Bluewater sailing boatlife - saluting the internet Gods and other first world problems - Ep 120
September 03, 2021 by The Cruising Kiwis | Language: EN Play Time: 00:14:51 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
Boat life, saluting the internet Gods – first world sailing problems – Ep 120
We continue our sail up the west coast of Australia, but the further north we go the more spaced out the towns become. No people no internet! Before we head out to the off grid Montebello Islands we need to stop in at Double Island military base gas mine to grab a bit of internet so that we can upload our vlog. With a good easterly blow predicted it gives Declan a chance to pump up a kite and get a bit more kite boarding under his belt.
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In 1997, after rowing at the Atlanta Olympics, Rob decided to row a tiny seven-metre plywood boat, 2500 miles from Tenerife in the Canary Islands to Barbados in the Caribbean. It took 6 weeks and he and his rowing partner, Phil Stubbs, won the inaugural Atlantic Rowing Race. His first taste of a blue water ocean crossing.
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