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Ep 174 | Toilet Attention, a Hoist Up the Mast and the Start of the Sail Around Australia
Magnus sets to work making a new plinth for the toilet. Shane helps us out immensely and Magnus hoists him up the mast to install the shiny, new spinnaker halyards. Nutshell makes a splash in the water and then we begin our journey heading north around Australia. Oh, and it gets a teensy-weensy b...
Ep 173 | A Black Bottom and a Tidy Chain, Housekeepings at the Boatyard, Sailing Nutshell
It’s time to sand and paint Nutshell’s bottom. She gets lots of TLC from the both of us and Shane, our son and it’s not long before she is looking fabulous! Wendy makes a start on removing the dodgy toilet in readiness for a new base. Magnus works on the one way non-return value and manages to MaG...
Ep 172 | A Clean Bottom, Hauled Out, Gold Coast, Australia, Sailing Nutshell
After a good night’s sleep at the custom’s dock, we check in to Australia. It’s then time for a quick catch up with family after a 1 year absence. We move anchorages up to the Coomera River and decide at the last minute to haul out at The Boat Works due to their September Special, half price hards...
Ep 171 | Worst Nightmare! Engine Failure During Night Time Arrival, Gold Coast, Australia
We continue to try and sail to Australia but the weather is definitely against us. After 6 days at sea we have no choice but to motor the last three to four days to make it to Australia. We’ve sailed over 10,000 nm, but as we enter the channel into Australia our engine decides to die! We have tide ...
SAILING AT CLOSE QUARTERS Exploring Island Paradise (Sharks & Dolphins) – Free Range Sailing Ep 104
This week we explore the splendid Great Keppel Island and get up close and personal with one of the resident monotremes! We cross a stretch of water that is a four wheel drive track and cattle crossing at low tide, as well as, sailing back out to Lady Musgrave Island in the Capricorn Bunker Group o...
Ep 170 | Help! We Have a Leak in the Boat! New Caledonia to Australia, Sailing Pacific Nutshell
We do our final preparations for leaving New Caledonia and go through the checking out procedure, visiting all of the government officials that we need to. We sail from Noumea and head towards the Gold Coast, Australia. I wake up after my watch to find Magnus extremely quiet, sitting on the floo...
Ep 169 | Gathering and Desiccating Coconuts on a Tropical Island Paradise, New Caledonia
We leave the tranquil anchorage in the Bay of Prony and make our way back to the island, Ile Ouen. We head ashore and check out the beautiful beach with its abundance of natural wonders and spot small schools of blue bone fish swimming in the shallow, coral filled waters. Magnus collects and husks ...
Go Hard Offshore Sailing – Free Range Sailing Ep 103
What has fishing, whales, strong winds, giggles and plenty of sailing action? This week's episode of Free Range Sailing of course! Get a crew's eye view of some Beaufort Force 6 offshore sailing as we push our little yacht at top speed from the Swain Reefs to Great Keppel Island. Beco...
Ep 168 | Exploring Cascade Falls and Prison Ruins, New Caledonia, Sailing South Pacific Nutshell
We leave Baie Iré, New Caledonia and make our way to Baie du Carénage in Prony Bay, New Caledonia to try and find the cascale falls, prison ruins, old mines and settler’s ruins. We check out a hot spring, which ends up not being so hot! We poke around and finally find some older setter’s ruins whi...
Ep 167 | Checking out Noumea and Baie Iré on Ile Ouen, New Caledonia, Sailing Pacific Nutshell
We finally arrive in Noumea, New Caledonia after many prolonged attempts. We check in and check out the place and then leave the marina and head towards the Baie Iré on the island of Ile Ouen and a lovely quiet anchorage for the night. We try out different ways to build a wind sock for our mobile p...
Ep 166 | No Gas, No Coffee! South Minerva Reef to New Caledonia Passage, Sailing Nutshell
We leave South Minerva Reef and sail towards Norfolk Island where we plan to spend a few days on our way to the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It’s a very slow trip and the wind definitely isn’t in our favour. After a few days of bobbing along and going around in circles, and in the wrong dir...
Ep 165 | Exploring Minerva Reef, a Beautiful Coral Atoll in the South Pacific, Sailing Nutshell
We leave Tonga and sail in the direction of North Minerva Reef, a beautiful coral atoll in the South Pacific. We finally arrive at South Minerva Reef after a detour due to weather conditions. Magnus uses the mooring balls from the Tuamotus on our anchor to stop it from getting caught up in the ree...
