Recent content by Vernon

Welcome to Wakatobi, one of the premier dive spots in the world and home of Indonesia's best boat marina. The thing is it's totally abandoned basically and it costs nothing to stay there. Join me as I try to figure out what happened here and why so much money was invested with no apparent...

So I'm sailing Solo again! I'm really looking forward to this 1000nm trip. Marie and Eli are in France and will join me in 5 weeks, obviously I'm missing them a great deal but daily video calls make it easier. I'm starting off with a 360 mile passage from Komodo to South Sulawesi. I've got a...

Sailing in Indonesia means you need to be flexible and adaptive. Almost nothing is as it is in western countries and that includes finding and buying fuel. I'm nearly out of diesel and it's time to track some down. Now the easiest way would be to just pay a local to go get it for me but I...

I flew to Australia to see a 54ft Aluminium sailing boat called Ivanhoe. It would need a total rebuild from bottom up and that is a HUGE job. Our budget would be AU$100k and 12 months to get the job done. Last week I showed you guys Ivanhoe and most of you told me to RUN AWAY!. Well I flew back...

Thanks. Yep, regrets people have as life moves on. I think the YT channel would help with finding support and also some helpers who would want to be involved.

The trip was definitely not a waste of time or money. I learnt a lot, have now a reference point and the response to this video has shown me that if I do take on a big project then there is a huge audience that will be interested in other.

Hi Paul. Yes, I'm always excited to step outside my comfort zone and get stuck into something. I wont be doing this project if I dont think I can complete ti within the 12months and $100k though.

I have 12months time and AU$100k budget. If I think I cant do this project within those boundaries then I wont take it on. Pretty simple really from my perspective.

Ivanhoe is a 54ft Aluminium sailing boat that is in total disrepair. I fly to Australia just to look this boat over and to see if it's the right project for us to take on. She was built as a flat-topped racing boat, then years later changes were made to convert her to a cruising boat but nothing...

Our circumnavigation of Sulawesi is completed and its time to sail southwest to Bali. The passage is around 375nm and we expect it to take 48hrs. A really nice forecast is predicted but we know by now that in these waters this is really just a guess. Trade Runner has ben prepared and checked...

Sailing this magnificent hand built vessel for a day was pretty amazing!Anugerah Ilahi was built in a year, painstaking labour with simple tools on a beach near Makassar, Indonesia. She is a Pelari, a traditional trading vessel, used for hundreds of years in these waters. Horst Liebner is a...

We are ENGAGED! Marie proposed to me at 06.30 on my 50th birthday. She made a tinfoil ring and presented it in her rayban sunglasses case. What a girl! We continued our 1000 mile passage from Manado to Makassar in Sulawesi, having some great wind and we even got to race against our future boat...

thanks, happy and safe NY to you too

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Happy New Year to you all🎉🍾 2024 was a huge year for us, not only were we new parents with our 3 month old son Eli aboard, we also planned a very challenging adventure, circumnavigating Sulawesi. It was to be a very excellent adventure indeed, we sailed over 5500km, got hit by a huge ferry...