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Ep 281 | Leaving Darwin and Sailing to the Kimberley, Sailing Nutshell
We leave the careening poles and head out to sea to put the new engine to the test and to make sure that everything is OK. Then it’s back to the marina for a couple of nights for last minute boat jobs and to provision Nutshell with fresh produce. We finally manage to find Nutshell’s leak when the ...
Ep 280 | Boat Jobs at Dinah Beach Careening Poles, Darwin, Sailing Nutshell
This episode is packed full of boat jobs, both big and small. We are now up on the careening poles at he Dinah Beach Cruising Club. As the tide heads out, we work and as it comes back in we down tools on the outside of Nutshell and do inside jobs instead. The first task is to fit the new water mak...
Ep 279 | A Storm on the Careening Poles, Darwin, Sailing Nutshell
It’s time to leave Tipperary Waters Marina and slowly make our way around the corner to the Dinah Beach Careening Poles. Only one little problem though, the shaft has not arrived for the engine, so we have no power. We are escorted to the poles by a flotilla of helpful tenders. Our first night on t...
Ep 278 | Finally, the New Engine Is Going In, Darwin, Sailing Nutshell
It’s finally time for Nutshell to get her new engine. With the engine bay now all newly painted and ready, we take Nutshell to the lock, under tender power and meet up with the crane which is going to drop the engine into Nutshell for us. Everything goes better than expected and we are both relieve...
Ep 277 | Will the New Volvo Engine Start? Darwin, Sailing Nutshell
We head down to Noonamah to continue with the offsite boat jobs. Magnus goes over the new Volvo engine to make sure that everything is tickety boo and also checks to see if the new gearbox will fit. Wendy fits new pool noodles to Peanut. The engine bay gets a makeover with new paint and a shiny n...
Ep 276 | Will the New Engine Fit? Darwin, Sailing Nutshell
Magnus begins the task of removing all of the old wiring and unnecessary stuff from the engine bay. We head to Noonamah to do work on Peanut’s captain collars. It’s also time to check if the old gearbox will fit the new Volvo engine. We have a leak in the boat which we can’t find so Magnus empties...
Ep 275 | It’s Finally Time to Take the Engine Out! Darwin, Sailing Nutshell
It’s time. Magnus decides that he needs to start disconnecting the engine from Nutshell. It’s a laborious task but he eventually manages to do it. Then it’s off to the lock towed by three dinghies. It’s a tricky journey with million dollar yachts surrounding us! We eventually get the engine out of...
Ep 274 | Big Pantry Makeover and New Stainless Lifelines, Darwin, Sailing Nutshell
Wendy empties the pantry yet again and it’s time to begin planning for new shelves to make things store more easily. Magnus cuts the timber, Wendy paints it all and then Magnus fits the new shelves. Magnus replaces all of the lifelines in Nutshell’s cockpit with stainless steel which is a massive ...
Ep 273 | There’s a Cyclone Coming! Darwin, Sailing Nutshell
It’s time make a start on working out what we are going to need to buy for our time in the Kimberley. We are planning on provisioning for 5 months, so that’s a lot of planning and a lot of stuff! The first step is to empty the pantries, throw out old stuff and do a stocktake of what we have. Magnu...
Ep 272 | New Bimini, Huge Canning Session, Darwin, Sailing Nutshell
We build a new bimini for Nutshell. We are constrained by the shrouds and the mizzen mast, so it’s quite difficult to work out where to put it, but we get there in the end. Magnus cleans the stainless steel on the bowsprit with a miraculous concoction. You have to see it to believe it! We head to ...
Ep 271 | We Made it to Darwin! Sailing Nutshell, Australia
We leave Alcaro Bay and make our way to Cape Hotham. We check out the nearby creek. Then it’s the technical sail through the Vernon Islands and on to Darwin. As soon as we arrive in Darwin we get on a flight to Brisbane and then on to the Whitsundays to pick up the Volvo Penta engine for Nutshell....