Ep 164 | A Chat about Nutshell’s Sails, Winches, Wally and Nautical Stuff, Tonga to Minerva Reef
We leave Tonga and start the journey to Norfolk Island, via Minerva Reef. Those of you who are less familiar with sailing and sailing terms may find this episode especially interesting. Magnus goes up on deck and has a chat about Nutshell’s sails, her winches and her other nautical stuff and how h...
Ep 163 | Signs, Flag, Clutch Fix, Final Preparations for Tonga Departure, Sailing South Pacific
We start to make preparations for leaving the Kingdom of Tonga to sail to Norfolk Island via the beautiful Minerva Reef. We’ve heard that the crayfish are fabulous on the south reef so we’re going to check it out. We pick up a few last minute food supplies and do the final boat jobs that need to be...
Ep 162 | Gigantic Coral Formations, Kelefesia Island, Tonga, Sailing Pacific Nutshell
Episode 162 | YouTube Description With Magnus’ Mum on board, we leave Nuka’alofa and head out to the islands for a look around before returning to Nuka’alofa. There’s plenty to see under the water and Wendy does a few snorkels and discovers the most amazing underwater world, with giant coral form...
Ep 161 | Surrounded by Shipwrecks, Nuka’alofa, Tonga, Sailing South Pacific Nutshell
After our first good night’s sleep and a lull in the blustery weather, we dingy over to Big Mama’s, a lovely yacht club on the motu just off the main island of Nuka’alofa, for our first draft beer in absolutely ages! We head across the bay in Peanut, to the ‘mainland’ and have a poke around the tow...
Ep 160 | Bora Bora and the Wild Passage to the Kingdom of Tonga, Sailing Pacific Nutshell
We spend a quiet week in Bora Bora, The weather is a bit ho hum so we do a few boat jobs and have a wonderful sail in the Bora Bora lagoon. We then check out of French Polynesia and start the 14 day sail to the Kingdom of Tonga. It’s a full-on ride, with 30 plus knots of wind and four metre seas. ...
Ep 159 | Exploring a Tropical River, Raiatea, Society Islands, Sailing Pacific French Polynesia
We take Peanut up a gorgeous little river and then sail to the north island, Tahaa and pop in to a couple of the beautiful bays. The water is deep so there is limited anchoring. Magnus fixes our scupper which has been broken since we bought Nutshell. We snorkel at the ‘Coral Garden’ which is one o...
Wild Weather Woman – Free Range Sailing Ep 98
Come and see why Pascale doesn't believe in theoretical hull speed! This week we say goodbye to Brisbane and sail north past Fraser Island to the Capricorn Bunker group. Along the way we recap on our time in Brisbane including giving you a run down on our newly built customised sullage tank, ...
Ep 158 | Swimming with Stingrays and Sharks, Moorea, French Polynesia, Sailing Pacific Nutshell
We leave Tahiti and make the small passage to the nearby beautiful island of Moorea. We check out the sealife and plunge into waters filled with circling sharks and very inquisitive stingrays! Then it’s off to the island of Raiatea on an overnight passage. Thanks for watching and following along...
Between a Wreck and a Hard Place – Free Range Sailing Ep 97
Join us this week as we do lots of sailing (with some through wild weather) in southern Queensland waters. We forage for edible greens, visit the extraordinary Tangalooma Wrecks and face challenging conditions exiting Mooloolaba. Music Credits 00:03 & 22:25 Papaya Island - Dye O (www.epidemics...
Ep 157 | Little Job Turns into a Big Job, Complete New Fridge Install in Tahiti, French Polynesia
We head up to the big smoke, Papetee, on the local bus and manage to get the new part which we need to fix our fridge. As usual, and as is common on boats, a little job turns into a much bigger one, and we end up sailing to Papetee and picking up a complete new fridge system for Nutshell. A few ho...
⚡Thunderbolts & Lightning⚡: Sailing in Storm Season – Free Range Sailing Ep 96
We sail south with a favourable wind and find ourselves caught up in Summer thunderstorms. With lightning blasting the sky we take measures to protect our electrical circuits. Winds swirl and cause us to be on a lee shore, we show our rain collection method and find the infamous Wide Bay Bar smiling...