessionalBoatCare]

@@stephenj9563😂

[@robweston4608]

❤

[@craigbalmanno8562]

Beautiful Video Pete! Commentary and production values too, have you thought about making more docos?

[@wayno-ms1gm]

Hey was the boat beside it at the marina Dolphin 2. ??!!

[@ProfessionalBoatCare]

Yes mate, another lovely Norman R Wright classic!

[@wayno-ms1gm]

@ProfessionalBoatCare I looked after that boat in pittwater for Clide Industrys they had it commissioned. we would slip it over at crystal Bay on the RPAYC 200T SLIP.

[@johnhockings]

Cracker video Peter and lots of very interesting boats.

[@detecting_Nathanael]

Sad to see the two yachts awash.

[@Blanchy10]

You could have gone for a cruise all the way up the Hawkesbury to Windsor. Might have taken some time though.

[@richardjoy5060]

Great idea but I doubt they could have fitted under the Hawkesbury Bridges.

[@dionoakman9953]

Similar old designs from Sydney known as Williams.

[@wayno-ms1gm]

Dark Gully is where your at

[@ProfessionalBoatCare]

Thanks, I did see that on the Navionics but wasn’t sure if that’s what you locals might call it. Appreciate the heads up! 👍

[@craigmooney2630]

Needs a ‘ sea keeper

[@SuperJlonergan]

that thing needs a gyro bad!

[@NoelArmstrong-fg4hh]

Looks like long painful watches without a comfortable helm chair :(

[@bulldog1131]

Pittwater is Pittwater, not Cowan. Its all runs off the Hawkesbury River They are seperate waterways interconnected Pittwater branches off Broken Bay.

[@ProfessionalBoatCare]

Thanks mate appreciate the explanation! Love that whole area!! Cheers