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PREPARING To CROSS OCEANS! | Goodbye Africa!… Ep 445
To learn more about Keane Insurance and to seek your bespoke boat policy check them out here 👉 🫡 For months, Nandji 2 sat still, held fast to the dock while we tore her apart and brought her back to life. But now, she’s moving again. The lines are off, the engine is purring, and we’re finally back ...
7000nm JOURNEY BEGINS | Pregnant & Sailing Across The Atlantic – Ep 444
Know the weather before you go! Check out WeatherPro here - For months, Nandji 2 sat still, held fast to the dock while we tore her apart and brought her back to life. But now, she’s moving again. The lines are off, the engine is purring, and we’re finally back where we belong, out here on the op...
BOAT LIFE: Trying to LEAVE CAPETOWN!..Ep 443
To learn more about Keane Insurance and to seek your bespoke boat policy check them out here - After nine months tied up to the dock in Hout Bay, our new Yanmar engine is in and we are back out on the water for our second sea trial. Everything feels a little different now. The way the boat handles...
SEA TRIALS! Didn’t Go as Planned, BUT We are Still Smiling Anyway!… Ep 441
To learn more about Keane Insurance and to seek your bespoke boat policy check them out here - With the final checks complete and with forward and reverse tested and engaging, Nandji 2 finally glides free from her pen, moving under her own power for the first time in nine long months. It’s a monum...
Our NEW ENGINE IS IN! | How important is Engine Alignment? Ep 440
How important is an engine alignment and how do you do it? I couldn’t be happier with how this engine refit has come together. What was once a tired old engine room has been completely transformed. Fresh white bilge, crisp shiny new insulation, a refurbished generator and at the heart of it all, t...
Does a Sailboat NEED a GENERATOR? More Importantly, DO WE?… Ep 439
To learn more about Keane Insurance and to seek your bespoke boat policy check them out here - When we first begun this project, of re-powering Nandji 2 many big decisions had to be made. The biggest of them all of course is — what engine do we trust for the next 10 years of sailing? For us, it ...
STUCK for MONTHS WITHOUT an ENGINE… What are we going to do? Ep 436
To learn more about Keane Insurance and to seek your bespoke boat policy check them out here - We have been stuck in Hout bay for 3 months without an engine or a path forward... www.sailingnandji.com What was meant to be a departure and sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, turned into an unexpected...
Can LUXURY CATAMARAN’S Actually SAIL??? Ep 435
The MILLION DOLLAR question. Can Luxury built catamarans actually perform under sail, let's find out!... www.sailingnandji.com Phoenix Marine have been building the Xquisite sailing vessel range since the brand launched back in 2014. Beginning with the original unique X5 design, which evolved ...
NANDJI 3? A Multi Million dollar LUXURY Hybrid Catamaran? Ep 434
Could this be our NEW boat? FULL FACTORY TOUR of the Phoenix Catamarans manufacturing facility that build Luxury sailing catamarans... www.sailingnandji.com The Phoenix Catamaran Company has been building the Xquisite range since the brand launched back in 2014. Beginning with the original unique X...
The LADIES are HOME!! NOTHING BEAT’S FAMILY! Ep 433
After 6 weeks alone working on our sailboat, the family has come home... www.sailingnandji.com Time away from the family has a way of putting everything into perspective, and it really reminded me of what really matters. Any questions or thoughts about why I have put in the long hours and the hard ...
ENGINE ROOM REFIT: From TERRIBLE to TERRIFIC! The Transformation begins… Ep 432
With all the troubles on our sailboat, I decided to become a pilot... When the ladies are away, the boys will play!! www.sailingnandji.com Whilst We never planned to be here now, feeling the intensity of a force 11 wind blow is honestly a highlight. It’s just one more reminder of what makes Africa ...
PULLING the OLD SEIZED ENGINE.. Boat life hey… Ep 431
Do we re power our sailboat or rebuild the old engine? It is time I made that decision... www.sailingnandji.com After months away from the boat, I returned alone to Nandji II, to prepare her for the Atlantic Ocean crossing. Instead, I was met with our worst nightmare. Whilst we were away, the engin...
