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We take Peanut on a fairly long trip to an island nearby where we walk up to the Nutmeg Plantation. We are invited to one of the guide’s homes and see the system of harvesting and processing nutmeg first hand. We head into town and test out the local s...

We decide to embark on an island tour with the local University students. They take us to a small village and we are given a traditional welcome. We head to a rural restaurant overlooking the ocean and have an Indonesian lunch. We then board a narrow boa...

We are now all checked in to Indonesia so it’s time to address the very important boat jobs. We have a leak in the raw water pump and the alternator isn’t working so we have very limited power on board. The weather is pretty overcast so the solar is g...

Magnus does the final provisioning shop, sorts out the davits for ‘Hazel’ and our solar panel and we get ready to leave Tipperary Waters Marina for the last time. We finally leave Darwin and begin the passage to Indonesia. It’s not long before we g...

We get ready to leave Tipperary Waters Marina and make our way around the corner to the Dinah Beach careening poles. Once the tide is out far enough Wendy begins the task of cleaning and scrubbing Nutshell’s hull to get her ready for antifoul paint. Sh...

Wendy picks up new canvas to make covers and bags for various items on Nutshell. Nutshell has a new garden which is progressing nicely. Magnus gets new chain for the Nutshell’s broken autopilot. He goes to fit the new bolt on Nutshell’s engine only ...

After months of Nutshell being in the marina it’s time to escape. We head out and sail to Tapa Bay. Magnus helps a mate in need when his furler jams. We explore the mangroves and make a new Anchor Buddy. We move on to Indian Islands but it’s very ro...

Magnus decides to reduce the length of the headsail furler foil to prevent it from getting caught up in one of the halyards in the future, and jamming up the system. So we remove the furler and begin the task of shortening it, replacing the rivets and bolt...

Back in the engine room and with BIG troubles this time. Tag along as we frantically try to engineer our way back to Phi Phi Islands from Phuket, enjoy all the cussing, sweating and a graceful sail once we got back up and running :) Be Sun Smart, wear ou...

Today is a good day for boat work, a bit of maintenance and some system testing. Jamie explains our lithium battery set-up and his hack for replacing the headsail furling line. After Liz goes up the mast to install the new VHF cable, we have a gorgeous af...

Here it is. All the chaos sin the last two weeks. Honestly, it's not that bad, just more footage for your entertainment :) Enjoy this episode of Rain catchers, windlasses, Racors that suck (literally) and belts that go POP! Be Sun Smart, wear our SWAG! ...

After a little trailer "docking" accident I wanted to check the Keel Hanger.