The Boat
Red Roo is an Alliage 38, a French designed and built aluminium centerboarder designed for blue water cruising. Builder: Alliage Constructed: 2004 Designers: Berret/Racoupeau Length: 12 m Beam: 3.9m Draught: 0.8m / 2.2m (lifting centre board) Material: Aluminium Rig: Sloop Cabins: 2 Sleeping +…
The Crew
Captain – Phil After being exposed to various boats, yachts & elements of sailing on and off all his life Phil made the plunge into sailing life full time with a two part adventure initially from Tasmania to New Zealand and then part two being…
Our Journey
Our Journey So Far . . . We set sail from Le Havre (France) in November 2015 to explore Europe and beyond with the plan to eventually sail our way back home to Australia. However Australia is a long way off, we have a lot to see…
That sinking feeling
We have a boat, we have done our apprenticeship – successfully sailing over 8,600 nautical miles over four years through 16 countries. Does this mean we don’t make mistakes? Nope, it certainly does not! We made a big one, so big that Red Roo…
We WON!
🏆😊 Early in 2019 Red Roo was awarded the “Lacey Trophy” from ‘The Cruising Association’ for Best Blog & Website Covering a Cruising Year – 2018 … Yay Us! As a result we have been published/featured (a whopping 5 page spread!) in “Cruising” magazine…
Morocco to Spain via Australia
It was well and truly time to get back on the water and after spending winter, a wonderful 3 months in Morocco, followed by an unplanned 6 week trip back to Australia our scheduled January departure for our 2019 sailing adventures into the Mediterranean…
