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Why did our boat explode?
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Why did our boat explode?

We wanted to share the reason our boat exploded so that it won't happen to you.
  • May 23, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 01:12:01
Ep 198 | Exploring the Natural Beauty of Hook Island, Whitsundays, Sailing Nutshell
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Ep 198 | Exploring the Natural Beauty of Hook Island, Whitsundays, Sailing Nutshell

Magnus continues the job of sorting out the cutting of the new v-berth mattress to fit Nutshell. Wendy paints the locker lids to tidy them up a bit. We take Nutshell out to Stonehaven Bay and Nara Inlet on Hook Island and explore the stunning rock format...
  • May 21, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:17:32
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  • May 18, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:00:00
Ep 197 | New Kapten Boat Collar for Peanut, Nutshell Workshop, Australia
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Ep 197 | New Kapten Boat Collar for Peanut, Nutshell Workshop, Australia

A mystery box arrives and Magnus goes to collect it and returns with a very, very long box! What can it be? It's our new Kapten Boat Collar for Peanut IV. This will make her very stable and so a much safer tender to have in the Kimberley. The last thing yo...
  • May 12, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:23:42
Ep 196 | We’re Sailing! First Trip Out with Family on Board, Whitsundays, Australia
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Ep 196 | We’re Sailing! First Trip Out with Family on Board, Whitsundays, Australia

In our quest to nail down great recipes and techniques for our Kimberley trip, Wendy makes pesto out of the Woolworth’s basil which began as little seedlings on Nutshell. This pesto will be put into a sterilised jar and covered in olive oil. We’ll see ...
  • Apr 29, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:16:24
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...
  • Apr 18, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:12:38
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...
  • Apr 10, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:22:24
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...
  • Apr 02, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:18:33
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...
  • Mar 20, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:15:05
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 ...
  • Mar 13, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:14:37
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...
  • Mar 06, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:18:38
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 ...
  • Feb 29, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:12:27
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...
  • Feb 21, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:21:48
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 ...
  • Feb 14, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:18:35
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...
  • Feb 07, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:20:48
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...
  • Jan 31, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:19:22
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....
  • Jan 25, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:19:47
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!...
  • Jan 17, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:17:16
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...
  • Jan 10, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:18:01
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...
  • Jan 02, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:20:49
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...
  • Dec 26, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:19:11
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...
  • Dec 20, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:18:24
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...
  • Dec 12, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:16:42
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...
  • Dec 06, 2019
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:30:30
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