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Solo Sailing Catamaran’s, good idea or bad? (Learning By Doing Ep219)
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Solo Sailing Catamaran’s, good idea or bad? (Learning By Doing Ep219)
I’ve always loved solo sailing, Sailing alone on a Catamaran is a lot different from a monohull though, this I learnt. I’m yet to decide if I’ll solo sail my Cat on longer passage though as the danger seems to be much higher. I solo sailed my mono m...
Eden, the little paradise down south. (Learning By Doing Ep218)
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Eden, the little paradise down south. (Learning By Doing Ep218)
Eden, you were amazing, thanks! We spent an unplanned month altogether in this beautiful little town and loved it! So many friendly locals, so many beautiful places to visit. As we sailed out of there and headed north to Bermagui we show you just a few sni...
Passage Planning for Bass Strait. (Learning By Doing Ep217)
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Passage Planning for Bass Strait. (Learning By Doing Ep217)
Today we show you our process for planning a sailing passage, in this case to cross the notorious Bass Strait. We are losing patience slowly, being stuck here in Eden for over 3 weeks now but are still cautious as Catamaran is still new and unproven to us....
New Running Rigging for our Catamaran.  (Learning By Doing Ep216)
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New Running Rigging for our Catamaran. (Learning By Doing Ep216)
Last week we broke some of the rigging while attempting to cross the notorious Bass Straight, this week we replace the entire running rigging with new gear. A big job but it feels good to now have a solid base. Enjoi. Insta360 discount code: https://www.i...
Bass Straight passage FAILURE. (Learning By Doing Ep215)
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Bass Straight passage FAILURE. (Learning By Doing Ep215)
Off we go, across the Bass Straight to Tasmania. We didnt get very far though, first the Jib halyard broke then after fixing that and sailing on one of the job sheets snapped. That was enough, I lost all trust in the running rigging and for the first time ...
200+ miles on our first real passage. Too easy! (Learning By Doing Ep214)
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200+ miles on our first real passage. Too easy! (Learning By Doing Ep214)
Our first overnight passage on our new Catamaran, Trade Runner. Pittwater south to Eden, NSW is about 240 nautical miles and we picked a pretty mellow wind for this one. There is a good south running current about 15 miles offshore so we sailed out there a...
1st Passage on our new Boat! (Learning By Doing Ep213)
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1st Passage on our new Boat! (Learning By Doing Ep213)
Sailing time! We leave Nelson Bay and sail south to Newcastle on our new (to us) Catamaran. Its only a short passage and we have chosen a pretty calm day but there are still some butterflies as this is new for both of us! Enjoy! ⚓️Join our CREW⚓️ ...
Moving aboard our new Boat! (Learning By Doing Ep212)
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Moving aboard our new Boat! (Learning By Doing Ep212)
Moving Time! The process of packing up our old home (Schiehallion) and moving all that stuff to our new home (Trade Runner) is a big one. Accumulated stuff has to be sorted through, junk thrown away. Then everything needs to be transported over, all of by ...
WHAT?? Our boat Sold in 2 DAYS! 😱  (Learning By Doing Ep211)
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WHAT?? Our boat Sold in 2 DAYS! 😱 (Learning By Doing Ep211)
We decided to buy Trade Runner so in order to do that we needed to sell Schiehallion ASAP. I put together a bunch of images and info and advertised her on a couple of websites. Two days later and she was sold to the first person who looked at her, AMAZING!...
Are we buying a CATAMARAN, going to the DARKSIDE? (Learning By Doing Ep210)
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Are we buying a CATAMARAN, going to the DARKSIDE? (Learning By Doing Ep210)
Buying a Catamaran! Should we do it, is it going to the dark side? This week we go check out a Crowther Windspeed 39 in Port Stephens, NSW. Its a pretty big decision, to sell our beloved Schiehallion. We give our thought process on this and take you with u...
Fastest Passage OR Last Passage on Schiehallion? (Learning By Doing Ep209)
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Fastest Passage OR Last Passage on Schiehallion? (Learning By Doing Ep209)
Our current passage record of 176nm in 24hrs is under threat this week as we sail from Yamba 240nm south to Port Stephens. With a good wind forecast and the strong south flowing current it looked good for a possible 200nm 24hr run. Did we make it? Also, we...
