We are in a remote corner of the Solomon Islands dodging coral bombies in uncharted waters, looking for the fabled Vertical Ship Wreck.
One companies mistake is our treasure!!!
This is my favorite ship wreck so far!
Captain Nate
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Alix continues work on Arabella with making and installing the lodging knees at midship. These, along with the rigidity of the housetop, will help keep the deck structure from racking.
We also get to see the end of Steve and Robin's vacation adventure as ...
Magnus heads out the back of our block to clear the track and ends up stuck in a ditch which wasn’t there the last time we were back at the farm pre Cyclone Debbie!
He continues the work on Nutshell’s Volvo engine’s exhaust outlet.
More components ...
Only 3 days after finishing up our rigging we decided to give it a good test… a 360 mile test sail in fact in St Martin.
We were both very excited to undertake e a multi day passage and chose a longer passage mainly for this reason. Our other deciding f...
What is better than having one island? Having 2 of them! Mervins lagoon is a little gem with incredible potential! Two island to build up an eco diving resort, and with such a great dive just around the corner! And of course, what is better than that? That...
We all need a break from big projects and this time it's Steve's turn!
As Alix stays back to look after Arabella and the boathouse to continue work on fitting and installing some knees and short beams. Steve and his partner head off on an adventure out we...
The last piece of our rigging arrives in Grenada and I set off on the daily ferry to go and collect it.
Having a lot of time to kill while waiting for the return ferry that evening, I got up to a bit of mischief... all in the name of giving back to the co...
Dylan Magaster Sails SV Arianrhod from Santorini Greece to Iraklia to Explore an abandoned Sunken WWII Airplane
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In this weeks episode we take the Falcon dockside here in Carriacou, Grenada to tackle one of the last parts of our DIY rigging overhaul, the forestay. After some interesting maneuvering to get alongside the dock and some confusion amongst the line handler...
Its that time of year when the weather turns cold wet and miserable which means its also the time to get Daphy out of the water. Its a chance to dry her out, do some of that boat maintenance stuff that always needs doing and as being on the hard at MYC is ...
Here’s an extra long video following Oceane as she journeys on land on Morovo Island, learning about their famous wood carving. We are currently anchored in Morovo lagoon, and have commissioned three villages for some wood carving projects for sylfia. Sp...
As we continue working on Arabella, we look ahead at starting to figure out the power plant. We got a beautiful new engine from Nanni Diesel last year and now we are back with Brook Streit from Kraft Power to talk about some of the intricacies of getting ...
Sailing in Great Britain, along the south coast, past those iconic white cliffs which form the edge of this great island nation, one can't help but be captivated by this countries beauty, this tiny, yet mighty nations fascinating past is awe inspiring.
Th...
Last month we pulled into a marina for 3 days to complete an ongoing rigging project to replace all of our stays. While in the marina, we installed all but one - the forestay.
It was finally time to install it and the best marina we could do it in was 25...
The Burton cup is an event held by the Medway cruising club every year in October. Spread over 4-5 weeks it provides some low key cruiser racing and its an event that we always enjoy. So this year we are again crewing for Steve and Kevin aboard their Hustl...
Edited by Molly
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If you slow down to appreciate the natural world, she will reveal herself to you.
Today we take a closer look at the smallest of details as we dive under the surface at morovo lagoon. The...
Hello everyone welcome to a other part of sailing Volupia
in this video we we sail from Hartlepool amble with engine failure at sea
with some new crew
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Boatbuilding can be a slow and tedious (yet rewarding!) process. As with many things in life, patience is a useful skill.
In this episode, we work on making up more short beams out of the scrap locust we have. This involves sorting through what we have, ...
Magnus is busy with jobs for Peanut and Nutshell. Peanut’s pimping continues with a new propeller guard and Magnus works on Nutshell’s new engine.
It’s time for some chill time out on the water and Magnus takes the day off to go mud crabbing and fis...
A lot happens in this week's episode!
I guess Adam summed it up in this episode when we said that there was lots of things to do on the boat that he kept starting, and not finishing... so instead he had a haircut!
But our main problem of the hour was a b...
So this week Ian gets a chance to just go for a sail, on his own, just for the fun of it. There wasn't much wind, although there was enough and it gave him a chance to figure out how to tack that big genoa on his own, even with the inconvenience of a wheel...
Hello everyone welcome to a other part of sailing Volupia
in this video we we sail from dover with some over nighters to Hartlepool
with some new crew
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Every new dive is a unique experience.
Seeing things you’ve never dreamt you could ever see, and when you take the plunge into the underwater world, you will always see something you di...
Dylan Magaster Solo Sailing from Chania, Greece to Santorini on his liveaboard Sailboat SV Arianrhod
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We leave the Berry Islands and head to Nassau before sailing to Eleuthera. We hop down Eleuthera island and explore Spanish Wells, the settlement of Current, Glass Window Bridge, Queens Baths, an abandoned naval base and our last stop, Rock Sound before sa...
Part way through the build of Arabella, we were told about a boat we should look at in Mattapoisett, MA. Although we didn't need another boat to restore we decided to go take a look and see what she had for parts. Ultimately we fell in love, she was a wr...
Our first winter as liveaboards in Canada our diesel marine hydronic heating system broke. we have continued to expierence issues with it ever sense. check out the details in this week's episode.
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We got stuck on the beach (luckily with Lilly and not with the Perfect Sense), the refit sailing yacht of our Beneteau B57 started, we had diner with the owner of the yard and we made some off the road road trips with Lilly during a public holiday. It is a...
Boat life is not all sunshine, rainbows and endless beaches. During rainy season in the Caribbean, it often gets.. well, rainy! We show what it's really like to live aboard a sailboat full time - even on the stormy days!
It differs a lot from being back o...
The Burton cup is an event held by the Medway cruising club every year in October. Spread over 4-5 weeks it provides some low key cruiser racing and its an event that we always enjoy. So this year we are again crewing for Steve and Kevin aboard their Hustl...
Edited by Molly
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Smooth seas never made a skilled sailor. From our humble beginnings as inexperienced sailors, we’ve come a long way, and are learning more and more every day, especially in terms of anch...
Sailing Adventure -36 Days. Dinghy camping Mediterranean sea single-handed from Slovenia to Albania and back on laser 2 sailing dinghy. Dinghy cruising. 2000 km and 36 days sailing Adriatic sea of Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro and Albania.
I sailed away f...
As we said, "Alix will be back in the fall", it is now fall and Alix is back! We talk a bit about the our summer and our plans for the project and then get right to work.
We start working on cleaning up and varnishing the deck beams as well as restoring s...
A huge thank you to those who help keep our boat afloat by supporting our creative process via Patreon. You can be part of the crew for less than the price of a coffee. https://www.patreon.com/CruisingKiwis
Rob is always telling me to "Back it up, back i...
We are having issues with the water pump so Magnus pulls it apart to see what the problem is and hopefully to fix it.
It’s very windy in the Whitsundays with extreme gale force winds reaching up to 46 knots and we’re out in it!
But, it’s just great...
We’ve made many mistakes since day 1 and are still making (and sharing) them to this day… possibly more so than any other sailing channel! So we’ve put together our top 6 lessons that we’ve learnt from new boat owners to three years down the track....
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