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Coral Reef Rendezvous – Free Range Sailing Ep 63
Join us this week as we visit Broadhurst Reef on the Great Barrier Reef. The visibility was great and we were thrilled to see the corals in such good condition. We check the anchorage with our drone, go free diving and spearfishing followed by a rendezvous...
96 – Sailing Up Australia’s East Coast
You never realize just how big Australia is until you have to sail up the coast. Spoiler alert... it's big! We started out this leg of our trip with an overnight passage up to Fraser Island. But to get into Fraser from the south, you have to cross the ...
Magnetic Bears and 2 Speed Winch Service – Free Range Sailing Ep 62
Join us as we explore the beautiful Magnetic Island off the coast of Townsville in Queensland. We find Koala bears, visit the World War II anti-shipping forts and discover a tropical wetland complete with butterflies and fruit bats. We also rack up a giant...
Jumping the Shark – Free Range Sailing Ep 61
We say goodbye to Hinchinbrook Island and head south to the Palm Isles. Once there we feast on coconuts, explore the fringing coral reef and look for waterholes. Pascale also teaches you how we make Shitake Mushroom Udon Noodle Soup and Troy takes an insid...
95 – Does The Boat Work Ever End??
Sailing around the world on a boat is a lot of work. Sometimes, it's more work than others. We had a stretch of about three months where it felt like we were constantly working on boat projects. Even after Starry Horizons got a lot of TLC at The Boat Wo...
94 – Up the Inside Passage to Moreton Bay
There's a lot to explore on the east coast of Australia and we began by taking the inside passage from the Gold Coast up to Moreton Bay. This was a great way to get used to life on the water again as it had been waaaay too long since we'd properly cruised...
Island Hoppin’ Engine Stoppin’ – Free Range Sailing Ep 59
This week we discover a fuel blockage motoring to Cardwell in a glass out. We sail down the Hinchinbrook Channel past Lucinda Jetty and decide to make our way to beautiful Zoe Bay. Featuring the stunning landscape of Hinchinbrook Island, Troy getting dirty...
From Coral to Coconuts – Free Range Sailing Ep 58
Join us for our last day at Holmes Reef before we hoist the sails and head towards Hinchinbrook Island. This episode features another free diving sequence, some cheeky boobies, a bit of homemade pancetta, dreamy beamy sailing and a free range coconut raid....
Our Home on the Reef – Free Range Sailing Ep 57
Join us as we continue to explore the beautiful Holmes Reef in the Coral Sea. We discuss our dive in last week's episode, discover a lost tuna long line, spearfish off the edge and snorkel around a sand cay. Troy also explains a little bit about our free-d...
92 – Cheating on Starry Horizons in the Ningaloo Reef
We love our boat, we really do. But she was over on the East Coast of Australia and we wanted to go sailing on Ningaloo Reef on the West Coast. What to do? What to do? It was a tough choice (not really), but we hopped on a 3 night dive charter aboard S...
Escape to the Rainforest – Free Range Sailing Ep 53
After keeping busy with boat chores in Cairns we decide to take a break and be tourists for a few days exploring the World Heritage Rain Forest around Kuranda. Join us as we experience the rain forest canopy from the sky, try some tasty food, teach you a l...
Dinghy Refit and Fibre Glassing 101 – Free Range Sailing Ep 52
In this episode we make the necessary upgrades to our dinghy in the process learning a lot about working with epoxy and fibre glass from our new friend David whose catamaran stole the show last week. We've had a lot of questions about our experiences wit...
Good Times, Bad Times – Free Range Sailing Ep 50
Keen for a swim, we take a break from beating to windward and sail on a reach to the famous dive site on the Great Barrier Reef, the Cod Hole, to discover that the mooring is otherwise occupied! Disheartened, we go for a dive nearby before continuing our s...
Maybe we’re sailing the wrong way around Australia? – Free Range Sailing Ep 49
In this episode, we leave Tijou Reef and continue south to Cairns. On our way, we experience some more wild weather and discover that in some conditions our cockpit isn’t really that dry. Come with us as we continue to see what is like to sail the wrong ...
Eating better when you’re beating to weather – Free Range Sailing Ep 47
We say goodbye to Margaret Bay and continue sailing south down the Queensland coast against the trade winds. Troy discusses the best way to bleed tuna, why it works and Pascale shows you a great recipe for cooking it too! We also talk our way through avoid...
The Fine Art of Sailing Uphill – Free Range Sailing Ep 45
In this episode of Free Range Sailing we start the journey against the trade-winds down to Cairns some 600 nautical miles south. We say goodbye to Badu and it’s back to business as usual with plenty of sailing, fishing and shark feeding. We’ll show you...
86 – Motoring All the Way to the Gold Coast
It is always our preference to sail, but when faced with the choice of sailing in high southerly winds and huge swells (against the EAC) or motoring in light airs, Starry Horizons became a motor boat. We hoped that motoring would make this passage pretty ...
85 – ‘Roo Hunting In Lake Macquarie
The next stop in our Australian Adventure takes us 40nm up the coast to Lake Macquarie. The sail was pretty easy but the entrance into the lake required us to complete our first bar crossing. These can be incredibly tricky but fortunately, Neptune decide...
Keeping your Culture – Free Range Sailing Ep 43
We spend our last day on Thursday Island attending the Dawn Service and Parade for ANZAC Day before sailing to the island of Badu where we meet Councillor, Laurie and spend the day with his family on his beach camp. In this episode Pascale also shows you h...
Biltong! (and outboard repair) – Free Range Sailing Ep 42
Pascale arrives back on Thursday Island with a rattling parcel! We prepare for our trip south by making a giant batch of biltong with our mate Raph and Troy shows you how easy it is to fix the cooling pump on your outboard. Featuring: 2:10 How to Make Be...
84 – New Years in Sydney Harbour Is Absolutely EPIC!
For the last year, we'd had one date circled on the calendar: New Year's Eve in Sydney Harbour. And we finally made it... David's family flew halfway around the world to join us for the holidays and we spent several weeks together exploring Australia. W...
83 – Ridin’ the EAC to Sydney!
It's always nice to get a speed boost when on a passage and the East Australian Current is about as big as they get. Sailing down from Coffs Harbour to Sydney, we went out to the 100 meter depth line and started flying. The wind was from the north and we...
The day our engine made oil – Free Range Sailing Ep 40
Safely arrived back in the Torres Straits we visit some waterfalls on Prince of Wales Island with some friends. We also take a ride to visit the Goods Island lighthouse and World War II observation post. Throughout this episode, we do the usual boat main...
Sailing to the Edge – Free Range Sailing Ep 37
We depart Thursday Island in search of the clear blue water of the outer barrier reef and beyond with sailing, freediving and sashimi this one has got it all! Film Making Fund on Paypal: http://bit.ly/2Cpp1xz Become a patron of Free Range Sailing! http...
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