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Island Hoppin’ Engine Stoppin’ – Free Range Sailing Ep 59
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Island Hoppin’ Engine Stoppin’ – Free Range Sailing Ep 59

This week we discover a fuel blockage motoring to Cardwell in a glass out. We sail down the Hinchinbrook Channel past Lucinda Jetty and decide to make our way to beautiful Zoe Bay. Featuring the stunning landscape of Hinchinbrook Island, Troy getting dirty cleaning our Racor fuel filter, champagne s...
From Coral to Coconuts – Free Range Sailing Ep 58
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From Coral to Coconuts – Free Range Sailing Ep 58

Join us for our last day at Holmes Reef before we hoist the sails and head towards Hinchinbrook Island. This episode features another free diving sequence, some cheeky boobies, a bit of homemade pancetta, dreamy beamy sailing and a free range coconut raid. 24 hours left of our T Shirt campaign on B...
Our Home on the Reef – Free Range Sailing Ep 57
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Our Home on the Reef – Free Range Sailing Ep 57

Join us as we continue to explore the beautiful Holmes Reef in the Coral Sea. We discuss our dive in last week's episode, discover a lost tuna long line, spearfish off the edge and snorkel around a sand cay. Troy also explains a little bit about our free-diving gear and the infamous blue-spotte...
Knife Selection, Knife Sharpening and Shaving with a Straight Razor
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Knife Selection, Knife Sharpening and Shaving with a Straight Razor

In this video, Troy talks about his choice in outdoor knives, what he looks for in a good knife and goes into detail about sharpening- theory and practice. To wrap up, we take a look at cut-throat razors and discuss their care and merits. Links to the knives described can be found below. MoraKni...
My Mermaid Makes Bacon – Free Range Sailing Ep 56
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My Mermaid Makes Bacon – Free Range Sailing Ep 56

Join us as we say goodbye to Cairns and head 120 nautical miles out to Holmes Reefs in the Coral Sea. Pascale cooks up quite a few delicious meals in this episode, we catch a beautiful yellow fin tuna and we spend a lot of time free diving in the deep blue. Get yourself a Free Range Sailing T Shir...
Live Q&A with Free Range Sailing
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Live Q&A with Free Range Sailing

Join us as we have a yarn about what's happening here at Free Range Sailing and answer some of your questions. Our T-Shirts are here! For a limited time only you can grab an exclusive Free Range Sailing T-Shirt or pull-over hoodie through our Bonfire campaign. There are a range of colors and...
SUPRISE! – Free Range Sailing Ep 55
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SUPRISE! – Free Range Sailing Ep 55

In our last week in Cairns, we take on a couple more sewing projects, visit the famous Cock'n'Bull, meet our mate Laurie at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, explore the Cairns Botanic Gardens and sort out our provisions for our next lot of adventures. In the midst of all of this a big sup...
Why is there a hole in our boat? – Free Range Sailing Ep 54
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Why is there a hole in our boat? – Free Range Sailing Ep 54

In this week's episode, we continue with boat maintenance including filling a large hole in our cockpit and installing our newly repaired headsail. We also show you an easy way to remove old varnish saving you a lot of sanding and Troy demonstrates how to handle your hose. Like all of our maint...
Escape to the Rainforest – Free Range Sailing Ep 53
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Escape to the Rainforest – Free Range Sailing Ep 53

After keeping busy with boat chores in Cairns we decide to take a break and be tourists for a few days exploring the World Heritage Rain Forest around Kuranda. Join us as we experience the rain forest canopy from the sky, try some tasty food, teach you a little more about indigenous plant use and en...
Porta Bote – The Ultimate Adventure Dinghy?
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Porta Bote – The Ultimate Adventure Dinghy?

The long awaited video regarding our experiences over the last few years with the PortaBote dinghy. We list our pros and cons, with the dinghy, as well as, why we think it has been the most suitable dinghy for us to explore remote Northern Australia in our 30' sailboat. If you want more inform...
Dinghy Refit and Fibre Glassing 101 – Free Range Sailing Ep 52
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Dinghy Refit and Fibre Glassing 101 – Free Range Sailing Ep 52

In this episode we make the necessary upgrades to our dinghy in the process learning a lot about working with epoxy and fibre glass from our new friend David whose catamaran stole the show last week. We've had a lot of questions about our experiences with the portabote dingy so stay tuned bec...
How to Splice Rope Directly to Chain
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How to Splice Rope Directly to Chain

Today we are looking at how to construct a rope to chain splice. There are a few techniques out there but we feel this one gives the neatest and strongest finish and is the one used by professionals. Modern anchor winches can often handle chain and rope combinations, though the use of a thimble and ...
Let the Boat Projects Begin! – Free Range Sailing Ep 51
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Let the Boat Projects Begin! – Free Range Sailing Ep 51

