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…
Porto to Lisbon with William
NEW CREW ON RED ROO, we were very excited to have William, a relative from the UK on board for 7 days to travel with us from Porto south down the coast about 190 nautical miles to Lisbon. This was Williams first sailing…
Porto – Portugal, a day cruise with family and friends
We were excited to be meeting Phil’s cousins the “Andersons” from the UK in Portugal for a few days but between us and Portugal there was 65 nautical miles of coast to cover from Baiona, Spain to Porto, Portugal. There had been wind…
The Day the Engine Wouldn’t Start
What was to be a short journey to the next Ria turned into a long day, our intermittent engine start issue raised its head and wouldn’t start full stop. We departed Ribeira and sailed nicely in moderate winds. We had sailed into the Ria…
