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Tayana 37 abandoned at sea, recovered then SUNK!(Learning By Doing Ep157)
On route from Indonesia to Darwin, Australia this Tayana 37 ran into problems and the decision was made to abandon ship. The 2 crew were picked up by a passing ship and the sailboat was set adrift. It floated around in the currents for5 weeks before being ...
International Antifoul Paint, is this a joke?(Learning By Doing Ep156)
Only a coupe of months in the water after a fresh coat of bottom paint and the hull is covered in growth. To make matters worse, I applied HARD antifoul paint and its very soft and has in places already disappeared. Three years ago I applied the same brand...
Risky Manoeuvres, how shallow is TOO shallow? (Learning By Doing Ep155)
How much water do you need under your keel? I like to have at least 1m but in this situation I made an exception, but only after thoroughly checking the situation out. Still makes me feel pretty nervous and I didnt fully unclench until we made it safely in...
Its my BIRTHDAY + BIG news, we’re doing this full-time. (Learning By Doing Ep154)
This week my birthday rolled around again. We released some baby turtles, constructed a new table in the galley and had a live screening of the Triple Klown race video at the local bar. We have also decided to not return to Europe this coming winter and wi...
Most fun you can have in a boat!. (Learning By Doing Ep153)
We are still in Rote and loving discovering the culture and the different communities here. A small but very vibrant sailing group has started to arise over the last couple of years. This is because of Bruce, as he builds these little sailing tri-marans. T...
Sharing our salty sailing life with friends. (Learning By Doing Ep 152)
Our friends Nicki & Mattia joined us a for a week onboard Schiehallion. After stocking up with fresh fruit & vegetables, some water and petrol for the outboard we set off for some fishing a few miles offshore. Some electrical problems soon came to ...
Rote Island Paradise. Searching for a waterfall.(Learning By Doing Ep150)
Rote Island in southeast Indonesia is really a small chunk of paradise. We've been down here a few weeks now and are still discovering new beautiful places and people. In this video we rent a motorbike and go enjoy the only waterfall on the island. Enjoi ...
Man OVERBOARD! What would you do? (Learning By Doing Ep149)
Man Overboard!!!! This is a shituation us cruisers hope that we'll never have to face. Training for this possibility though is very important so I walk Marie through it step-by-step. This was very much "basic training" with perfect conditions and pretty un...
First days on remote Rote Island (Learning By Doing Ep148)
Red bananas, who knew? Never seen them myself so we got a bunch and boy they are good! Once a week there is a fresh food market in Nembrala, Rote but you have to get there early before all the expats snap up the good stuff. We walked the 1km out there and ...
Fast and rough, just how we like it.(Learning By Doing Ep147)
After 2 weeks quarantine aboard our 37ft boat in the extremely uncomfortable achorage of Kupang were we finally able to pull up the anchor. We had an amazing, fun and fast 70nm sail down to Rote Island. Marie spends her first days and night alone on Schieh...
Sailing our small boat around Indonesia(Learning By Doing Ep146)
Sailing our small boat around Indonesia has been a real adventure, not knowing what's going to happen most days. This video is not about one adventure in particular, more of a round-up for a few different ones. Sailing along the north coast of Flores Islan...
MONEY, lets talk money, how much does it cost us to sail Indonesia? (Learning By Doing Ep145)
How much does it cost to sail a small boat in Indonesia? We get asked this all the time so we made a video of our last provisioning stop in Labuan Bajo, Komodo. Now this just includes food, water, fuel for about a month. We also address the issue brought ...
Our own private Island (Learning By Doing Ep145)
Who's never dreamt of having a private island? Our dreams came true at the perfect moment. Things are not going really well at the moment in Indonesia, covid numbers are up, there's some panic going on and many new rules and lockdowns every day, administer...
Could there be a more friendly village? (Learning By Doing Ep144)
Sailing along the north coast of Sumbawa, Indonesia we were contacted on Facebook by a guy called Udin. He's an English teacher in the small region of Kilo and he invited us to come visit him. During covid we dont get many locals reaching out to to us so t...