REBUILD or RE-POWER our Sailboat? Our Engine is SEIZED… Ep 430
Do we re power our sailboat or rebuild the old engine? www.sailingnandji.com I returned to South africa to get Nandji 2 ready to sail across the Atlantic ocean ONLY to discover that whilst away sea water had got into the engine and it is now seized. To take the positive out of the negative, it gi...
HYDRO-LOCKED ENGINE DISASTER! Our Sailboat Nightmare… Ep 429
To say we are devastated is an understatement. How could this happen? www.sailingnandji.com Returning to the boat i discovered the worst scenario a boat owner could learn... Get Early access to our videos here - #boatlife #sailing #sailingaroundtheworld #sailor #sailingfamily #broken #sailboa...
DIVIDE & CONQUER: Keeping the DREAM ALIVE… Ep 428
BACK TO BOAT LIFE for ONE of us.... Sometimes love demands more of us than we expect. www.sailingnandji.com Honestly, Our lives have been all over the place of late. One moment we’re stranded in the Namibian desert… A new motor and two thousand kilometres later, we are back in South Africa, only t...
I DON’T KNOW HOW WE WILL PULL THIS OFF! …Ep 419
We bought a Land Rover Defender... Let the troubles begin!!! For years, we dreamed of sailing across the Indian Ocean to reach Africa. And last year, that dream became reality. Now after sailing the entire coastline of South Africa and before departing for the Caribbean, we want to experience and ...
SOUTH AFRICA is NOT for SISSIES! Welcome to CAPE TOWN… Ep 417
We continually are told by the locals - "South Africa is not for Pussies!" and we couldn't agree more! Welcome to Hout bay and the windy city of Capetown. We have preached it enough in our videos to underdstand that South Africa is raw, rugged, beautiful and WILD! and Arriving into ...
A HUGE MILESTONE in our CIRCUMNAVIGATION!!… Ep 416
The Cape of STORMS aka the Cape of Good Hope. We Rounded one of the 3 great capes! After rounding the most southern tip of Africa with the spinnaker flying, Nandji 2 then motored her way into the breathtaking False bay in the early morning light — Arriving into the small town of Simons town, The f...
ONLY in SOUTH AFRICA would this be a PROBLEM! | Simon’s Town… Ep 415
Use the codeword: sailingnandji at the checkout, put the blades in your cart and get 100 for free! 👉 After months of calling the breathtaking town of Knysna home, we finally exited through the legendary and notoriously treacherous — Knysna Heads. We hoisted our sails and set out to sea on a passage...
The CAPE of STORM’S!! Rounding the MOST SOUTHERN TIP of AFRICA… Ep 414
Departing through the Knysna heads and then sailing around the MOST SOUTHERN TIP OF AFRICA! Farewell Indian Ocean and hello to the Atlantic… www.sailingnandji.com After more than eight years of sailing around the world, this was a first. We sailed into a town… and stayed anchored for months on end....
BOAT WORK FAILURE!… What a NIGHTMARE!… Ep 413
Now who said that living on a boat isn’t a roller coaster of emotions… www.sailingnandji.com After a solid week of Nandji 2 living on the hardstand and dealing with the endless list of jobs and unexpected curveballs that always seem to show up… launch day is upon us. Nandji 2’s butt is looking sexy...
BOAT LIFE equals BOAT WORK… NOTHING is EVER EASY?? Ep 412
Living on a boat is an emotional rollercoaster. Why is it every time we haul out things don't go as planned... www.sailingnandji.com We have had an amazing last 15 months, sailing over 10,000 nautical miles, crossing the vast Indian Ocean, exploring some seriously remote places, traversing the...
The INDIAN OCEAN BROKE OUR BOAT! Let the BOAT WORK begin! Ep 411
Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code SAILINGNANDJI at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: The Indian ocean is no joke. It is rough and windy and the 8000+ miles we sailed. last year has taken its toll on Nandji 2. But for the past couple of months, we have been soaking i...