by Petrina Dorrington.

My first experience chartering a yacht was last year on a Hanse 388 in the Whitsundays with my partner Lex. We loved this experience so much we started dreaming of buying our own yacht. Lo and behold several months later we purchased Dilli Gaf (soon to be Juliet), a 2007  Beneteau Oceanis 40 via Sundance Marine at the Sandringham Yacht Club – previous owner was Paul McBain. We sailed into RMYS in December 2021 and then in January we sailed to  Blairgowrie where we are moored for the Summer and living on board as much as we can. When we return to home base in St Kilda we plan to sail our boat for fun and I will continue to race on No Man’s Land as part of Sal Balharrie’s crew. Until we have some serious experience, Dilli Gaf will say this side of the Heads but one day we hope to venture beyond!  Dilli Gaf will return to the RMYS Marina in April 2022.