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Balancing Act! Keeping The Kites In The Air And Water In The Tanks | S3 E13
This week on the boat, it's a juggling act between the thrill of kiteboarding and the essential task of keeping our water supply up and running. From repairing leaky kites to troubleshooting a temperamental water maker, we're facing challenges on all front...
Episode 88 shakedown Sail- Carl and Jenny
In this episode we eventually leave the Marina for our shakedown sail how good did this feel after months in lock down '
How to Prepare Your Boat for an offshore Passage Ep 50
It is time for another passage and this time we have created a pre-passage checklist to help us remember to check all those various items before we sail. Check out the checklist in our Extras section at https://www.svgargoyle.com/passage-prechecklist Then...
Sailors DIVE into PINK PARADISE 🍭 (Expedition Drenched S1 Ep.78)
Edited by Molly, Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollylouisaj/ 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...
Hauling Tail and Hauling Out | Sailing on a Whim Ep. 29
On this episode of Sailing on a Whim, in the race to beat hurricane season, we travel on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway for the first time on our journey to prepare Whim for hurricane season. It’s a mad dash to pack up the boat, dodge storms, and com...
“QUIT JOB GO SAILING” TRAILER (Untie the lines)
Jupiter² was built in the Philippines by an Australian designer for Jamie. During his time away from work, Jamie lived on board and cruised South East Asia. But his life dream is to sail around the world. His plans came together at the end of 2018 when h...
WE RUN AGROUND!!! (no big deal) – Free Range Sailing Ep 60
Entering the creek in beautiful Zoe Bay we run afoul of a sandbar. We talk you through what we did to come off the sandbar including the problems we encountered. We fly our drone for the first time to capture the spectacular scenery including the very stro...
Dinghy Refit and Fibre Glassing 101 – Free Range Sailing Ep 52
In this episode we make the necessary upgrades to our dinghy in the process learning a lot about working with epoxy and fibre glass from our new friend David whose catamaran stole the show last week. We've had a lot of questions about our experiences wit...
Let the Boat Projects Begin! – Free Range Sailing Ep 51
Our plans to haul out while house sitting in Cairns were dashed but we keep ourselves busy with plenty of other jobs that we need to do to get Mirrool ship shape after her long voyage in the wilderness. A new friend shows us the fantastic catamaran he is b...
Good Times, Bad Times – Free Range Sailing Ep 50
Keen for a swim, we take a break from beating to windward and sail on a reach to the famous dive site on the Great Barrier Reef, the Cod Hole, to discover that the mooring is otherwise occupied! Disheartened, we go for a dive nearby before continuing our s...
Birthday Bait Ball with Boobies (or The Passage that Nearly Broke Us) – Free Range Sailing Ep 48
In this episode we continue sailing south and face some of our hardest sailing on the passage. Taking shelter at a protected islet, Pascale gets a bait ball for her birthday and some boobies drop by for a visit. When the weather clears, a little, we leave ...
The Fine Art of Sailing Uphill – Free Range Sailing Ep 45
In this episode of Free Range Sailing we start the journey against the trade-winds down to Cairns some 600 nautical miles south. We say goodbye to Badu and it’s back to business as usual with plenty of sailing, fishing and shark feeding. We’ll show you...
Keeping your Culture – Free Range Sailing Ep 43
We spend our last day on Thursday Island attending the Dawn Service and Parade for ANZAC Day before sailing to the island of Badu where we meet Councillor, Laurie and spend the day with his family on his beach camp. In this episode Pascale also shows you h...