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Sailing Learning By Doing
Sailing through the Kabui Passage is a bit nerve wracking as it's super narrow, has big sharp cliffs on either side and the current can run either way up to 5 ...
Replacing the clutch cone in my TwinDisc gearbox was something I had to figure out myself as I find myself in a remote location with no specialists available. ...
Our sailing catamaran was finally fixed and after 20 days of frustration, sweating and head scratching it was time to leave Sorong and sail out into Raja Ampat ...
After hitting a log while sailing at high speed I had plenty of repairs to get done. This is part 3 of 3 of my repair series in Sorong. In this video I finish ...
After hitting a log while sailing at high speed I had plenty of repairs to get done. This is part 2 of 3 of my repair series in Sorong. In this video I mainly ...
Repairing boats is not at the top of my list of fun things to do but what do can you do? I had just recently spent a week fixing my boat after hitting a log in ...
I had a 260nm passage ahead of me and this time with favourable winds. In the first 8 hours I banged out 75 miles and was loving it! Finally proper sailing! ...
A few minutes after leaving Wakatobi an alarm started beeping loudly. I thought it was something relating to my boat for a minute until I realised it was an ...
Welcome to Wakatobi, one of the premier dive spots in the world and home of Indonesia's best boat marina. The thing is it's totally abandoned basically and it ...
After a collision with a submerged log I discovered that the impact had snapped all four engine mounts on my port engine. I was in a pretty remote location ...
So I'm sailing Solo again! I'm really looking forward to this 1000nm trip. Marie and Eli are in France and will join me in 5 weeks, obviously I'm missing them ...
Sailing in Indonesia means you need to be flexible and adaptive. Almost nothing is as it is in western countries and that includes finding and buying fuel. I'm ...
I flew to Australia to see a 54ft Aluminium sailing boat called Ivanhoe. It would need a total rebuild from bottom up and that is a HUGE job. Our budget would ...
Ivanhoe is a 54ft Aluminium sailing boat that is in total disrepair. I fly to Australia just to look this boat over and to see if it's the right project for us ...
Our circumnavigation of Sulawesi is completed and its time to sail southwest to Bali. The passage is around 375nm and we expect it to take 48hrs. A really nice ...
Sailing this magnificent hand built vessel for a day was pretty amazing! Anugerah Ilahi was built in a year, painstaking labour with simple tools on a beach ...
We are ENGAGED! Marie proposed to me at 06.30 on my 50th birthday. She made a tinfoil ring and presented it in her rayban sunglasses case. What a girl! We ...
Find all the prints here: https://www.vernondeck.com/Ready-to-print/Beauty-of-Sulawesi 2024 was a huge year for us, not only were we new parents with our 3 ...
Its time for us to start sailing west, the northwest monsoon will soon be starting and we dont want to be on the north coast of Sulawesi when that kicks in. We ...
Would you buy Dog meat, bbq Bat, scorched Rat, Snake steak? Well if you're curious then you should go to the Pasar Ekstrim in Tomohon, North Sulawesi. Or just ...
The past 2 weeks have flown by but wow did we pack in some good times. Mark, one of our top tier Patrons cashed in his perks and joined us and it was a real ...
Sailing Indonesia on our 39ft Crowther Catamaran we are in constant search of that special, far away place, somewhere the tourist hoards cant get to or dont ...
Sailing Indonesia on our 39ft Crowther Catamaran we are in constant search of that special, far away place, somewhere the tourist hoards cant get to or dont ...