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Ep 195 | Repairing the Headsail and Dodger, Canning Curry, Sailing Nutshell
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Ep 195 | Repairing the Headsail and Dodger, Canning Curry, Sailing Nutshell
Wendy makes a start on Nutshell’s dodger by working out how it is put together and how she can fix it, MacGgyver style, with existing materials. The dodger got a bashing when we crossed the Pacific and much of it was slashed. It will be a while before I...
Ep 194 | Gearbox Update, Peanut IV TLC, Kimberley Canning Tests, Sailing Nutshell
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Ep 194 | Gearbox Update, Peanut IV TLC, Kimberley Canning Tests, Sailing Nutshell
The gearbox re-assembly is finished and she gets a new coat of paint. We manhandle her onto Nutshell ready for installation. Magnus does a few canning tests on various meats, some raw, some half cooked and some fully cooked, in readiness for our trip up t...
Ep 193 | Gearbox Assembly, Nutshell Workshop, Australia
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Ep 193 | Gearbox Assembly, Nutshell Workshop, Australia
It’s time to make a start on putting Nutshell’s gearbox back together. This is a workshop episode for those of you who are interested in seeing how the Nutshell gearbox goes back together with new seals, clutch plates, thrust plate, bearings and vario...
Ep 192 | Our Spirits are Lifted with a Day Sail with Nutters, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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Ep 192 | Our Spirits are Lifted with a Day Sail with Nutters, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
After the shock of the explosion on Nutshell, a wonderful couple, Cassie and Tony, invited us out on their yacht for a day sail in the Whitsundays. It was the tonic that we needed to take stock and enjoy the beauty around us and be thankful that we were bo...
Ep 191 | Our Boat Exploded! Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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Ep 191 | Our Boat Exploded! Sailing Nutshell, Australia
It’s amazing how one day can change so much. Magnus went onboard Nutshell to do some work. He put the kettle on and then came on deck to check the mooring line. This little act saved his life. Until next time… Wendy and Magnus ______ Where are ...
Ep 190 | Changing Rooms Galley Refit Plans, Sailing Nutshell Australia
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Ep 190 | Changing Rooms Galley Refit Plans, Sailing Nutshell Australia
It’s time to make decisions on the modifications required for Nutshell’s galley. We share our thoughts on what we plan on doing to make the galley more useable and functional and a little bit prettier too. Magnus finally finds a solution for the repla...
Ep 189 | Our Backyard, Wild Camping at the Proserpine Dam, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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Ep 189 | Our Backyard, Wild Camping at the Proserpine Dam, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
We take time out from boat jobs and head to the nearby Proserpine Dam for an overnight camp, We put in the red claw nets but the catch is meagre, so we end up cooking curry on the gas fire instead. We hope you enjoy seeing this beautiful part of where we ...
Ep 188 | Servicing the Engine and Gearbox Intercoolers, Nutshell Workshop, Australia
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Ep 188 | Servicing the Engine and Gearbox Intercoolers, Nutshell Workshop, Australia
While we wait for the parts to arrive for Nutshell’s gearbox, Magnus turns his attention to the two engine intercoolers. They get some love and, of course, the painted treatment. Thank you all so much for supporting our adventures as we travel around th...
Ep 187 | Dismantling the Gearbox and Finding the Fault, Nutshell Workshop, Australia
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Ep 187 | Dismantling the Gearbox and Finding the Fault, Nutshell Workshop, Australia
With the gearbox finally out of Nutshell, it’s time to pull her apart and work out what the problem is. This is a workshop episode for those of you who are interested in Nutshell’s Gearbox rebuild. Thanks for following along with our journey and, of ...
Ep 186 | The Gearbox Work Begins, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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Ep 186 | The Gearbox Work Begins, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
The weather is calm so we decide to move Nutshell off her first mooring and on to a sturdier, more permanent one, so that we can carry out the boat jobs in relative safety. Magnus builds a mock up for our roof top tent for our land based travel within Aus...
Ep 185 | New Peanut Sank! Sailing Nutshell Australia
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Ep 185 | New Peanut Sank! Sailing Nutshell Australia
After looking around for quite some time we finally find a tinny at the right price and go ahead and purchase it. We need an aluminium boat for The Kimberley. Unfortunately Peanut 2 won't survive a crocodile attack! Magnus takes the new tinny for a test a...
Ep 184 | Servicing and Reconditioning the Starter Motor, Sailing Nutshell
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Ep 184 | Servicing and Reconditioning the Starter Motor, Sailing Nutshell
The weather has been very windy since we’ve been back in Airlie Beach so we haven’t had the opportunity to move Nutshell and remove and work on the broken gear box. It’s a good forecast so we head out and move her around the corner on to a mooring....
