This is an Archive Document of my talk at Patagonia in June of 2023 in Santa Monica, California. I filmed this just to have a recording of the talk and not necessarily with the intention of public release but thought some of you would enjoy seeing it so I ...
Episode 400 : Season 13 : Sailing Indonesia
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On this episode we depart Tual and sail for the Spice Islands, arriving to Banda Neira where we med-moor outside a hotel that welcomes cruising sailors.
The following day Rhonda takes a cooking...
Episode 399 : Season 13 : Sailing Indonesia
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On this episode we go on one last dinghy mission at Tual and check out the stilt houses along the waters edge. The next morning we head off and make our way to Ngurbloat Beach where we check out ...
Episode 398 : Season 13 : Sailing Indonesia
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On this episode we head out to catch a minibus to the next town to check out the market and to see more of the island. While we were out we got a text message no captain ever wants to receive "T...
Episode 397 : Season 13 : Sailing Indonesia
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On this episode we clear into Indonesia using a local agent named Kim. Kim made the entire process very easy and it went super smooth compared to horror stories we had heard of people using loca...
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On this episode we unbox our new Ready-Made Asymmetrical Spinnaker from Rolly Tasker.
Rolly Tasker has a full line of Spinnakers, both symmetrical and asymmetrical, to fit any size of boat. You can find out more about those sails here: ht...
Please join us for the premiere of my latest long format passage film, Sailing to Indonesia! We will be on the live chat watching it with you all and conversing about what was happening and answering any questions you might have!
After 7 months and 2145N...
Episode 396 : Season 12 : Sailing Australia
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On this episode we FINALLY arrive to Cape York and anchor at Horn Island and prepare to leave Australia for good. We have several week's worth of battles with the post office at Thursday Island ...
Episode 395 : Season 12 : Sailing Australia
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On this episode we say goodbye to Lizard Island and sail on, continuing north we stopped at the Flinders Group for a few days and visited Stanley Island to see the fantastic aboriginal cave art....
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We received a gift box from our fiends Will and Sarah Curry ( https://www.instagram.com/sailing.kaia ) at Hydrovane that included a much needed replacement Vane cover. On this video we show you how to fit the cover and I talk about the unl...
Episode 394 : Season 12 : Sailing Australia
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On this episode we explore Lizard Island. We knock out some laundry at a hand pump in a field, little house on the prairie style, before hiking up to where Captain Cook stood desperately searchi...
Episode 393 : Season 12 : Sailing Australia
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On this episode we visit the historic Endeavour River at Cooktown where Captain Cook and his crew beached the HMS Endeavour to save her after striking a near by reef and officially discovering t...
Episode 392 : Season 12 : Sailing Australia
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On this episode We depart the Whitsunday Islands and continue our sail north. One of our stops was Magnetic Island where we visited the Rock Wallabies!
Our Next stop was Dunk Island, as we had...
Episode 391 : Season 12 : Sailing Australia
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On this episode we drop the hook at Whitsunday Island in Cid Harbour and make our way a shore to its peak trail. We enjoyed the hike up, watching out for the Stinging trees! Once up top we were ...
Episode 390 : Season 12 : Sailing Australia
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On this episode we are enjoying the peaceful anchorage of Nara Inlet on Hook Island whose landscape and stillness reminds us of New Zealand. Hearing of some nearby Rock Art we head off on a ding...
Episode 389 : Season 12 : Sailing Australia
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On this episode we slip the lines at St. Bees and sail for Brampton Island. We have an amazing 14NM sail and soon find ourselves coming about and pointing into the anchorage in the lee of Brampt...
Episode 388 : Season 12 : Sailing Australia
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On this episode we hauled up at Digby island and had a 10 hour 44NM passage to St. Bees where we had a very noisy night on the mooring ball as it slammed continuously into the hull over and over...
Episode 387 : Season 12 : Sailing Australia
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On this episode we say goodbye to Middle Island in the Percy Group and have a nice mellow sail to Digby Island where we find a strange shipwreck on the beach and head a shore to check it out!
...
Episode 386 : Season 12 : Sailing Australia
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On this episode we haul up the anchor in 30 knot gusts and sail off into a squally day. We had fantastic sailing wind and the air was warm so the rain didn't bother us much. This turned out to b...
Hello Friends,
We would love it if you would join us for a live stream this weekend where we talk about our time in the land down under and say goodbye Australia. We are currently anchored at Horn Island just across from Thursday Island where we will be ...
Episode 385 : Season 12 : Sailing Australia
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On this episode we explore the small island of Hexham and ride out some wild weather. We had never heard of this island and had only came here because our intended anchorage of Supply Bay turned...
Episode 384 : Season 12 : Sailing Australia
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On this episode we make our way to Great Keppel Island and are greeted by a Cuttlefish as soon as we drop the hook! We spent a few days at the island and did some snorkeling. Next we continued o...
Latitudes and Attitudes Magazine invited James & Rhonda to sit down and talk about cruising for their Three Sheets Podcast : https://youtu.be/p9oV6hub5sE?si=tILCziZDuYifBdJv
Head over to their channel to watch the full interview or stream it on audio...
Episode 383 : Season 12 : Sailing Australia
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On this episode we make our way North of Gladstone and cross the Tropic of Capricorn and officially enter back into the Tropics. Our first "Tropical" island visit was at Hummocky Island where we...
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