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Sailing to the Great Barrier Reef – Sailing Australia Ep.49
Sailing out to Lady Musgrave Island on the Great Barrier Reef was an exciting prospect, our first reef atoll visit since New Caledonia and our first glimpse of the famous Great Barrier Reef. A 55 mile overnight sail to the island brought us to a paradise f...
Is Sydney Harbour worth sailing half way around the world for? – Sailing Australia Ep.48
Sailing our own boat under the Sydney Harbour Bridge has been a bucket list item for us since we set off from England 2.5 years ago at the start of our circumnavigation. Having sailed across two oceans to get here it was a real highlight for us to finally ...
Stormy Sailing South to Sydney – Sailing Australia Ep.47
The weather gave us some challenges making our way down the coast of Australia towards Sydney. After spending a lot of time creeping through the inshore channels, heading out to sea was a bit of a shock to our systems, especially when we were caught in an ...
Sailing Moreton Bay – Sailing Australia Ep.45
Florence plowed through a smack of jellyfish we entered Moreton bay but with poor weather forecast we went and hid in a marina. This allowed us to meet up with a couple who follow our channel and they very kindly lent us their car so we could make the most...
Engine failure in the Great Sandy Straits, Australia – Sailing Australia Ep.44
Experiencing engine failure twice and coming face to face with a wild Dingo on Fraser Island. The life of a cruising sailor can be very varied, having to fix an engine issue in the middle of a massive thunder and lightning storm is not our favourite occupa...
Completing our voyage across the Worlds Largest Ocean – Sailing the Pacific Ep.43
This 6 day offshore passage from New Caledonia to Australia completed our 12000 mile journey across the south pacific, the worlds largest ocean. Despite ripping our mainsail and having to come up with an alternative sail plan, we finally reach Australia, t...
Escaping the Rat Race Sailing New Caledonia – Sailing the Pacific Ep.42
We escape from the city and explore the southern lagoon of New Caledonia's main island, enjoy some great sailing, stunning anchorages and find a master of disguise hiding in the reef. It is going to be sad to leave all these beautiful islands behind as we ...
Is Ocean Sailing all Danger Storms and Drama? – Sailing the Pacific Ep.41
After being held up in Vanuatu by the earliest cyclone ever, we head off in less than optimum conditions to sail the ocean passage to New Caledonia. Along the way we swim with sharks and re-find our love of sailing on the open ocean. We are a British coup...
Five Weddings and a Shipwreck – Sailing the Pacific Ep.40
The sight of a Superyacht wrecked on a reef draws us in, as we climbed on board one of the crew told us the story of how it came to be there. Before that we are escorted by dolphins as we sail through the beautiful islands of Vanuatu, and invited to 5 wedd...
949 Days living alone on an island + Broken dodger! – Ep142
Is this 'lazy' life taking care of Mother Nature still idyllic? We're getting closer to our passage to Borneo via Sumatra, but then DISASTER strikes... We're often asked about how to get visas for all the countries we sail into, and on the whole it's fai...
Unexpected Jungle Adventures – Sailing the Pacific Ep.39
We say yes to being led into the jungle by some kids with machetes, and yes to attending a traditional dance performance, despite it being on a remote island a 24 hour sail away. We have learned to say yes to pretty much anything in the Pacific islands, it...
Anchoring in the shadow of a Volcano – Sailing the Pacific Ep.38
Anchored beneath the eerie glow of a volcano, we make friends with the locals and Matt is taken by dugout canoe for a Kava drinking session. This is the record of one of the most amazing experiences we have had on our circumnavigation so far, the warmth an...
Sailing to Vanuatu – Sailing the Pacific Episode 37
Sailing 480 miles offshore double handed from Fiji to Vanuatu. After enjoying a couple of months exploring Fiji it is time to find our sea legs again and head out for the ocean passage to Vanuatu. Continuing our voyage ever westward around the world. Join ...
Sailing Western Fiji – Sailing the Pacific Episode 36
Sailing through the beautiful Yasawa Islands of Western Fiji. The promise of meeting up with old sailing friends had us heading for Fiji's main Island. We cram the boat full of fresh produce from the local market before setting off to sail the Western isla...