Ep 183 | Bringing Nutshell Home, Boat Jobs Begin, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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Ep 183 | Bringing Nutshell Home, Boat Jobs Begin, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
We are on the last leg of our journey to our home town of Airlie Beach, we can almost see it in the distance, but again, we are becalmed. The tide is against us and we can’t afford to keep using Peanut’s motor to get us home or we will run out of fuel!...
Ep 182 | Mother Nature is Against Us! Trying Hard to Sail Home. No Engine! Sailing Nutshell
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Ep 182 | Mother Nature is Against Us! Trying Hard to Sail Home. No Engine! Sailing Nutshell
We leave the Great Sandy Strait and begin the sail north to Airlie Beach. We have no engine, and the only forward propulsion that we have is with little Evi, Peanut’s outboard. We decide to head out to sea and go north, but there are constant northerlie...
Ep 181 | Fixing Peanut’s Carburettor, Making Baggy Wrinkles, Sailing Nutshell
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Ep 181 | Fixing Peanut’s Carburettor, Making Baggy Wrinkles, Sailing Nutshell
Now that the drama of the Coast Guard rescue has died down, Magnus gets to work fixing Peanut’s carburettor so that we can continue to head north and out of the Great Sandy Strait into safer, more open waters. There’s a little glitch with the carburet...
Ep 180 | We Need Help! Coast Guard Rescue, Sailing Nutshell Australia
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Ep 180 | We Need Help! Coast Guard Rescue, Sailing Nutshell Australia
The saga continues… After a wonderful time sailing through the Great Sandy Straits, we suddenly hit a snag. Peanut’s engine gives out on us and Magnus can’t get her started. The channel direction suddenly turns and we find ourselves stuck in the nar...
Ep 179 | Plenty of Beer and an Unexpected Turn for the Worst, Sailing Nutshell
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Ep 179 | Plenty of Beer and an Unexpected Turn for the Worst, Sailing Nutshell
We meet up with viewers and spend a lovely lunchtime sampling ales at the Land & Sea Brewery in Noosa. Then we leave the Duckpond and begin the short passage north to Double Island Point, about 50nm away. But, with little wind and engine issues the go...
Ep 178 | New Sail Battens, Fixing the Autopilot Again, and a Shelter for the Dogs, Sailing Nutshell
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Ep 178 | New Sail Battens, Fixing the Autopilot Again, and a Shelter for the Dogs, Sailing Nutshell
We sow the little giveaway seeds which we picked up at Woolworths and begin a garden for Nutshell. The idea is to have a small, live food source onboard when we head up to the Kimberley. Magnus replaces the MaGyvered sail battens will proper ones and also...
Ep 177 | Excellent Beer, Bacchus Brewing Co, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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Ep 177 | Excellent Beer, Bacchus Brewing Co, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
We catch up with patrons and sample a few fine ales at the Bacchus Brewing Company in Capalaba. We even get a 10/10, the first in Australia! Meet our two new crew members, our old cattle dogs, Chilli and Pepper, who are onboard with us for the sail from t...
Ep 176 | Replacing the Seal in our Lofrans Tigres Windlass, Moreton Bay, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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Ep 176 | Replacing the Seal in our Lofrans Tigres Windlass, Moreton Bay, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
Magnus spots oil trickling out of our Lofrans Tigres Windlass and after further investigation he finds out that we probably need a new seal and perhaps bearings too. So, we head back into shore early after an unsuccessful fishing trip in the middle of Mor...
Ep 175 | We’re Outta Cheese! Whipping up Ricotta in the Galley, Moreton Bay, Sailing Nutshell
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Ep 175 | We’re Outta Cheese! Whipping up Ricotta in the Galley, Moreton Bay, Sailing Nutshell
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 ...
Ep 174 | Toilet Attention, a Hoist Up the Mast and the Start of the Sail Around Australia
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Ep 174 | Toilet Attention, a Hoist Up the Mast and the Start of the Sail Around Australia
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...
Ep 173 | A Black Bottom and a Tidy Chain, Housekeepings at the Boatyard, Sailing Nutshell
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Ep 173 | A Black Bottom and a Tidy Chain, Housekeepings at the Boatyard, Sailing Nutshell
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 ...
Ep 172 | A Clean Bottom, Hauled Out, Gold Coast, Australia, Sailing Nutshell
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Ep 172 | A Clean Bottom, Hauled Out, Gold Coast, Australia, Sailing Nutshell
After a good night’s sleep at the custom’s dock, we check in to Australia. It’s then time for a quick catch up with family after a 1 year absence. We move anchorages up to the Coomera River and decide at the last minute to haul out at The Boat Work...

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