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Making the most of Bundaberg Port Marina ticking off the jobs list & discovering local gems. S2 Ep57
We hadn’t planned to spend long in the Port of Bundaberg Marina but unfavourable winds and a long list of boat jobs conspired to keep us there for over a week. Thanks to one of our generous Patreon supporters, Griff, we made good use of a loan car and his locals’ guide to Bundaberg to also get out a...
Navigating the channels of the Great Sandy Straits & dealing with breakdowns on the boat – S 2 Ep 56
In today’s episode we finally leave Gary’s Anchorage at K’Gari and wind our way through the narrow channels of the Great Sandy Straits to Big Woody Island for a catch up with friends. Our early start next morning goes awry when the engine won’t start but eventually we’re underway across Hervey Bay ...
Across the Wide Bay Bar to the Great Sandy Straits with fearsome lightning storms – Series 2 Ep 55
We were sad to leave the beautiful sand lagoon anchorage at Double Island Point but sailing north in Spring, we need to make use of every weather window available, so it was another crossing of the ever-changing Wide Bay Bar. We have never followed the same route twice over this notorious piece of w...
Close to Breaking Point – Will we ever sail away and get back to cruising life? – Series2 Ep53
After being tied to the dock overcoming health challenges for the last 20 months, we make final preparations to cast off the lines and sail north to the Great Barrier Reef. There’s a Costco trip to load our ketch with bulk provisions. We fill our fuel tanks with horrendously expensive diesel. A suit...
Tochtplanning Kanaaleilanden met PredictWind Offshore – Ep. 107
In deze video laat ik je mijn reisvoorbereiding zien naar St. Helier op Jersey. Inmiddels heb ik een stappenplan gemaakt om relatief snel een betrouwbare routeplanning te maken gebaseerd op wind en getijden. Ik maak onder meer gebruik van PredictWind Offshore en Navionics op de iPad. Daarna synchr...
Are Professional Yacht Rigging Checks worth the $$$$$ ? We pay for one and find out. – S2 Ep 52
While we regularly inspect our rigging looking for any developing problems, hopefully before they happen, we decided to pay for a professional rig check before embarking on our next adventure. Follow along as Darrin, “The Yacht Rigger” explains the entire process from what he’s looking for to the ve...
Boat Tour – Whitby 42 Ketch below decks, SV Our Dreamtime designed by Ted Brewer. Part 2 – S2 Ep 51
Well we’ve finally done the boat tour video people have been asking for. There’s so much to show on and in our 1982 Whitby 42 Ketch built in Ontario, Canada that we’ve split into two parts for you. In this second video we take you through full details of everything below deck including Karen’s very ...
Boat Tour – Whitby 42 Ketch, SV Our Dreamtime designed by Ted Brewer. Part 1 – S 2 Ep 50
Well we’ve finally done the boat tour video people have been asking for. There’s so much to show on and in our 1982 Whitby 42 Ketch built in Ontario, Canada that we’ve split into two parts for you. In this first video we take you through full details of everything on deck including our bespoke, hard...
Navionics synchroniseren tussen RayMarine Axiom plotter en Ipad en alle schermen koppelen – Ep. 102
Tijdens de Raymarine College leer ik van Geert-Jan Smolders van Aquaplanning onder meer hoe ik een Navionics route van de Ipad met de Axiom plotter kan synchroniseren. En ik leer hoe ik de I70's met Axiom plotter kan koppelen, zodat ik in 1x de verlichting hoger of lager kan zetten van alle sch...
Tochtplanning zomertocht op papier – Ep. 101
Mijn vriend Mark en ik gaan mee met de Kustzeilers zomertocht. Het doel van deze tocht is om in 1x 300 mijl te varen naar Cherbourg of Thyboron. We bereiden twee tochten voor en laten de wind bepalen waar we heen zeilen. In deze video laten we de tochtplanning zien. We gebruiken papieren kaarten, di...
Becalmed to Near Gale – The Final Sail of our Great Barrier Reef Cruising Season – Ep 47
Our eight month odyssey sailing amongst the tropical islands of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef on our Whitby 42 ketch finally comes to an end. We leave beautiful Double Island Point and then experience everything from no wind to a near gale all in the one day as we make our way south. After a stopo...
