Spectacular desert road trip sailing western Australia - Ep 148
When we were hit by lightening, two years ago, we had to replace all the cabin lights in both hulls. We put fancy lights in the starboard hull and not so fancy lights in the port hull. The re...
Sinking the boat? In ocean seacock change - Sailing Western Australia Ep 147
How to change the saildrive seacocks while still in the water
Have you ever talked yourself out of something because you think it would be too hard, or its not the 'normal' way, ...
Killin' it CLIFF JUMPING Rottnest Island Sailing Western Australia Ep 146
After Rob completes a 'solo sail with company' to the beautiful anchorage of Parker Point on Rottnest Islands southern shores, Troy and Pascale, of @FreeRangeLiving fame took us on ...
Sailing in fog and avoiding a collision - Ep 145
On our last days in The Abrolhos Islands we took a walk on semi inhabited Rat Island, one of the few islands that plays host to the rock lobster fishermen who spend several months, every year working away f...
Life in PERFECT harmony sailing Western Australia Ep 144
This is our second trip to the Abrolhos Islands. We love them for their history, their marine life and their wind, which between September and May is plentiful. What better way to get in day after d...
Boat life rescue in shark bay -Sailing Western Australia Ep 143
This week we survive a night rocking and rolling in an exposed anchorage then on our arrival in Denham, Rob and fellow yachtie Bradley just happened to be passing an old fishing vessel where ...
Off Grid alternative boatlife meets on grid luxuries best of both worlds sailing Shark Bay - Ep 142
There are very few affordable things about boatlife. However, delving into nature's larder to catch your own food is one of the highlights. During our stay...
Surviving alternative living in extreme conditions sailing Western Australia Ep 141
Our adventures in Shark Bay started with a death, which was unfortunate because this is an area synonymous with life. We take a road trip (thank you Skipper for the loan o...
I can't believe he did it again Sailing Australia Ep 140
This week we woke to find ourselves in the astounding anchorage at Cape Cuvier, with it's majestic cliff face and salt mine. Rob comes clean on how he injured himself while fishing, and it's not wha...
Following in Sailing La Vagabonde's footsteps and beyond Ep 139
Yes, that's right, this week we walk over the hallowed ground that uber sailing channel La Vagabonde camped on. True story!
Now don't get me wrong, Coral Bay is a beautiful place to visit an...
DOLLARS AND SENSE the cost of sail boat sailing Ep 138 Sailing WA
This week we are jumping forward to present time and celebrate Declan's foray in to the world of kite boarding competition. The poor boy learns the hard way that if you want something bad e...
Secret shark paradise sailing Western Australia - Ep137
Just in time for shark week we bring you the sharks of Coral Bay. Captives of the weather, which was blowing a constant 15 to 30 knots from the south, the direction we wanted to sail in, we began to...
Boat life BIG blow SAILIING WA - Ep 136
Keeping an eye on the weather is one of the most important parts of the day when living on a boat. With a storm imminent we have to assess our best option for finding protective cover. There are very few places to h...
It's over 50 years since Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt went missing during his morning swim at Cheviot Beach South Australia, but we are only just hearing about it now while we sail past the Harold Holt Naval communications base in Exmouth. Our fri...
A year of sailing in three minutes
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Meet the crew live Christmas update
Seasons greetings, it's been too long since we did a live chat. It's a busy time of year but we hope you can join us. We are sorry if this live doesn't work for your time zone but we will upload this at a later time for ...
Sailing nomads, remote self sufficiency Ep 134
Freedom is the first step to self sufficiency, or should that read: Self sufficiency is the first step to freedom?
Either way, we have been lucky enough to be free to sail the remote west coast of Australia ...
Sailing cleaner oceans
This is our adaptation on Taika Waititi's racism video which most New Zealanders will know.
We have teamed up with In Mocean to do our part to recycle some of the plastic waste that is drowning our oceans and choking it's critters...
Boat life - Island final resting place sailing WA - Ep 133
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Making love Island style - sailing sex education Ep 132
Love is in the air and nowhere more so than the turquoise clear waters around long Island WA. Female turtles are arriving in their droves, closely followed by many frisky males, who show up hoping to ...
Meet the InMocean sailing fleet - Ep131
Last Sunday night we took part in the In Mocean fleet live with five other recycling ambassadors. With time differences being what they are, the live took place a 3.30 am for us! So if we seem a little dazed you kn...
Sailboat sailing south for cyclone season- Ep 130
A weather window has opened up for us to up anchor from the Montebello Islands and sail south, retracing our steps down the West coast of Australia. On our journey Rob spears a pretty descent coral trout a...
Sailing conundrum It shouldn't be this difficult to see your loved one's - Ep 129
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Sailing and spearfishing a remote nuclear island paradise - Ep 128
We've been in the Montebello Islands talking about exploding nuclear bombs before. However, in our second visit to these paradise islands we see Rob eating awful food (again), we check ou...
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