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…
Cruising to Cádiz
Splash 💦 after all our hard work redoing the waterline and new anti-foul we are back in the water and making great speed. Its amazing how quick Red Roo can go when she isn’t dragging barnacles and growth along with her! Our first mission was…
Our First Haul Out
After three years we finally got around to hauling out Red Roo for some much needed care and maintenance on her hull. Phil had a weeks head start before Maree arrived back from the UK following her exile as part of the ongoing Schengen…
Lisbon to Faro
Having offloaded Maree back in Figueira da Foz to fly back to the UK for the “Shengen Shuffle” and dropped William in Lisbon it was solo time on Red Roo. The plan being to get quickly down and around the Portuguese coast and back…
