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The decision was made a long time ago, we simply couldn't go on living aboard our Catamaran without the ability to make fresh water. Our new Water Maker from Water Makers Australia was designed for DIY Installation and this week's video shows how we made the transition to Truly Off Grid Li...
There will be time for that no doubt, but you can't possibly expect that your entire time cruising will be "Sunsets and Sundowners". Having a varied routine, finding time for projects and time away from each other while cruising, however short is crucial to maintain a sense of reality...
Months of foul weather, the "Longest Sea Trial ever" or is this just cruising on the East of Coast of Australia. Finally we can see the light, there is a lot of aha moments over the last few months and this week is one of them. "We have finally arrived".
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There is no rhyme or reason why I haven't slept well since we began our cruising lifestyle. The combination of long days on the water, poor anchorage choices and the usual worries about anchor holding integrity all have a place in this story, and then there's the Wide Bay ( Mad Mile ) cros...
Finally some amazing weather as we make our progress North to warmer conditions. Taking care to avoid shipping and potentially dangerous sandbars Synergy is performing brilliantly as expected with our Bow Modifications made to the buoyancy and our integrated bulbous bows proving to be an absolute as...
Moments in life like these are few and far between. To imagine a dirty crusty, damaged, almost worthless and unrestored Catamaran Mould could produce such a beautiful Catamaran was even more than I could believe, but here we are 10 years from the moment we acquired the mould , hard graft, and grind,...
After a baptism of fire sailing up the New South Wales Coast, we have entered Australia's equivalent of the Inter Coastal Waterway in United States. Sheltered, shallow and long this inland coastal pathway has been a welcome relief to the relentless swell of our Eastern Coastline and allows an a...
Some huge days ahead, getting the miles behind us as we head for the North while testing every system in the Catamaran. This extended "Sea Trial" is more than a day on the water, we are ensuring Synergy has all of the elements of a safe and capable Blue Water Sailing Catamaran.
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Enough is Enough. After 18 months of man handling 30kg Water containers to fill up our fresh water tanks, it was time to bite the bullet. Whilst Janet was away for the day on a well earned break from me, I hammered our Credit Card.
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There is always a better way to do a boat job, but I don't think anything will better this week's economical Helm Station Clears than this. Boat jobs getting done.
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The great escape after 2 weeks of weather hold, we make the beak and it feels oh so good. Sailing North for the winter warmth.
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It didn't take long to discover we had an issue with our radar and rigging and that meant I was forced to go aloft and sort it out.
No one wants a hole in a brand new 63sq metre mainsail, but, if I didn't sort it, it was a definite issue and that would have seriously dampened our sailing...
It's only 2 weeks into our new cruising life and we are trying to figure it all out. Settling in to a more relaxed pace after such an intense period of work and projects is going to take some getting used to, for now, I am finding my feet, but someone else is ready to send me to the dog house. ...
The baptism of fire that is the start of our cruising lifestyle as we iron out problems on the go. The idea that a boat is finished is proven to be wrong when stuff breaks on our first real adventure. It feels we are finally free and it feels so good. This is our "Life On The Hulls".
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It may have taken some time, building a boat is a massive undertaking but trusting it to carry you and your loved ones into the unknown is a whole new level. We are finally on our way after almost 10 years of planning and the beginning of a whole new adventure. This is "Life On The Hulls" ...
An essential piece of safety equipment relies on correct positioning on the Catamaran and a means of releasing it in case of emergency. Our life raft has been waiting for instal and 2 days away from leaving was a good time to get the job done.
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It's not just a matter of throwing a duffel bag in the Catamaran and leaving for good, this process has taken over a year of careful and diligent work to get to the stage we can take off. A week away from a whole new life and the Jobs are mounting up. Sealing the annoying leaks is another one o...
A liveaboard Catamaran cant survive on 500 watts of solar so it's time to bring this boat up to truly off grid level. As we prepare for Cruising, this Catamaran is finally ready for us to take off cruising.
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What does it take to pull off an incredible Project like " Archimedes" ? The mind of a boat builder works quite differently to the average person. To be able to sustain the project over years and years and still see the vision to the end is a testimony to resilience and tenacity.
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Witness the event that "Launched a Dream" for a Couple that has been the source of much inspiration . Proof that you really can do anything if you put your mind to it. Our good friends, Suzie and Michael Roberts have raised the bar with their incredible 18.9mtr self designed and built Cata...
You could be forgiven for thinking I will never get to our Catamaran Cruising lifestyle but is isn't as simple as casting off the lines. We need to ready the Cat, wind up our personal affairs and some jobs just simply need to be done. The list is huge, the effort is considerable but we are now ...
It's been a harrowing few weeks, and amongst the move and the consolidation of our lives has been in full swing along with the finishing of the long awaited 'Foam Core Tender'. It's finally completed and we are stoked with this little addition to our Catamaran Cruising kit.
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Why is there always a looming deadline, a race to the finish, a down to wire project that lingers to the very end of our schedule?. I can honestly admit it's not bad planning, it's just that, we have always bitten off more than we can chew and it takes the toll on us , at our age we are s...
Our Solar Power System hasn't been up to scratch to date, and with our cruising plans getting closer it's time to get the Solar Arch in place ready for some new panels down the track. Our Foam Core Tender gets a massive step closer to finished and we start the enormous clean-up up of our f...
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