Our plans to haul out while house sitting in Cairns were dashed but we keep ourselves busy with plenty of other jobs that we need to do to get Mirrool ship shape after her long voyage in the wilderness. A new friend shows us the fantastic catamaran he is building in his backyard. Troy talks ropes an...
Good Times, Bad Times – Free Range Sailing Ep 50
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Good Times, Bad Times – Free Range Sailing Ep 50

Keen for a swim, we take a break from beating to windward and sail on a reach to the famous dive site on the Great Barrier Reef, the Cod Hole, to discover that the mooring is otherwise occupied! Disheartened, we go for a dive nearby before continuing our slog south to Cairns. Join us for this very s...
Maybe we’re sailing the wrong way around Australia? – Free Range Sailing Ep 49
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Maybe we’re sailing the wrong way around Australia? – Free Range Sailing Ep 49

In this episode, we leave Tijou Reef and continue south to Cairns. On our way, we experience some more wild weather and discover that in some conditions our cockpit isn’t really that dry. Come with us as we continue to see what is like to sail the wrong way around Australia. Music Credits 00:01 &a...
Birthday Bait Ball with Boobies (or The Passage that Nearly Broke Us) – Free Range Sailing Ep 48
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Birthday Bait Ball with Boobies (or The Passage that Nearly Broke Us) – Free Range Sailing Ep 48

In this episode we continue sailing south and face some of our hardest sailing on the passage. Taking shelter at a protected islet, Pascale gets a bait ball for her birthday and some boobies drop by for a visit. When the weather clears, a little, we leave the islet and head to Tijou Reef and experie...
Eating better when you’re beating to weather – Free Range Sailing Ep 47
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Eating better when you’re beating to weather – Free Range Sailing Ep 47

We say goodbye to Margaret Bay and continue sailing south down the Queensland coast against the trade winds. Troy discusses the best way to bleed tuna, why it works and Pascale shows you a great recipe for cooking it too! We also talk our way through avoiding a collision in the shipping lanes. Fea...
Margaret Bay Adventure Day – Free Range Sailing Ep 46
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Margaret Bay Adventure Day – Free Range Sailing Ep 46

After 8 days of sailing south into the trade-winds we take a much needed break in beautiful Margaret Bay. Troy attends to some noisy bearings in our wind generator and discusses the stern arch that holds our solar panels and so much more. We explore a little on shore and do some free range beach coo...
The Fine Art of Sailing Uphill – Free Range Sailing Ep 45
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The Fine Art of Sailing Uphill – Free Range Sailing Ep 45

In this episode of Free Range Sailing we start the journey against the trade-winds down to Cairns some 600 nautical miles south. We say goodbye to Badu and it’s back to business as usual with plenty of sailing, fishing and shark feeding. We’ll show you our method for cleaning a haul of squid and the...
New York, London, Paris, Badu! – Free Range Sailing Ep 44
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New York, London, Paris, Badu! – Free Range Sailing Ep 44

The people you meet are a big part of travelling so in this episode, we introduce more of the Artists of Badu, in the remote islands of the Torres Strait. Their art combines many elements to tell stories of their past and present interaction with the natural world, all presented with a high level o...
Keeping your Culture – Free Range Sailing Ep 43
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Keeping your Culture – Free Range Sailing Ep 43

We spend our last day on Thursday Island attending the Dawn Service and Parade for ANZAC Day before sailing to the island of Badu where we meet Councillor, Laurie and spend the day with his family on his beach camp. In this episode Pascale also shows you how to make your own yoghurt so it’s a plenty...
Biltong! (and outboard repair) – Free Range Sailing Ep 42
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Biltong! (and outboard repair) – Free Range Sailing Ep 42

Pascale arrives back on Thursday Island with a rattling parcel! We prepare for our trip south by making a giant batch of biltong with our mate Raph and Troy shows you how easy it is to fix the cooling pump on your outboard. Featuring: 2:10 How to Make Beef Biltong 12:54 Raph’s Biltong Box 14:46 Ho...
FRS Live – Future Plans, How We Smoke Fish, Kimberley…etc (Until the connection failed)
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FRS Live – Future Plans, How We Smoke Fish, Kimberley…etc (Until the connection failed)

The internet shut us down! But we managed to answer some questions before that happened. In this live chat we cover questions about our future blue water cruiser when we leave Australian waters, our time in the Kimberley, how we smoke our fish, our past boating experience, boat maintenance, how we ...
Lovers Torn Apart! – Free Range Sailing Ep 41
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Lovers Torn Apart! – Free Range Sailing Ep 41

What happens when the cat is away? Will the rat play (with sharks)? In this episode we head to Somerset Ruins, once touted as the Singapore of Australia and Cape York; the northern-most point on mainland Australia. Then it's back to Thursday Island where Pascale takes a ferry, a bus and 3 fli...
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