The deadwood shaped in the last episode is capped with a wormshoe. The wormshoe is a protective sacrificial piece that can be replaced if it is ever damaged from running aground or any similar mishap.
We have help from Michael, who drove all the way from...
Its Bonita's time to shine as we finally sail out of Rabaul and explore the underwater world
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In this episode of Sailing Nandji, we have difficulties trying to organise officials for our clearance from port. It is hard dealin...
Episode 30
Its finally Christmas on our channel!! Can't believe we're so behind, soz!
In this weeks episode we head to Tobago Cays to meet our Ozzy friends from Aquafrolic so we can all spend Christmas Day together.
Christmas morning we gave our famili...
Sometimes in the Puget Sound you have to take what you can get wind wise, we needed to get back to Tacoma, the only day with decent wind had southerly's, which meant a long day close hauled beating into the wind!
In this episode you can also really see A...
This week we simply just go for a sail. Its a little different however in that its not on our boat!
We make these films just for fun, and we hope that you have enjoyed watching them however we have been asked on a couple of occasions now if we have a Payt...
Introducing María, Benji and Julia. The crew on Parlay grows to 5 as they prepare to finally leave Nanny Cay, British Virgin Islands, after months of hard work. María recalls life in the BVI's and getting ready to leave the marina.
To support us on Pat...
Sometimes life's most valuable lessons come in the form of learning from the mistakes of others! We learn a bit about one of those lessons as another boat runs aground!
Also in this episode we sail out of Eagle Harbor, enjoy the Seattle sky line, and catc...
With the ballast keel poured, faired and painted, it is now time to start building out fore and aft of it. Due to the naturally dense aspect of the ballast keel requiring such a condensed shape, deadwood pieces are necessary to fair it out into the wood k...
Buried by a Volcano twice and infiltrated in World War 2 with a maze of tunnels... Welcome to Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
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In this episode of Sailing Nandji, we are in the city of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. We are a little stuck ...
Episode 29.
St Lucia to The Grenadines, The start of our Caribbean adventure.
Here’s some advice for all those budding bloggers… make sure to regularly check your footage! We are so far behind on uploading our vlogs that by the time we edit it’s f...
In the last blog we left Woody to look after the boat in the Aegina and get on with maintenance work while we returned to England for a few weeks.
It's great the kids are curious and want to learn about maintenance work on the boat, but obviously it slow...
In this episode of Renegade Sailing: we do a bunch of filming with a good friend who is also a very experienced Captain, then we sail to gig harbor only to get a cold shoulder!
Instead of sticking around we pull anchor and head north to Eagle Harbor acros...
We are often asked what kind of yacht Sea Horse is so this week we show you.
We make these films just for fun, and we hope that you have enjoyed watching them however we have been asked on a couple of occasions now if we have a Paytreon account. We don’...
Episode 28
Atlantic Crossing Complete! We in da Caribbean, Mon
Firstly…. Huge apologies for the delay! We will try our very best to get back on track with regular uploads from now on.
This episode sees us finally tie up in Rodney Bay, St Lucia with ...
We found a bargain Fortress anchor and couldn't resist it. What spare anchor do you have or would you choose?
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Our sailboat gets a lick of paint, and she comes up ver...
So this week its the 3rd in the MYC single handed race series and Ian has a great battle the whole way around the race course.
We make these films just for fun, and we hope that you have enjoyed watching them however we have been asked on a couple of occa...
Sometimes, you just have to flip things on their heads to work on them. As we finished fairing our the ballast keel, we flipped it and the wood keel in order to be able to work on the underside. With everything upside down, we will then be able to work o...
This is it! After years of preparation, thousands of miles sailed, stormy weather, breakdowns, spectacular sights, brilliant weather, and old and new friends we are about to set foot upon the land we yearned to explore...Greenland! Of course, even in these...
8 days at sea in the North Atlantic and now, after weathering high winds, no wind, equipment failures, and fatigue, we are so close to arriving at our destination on the west coast of Greenland. The crew is positively giddy with excitement as we begin the ...
It was a bank holiday weekend and some members of the cruising fleet at MYC decided to have a cruise to the marina at Conyer Creek.
Conyer creek is little more than a small muddy stream and it completely dries out at low tide and yet we all made it there...
we are cruising full time now! new videos every friday 8am Pacific time!
Renegade Sailing Episode 1: Sailing with dad to Seattle!: https://youtu.be/srkQ0FNrrlw
EP2: Zero to Cruising!: https://youtu.be/gsCYcP27V9o
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This is race 1 of the 2018 Medway Yacht Club (MYC) single handed yacht racing series. There wasn't much wind but we all had a great sail and in the end it came down to a pretty nail biting finish between Reefer X and Ian... only to find out after the race ...
This is one expensive piece of lumber! We wanted to make sure that we accurately cut the keel timber to shape so our initial cut was only getting us close to the final shape, so that we could see whether it warped/checked/shrank etc. afterwards. Now that...
We spend our last days in the Solomon Islands, we clear customs and are ready to go, but Nandji does not agree... https://www.sailingnandji.com
In this episode of Sailing Nandji, We are in Gizo preparing for our onward journey to Papua New Guinea. Yosh ge...
Without a weather forecast, we attempt to sail upwind to Noro being smashed by squalls. https://www.sailingnandji.com
In this episode of Sailing Nandji, the question is asked. Why is it so hard to turn around? We attempt to sail 80nm to Noro without a wea...
This blog it's all about finishing off the Gulf of Patras and going through the Corinth
Canal heading around to Epidavros and finally bringing the boat to Aegina.
There's always a few maintenance issues and on this passage it was the toilet - or heads!
We...
My dad has always been afraid of boats and hated the idea of me getting/living on one! This is the story of how he overcame that fear while we sailed to Seattle together from Tacoma Washington.
Want to know why I bought a 50 year old boat?: https://youtu....
How we stop the birds poo'ing on our yacht
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The rowlocks were a none standard size on the kids dinghy and we couldn't get any oars to fit, so Woody cut off the old rowlocks and glued on some new ones he found on some abandoned dinghies by the skips in the boat yard.
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We sail to explore the remote north coast, in search of waves to surf, seeing not one human for weeks. Only a surfer knows the feeling! https://www.sailingnandji.com
In this episode of Sailing Nandji, we adventure to the very remote north coast of the Isa...
With just 2 to 3 days until we make landfall, the winds increase in speed and intensity. To ease pressure on the boat and, more importantly, the crew, a decision is made to heave to. How long will we drift off the coast of Greenland? Stay with us!
Cravin...
I get a chance to have a sail and race in one of the latest Wayfarer dinghys at Medway Yacht Club. So I nag a friend into joining me and we enter one of the most competitive fleets on the river
We make these films just for fun, and we hope that you have e...
Ryan bought a plane ticket, rented a car, and took a one week visit to come from Colorado to Massachusetts to help us on our project... for free! Thank you Ryan.
We were curious as to what he thought of his week here and everything we accomplished.
Also!...
Episode 27
Atlantic Crossing Pt 5
We’re nearly there...21 days later!
In this weeks episode it’s all about fishing, and getting excited for the final stretch to St Lucia.
We catch two beautiful Wahoo and many Mahi Mahi to feast on. The fresh prod...
We sail "the slot' to the remote Arnavon Islands turtle sanctuary and watch the little baby turtles race to the sea! https://www.sailingnandji.com
In this episode of Sailing Nandji, we make a short passage crossing of 50nm across "the slot" between New Ge...
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