BOAT LIFE: Welcome on board OUR HOME (yes we live onboard full-time) for this liveaboard SAILBOAT TOUR of our Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 50DS.
So this week we leave the River Deban and head over to Titchmarsh marina in the Walton backwaters. The weather wasn't much cop and we had to motor the whole ...
So this week we make the short journey along the coast from the river Orwell and into the river Deban. Its a pretty straightforward trip apart from one thing. ...
BOAT ACCIDENT: A first hand tell-all interview after surviving the dismasting of a sailing boat off Coffs Harbour, Australia.
We're stuck in COFFS HARBOUR... with coronavirus lockdowns happening all around us, we're getting some serious boat jobs done. We also visit the BIG BANANA!
Man did it rain, and we only took the camera out for a brief period after the worst had happened so you really wont get to see just how much! Any way this ...
So if you watched last weeks episode you will know that we made the river Crouch our first port of call as the weather forecast didn't look to clever. And we ...
We launch our brand new tender a magical spot - Pinta Bay, Hawksbury.. We also find an eerie skeleton.. Marine Rescue pay us a visit.
Ok so its not that dramatic but on the first day of this years Foxwell Family sailing holiday we did come across an awful lot of large shipping when crossing ...
A Melbourne couple has taken that plunge - buying a yacht and sailing far away from the restrictions which plagued their state.
Ok so we'll make it easy for you. Its a Squib. A small, two person, racing keel boat which may not look that special but they are really sweet little boats. So ...
WHALES AHEAD!!!!!! We almost hit a humpback whale. FAR OUT. What would you have done? Also, on a positive note, after 90+ hours at sea, we arrive into Sydney.
We're sailing our 50ft yacht 'Tucana' from Melbourne to Sydney over the next 4 days... but as we do, we encounter 4 dramas.
It was a miserable day, and while I was sorting things out at home I realised that it had been four years since I fixed the inflatable, and that some of you ...
First "Show Me Your Dinghy" because lights save lives! Please check out the link to the most durable, affordable, and non-consumable dinghy light available ...
WE BLOODY DID IT! We depart Melbourne on Tucana, our new 50ft yacht, AKA: Our new home! We say goodbye to our friends... former colleagues.
72 hours before we were scheduled to depart Melbourne, the entire state of Victoria, Australia was placed into a 7 DAY snap lockdown due to covid outbreak.
On this episode, we sail from Hobart to Sydney on an incredible 50ft X-Yacht, 'Son Of Sam'. Tucana gets a new anti-foul, stanchions and backing plates.
Not much to say really. It was a sunny bank holiday weekend, which almost never happens, so we wanted to make use of it and go for a sail. We have friends in ...
On this epic episode: Our rigging is taken away and getting replaced, John modernises our water pump, we get new flexi solar panels, the winches are serviced.
This is our backstory.. and how we found Tucana - our dream boat! We also experience our first hail storm and we get vinegar in our water tanks. Yuck!
Yep. We did it. We purchased a yacht and we plan to sail her around Australia. Join us on this crazy adventure.
So when Daphy first came out of the water we got busy and did loads of the things that were on our to do list. Such as replacing the standing rigging, ...
Moin Freunde! Erinnert ihr euch noch an Rolf und Bärbel? Mit den beiden haben unsere BootsProfis-Folgen angefangen. Sie haben in Folge #2 eine Jeanneau SUN ...