Safely crossing the treacherous Wide Bay Bar & sailing into the Double Island Point Lagoon. – Ep 46
In this video we cross some of the most dangerous waters in Queensland, the Wide Bay Bar, but not before waiting for the right weather conditions, consulting the Tin Can Bay Volunteer Coast Guard and taking all the sensible safety precautions. Then we sail across the bay to one of mother nature’s gr...
Hiding from 60 Knot winds in the Great Sandy Straights – We also feed Tin Can Bay dolphins. Ep 45
On Our Dreamtime we enjoy a fantastic spinnaker run down the inside of K’Gari (Fraser Island) while water bombing aircraft fly over head battling huge fires ashore. After a stop in Garry’s Anchorage in the Great Sandy Straits to shelter from some strong northerlies, we venture into Tin Can Bay for a...
We found Paradise – Anchored at K’Gari (Fraser Island) The world’s largest sand island. – Episode 44
Join us as we sail across Hervey Bay from Burnett Heads in company with buddy boats Whoosh and Velindra to anchor off Wathumba Creek on K’Gari, the indigenous name of Fraser Island, where we discover paradise. Powdery white sand beaches lapped by crystal clear turquoise waters stretch for kilometres...
Up the creek without a paddle – Navigating the Burnett River to Bundaberg’s Town Reach – Episode 43
We’re not quite up the creek without a paddle as we navigate the Burnett River to anchor in Bundaberg’s Town reach for the first time. Here we explore this delightful regional city, enjoy its outstanding Bert Hinkler Aviation Museum and welcome aboard a special crew member for the remainder of our j...
Savvy Navvy – Navionics | Navigation Special
The argument goes like this... 'Charts are old fashioned, unnecessary and difficult to use' ... 'No charts are essential and it's unseaman like to set sail without them, period!' Well I started sailing a good decade before GPS. All my sailing was done with a sextant, RDF an...
Installing our new Em-Trak AIS | Atlantic Prep | Sailing Sunday Ep. 102
* ALL FOOTAGE FILMED & INITIAL EDIT PRIOR TO FINNS DISAPPEARANCE. This week we get a lot of final jobs done as we prepare to cross the Atlantic Ocean later this year. One of the most important items is having AIS and proper safety gear, so we hooked up a Em-Trak B954 Class B AIS Transceiver ...
Bluewater Passage – Sailing from Nicaragua to the Galapagos Islands Ep.23
Gargoyle departed Puesta del Sol on a Friday, 201 days after arriving in Nicaragua, bound for San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands. 9 days and 7 hours later, she and her crew had sailed 1,200 upwind nautical miles through squalls, torrential rains, one apocalyptic lightning storm and 2+ knots of current...
The 48 hour Departure Marathon! Ep.22
After 201 days in Nicaragua, thanks to the COVID outbreak, Gargoyle is now about ready to depart for the Galapagos Islands. The FedEx package containing the much-needed chart software as well as extra filters for the watermaker has been cleared by customs and it is now go-time. 48 hours to departure...
Galapagos Departure – Delays. delays, delays! Ep.21
It has been an incredibly busy week as we have run down our extensive checklist to make certain Gargoyle was 100% ready for the 8-day passage to the Galapagos Islands. We have crawled through the lockers and inspected steering cables and exercised thru hulls. Hauled Carla up the mast to inspect the ...
How to Download FREE Satellite Images in 2020 – Ep 113 Sailing Luckyfish
How to Download FREE Satellite Images in 2020 using SAS Planet and load them into OpenCPN in 5 minutes! All the links you need are below. And, you can copy the text summary to use as a reference. Many thanks to all the contributors for creating these open source tools. 01:11 INSTALL THE SOFTWARE...
Passage Planning: A Real-World Example | ⛵ Sailing Britaly ⛵
🔔 SUBSCRIBE ➜ Cheap Plotter Info ➜ Passage planning is a very important part of seamanship, and technology can simplify the process. This is a real-world example showing how I plan a passage, from start to finish, for a solo sail from France to Belgium. 🌳 Become a Patron to get exclusive rewards ...
On the Beach Overnight – We Were Playing the Tides | Distant Shores
We are exploring the Exuma Island group in the Bahamas. Such amazing water colours! We find a shallow place where we can put our Southerly 480 on the sand and try beaching her, then wait for low tide to dry out. We've also been testing out the Varifold 4-blade folding propeller for a year now,...