This one did not go to plan. Rather than follow the crowd and go along with the Sail to Indonesia Rally fleet to Banda Nera, we intended to day hop along a ...

This video shows the very simple steps to set up and operate a Rainman Portable Watermaker to produce pure, fresh, drinking water from the sea onboard a boat ...

Our first week in Indonesia is a whirlwind at Debut on the island of Kei Kecil with customs and immigration clearances, motor scootering around discovering ...

Here’s our year on YouTube in nine minutes. Between our regular episodes, we thought we’d put together this little look back on our trip up the Queensland ...

In July 2023 we completed our first international crossing on SV Our Dreamtime, sailing from Horn Island in the Torres Strait to Debut on the island of Kai ...

HERE'S OUR LAST VIDEO IN AUSTRALIA for a quite a while at least. In this Episode we talk about how we go about planning our 700 nautical mile (1,300 ...

We’re on our final push north to the top of Australia sailing from Portland Roads to beautiful Cape Grenville where we discover the biggest, tastiest oysters ...

Sailing further up to Cape York we leave Morris Island behind, make an overnight stop at Night Island then enjoy a great sail to an anchorage at Portland Roads ...

On our way up to Cape York we sail deeper into crocodile territory and take the opportunity to enjoy one of the best aspects of cruising on a sail boat. That ...

Something different this fortnight with a real time update. As you will be aware, our YouTube Epsiodes can sometimes be a few months behind real time, so we ...

After a fabulous few days in Lizard Island’s Mermaid’s Cove we move around to Watson’s Bay to continue our love affair with this glorious sailor's haven, The ...

We finally say goodbye to Cooktown, with an overnight stop at Cape Bedford on our way north to Lizard Island. Here we head for Mermaid Cove at the north of the ...

We leave the sand cay at beautiful Mackay Reef to sail past Endeavour Reef where James Cook experienced the disaster of grounding on the coral before spending ...

SERIES THREE - UP, AROUND & INTO INDONESIA Our trip up around and into Indonesia starts in earnest as our new crew finally join Our Dreamtime at Port ...

4th leg of Series 3 - UP, AROUND & INTO INDONESIA We sailed from Cairns to the marina at Yorky’s Knob for a week of final preparations and boat jobs to ...

2nd leg of Series 3 - UP, AROUND & INTO INDONESIA We leave beautiful Fitzroy Island with a spirited sail but short sail to Trinity Inlet at Cairns where ...

3rd leg of Series 3 - UP, AROUND & INTO INDONESIA After sitting out a week of high winds and driving rain at Clump Point we loved getting off the boat ...

2nd leg of Series 3 - UP, AROUND & INTO INDONESIA After a short stop at beautiful Dunk Island, we run to nearby Clump Point at Mission Beach to take ...

The time had come. SV Our Dreamtime had not been out of the water since pre-covid days so we expected a tough week’s work when she was hauled out at ...

As we make final preparations on our 1982 Whitby 42 ketch, SV Our Dreamtime, for international cruising, one of the biggest issues we face is electrical power. ...

Leaving your boat in the middle of the cyclone zone over summer may seem fool hardy but after doing our research into the frequency of catastrophic storm ...

On our final passage of our trip from Brisbane we cover the last 70 nautical miles from Cape Upstart to Breakwater Marina in Townsville where Our Dreamtime ...

After a short visit to the Whitsunday Islands, we leave Airlie Beach and push on North towards our cyclone season base in Townsville. The first stop along the ...

After a delightful few days at Keswick island off Mackay, we push further north. We still can’t use our mainsail due to the sheet bracket on the boom we broke ...