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Ep 285 | Twin Falls, King George River, Kimberley, Sailing Nutshell
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We make our way to the entrance to the King George River and check the tides to cross the bar. It’s a tricky bit of navigation. We spend a few days in the ...

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Ep 284 | Amphitheatre Falls, Berkeley River, Kimberley, Sailing Nutshell
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We check out the two Amphitheatre falls in the Berkeley River and hike up a few boulder-ridden escarpments! We explore Paul’s Creek with a resident crocodile ...

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Ep 283 | Casuarina Falls, Berkeley River, Kimberley, Sailing Nutshell
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Magnus discusses the worst storm that we have ever encountered in an anchorage. We explore the Berkeley River in Peanut and check out the Casuarina Falls ...

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Ep 282 | Lacrosse Island, Wyndham Arrival, Kimberley, Sailing Nutshell
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We arrive at Lacrosse Island and check out the beautiful mangroves. Magnus discusses our solar setup. We make our way to Wyndham to get fuel and water. We ...

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Ep 281 | Leaving Darwin and Sailing to the Kimberley, Sailing Nutshell
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We leave the careening poles and head out to sea to put the new engine to the test and to make sure that everything is OK. Then it’s back to the marina for a ...

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Ep 280 | Boat Jobs at Dinah Beach Careening Poles, Darwin, Sailing Nutshell
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This episode is packed full of boat jobs, both big and small. We are now up on the careening poles at he Dinah Beach Cruising Club. As the tide heads out, we ...

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Ep 279 | A Storm on the Careening Poles, Darwin, Sailing Nutshell
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It’s time to leave Tipperary Waters Marina and slowly make our way around the corner to the Dinah Beach Careening Poles. Only one little problem though, the ...

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Ep 278 | Finally, the New Engine Is Going In, Darwin, Sailing Nutshell
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It’s finally time for Nutshell to get her new engine. With the engine bay now all newly painted and ready, we take Nutshell to the lock, under tender power and ...

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Ep 277 | Will the New Volvo Engine Start? Darwin, Sailing Nutshell
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We head down to Noonamah to continue with the offsite boat jobs. Magnus goes over the new Volvo engine to make sure that everything is tickety boo and also ...

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Ep 276 | Will the New Engine Fit? Darwin, Sailing Nutshell
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Magnus begins the task of removing all of the old wiring and unnecessary stuff from the engine bay. We head to Noonamah to do work on Peanut’s captain ...

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Ep 275 | It’s Finally Time to Take the Engine Out! Darwin, Sailing Nutshell
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It’s time. Magnus decides that he needs to start disconnecting the engine from Nutshell. It’s a laborious task but he eventually manages to do it. Then it’s ...

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Ep 274 | Big Pantry Makeover and New Stainless Lifelines, Darwin, Sailing Nutshell
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Wendy empties the pantry yet again and it’s time to begin planning for new shelves to make things store more easily. Magnus cuts the timber, Wendy paints it ...

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Ep 273 | There’s a Cyclone Coming! Darwin, Sailing Nutshell
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It’s time make a start on working out what we are going to need to buy for our time in the Kimberley. We are planning on provisioning for 5 months, so that’s a ...

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Ep 272 | New Bimini, Huge Canning Session, Darwin, Sailing Nutshell
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We build a new bimini for Nutshell. We are constrained by the shrouds and the mizzen mast, so it’s quite difficult to work out where to put it, but we get ...

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Ep 271 | We Made it to Darwin! Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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We leave Alcaro Bay and make our way to Cape Hotham. We check out the nearby creek. Then it’s the technical sail through the Vernon Islands and on to Darwin. ...

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Ep 270 | Amazing Natural Phenomenon, Coral in Popham Creek, Sailing Nutshell
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We head out in Peanut to check out the nearby creek in Popham Bay. We’ve heard that there’s coral in the creek which is really unusual. With a successfully ...

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Ep 269 | Up the Creeks, Caiman and Alaru, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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We head over to the opposite shore to Caiman Creek and head up the creek. Then it’s a short trip north to the Ranger’s Station to get water. We then sail ...

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Ep 268 | Eerie Ruins at Victoria Settlement, British Garrison Abandoned in 1849, Australia
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We are unable to anchor in the bay next to Victoria Settlement so we anchor in the bay opposite, which is a long tinnie ride, but Peanut is built for it. At ...

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Ep 267 | Searching for Fort Wellington, Abandoned British Military Outpost, Raffles Bay, Australia
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We leave Valentia Island and head through the Bowen Strait and slowly make our way to Raffles Bay in search of Fort Wellington, an early British pioneer ...

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Ep 266 | A Very Close Encounter With a Crocodile, McClure Island, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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We are slowly making our way west towards Darwin. We sail to Entrance Island and then continue on to McClure Island where we finally get to One is extremely ...

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Ep 265 | Shallow Water, Rocks and Narrow Passages, Wessel Islands, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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It’s finally time to leave Guruliya Bay in the Wessel Islands and head east to the ‘other’ half of the Wessels, or so some people say. We take refuge in ...

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Ep 264 | Exploring the Wessel Islands, Northern Territory, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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After sailing through the Gulgari Rip we found a safe anchorage close by. We then make our way further north in the Wessel Islands, checking out the ...

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Ep 263 | Doing the Rite of Passage Right, Sailing Through Gulgari Rip, Australia
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Upon arriving at Pobassoo island we head ashore to check it out. We have never seen such amazing rock formations. It’s hard to make progress along the beach ...

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Ep 262 | Hunkered Down Waiting Out a Storm in Elizabeth Bay, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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We leave Gove and sail our way north to Elizabeth Bay. The weather is pretty bad so we are stuck in the bay for quite a few days. Once the wind has died down ...

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