Gavin Le Sueur competed in the two-handed bicentennial Around Australia Yacht Race with his future wife. In one race they sailed through a cyclone and completed the race only to be struck by a whale when sailing home and forced to abandon ship. They were lent another catamaran for the around Australia race which they completed, getting engaged on the finish line. They have owned 5 different catamarans in which they have cruised and raced in Australia and explored the Pacific and south east Asia.
