Can the Wrong Sailboat Prop Slow You Down?
This was the first time in 17 years that we had our sailboat prop professionally tuned. And you won’t believe what we found…
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Sailboat Haul Out Methods: A Cruiser’s Guide
A sailboat is supposed to be in the water, isn’t it? And once you put it on land, all kinds of stresses and loads appear that weren’t there when she was floating.
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We’ve reached THE END!
This is it, we’ve reached The End. A few months and 2500 miles from Malaysia to Indonesia later, we arrived at our destination, Medana Bay Marina.
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How We Set Up Our Code Zero Light Wind Sail
Code 0 sails are specifically built for light wind sailing, and we spent much of the next passage using ours. But what speeds did we manage, and how fast can YOU go?
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How to make a stranger SMILE
To make a stranger smile is a joyful, life-affirming moment, and it’s a skill we’ve been trying to acquire since we started cruising.
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Perfect Trade Wind Sailing
This was just about the most perfect trade wind sailing we have ever had: strong, constant wind and a current on our side in the Flores Sea. Bliss!
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Is Indonesia’s biofuel safe?
Finding diesel is always a challenge. But Indonesia’s notorious biofuel makes it even more confusing. We hope this post about biodiesel will help to answer any questions you may have…
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Why are cruisers obsessed with weather forecasts?
Cruisers are obsessed with weather forecasts. The main phenomena we watch in forensic detail are the fronts coming at us, specifically the lows…
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You Can’t Sail Without An Engine
As we’re constantly reminded, in olden times there were no engines, mariners navigated by the stars and relied on trade winds, currents and luck. Quite a lot of the time this meant ending up on the ocean floor or stuck in port…
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Time to QUIT?
Was it time to quit? The waves built to over 3m and wind knot speeds reached into the 40’s. We turned off the engine and sailed west…
We Were Spinning 360°
It was every hackneyed cliché in the book. And it was going to be exactly what we had hoped for in the long journey south across the remotest parts of Sulawesi. But as we have learned over the years, when you’re a sailor, it never quite works out the way you expect…
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Fighting currents when diving and sailing!
The currents we jumped into on our first dive were a swirling whirlpool; we hoped they wouldn’t be so violent as we sailed south…
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Living And Travelling On A Boat You Must Adapt Or Die!
Apart from the weather, continuing knocks and vibrations from our engine were shaping the route and causing delays, so we had to embrace the enforced changes and go with the flow.
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Finding safe anchorage in the spectacular Gulf of Tomini
We leave the Togean archipelago, simply one of the most spectacular places we have visited since we went full-time into this cruising life 16 years ago.
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Diving and provisioning in the Togean Archipelago
Did you know it’s the law that you must go naked on your 100th dive? Neither did we until Jamie was told this by Iril, our young and fun local dive master. What do you reckon, did Jamie do it?!
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