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Our Electricity hungry boat NEEDS Power, Power and more Power – Can we provide it? S2 Episode 67
As we make final preparations on our 1982 Whitby 42 ketch, SV Our Dreamtime, for international cruising, one of the biggest issues we face is electrical power. On top of essential lighting, instruments, radios, watermaker, refrigeration, pumps, fans etc we...
Would you leave your boat in Australia’s Cyclone Zone during the summer? We did! – S2 Episode 66
Leaving your boat in the middle of the cyclone zone over summer may seem fool hardy but after doing our research into the frequency of catastrophic storm events and inspecting a range of facilities on the coast, we decided to do just that and secured SV Ou...
Ep 315 | Exploring the Montebello Lagoons and Waterways, Sailing Nutshell, Western Australia
Wendy attempts to catch a giant trivially but is thwarted at the final moment! We explore the various lagoons in the Montebello Islands in Peanut. Magnus catches a coral trout, a mackerel and a big eye tuna, so we are definitely getting passed our fish...
Ep 314 | Superb Fishing and Turtles Everywhere in the Montebellos, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
We spend time exploring the Montebello Islands, the waterways, lagoons, reefs and beaches. We catch quite a few fish and make our way to a special beach where the turtles are known to come ashore to lay their eggs. We are not disappointed and see hundred...
Ep 313 | Atomic Blast Site, Alpha Island, Montebello Islands, Sailing Nutshell
We arrive at Chianti Bay in the delightful Montebello Islands just off the Dampier coast. Join us in Peanut as we explore the Montebello Islands. We spend hours just poking around the tiny islands and checking out the little inlets and lagoons. It’s a m...
We’re almost done! Series 2 Episode 64
After a short visit to the Whitsunday Islands, we leave Airlie Beach and push on North towards our cyclone season base in Townsville. The first stop along the way is at the sailor friendly Cape Gloucester Eco Resort. Then we have a very busy day pulling in...
When the sailing is too good to stop we just keep on going to the Whitsunday Islands – S2 Episode 63
After a delightful few days at Keswick island off Mackay, we push further north. We still can’t use our mainsail due to the sheet bracket on the boom we broke earlier on the trip north, but we still find ourselves sailing along so nicely with just headsa...
Sailing from Middle Percy Island to yet another Tropical Paradise at Keswick Island – Series2 Ep 62
We have yet another fantastic visit to West Bay and the Cruiser’s A-Frame at Middle Percy Island before sailing further north to Keswick Island where we spend a couple of days sheltering from high winds while enjoying the pure white sand beach and crysta...
A near collision at sea then rigging failure on our way to Middle Percy Island – Series 2 Ep 61
What began as an easy downwind sail from Port Clinton to Middle Percy Island on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef became more complicated as the wind and sea state built, we had a near collision with a huge motorboat and finally we suffered a serious riggin...
We sail from Great Keppel Island & anchor all alone in paradise at Perforated Point – S2 Ep 60
After a short stop at Great Keppel Island we sailed on north to Port Clinton while the weather allowed us. When we arrived at Perforated Point we had the anchorage all to ourselves for the first time since leaving Brisbane. We enjoyed three days in this id...
Sailing & Fishing the WILD Ocean 🌊 SURVIVAL MODE CATCH & COOK | Over The Top S2CH.13
We're on the blue highway and running out of food. Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama. A little goes a long way to keep this production alive. With very little free time betwee...
Face to face with a monster of the reef in glassed out conditions – Ep 36
Sailing amongst the islands of the Great Barrier Reef, we’re always on the lookout for the perfect weather window to spend time amongst the coral lagoons of the outer reef. In this episode we scored perfect, glass out conditions for a three day stop on O...
We catch fish, fish and more fish sailing from Magnetic Island to Cape Upstart – Ep 35
Some sailing days are just near perfect. After a short but beautiful stop at Picnic Bay on Magnetic Island we’re up before dawn to sail ‘Our Dreamtime’, a Whitby 42 ketch, 70 nautical miles further south through Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to Ca...
Crossing The Gulfstream⛵️ / Seawater Pro Water Maker Install💦
WELCOME BACK ZOLA FAM! Dont forget to like and subscribe! We obviously have a large gap of footage missing that we will be uploading as bonus episodes throughout the season, but as for now we’re catching y'all up to what were doing currently! In this e...