Ep 270 | Amazing Natural Phenomenon, Coral in Popham Creek, Sailing Nutshell
We head out in Peanut to check out the nearby creek in Popham Bay. We’ve heard that there’s coral in the creek which is really unusual. With a successfully recce we wake early and head into the network of creeks amongst the mangroves in an attempt to find the one which connects with the bay on the ...
Ep 269 | Up the Creeks, Caiman and Alaru, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
We head over to the opposite shore to Caiman Creek and head up the creek. Then it’s a short trip north to the Ranger’s Station to get water. We then sail west around the headland to Trepang Bay and check out the beautiful creek there: Alaru Creek. We hope you enjoy this tranquil episode with love...
Ep 268 | Eerie Ruins at Victoria Settlement, British Garrison Abandoned in 1849, Australia
We are unable to anchor in the bay next to Victoria Settlement so we anchor in the bay opposite, which is a long tinnie ride, but Peanut is built for it. At 6am we motor over to the other side of Port Essington and make our way, by foot, to Victoria Settlement. It’s an eerie feeling walking on tra...
Ep 267 | Searching for Fort Wellington, Abandoned British Military Outpost, Raffles Bay, Australia
We leave Valentia Island and head through the Bowen Strait and slowly make our way to Raffles Bay in search of Fort Wellington, an early British pioneer settlement. After a good look around we leave Raffles Bay and float our way around the peninsular to Port Essington. We check out the cultural ce...
Ep 266 | A Very Close Encounter With a Crocodile, McClure Island, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
We are slowly making our way west towards Darwin. We sail to Entrance Island and then continue on to McClure Island where we finally get to One is extremely close! Thanks for watching. Until next time. Wendy and Magnus Music Credits: 00:01 Jenny By the Water, Clarke Russo, Epidemic Sound 01:...
Ep 265 | Shallow Water, Rocks and Narrow Passages, Wessel Islands, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
It’s finally time to leave Guruliya Bay in the Wessel Islands and head east to the ‘other’ half of the Wessels, or so some people say. We take refuge in Refuge Bay. It’s pretty ordinary and we only spend one night there. We make our way to Galiwinku. We are running very low on water and have just...
Ep 264 | Exploring the Wessel Islands, Northern Territory, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
After sailing through the Gulgari Rip we found a safe anchorage close by. We then make our way further north in the Wessel Islands, checking out the anchorages as we go. We look for Aboriginal rock art and explore the stunning rock formations along the shoreline. Wendy makes enchiladas out of the...
Ep 263 | Doing the Rite of Passage Right, Sailing Through Gulgari Rip, Australia
Upon arriving at Pobassoo island we head ashore to check it out. We have never seen such amazing rock formations. It’s hard to make progress along the beach because there is just so much to see. We leave Pobassoo and make our way north to Cotton Island where Magnus takes Wendy out in Peanut down a ...
Ep 262 | Hunkered Down Waiting Out a Storm in Elizabeth Bay, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
We leave Gove and sail our way north to Elizabeth Bay. The weather is pretty bad so we are stuck in the bay for quite a few days. Once the wind has died down a bit we are finally able to head in to shore for a leg stretch. The bad wind and foul weather continues for days and days and we decide to ...
Real Time Update from Wyndham
We are at the small town of Wyndham at the edge of the Kimberley in northern Australia. We are about to head into the wilderness for about 5–6 months and wanted to update you all with what we have been up to recently and how we will get our vlogs to you when we are away from regular Internet and ph...
Ep 261 | Beautiful Groote Eylandt, Gulf of Carpentaria, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
We arrive at Rat's Cove on Angarumurada Island just off the coast of Groote Eylandt. It’s a magical place and we spend quite a few days there. The rock formations are stunning and the fishing is good too. Then we leave and head around to the main island, Groote Eylandt, but our plans change an...
Ep 260 | Sailing Across the Gulf of Carpentaria, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
After we receive our second COVID shots, it’s finally time to leave Weipa and head west. We do the final preparations for the off and set sail across the Gulf of Carpentaria. The wind has been 30 knots for the past few weeks, but when we leave it dies down to only 3 knots! After three very choppy ...