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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 ...
BYRON BAY FROM THE OCEAN | Don’t trust carrots on boats S1CH.7
Sailing from Yamba to the Gold Coast means passing our hometown, Byron Bay AND! we actually got to see it this time... The massive Australian floods are settling. After a skate to the Yamba Bar, we are happy to see the crossing conditions have eased and i...
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 ...
WE GOT A 3RD CREW MEMBER exciting news S1CH.4
We have very exciting news this week. After servicing a winch, cutting Slims hair we finally received something we have been considering to get for a long time, we couldn't be more stoked for all the possibilities it will provide us with. Hopefully this is...
SAILED INTO JAIL | Behind bars on my 23rd S1CH.1
I went to jail on my 23rd birthday. Where did I go so wrong? We left at sparrow fart out of Coffs Harbour towards Trial Bay. Of course, we don't have any instruments working. All good though, we do it the old fashioned way, counting our knots and checking ...
SHE’S THE SKIPPER & TODAY SHE’S A MECHANIC | Part II CH. 19
The repairs continue. Last week, our engine and autopilot failed on us. Priority number one, the engine. We find that the engine oil is completely contaminated with diesel, not good. We bypass the old lift pump and run a new electric fuel pump and do multi...
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 ...
SAILING BETWEEN STORMS from Gold Coast to Coffs Harbour CH.15
Leaving spontaneously in the late afternoon, we set off back into the ocean towards Coffs Harbour. Sailing into the night we are confronted with lightning and some of the strongest winds we have faced on Nakama yet. As the sunrises, we find ourselves off C...
Doing a Law Degree From a Boat CH. 14
Who said you can't do a law degree from a boat? We rock back up to Nakama after some time away, a couple of things have changed. Slims started his law degree, we got an autohelm and well Soph stepped on a screw? We head over to South Stradbroke Island whil...
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...
CATCHING LUNCH WITH SALVAGED DRIFTWOOD | The End of a Chapter CH. 13
After crossing the Wide Bay bar and narrowly missing a whale, we are surprised to find a fish on the end of our driftwood contraption. We are on our way south, retracing steps. We sail through the night back into Moreton Bay and then inland through the cha...