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We continue our journey through the shallow channels of the Brisbane area and Moreton Bay. It’s a bit scary going under our first power line and not knowing if Nutshell will actually fit! We get new mud crab nets and are eager to put down the pots and ...

Magnus sets to work making a new plinth for the toilet. Shane helps us out immensely and Magnus hoists him up the mast to install the shiny, new spinnaker halyards. Nutshell makes a splash in the water and then we begin our journey heading north around A...

It’s time to sand and paint Nutshell’s bottom. She gets lots of TLC from the both of us and Shane, our son and it’s not long before she is looking fabulous! Wendy makes a start on removing the dodgy toilet in readiness for a new base. Magnus works ...

We continue to try and sail to Australia but the weather is definitely against us. After 6 days at sea we have no choice but to motor the last three to four days to make it to Australia. We’ve sailed over 10,000 nm, but as we enter the channel into Aust...

We do our final preparations for leaving New Caledonia and go through the checking out procedure, visiting all of the government officials that we need to. We sail from Noumea and head towards the Gold Coast, Australia. I wake up after my watch to find...

We finally arrive in Noumea, New Caledonia after many prolonged attempts. We check in and check out the place and then leave the marina and head towards the Baie Iré on the island of Ile Ouen and a lovely quiet anchorage for the night. We try out differe...

Episode 162 | YouTube Description With Magnus’ Mum on board, we leave Nuka’alofa and head out to the islands for a look around before returning to Nuka’alofa. There’s plenty to see under the water and Wendy does a few snorkels and discovers the ...

After our first good night’s sleep and a lull in the blustery weather, we dingy over to Big Mama’s, a lovely yacht club on the motu just off the main island of Nuka’alofa, for our first draft beer in absolutely ages! We head across the bay in Peanut...

We spend a quiet week in Bora Bora, The weather is a bit ho hum so we do a few boat jobs and have a wonderful sail in the Bora Bora lagoon. We then check out of French Polynesia and start the 14 day sail to the Kingdom of Tonga. It’s a full-on ride, wit...

We take Peanut up a gorgeous little river and then sail to the north island, Tahaa and pop in to a couple of the beautiful bays. The water is deep so there is limited anchoring. Magnus fixes our scupper which has been broken since we bought Nutshell. We ...

We leave Tahiti and make the small passage to the nearby beautiful island of Moorea. We check out the sealife and plunge into waters filled with circling sharks and very inquisitive stingrays! Then it’s off to the island of Raiatea on an overnight pas...

We head up to the big smoke, Papetee, on the local bus and manage to get the new part which we need to fix our fridge. As usual, and as is common on boats, a little job turns into a much bigger one, and we end up sailing to Papetee and picking up a comple...