Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama Archive – Page 4

We are sailing to a small sand island, where we find oysters and a sand spit that would host a perfect fire to cook our finds and catches on, and boy, did it provide 🙌 USE THIS LINK or code: SLIM&SOPH at checkout to get $15 off your Naming This Lat...

There is no time for destinations as we complete our final legs to the top of Australia. The Spanish Mackerel are on, the wind has us running, and we are exhausted. Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim &...

We are officially at the top end, a milestone in our journey around Australia. It's significant to us because only now do we begin our sail over the top of Australia. Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim &a...

We've dropped anchor in a tiny bit of civilisation to restock our stores and an inevitable boat job every sailor will someday face strikes. Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama. ...

We are about to cross an ocean, and we will be crossing it with a carrot plugging an open thru hull in our sailboat. There’s no way around the gulf of Carpentaria in our circumnavigation of Australia; it’s the large and shallow sea that is separating...

SAILING AUSTRALIA, REMOTE SAILING, NORTHERN TERRITORY We have awoken in the Northern Territory after a 60-hour crossing across the Gulf of Carpentaria. We rectify the carrot situation, steal a car and fail to catch a massive Barramundi. We will be hosti...

Sailing to The Gugari Rip, The Hole in the Wall (Part I). Sailboat takes on huge tides in the Northern Territory. We're bound for the Wessel Islands, we have to pass through the Hole in the Wall, but first, we have to overcome the rapids of these massive t...

We are sailing through the Hole in the Wall. Our sailboat squeezes through the 50m gap in remote cliffs of the wild Northern Territory. The Gugari Rip, or Hole in the Wall, is our portal to the Wessel Islands, where we catch our first Giant Trevally. We he...

No wind, no clothes, no worries, it's hot up here sailing the nude latitude. This week is all about boat life on the glassy ocean, sailing Australia's remote north. After our FIRST-EVER croc sighting, we left the Wessel Islands and set off on another ocean...

We are sailing from island to island aboard our sailboat Nakama. Eating what we catch after trolling for tuna. This is a glimpse into our life living off-grid on the sea in our floating tiny home. Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to en...

Here we are, sailing towards Darwin. It was 2,458 miles ago we set sail to circumnavigate Australia, and right now, we are the closest to civilisation we've been in a long time, but yet, it feels like the furthest. This week we leap over the last few hurdl...

Well, this is new. With 8-metre tides here in Darwin, getting into the marina is not your usual ordeal...it comes with the added challenge of going through the ocean elevator. Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of...

Boat life in the Whitsundays has never been so extreme or extraordinary as 7 strangers pile onto 1 luxury catamaran and explore the world-famous islands of the Great Barrier Reef. There's one way to get to know @KristinasTravels, @LeadingtheEscapade and @...

A sailboat takeover, done Slim & Soph style. We stole this catamaran while @KristinasTravels @SailingSunday and @LeadingtheEscapade slept, but it was with good intentions...this is what happens when we put the captain hats on. USE CODE: SLIM&SOPH...

Our final days in paradise end with a bang; 4 islands, a Mexican fiesta, 2 people evicted, an abandoned resort and seeing the top highlights of the Whitsunday Islands, Hill Inlet, Whitehaven Beach, Chalkies and South Molle Island. Boat life has never been ...

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USE THIS LINK or code: SLIM&SOPH at checkout to get 15% off your Naming This Later order https://namingthislater.com/collections/throws?abralink=SLIM%2526SOPH We are back on Nakama, rearing to get into boat jobs...we have some much-needed repairs to d...

It's been 12 months since we installed our lithium batteries, and since then we've been living off-grid in some of the most remote parts of Australia, we consider our last sailing season to be the ultimate battery test. This is our honest review of lithium...

We're always trying to upgrade the 10-meter floating vessel we call home. This week we are doing a complete communications overhaul, connecting us to the satellites and extending our VHF/ AIS range with a new aerial install. Enjoying the episodes? Becomi...

We've sailed thousands of miles with a ripped, torn, tethered mainsail, but the time has finally come to retire her. Tune in for our biggest upgrade yet!! We are so excited to be getting Nakama one step closer to tackling Australia's wild west coast befor...

This is how we ended up high and dry on the hardstand. This wasn't the video we wanted to make. Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama. A little goes a long way to keep this produc...

This is the hardest we will have ever worked on the hardstand to get Nakama back in the water in just one day. We need to do it quickly but we also need to do it right. Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim ...

We're setting sail for the voyage of a lifetime. After 48 hours at sea, catching our food along the way, we have arrived in a true wilderness frontier. Sailing in the Kimberley is another step in our Australian circumnavigation that will truly test our sai...

USE THIS LINK or code: SLIM&SOPH at checkout to get 15% off your Naming This Later order https://namingthislater.com/collections/throws?abralink=SLIM%2526SOPH We have finally found ourselves in the remote wilderness of Australia's North West, The Kimb...

NAMING THIS LATER RUGS: USE THIS LINK or code: SLIM&SOPH at checkout to get 15% off your Naming This Later order https://namingthislater.com/collections/throws?abralink=SLIM%2526SOPH Here in Australia's North West, there are two seasons, the wet and t...

King George River. The Kimberley just does not disappoint and it just keeps on delivering. This week we find ourselves crossing the bar to explore the majestic King George River, home of the highest waterfalls in Western Australia, the Twin Falls. We never...

NAMING THIS LATER: USE THIS LINK to get 15% off your Naming This Later order https://namingthislater.com/collections/throws?abralink=SLIM%2526SOPH While sailing through the Kimberley, if you cast your eyes you are bound to find ancient rock art. This week...

Not only is the Kimberley famous for its breathtaking beauty, but it is also infamous for its enormous tidal range. This week we are faced with something a little different, we have to round a cape where two 3.5 knot tidal flows collide, timing here is eve...

We found an abandoned World War 2 plane wreck in Australia's remote north. Join us as we explore this American DC3 plane crash in the Kimberley, however, to get here we had the wildest sail of our lives with raging wind and tide shooting our 10-meter sailb...