Some sails are worth the wait, and this was one of them. Ironically, it was a passage we’d been dreading. If you’re cruising down the Queensland coast, the ...
The Sailing Adventures of Brilliant II
In case you hadn’t noticed 🤪 we L❤️VE our big red balloon 🎈 To say Code 0’s have revolutionised the way we sail would be an understatement ⛵️ No more ...
One of the best things about cruising as a family is spending quality time in some pretty awesome places with the ones you love. As parents, we get so much ...
The two destinations in this video – Sudbury Cay and Michaelmas Cay – are the reason we set sail up the North Queensland Coast in the middle of a La Niña ...
Well, I never thought I’d be able to say we pole danced up the Great Barrier Reef, but in a roundabout way, that is exactly what we did! 🤪 Our latest video is ...
The second part of our La Niña summer sailing series sees us riding the end of a strong wind warning to Fantome Island – an abandoned Leper Colony on the Great ...
This summer we've sailed Australia’s North and Far North Queensland coasts. For context, this is traditionally not the time of year to take this route. ...
Want to know how to make – or re-make – boat fridge lids? Need to replace a galley countertop? Looking to modernise the interior of an old sailing yacht? If ...
Famous for its iconic A-Frame shack and a long-standing tradition of hospitality afforded to cruising sailors, Middle Percy Island is one of those ‘must-see’ ...
Maybe it was all the more sweet because we'd downed tools from our boat refit for a while. Or maybe it really was one of those 'one in 10' sails that explain ...
Why do projects on a boat take so long? Because to get to the thing you actually want to work on, you have to fix all of the inter-connected paraphernalia as ...
I guess now we can add working with Corian to our ever-growing list of boat refit skills 🤪 If you've never used it before (and we hadn't), Corian is composed ...
It's been about three years since the timber trims were removed from our 44-year-old boat's interior, and destroyed in the process. Now they're finally back!! ...
Boats! If you don't use them regularly they start to break. Well, maybe the boat itself doesn't break but the onboard systems sure don't like a hiatus. This ...
With the gas disconnected and the stove out, this was the time for us to address the galley area around the Force 10 cooktop and oven. We wanted to replace ...
Greg and Emma re-join the crew of SV Kiana and head into Teakerne Arm in Desolation Sound, British Columbia for waterfalls, swimming, campfires and all around ...
Breaking Waves
Does your bilge pump work? Sinking? Boat alarms Alarms what to fit. In this vid we look at Alarms, Bilge pumps, Boat safety and electrical circuits. We enjoy ...
SV Impavidus
Ahoy, Oh how have I missed that. Hoisting our sails, using the natural forces moving from one beautiful spot to another. Pushed by wind and waves we enjoyed ...
sailing ZERO
We travel to San Francisco to look at a 1997 Grand Soleil GS 50. This is a slightly older version of the one we saw in Puerto Rico, and is a Doug Peterson ...
Sailing Talisman
At the end of our bluewater sailing course, we take a few minutes to interview John Kretschmer about his feelings on modern yacht design. For those of you ...