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Ep 314 | Superb Fishing and Turtles Everywhere in the Montebellos, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
We spend time exploring the Montebello Islands, the waterways, lagoons, reefs and beaches. We catch quite a few fish and make our way to a special beach where the turtles are known to come ashore to lay their eggs. We are not disappointed and see hundred...
Ep 313 | Atomic Blast Site, Alpha Island, Montebello Islands, Sailing Nutshell
We arrive at Chianti Bay in the delightful Montebello Islands just off the Dampier coast. Join us in Peanut as we explore the Montebello Islands. We spend hours just poking around the tiny islands and checking out the little inlets and lagoons. It’s a m...
Ep 281 | Leaving Darwin and Sailing to the Kimberley, Sailing Nutshell
We leave the careening poles and head out to sea to put the new engine to the test and to make sure that everything is OK. Then it’s back to the marina for a couple of nights for last minute boat jobs and to provision Nutshell with fresh produce. We fi...
Ep 267 | Searching for Fort Wellington, Abandoned British Military Outpost, Raffles Bay, Australia
We leave Valentia Island and head through the Bowen Strait and slowly make our way to Raffles Bay in search of Fort Wellington, an early British pioneer settlement. After a good look around we leave Raffles Bay and float our way around the peninsular to P...
Ep 266 | A Very Close Encounter With a Crocodile, McClure Island, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
We are slowly making our way west towards Darwin. We sail to Entrance Island and then continue on to McClure Island where we finally get to One is extremely close! Thanks for watching. Until next time. Wendy and Magnus Music Credits: 00:01 Jenny By...
Ep 262 | Hunkered Down Waiting Out a Storm in Elizabeth Bay, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
We leave Gove and sail our way north to Elizabeth Bay. The weather is pretty bad so we are stuck in the bay for quite a few days. Once the wind has died down a bit we are finally able to head in to shore for a leg stretch. The bad wind and foul weather c...
Ep 248 | Retracing Cook’s Steps, Lizard Island, Sailing Nutshell
It’s time to convert Nutshell’s American power points to something a little more useful. We have decided to change a few of the sockets to Australian. But, our power points are white, so Wendy spends time with the paint pot camouflaging them to blend i...
CATCH AND COOK! – Sailing Belize – Episode 54
In this episode we leave the great blue hole and find a great little fishing spot on the outside of the reef. We have a nice meal of lobsters, crab and lion fish before we have an epic sail to Cay caulker, where we let our hair down for a couple of days......
Ep 134 | Hack for Affordable 12v Sailboat Lighting, Beer Reviews, Sea of Cortez, Mexico
We take a quick trip up to LA to renew our visas and catch up with friends. We pick up Wendy’s sister, Helen and she flies to La Paz to spend some time with us on Nutshell cruising the islands just off the coast. She shows us how to make rice paper roll...
Sailing a 50′ Catamaran across the Atlantic and What I Learned. I’m a guest speaker at NSC. Ep117.
I was asked to be a guest speaker at my old sailing club (The Nepean Sailing Club) to talk about my Transatlantic Sailing voyage on a 50' Catamaran. It took 22 days to cross the Ocean and I will show you, through video clips taken from the 12 episodes I ...
Transatlantic Passage #13. Catch a Wahoo and Land Ho! Arrive in St Lucia after 22 days at sea.
Ep116 - In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic Sailing Passage series. We cover days 19 to the end of the passage (Day 22). We catch a Wahoo. We finally get some wind and really see how fast this Catamaran can really sail wh...