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The Heritage city of Maryborough – Series 2 Episode 60
Follow Sailing Catamaran Escape as we cruise the Queensland Coast After staying at The Keppel Bay Marina for a short time we set off again. Heading south towards Hervey Bay we motor up the Mary River to arrive at the heritage city of Maryborough.
Sailing Catamaran Escape – Season 2 Episode 59 Sailing the Queensland Coast
In this episode we sail from Shaw Island in The Whitsundays to The Keppel Islands. It was a distance of 212 miles and we had strong northerly winds towards the end of the passage. The entrance to Keppel Bay Marina was very hard to identify as the rocks on...
Mobbed by Huge Sharks on our way further north up Cape York – Series 3 Episode 80
Sailing further up to Cape York we leave Morris Island behind, make an overnight stop at Night Island then enjoy a great sail to an anchorage at Portland Roads on the mainland. Here the boat is mobbed by a school of huge sharks as soon as we anchor. The fo...
Sailing deeper into Far North Australia’s Crocodile Country – Stanley to Morris Island – S3 Ep 79
On our way up to Cape York we sail deeper into crocodile territory and take the opportunity to enjoy one of the best aspects of cruising on a sail boat. That is having the ability to stop and explore remote tropical islands all by ourselves. In this episod...
A Real Time Update from Indonesia. Where we are, what we’re doing & future plans – Series3 Ep78
Something different this fortnight with a real time update. As you will be aware, our YouTube Epsiodes can sometimes be a few months behind real time, so we thought we should bring everyone up to date with where we are right now on October 13, what we are ...
Lizard Island, tropical gem + We nearly hit a WHALE! Ep242
#sailing #queensland #LizardIsland This week we sail from Cooktown to Lizard Island, a short passage of 55nm. Our first upwind passage since fixing the boat though and I'm interested to see if the repaired Daggerboard will hold. We had 20-25kts all day and...
Exploring Lizard Island – Is this Australia’s very best of the Great Barrier Reef – S3 Ep 77
After a fabulous few days in Lizard Island’s Mermaid’s Cove we move around to Watson’s Bay to continue our love affair with this glorious sailor's haven, The trek up to the island’s summit where Captain James Cook climbed in 1770 to look for a safe...
Wet & Wild. Sailing to Cooktown. Ep 241
#sailing #queensland #cooktown Double Rainbows, wind, rain, squalls, rope in the propeller, new top speed, this passage had it all and we loved it all. You feel alive when your heart is beating. Cairns to an overnight anchorage at the Low-Isles then on to ...
Better than ever! Speedy sailing to Cairns. Ep 240
Trade Runner is back in the water and better than ever! After a week on the hard stand repairing the collision damage we get going north again and we are ripping. My new crew member John is pretty excited and I'm loving the strong downwind sailing too. Ne...
We found THE BEST FREE MOORING IN THE WORLD – Lizard Island’s Mermaid Cove – Series 3 Episode 76
We finally say goodbye to Cooktown, with an overnight stop at Cape Bedford on our way north to Lizard Island. Here we head for Mermaid Cove at the north of the island that a cruiser we met in Port Douglas had recommended to us. Thanks Mark. We owe you big ...
Sailing in Captain Cook’s wake – Endeavour Reef, Hope Isles & into Cooktown – Series 3 Episode 75
We leave the sand cay at beautiful Mackay Reef to sail past Endeavour Reef where James Cook experienced the disaster of grounding on the coral before spending a night on a mooring at the delightful Hope Isles where we go ashore to explore the wildlife rich...
New crew and we’re ready to sail to Indonesia. First stop, glorious Mackay Reef –Series 3 Episode 74
SERIES THREE - UP, AROUND & INTO INDONESIA Our trip up around and into Indonesia starts in earnest as our new crew finally join Our Dreamtime at Port Douglas and we set sail North. Our first stop is the glorious Mackay Reef with its beautiful sand c...
Installing Starlink on the boat & final preparations before we sail to Australia’s top. – S3 Ep 73
4th leg of Series 3 - UP, AROUND & INTO INDONESIA We sailed from Cairns to the marina at Yorky’s Knob for a week of final preparations and boat jobs to ready Our Dreamtime for the offshore passage across to Indonesia ahead. The to do list was long ...
An Experience Money Can’t Buy – Series 3 Episode 72
2nd leg of Series 3 - UP, AROUND & INTO INDONESIA We leave beautiful Fitzroy Island with a spirited sail but short sail to Trinity Inlet at Cairns where we share the anchorage with huge cruise liners and 100+ million dollars Superyachts. While our g...