$3,990pp
6 Spots AvailableÂ
Eight days. A capable yacht. A coastline full of possibilities.
Join Ratbag for a March Milebuilder with fixed dates and a flexible route. Rather than committing to a particular destination, we’ll plan around the conditions, with the scope to sail as far north as the Gold Coast or as far south as Bermagui.
Expect most of your time to be spent sailing, including overnight passages, with a night or two in a sheltered cove along the way. You’ll settle into a watch system, build practical seamanship skills and gain a much better understanding of life aboard during an extended passage.
All onboard meals are included. Any meal ashore is at your own expense.
$7,700 per cabin (1 PAX)
$8,800 per cabin (2 PAX)
3 cabins available
Head north aboard Frivolity as she makes her seasonal passage from Sydney to the Whitsundays.
Her spacious cruising layout offers a comfortable setting for building offshore experience and discovering life at sea aboard a catamaran. Become part of the crew as you take turns on watch, help navigate the coastline and develop your helming and sail-handling skills.
This is an opportunity to experience an extended multihull passage, particularly if future cruising or catamaran ownership is part of your sailing plans. Departure timing and progress along the coast will be shaped by the conditions.
One leg – $3,250
Both legs – $4,990
Join Halcyon for one section of her northbound voyage, or book both legs to experience the full journey from Sydney to Hamilton Island.
Leg 1: Sydney to the Gold Coast
Weather window: 10-17 May 2027
Estimated passage duration: Five days
Build your coastal sailing confidence with consecutive days and nights aboard Halcyon. Take part in watchkeeping, navigation and the daily routines of a modern cruising yacht as you sail north towards the Gold Coast.
Leg 2: Gold Coast to Hamilton Island
Weather window: 24 May-5 June 2027
Estimated passage duration: Six days
Continue north along the Queensland coast, with more time to develop your passage-making skills before arriving at Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays.
Sail one leg or the full route
Booking both legs provides approximately 11 days of passage sailing, with a scheduled break on the Gold Coast between passages. This is not a continuous 11-day trip. Please allow for both weather windows and the time ashore between legs; we’ll discuss these arrangements with you before booking.
$7,700 per cabin (1 PAX)
$8,800 per cabin (2 PAX)
3 cabins available
Experience Frivolity’s return journey to Sydney after her Whitsundays season.
This extended coastal passage gives you time to build sea miles and practical skills while contributing to life aboard a cruising catamaran. Share the watches, take the helm and develop your navigation and seamanship as the coastline and conditions change around you.
For sailors considering longer adventures aboard a multihull, it’s a valuable opportunity to experience the sailing, teamwork and routines involved in bringing a catamaran down the Australian east coast.
$3990pp
Eight days. A capable yacht. A coastline full of possibilities.
Join Ratbag for a March Milebuilder with fixed dates and a flexible route. Rather than committing to a particular destination, we’ll plan around the conditions, with the scope to sail as far north as the Gold Coast or as far south as Bermagui.
Expect most of your time to be spent sailing, including overnight passages, with a night or two in a sheltered cove along the way. You’ll settle into a watch system, build practical seamanship skills and gain a much better understanding of life aboard during an extended passage.
All onboard meals are included. Any meal ashore is at your own expense.
