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BORDER DASH BACK TO THE BOAT | Our first sail since surgery S1CH.20
A mad border dash to get back to the boat and commandeering a Beneteau, we get back onto the water for the first time in 8 weeks after Soph broke her ankle. Amid the chaos of yet another COVID-19 outbreak in Australia, and with lockdowns and border closur...
THIS WAS NOT THE PLAN…S1CH.16
This throws a spanner in the works... We are both pretty upset to get this news. We are heading into the Marina from Kingfisher Bay, Fraser Island, civilisation! We have run out of food, have washing coming out of our ears, exams coming up and boat jobs t...
OCEAN LAGOON ANCHORAGE & CROSSING WIDE BAY BAR + a monohulls guide to Double Island Point S1CH.14
Ah, so this is what Double Island Point is all about, we show you Double Island Point from a monohull, don't worry we let you in on the info so you can also join the fun. Waking up at beautiful Double Island Point, we take advantage of the bluest water we...
GOLD COAST WE’RE COMING AT YA! | Living aboard a sailboat S1CH.8
This week living aboard a boat has brought us right into the heart of the Gold Coast. Our outboard has broken down, leaving us floating away in the current, luckily we get saved by a fellow yachty but are stuck on the boat in the rain until it's fixed. We ...
AUSTRALIA’S FLOOD DISASTER ON ANCHOR S1CH.6
Australia is experiencing a natural disaster flooding event. We do our best to find somewhere safe to anchor as we have seen the unimaginable on the news. Houses, cows and other large debris are floating from upriver in the various river systems along the ...
YACHTLIFE: Dinghy Repairs and Fishing S1CH.3
"IS THAT A TUNA?" Soph gasped as she laid eyes on the biggest fish she has ever witnessed being caught. Coffs harbour still has us hostage with its boat jobs. We attempt to fix our dinghy, twice... We put our dinghy misery to bed and jump into a tinny fo...
DOWNWIND SAILING IS THE BEST TYPE OF SAILING S1CH.2
The most enjoying type of sailing is downwind sailing, an upright boat with high speeds *chefs kiss of approval*. We spend the afternoon at Trial bay, making some small repairs in order to sail again in the morning. We wake early and head off, our engine i...
EVERYTHING IS BREAKING | we have to turn back Part I Ch.18
Broken bones, broken engine, broken autohelm... we decide to turn back. Thinking we are hitting the ocean again, we don't get very far before our engine conks out on us, the autopilot isn't keeping us on course and Slim is in terrible pain and not able to ...
DAY SAILING A BENETEAU OCEANIS 42.3 | Diving into the new year CH.17
We finish off 2020 by hopping aboard our mates Beneteau and sail out to an island off the NSW coast. We get up early in attempt to leave Coffs Harbour to head further south, though we wake to the most recent update of the Covid situation in the greater Syd...
Our First Christmas Afloat | We say goodbye to our drone after sailing to South Solitary Island
Yep, we crashed our drone on Christmas day. A slight interruption into our usual videos, we jump into the future for a Christmas Day special. We hop aboard the Najad 49 in our family and sail out to South Solitary Island where we loose our dear drone. We s...
These places makes it all worth it | Ep33 | Sailing Merewether
This week we take on a mission to sail up wind to an island we've had our eye on for some time. Sailing into the strong 20 knot wind, we inch our way into a shallow bay and put down an anchor. With reef all around us we decide to put out a second anchor an...
Welcome to our home | Ep15 | Sailing Merewether
Thought we'd give you to run through of our home Merewether. She's Beneteau Cyclades 43.4 bought in Croatia as an ex-charter vessel in 2017. We've called her home for more than two years and love seeing the world from her eyes. SUPPORT US: https://www.pat...