After a few nights of failed snapper fishing and a stuck anchor Michael redeems himself with a nice kingfish but not without drama.
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We are ready for adventure! Join us as we set sail south for our shakedown cruise to Jervis Bay, NSW. This place does not disappoint, with beautiful anchorages, delicious seafood, and white sandy beaches. Does it get much better than this?
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With Popao back in one piece, we head out and make the most of the dirty water by catching a feed of squid. We share our favorite BBQ squid recipe and show you around our hometown of Cronulla.
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Last episode we gave you a tour of Popao, the mothership! In this episode we give you the full rundown on our adventure tender, a Highfield 340 Classic RIB. We show you how to DIY your own sounder setup without a permanent battery, our Beachmaster beach wh...
Welcome aboard Popao for a full tour of our humble little floating home. She's a Peter Snell Designed 2006 'Easy 37ft' coastal cruiser. Generally built by 'backyard builders' they are fairly basic catamarans that allows owners plenty of layout options and ...
As we wrap up our refit we smash out the finishing touches. New anchor chain, new electronics & a bunch more. It's time to wrap up this refit and get back to LIVIN'!
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There's nothing quite like coming back in from a lovely day on the water only to realise someone has done a hit & run on poor old Popoa, damaging her bow in the process. With Popao leaking like a sieve we spend most of this episode sealing up all her o...
Beyond excited to finally install Lithium Batteries onboard Popao, this is absolutely life-changing for any live-aboard sailor let alone ones who need plenty of editing power. We compare the Itechworld 120x batteries to our old lead-acid and it is pretty m...
Catamaran refit, after ripping all the carpet out of Popao we get to work, fairing and painting the entire interior. Such a satisfying job and Popao looks and feels like a brand new boat.
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With lockdowns in full swing we jump into one of our most ambitious boat projects yet, ripping all the carpet out of our sailing catamaran. This refit is only just getting started to sit back, relax and have a laugh at our ever-growing todo list. Because ...
Catching a Black Marlin from our sailing catamaran! #Shorts
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After an extended cruising season, Popao is in need of some much needed love so we pull up a mooring for a few months to refurbish the entire interior and prep her for the tropics. These jobs have been on the todo list since we bought Popao almost 2 years ...
The NSW Coastline is an unforgiving beast! At the end of the season with everything needing a bit of TLC (ourselves included) we find the strangest of things breaking. Will MacGyver Michael get us home?
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What started out as a pretty uneventful sail turned into one of the most hair raising experiences on Popao. Out of control and surfing at 16 knots, is not something we want to experience anytime again soon. We learnt a lot about what to do in the future as...
Making the most of a flooded Clarence River we set the crab pots and check out the local town of Iluka, Michael also cooks up one of the naughtiest meals yet.
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As we sail into New South Wales we are met by a pod of friendly dolphins and plenty of wind! With 30 knots of wind from behind we have a bit of a sketchy bar crossing into the Clarence River.
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We find the mother load of Pipis and we bring them back to Popao for one of our favourite Pipi meals. We just won't put so much pasta in next time :-P
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With a bent rudder & a tight budget we rush through a big list of jobs and smash it all out in a week to get us on the way back to Sydney!
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Complacency leads us right into a comfort trap. During a superstorm cell in Moreton Bay, we find ourselves on lee shore without enough water under our rudders resulting in our worst fear. Bent rudders.
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We make our way south behind the gorgeous Fraser Island, searching for dingos and mud crab along the way. We rush across the Wide Bay Bar & make our way into Moreton Bay, Brisbane.
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We head down to Fraser Island and meet up with our mate Tim Mcdonald for some world class spearfishing at Fraser Island.
00:00 - Sailing to Fraser Island
04:47 - Spearfishing Fraser Island
15:50 - Back to Popao to move anchorages
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With the Glass out continuing we explore Fitzroy Reef, we find a huge cave full of huge mangrove jacks.
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Weaving our way into Fitzroy Reef we wasted no time and head out spearfishing with our new friends from Sailing Amoray. On the way Jon drops a bombshell 'Actually, I've NEVER shot any gun before!' Well... we had to change that and put it onto some nice cor...
Join us as we head out to the Bunker Capricorn Island Group on the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef, you will not be disappointed as this place is the epitome of paradise. North West Island is the second sand cay and homes up to a million sea birds!
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