Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama Archive – Page 2

If you go through the Sandy Straits without hitting the bottom once then are you even doing the Sandy Straits? We are up early at Pelican Point and head to Garry's anchorage on Fraser Island for the night. Garrys has always presented us with beautiful cal...

This throws a spanner in the works... We are both pretty upset to get this news. We are heading into the Marina from Kingfisher Bay, Fraser Island, civilisation! We have run out of food, have washing coming out of our ears, exams coming up and boat jobs t...

The drama of Soph breaking her ankle is not over yet. We find out upon another hospital visit that Soph is going to need surgery to put her ankle back together again. For Soph, having never even been to hospital before let alone had a surgery this is big ...

So the surgeons say no sailing for a while... fair call I guess as Soph is now carrying a small hardware selection in her ankle... Just as the way things go, we of-course are now on uni holidays and being stuck on the boat in the marina wasn't our idea of ...

Although we have a broken ankle, we want to keep exploring! We hit the road heading a little bit south to Wooli. A cute little town with not a lot but huge amount of character. We enjoy the beautiful river and explore the surrounding areas and of course, ...

Breaking waves, flooded bilges, nighttime ships. Here are the top 3 of our worst moments we have had sailing, including our worst bar crossing at the notorious Brunswick Heads bar. A bar that sailors normally keep well away from. This is a compilation of t...

A mad border dash to get back to the boat and commandeering a Beneteau, we get back onto the water for the first time in 8 weeks after Soph broke her ankle. Amid the chaos of yet another COVID-19 outbreak in Australia, and with lockdowns and border closur...

Our 40 year old sailboat is constantly requiring our love and attention and as soon as Soph can walk again we want to push her out of the marina and get back to adventuring. We start by servicing the engine, finding a potential oil problem in the saildriv...

DAMN it feels good to be home, we're back aboard our sailboat Nakama, our floating home. We are so grateful to have our home back out on the water where she belongs. What a journey it has been, from broken bones leading to a surgery we feel better than eve...

We're just a bunch of young salty scallywag sailors, doing our best to sail on a budget. We've had a morning full of activities, skurfing, and dune sliding at Fraser Island. With the Hamilton race week cancelled, we figured we'd have our own yacht race to...

Sailing our 40 year old sailboat to a remote reef island on the Australian East Coast and we're stoked! You can help support this small production here on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama We wake at 2 am in Burnett Heads to pull up anchor an...

Living on a coral island until the wind has other plans for us. Calm one minute, blowing 30 knots with no protection the next... You can help support this small production here on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama We wake again at Lady Musgra...

We're going nuts with coconuts out here man! Let's cook pizza in a sink on a fire... You can help support this small production here on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama We have just left Lady Musgrave Island after a shocking night on anchor,...

Why does everything keep breaking?! ah that's right we live on a boat... We head from Great Keppel Island where we have had a great week cooking on the fire at Svensons Beach, towards the motherland into the marina, we need a new tender as our good ol' tru...

Returning to life on anchor, sailing back out to the tropical islands. You can help support this small production here on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama After a week in the marina restocking Nakama's cupboards with food, installing an int...

Our great adventure feels more exciting than ever, we've finished breaking ankles and started breaking new boundaries, its a mystery from here on out. You can help support this small production here on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama The gr...

We're in a pirates shack nestled in a secret cover on an island seemingly in the middle of nowhere. You can help support this small production here on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama This place is full of sailors trinkets past and present....

In this video, we go over all the costs of our haul out here in Grenada this will include Labor costs, materials, Polishing, boat haul out, and all other costs. ► SUBSCRIBE for a new video every Sunday ☺ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrlbNFmD2FNK9...

A yachties worst nightmare during whale season is accidentally hitting one as they lay sleeping on the surface in the night. WE HAVE VERY EXCITING NEWS! We now have a Patreon page for our biggest supporters. Check it out here https://www.patreon.com/sai...

Wild islands. Wild sailing. Wild luck & trekking into the wild wilderness in search of our drone. We have created a Patreon account, if you have been enjoying this production you can help support it continuing into the future here https://www.patreon....

It took us 10 months to sail here! We finally made it after broken ankles, broken boats and broken engines, to the iconic white beaches and turquoise clear waters of the Whitsundays. We have created a Patreon account, if you have been enjoying this produ...

We can’t believe they let us inside, we have been let loose inside a sailmakers loft in Airlie beach with the guidance of our good friend and marine trimmer Sue. It's no secret Nakama’s canvas work needs some serious love. A boom bag has been on our ...

We needed this so bad!! We made this from scratch and we finally have new canvas for our sailboat. To support our video production and our DIY repairs as we sail around Australia please check out our patron, any little bit helps as we twist and bend our ...

Another day, another island on our sailboat. We are on UNI holidays and we are scuba diving to celebrate! We have created a Patreon account, if you have been enjoying this production you can help support it continuing into the future here https://www.pat...

We’re diving straight into the rich oceans waters of Blue Pearl Bay in the Whitsundays to kick start this weeks episode. We have created a Patreon account, if you have been enjoying this production you can help support it continuing into the future here...

Sailing out and away from land in search of the Great Barrier Reef has been playing on our minds for weeks as we have island-hopped around the Whitsundays waiting for the right weather window. We have created a Patreon account, if you have been enjoying ...

We're isolated on the reef with no land in sight, we are truely living off the ocean spearfishing and trolling catches for food. Sharing this vast blue desert with our friends and eating the freshest seafood going. We have created a Patreon account, if y...

We had a plan, but then massive storms, northerly winds, no gas and only a drop of diesel left changed our plan...with only a week of uni holidays left what do we do? We have created a Patreon account, if you have been enjoying this production you can he...

Yep! thats right! we're sailing around Australia, we just fully called it! BUT we gotta wait out cyclone season first... We have created a Patreon account, if you have been enjoying this production you can help support it continuing into the future here h...

Hop aboard for another week of floating adventures on our small sailboat. We have created a Patreon account, if you have been enjoying this production you can help support it continuing into the future here https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama Or make ...

The Aussie summer has come around and it's hot in the tropics, we're soaking up our last bit of freedom with white beaches, turquoise waters and some cheeky island sailing fun. We have created a Patreon account, if you have been enjoying this production ...

We're staying in cyclone territory to circumnavigate Australia, she'll be right! We have created a Patreon account, if you have been enjoying this production you can help support it continuing into the future here https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama O...

Call us delivery skippers! We have created a Patreon account, if you have been enjoying this production you can help support it continuing into the future here https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama Or make a one-off donation as you please if subscripti...

Our time out here is done. We have created a Patreon account, if you have been enjoying this production you can help support it continuing into the future here https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama Or make a one-off donation as you please if subscripti...

For the last 2 years we have out-sailed Covid-19 and it's lockdowns, this time, it has finally got us. We have created a Patreon account, if you have been enjoying this production you can help support it continuing into the future here https://www.patreon...

Have we just got ourselves a new home? Nakama 2.0 with 2 hulls? we dunno how on earth we ended up here but let's just enjoy this life. We have created a Patreon account, if you have been enjoying this production you can help support it continuing into th...