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Ep 373 | Deck REPAIRS & Navigating NARROW, Very SHALLOW Waters in Pumicestone Passage
This episode is full of cutting, patching, filling and epoxying Nutshell. Meanwhile, we continue our journey north through Pumicestone Passage. It’s extremely narrow and shallow, so navigating needs to be very precise, or you’ll end up stranded on one...
Ep 372 | TESTING Nutshell – ABORTING Longest Passage & Seeking SHELTER in Bad Seas
More housekeeping reveals just how many things are dodgy in the Nuthouse, with more boat jobs rearing their ugly heads. Magnus utilises one of the existing antennas and builds a new one for our AIS system. We plan to test the kite and invite friends aboa...
Ep 370 | Restoring Nutshell: Fixing the Rotten Cabin Floor and Painting the Hull
It’s time to tackle the damage caused by the roof leak in the master cabin. We both remove the old carpet and floor sheeting. After seeing how mouldy and rotten the underfloor timbers are, we have to replace a great deal of the wood. We start grinding ...
Ep 368 | Finding a HOLE in the HULL, Transducer Ripped Off the Boat!
We go in search of a place to dry out to assess the damage from the transducer being ripped off the boat. After a few attempts, we finally manage to land Nutshell. Magnus investigates the damage and finds a hole in the hull! He makes the repairs and reatt...
Ep 365 | Rat’s Nests & Interesting Creatures, Cruising Kangaroo Island, Nutshell Nuthouse
After a terrible night with a huge storm everything is calm again and we leave our anchorage and head towards Millionaires Row which is very beautiful. Magnus tries to follow some of the electrical cables from the helm station up to the flybridge. It’s ...
Ep 364 | Nutshell’s Broadwater & Pimpama River Journey | Boat Work & Sandbar Exploration
We move around the Broadwater and Pimpama River, testing Nutshell’s systems. The Boat Works chandlery is nearby, which is handy because we need to keep picking up parts for various boat jobs. Magnus continues to work on the toilet, but we won’t mentio...
Ep 363 | Nutshell’s Shakedown Cruise: Setting Off for the First Time
Magnus finishes a few boat jobs before we leave Hope Island Marina for a short shakedown cruise around the corner to Santa Barbara boat ramp. There are so many jobs to do. Magnus works on the solar chargers, solar panels, toilet, fuel lines, fenders and m...
Ep 362 | It’s TIME: We Finally MOVE Onto the New Nutshell, Life in a Nutshell
Magnus cleans up a batch of old solar panels. We pick up last-minute supplies and load the car. It’s finally time to go! We leave Airlie Beach and begin the fourteen-hour drive south to the Gold Coast and our new home on the water. Once we arrive, we ...
Ep 357 | Extraordinary Encounter With a Nesting Turtle, Kimberley, Sailing Nutshell
We leave the mainland and sail out to the many nearby islands. There are turtle tracks everywhere! We eventually go ashore on one of the most northern beaches and set up a position away from a turtle to film her. But, she decides to turn around and comes...
Real Time Update: We Bought a Boat!
We've been trying to decide what our next adventure will be. Magnus has been looking at various options for either buying a trailerable houseboat or building one. Well, only a few short weeks ago we found this… Thanks for watching. Until next time…...
Ep 354 | An Old Pearl Processing Plant and Humongous Oysters! Kimberley, Sailing Nutshell
We head towards the Sale River in the hope of checking it out in Peanut. But, the tides our not in our favour and bad weather is coming so we decide to abort. We move around quite a bit and end up spending the night at Raft Point. Then, we head off north...![260nm Mona Passage Sail (Cruise Ship NEARLY Hit Us!) [Puerto Rico to Luperon DR]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/uhV9Owmp1Ww/maxresdefault.webp)
260nm Mona Passage Sail (Cruise Ship NEARLY Hit Us!) [Puerto Rico to Luperon DR]
In this thrilling video, marine expert and seasoned sailor Adventureman Dan recounts his harrowing journey of a 260 nautical mile crossing through the dangerous Mona Passage between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Join him as he navigates treachero...
Ep 353 | Can We KEEP IT? Superb BARRA Fishing at Red Cone Bay, Kimberley, Sailing Nutshell
We head towards Raft Point in the hope of anchoring close by and heading in to check out the rock art at the top of the escarpment. Unfortunately, it’s just too choppy and the anchorage is not tenable so we decide to give it a miss, yet again, and we ins...
Sailing the Infamous Whale Cay Cut to Top 10 Most Beautiful Beach – Ep. 227
Embark on a thrilling journey with us as we navigate through the treacherous waters of the infamous Whale Cay Cut aboard our sailboat. Witness the breathtaking beauty of one of the world's top 10 most stunning beaches as we finally reach our destination. E...