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Desperately seeking shelter in remote Seram, Indonesia, then Police come aboard. What next? S4 Ep 86
This one did not go to plan. Rather than follow the crowd and go along with the Sail to Indonesia Rally fleet to Banda Nera, we intended to day hop along a series of islands from Kei Kecil to explore the remote and seldom visited northern coast of Seram in...
Rainman Portable Watermaker Demo/Review after 3 Years use. How we make fresh drinking water on boat
This video shows the very simple steps to set up and operate a Rainman Portable Watermaker to produce pure, fresh, drinking water from the sea onboard a boat via reverse osmosis. It’s also our honest, totally unsponsored, review of the system after using...
What a welcome Indonesia. From underground swimming to unique foods & culture on Kei Kecil. S4-Ep 85
Our first week in Indonesia is a whirlwind at Debut on the island of Kei Kecil with customs and immigration clearances, motor scootering around discovering incredible underground swimming pools deep inside spectacular caves and powder white sand beaches. A...
BONUS – Highlights of Dreamtime Sail’s 2023 on YT sailing Australia’s tropical coast to Cape York
Here’s our year on YouTube in nine minutes. Between our regular episodes, we thought we’d put together this little look back on our trip up the Queensland Coast to the tip of Cape York and the Torres Straits, our stepping off point to Indonesia. We ho...
Australia to Indonesia on a 42 foot ketch | 5 Days Sailing 700nm across the Arafura Sea – S4 Ep 84
In July 2023 we completed our first international crossing on SV Our Dreamtime, sailing from Horn Island in the Torres Strait to Debut on the island of Kai Kecil in Indonesia. Five days at sea, 700 nautical miles across the Gulf of Carpentaria and Arafura ...
Passage Planning a 700 mile 6 day Ocean Voyage – What we consider before we sail. Series3 Episode 83
HERE'S OUR LAST VIDEO IN AUSTRALIA for a quite a while at least. In this Episode we talk about how we go about planning our 700 nautical mile (1,300 kilometres) passage across the Gulf of Carpentaria and Arafura Sea to Indonesia, what we need to take int...
We sailed to the northern tip of Australia at Cape York – No 4WD required – Series 3 Episode 82
In this episode, we anchor Our Dreamtime off the northern tip of Cape York to go ashore and stand on the very top of mainland Australia. Every year thousands of eager off-roaders make the pilgrimage up the Cape in four wheel drives to ‘Tick the box’ wi...
Living self sustainably of the sea as we sail up Cape York to the top of Australia – S 3 Episode 81
We’re on our final push north to the top of Australia sailing from Portland Roads to beautiful Cape Grenville where we discover the biggest, tastiest oysters of our lives. Then it’s on to Mount Adolphous Island in the Torres Strait after an overnight s...
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 ...
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...
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...