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Blue Water Yacht Services JOHN LAMBLE Born and raised in Sydney, John has over 40 years and many many thousands of miles of boating experience throughout Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Ocean, as well as time working in the USA, UK, Mediterranean and Caribbean, on both power and sail vessels to 41m. His qualifications include AYF Yachtmaster Ocean and Instructor, as well as a commercial Coxswain’s ticket for power and sail vessels to 12m. John and his wife Julie have owned and extensively cruised a total of 10 boats themselves over the past 30 years; both power and sail; single and twin engine (and currently even a bowthruster finally!) and he is confident in handling and training on all kinds of vessels. Having recently retired from a career in TV commercial production and production asset management John is able to assist with: * Boat pickups and deliveries both near and far. * Boat preparation for sale. * Agent for Vacuwash Aust. – sail and canvas washing, and re-proofing. * Marine photography and video work. * Casual brokerage and event/boatshow work. * Purchase advice and buyers agent. * Relaxed and calm training for new owners, (and/or their spouses). * Passage planning and preparation. * Passage assistance – ie in company with owners. Please call or email at any time for further information: john@bluewateryachtservices.com.au P: 0408 970 087 Int’l: +61 408 970 087 Suite 8, 185 Walker Street, North Sydney New South Wales, 2060, Australia.
Julie and Marley. Pittwater, June 2019.
Son Jack, "Concerto" on Pittwater. January 2005. Marley at the helm of "Calaloo". July 2018. And a slightly more recent one aboard "Calaloo". December 2018. "Calaloo" MDI 32 "Calaloo" (formerly "Maine Maid") is a 1996 MDI or Mount Desert Island 32'. An authentic Maine built lobster boat, she was custom built for an Australian, Dick Small, as a family launch for Sydney Harbour. Her second owner, a retired airline pilot kept her on Port Stephens, 95 nautical miles to the north of Sydney, and her third owner took her another 500 miles north to Brisbane. We purchased her in June 2018, changed her name, and brought her back down the coast to Pittwater, and she hasn't had too many weekends off since. Calaloo (also spelled Callaloo) was a dish we tried in Trinidad while cruising there with New Zealand friends in 1999. "Trini Callaloo is a concoction of dasheen—eddo and taro leaves—okra, crab, salt meat, onions, pimento peppers, scotch bonnet peppers, green onions and thyme, all cooked in fresh coconut milk". We just thought it was a great word and would make a good boat name and when finally we found ourselves with a green boat... Powered by a Cummins 6BT, 6 cylinder, 5.9 litre turbo diesel she will reach 16 knots at wide open throttle but being old yachties we are happy at much quieter revs doing 6.5 to 8 knots. Her most recent owner fited the hardtop over the cockpit as well as side canvas sheets to keep the Queensland sun at bay. He also fitted the davits to which we have attached an 11' foot RIB with a 15hp outboard. No doubt those recent inclusions have slowed her down a bit but they were what attracted us to her in the first place and she suits our use as a Pittwater weekender perfectly. She was resprayed and signwritten finally in August 2020. And one shot from pre-respray showing her practical side awnings, and the "roofracks" in action. "Concerto" "Concerto" is a 1969 Ted Hood Little Harbor Custom 50 centreboard ketch. At least she was until we removed her mizzen and opened up the cockpit for family cruising and entertaining rather than the racing she was originally designed for under the CCA Rule. Her fibreglass moulding was done under Lloyd’s supervision by Tyler Boats, in the UK. She was then shipped to Holland and her interior fit out was done by Frans Maas. And finally she was rigged and launched by Hood Yacht Systems in Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA. for Ted Hood to race in the Southern Ocean Racing Conference (S.O.R.C.) in Florida in March 1969. She went through another five American owners, the last of whom cruised her from Newport, Rhode Island across the Pacific to Australia before selling her in 1984. She then had two owners in Melbourne, the second of whom cruised her throughout the East Coast and lived aboard her for 11 years. We became her proud owners on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2002 in Bundaberg, Queensland and sailed her to her new home in Sydney at that time. We owned her for 15 years all up but with ours and our kids busy lives we only managed to cruise as far as Lady Musgrave Island at the bottom of the Great Barrier Reef before we sold her to another Melbourne gentleman, a headmaster, although she continues to live on Pittwater and he adores her throughout each and every school holidays. A part of her gorgeous Dutch fitout included a tiny tiled fireplace with a chimney that vented via the bathroom to a chimney on deck. "Snowbird" "Snowbird" is a 1983 Cavalier 37, a sistership to Kay Cottee's famous "First Lady". We were her second owners, purchasing her in 1992, and we put her into Maritime Services Board survey for charter work and ran skippered charters on Pittwater and Sydney Harbour. As well we undertook two trips to Lord Howe Island and return through our sailing school in 1993 and 1994 before taking 9 months off in 1995 and cruising her two handed to New Zealand, then on through Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia before returning home for Christmas. Both pic's taken in Fiji, mid-1995. And finally a couple of other boats from along the way. Riviera 34 - around 1999. Savage Oceanic 42 - around 2000. |
