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The beauty of Banda, Indonesia. (Learning By Doing Ep163)
Photographing Banda, Indonesia. I spent the day walking around Banda Neira with my camera taking photos of what I see. Banda has such an amazing history, the city is beautful and the peple very freindly.I take you along for the day and show you behind the ...
Climbing the mast, checking the rigging. (Learning By Doing Ep159)
Sailing remote locations means paying close attention to your boats main elements, rigging, sails, engine, safety equipments etc. In this video I climb the mast to check one the entire rig, We drop the jib, check the sail and lubricate the furling mechanis...
French Mountain girl takes over my boat. (Learning By Doing Ep157)
Marie takes over as Captain as we sail out to a beautiful island in Southern Indonesia. After being aboard for over a year now I thought it time that she got to grips with sailing the boat. Its a full on LEARNING BY DOING exercise for her and she starts of...
Risky Manoeuvres, how shallow is TOO shallow? (Learning By Doing Ep155)
How much water do you need under your keel? I like to have at least 1m but in this situation I made an exception, but only after thoroughly checking the situation out. Still makes me feel pretty nervous and I didnt fully unclench until we made it safely in...
Its my BIRTHDAY + BIG news, we’re doing this full-time. (Learning By Doing Ep154)
This week my birthday rolled around again. We released some baby turtles, constructed a new table in the galley and had a live screening of the Triple Klown race video at the local bar. We have also decided to not return to Europe this coming winter and wi...
Most fun you can have in a boat!. (Learning By Doing Ep153)
We are still in Rote and loving discovering the culture and the different communities here. A small but very vibrant sailing group has started to arise over the last couple of years. This is because of Bruce, as he builds these little sailing tri-marans. T...
Sharing our salty sailing life with friends. (Learning By Doing Ep 152)
Our friends Nicki & Mattia joined us a for a week onboard Schiehallion. After stocking up with fresh fruit & vegetables, some water and petrol for the outboard we set off for some fishing a few miles offshore. Some electrical problems soon came to ...
Rote Island Paradise. Searching for a waterfall.(Learning By Doing Ep150)
Rote Island in southeast Indonesia is really a small chunk of paradise. We've been down here a few weeks now and are still discovering new beautiful places and people. In this video we rent a motorbike and go enjoy the only waterfall on the island. Enjoi ...
First days on remote Rote Island (Learning By Doing Ep148)
Red bananas, who knew? Never seen them myself so we got a bunch and boy they are good! Once a week there is a fresh food market in Nembrala, Rote but you have to get there early before all the expats snap up the good stuff. We walked the 1km out there and ...
Fast and rough, just how we like it.(Learning By Doing Ep147)
After 2 weeks quarantine aboard our 37ft boat in the extremely uncomfortable achorage of Kupang were we finally able to pull up the anchor. We had an amazing, fun and fast 70nm sail down to Rote Island. Marie spends her first days and night alone on Schieh...
Sailing our small boat around Indonesia(Learning By Doing Ep146)
Sailing our small boat around Indonesia has been a real adventure, not knowing what's going to happen most days. This video is not about one adventure in particular, more of a round-up for a few different ones. Sailing along the north coast of Flores Islan...
MONEY, lets talk money, how much does it cost us to sail Indonesia? (Learning By Doing Ep145)
How much does it cost to sail a small boat in Indonesia? We get asked this all the time so we made a video of our last provisioning stop in Labuan Bajo, Komodo. Now this just includes food, water, fuel for about a month. We also address the issue brought ...
WHAT DOES IT COST//How Much Does It Cost To Refit A Catamaran-Episode 32
The long awaited cost breakdown of our extensive refit is here! We know this video has been greatly anticipated. We hope that all of your questions have been answered in regards to budgeting for a major refit. If you would like an even more detailed break ...
What Sailors Pay for Food (in 8 Countries)!
How much do sailors spend on food? Do they stick to a budget? We talked to five different YouTube couples, in five different countries, to compare our notes about provisioning, prices, meal planning, and shopping for food while living aboard a sailboat wit...