Overnight passage with my 70yo MUM! (Learning By Doing Ep208)
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Overnight passage with my 70yo MUM! (Learning By Doing Ep208)
Leaving the extremely loud and busy Gold Coast we sail the 240nm south to Yamba. Marie gets pretty stressed when we haven't been doing long passages for a while and this time it happened again. She felt scared, seasick and just generally unwell. The trip w...
Owning a Sailboat aint no holiday. Scarborough Marina (Learning By Doing Ep207)
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Owning a Sailboat aint no holiday. Scarborough Marina (Learning By Doing Ep207)
After sailing down the Queensland coast to Brisbane we checked in to Scarborough Marina for a 2 weeks stay through the Christmas break. We were looking forward to a little holiday but it turned out to be a mad busy time. We painted, repaired, upgraded and ...
SPINNAKER sailing, did I push it too hard?. (Learning By Doing Ep206)
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SPINNAKER sailing, did I push it too hard?. (Learning By Doing Ep206)
On a recent passage from Fraser Island to Brisbane we had an amazing Spinnaker run. I might have pushed past my limits though! First we show you a short glimpse of a few days spent in Maryborough then its all sailing from there. Enjoy! ⚓️Join our CRE...
Turtle encounter (Learning By Doing Shorts #1)
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Turtle encounter (Learning By Doing Shorts #1)
Jumped in the water at Lady Musgrave Island and straight way came across a friendly turtle to swim with. So rad! If you enjoy our videos and appreciate the effort that goes into making them then perhaps you would be interested in supporting their producti...
AMAZING animal encounters on Lady Musgrave Island. (Learning By Doing Ep205)
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AMAZING animal encounters on Lady Musgrave Island. (Learning By Doing Ep205)
Sailing 40 miles offshore in sporty conditions to an amazing atoll called Lady Musgrave Island. By pure chance we happened to be visiting while 3 different types of Turtles were nesting, what luck! Also the birds were at it, Black Bodies and Shearwater ne...
Sailing to Lady Musgrave Island. (Learning By Doing Ep204)
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Sailing to Lady Musgrave Island. (Learning By Doing Ep204)
Sailing 40 miles offshore in sporty conditions to an amazing atoll called Lady Musgrave Island. Enjoi! ⚓️Join our CREW⚓️ If you enjoy our videos and appreciate the effort that goes into making them then perhaps you would be interested in supporti...
Sailing East coast Australia -Percy Islands- (Learning By Doing Ep203)
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Sailing East coast Australia -Percy Islands- (Learning By Doing Ep203)
There are so many great spots down the East Cost of Australia and the Percy Island group is one of them! Beautiful beaches, some very interesting history and remote. We stay a few days in some different anchorages and then set of on a 100nm sail further so...
Sailing to STUNNING WHITEHAVEN BEACH  (Learning By Doing Ep202)
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Sailing to STUNNING WHITEHAVEN BEACH (Learning By Doing Ep202)
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How to fix a drowned outboard engine.  (Learning By Doing Ep201)
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How to fix a drowned outboard engine. (Learning By Doing Ep201)
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Perfect overnight sailing passage (Learning By Doing Ep200)
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Perfect overnight sailing passage (Learning By Doing Ep200)
Our first sailing passage in a while, the first for Marie in Australia. 105nm from Magnetic Island to Bowen. It was a dream passage from start to end, we lifted anchor at 1pm and dropped anchor at 3.30am, thats a 7kt average. We had optimum wind and sea st...
Boat Rebuild + Sailing Plans for the next year (Learning By Doing Ep199)
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Boat Rebuild + Sailing Plans for the next year (Learning By Doing Ep199)
We put half the boat back together after removing lots of stuff for the deck painting. I climb the mast to fix the wind whirly-gig and masthead navigation light. After we get the boat ship-shape we're ready to get out of the HOT marina and back out at anch...
Marie Enjoys her time alone. (Learning By Doing Ep198)
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Marie Enjoys her time alone. (Learning By Doing Ep198)
We're still apart, Marie in Magnetic Island and alone on the boat, Vernon in Switzerland carrying out a commercial Photo-Shoot. For the past couple of years we've spent almost every minute together so its ben interesting now spending this time apart, espe...
We’re spending some time apart! (Learning By Doing Ep197)
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We’re spending some time apart! (Learning By Doing Ep197)
I'm in Switzerland for a short time on a photoshoot. I spend the first few days in Grindelwald getting acclimatised before going up to 3500 for a week of glacier skiing. Meanwhile, Marie is alone for the first time aboard Schiehallion. She finds it difficu...

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