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Sailing to Darwin, finally! We've been waiting for this for a while now. Dont get me wrong, we've really enjoyed our last few months exploring the Papuan coast and all its wonderful hidden treasures. It is truly a gem and so surprising to us the with its near proximity to Australia its not...

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Leaving our boat tied up between two trees we journeyed by tender an hour up narrow forest channels then walked for an hour through pristine forest up to Badi Gaki, a very remote bird watching lodge. What an amazing experience we had! Getting lifted up 30m into the canopy to birds hides and...

We love sailing to remote places and this week we visit one of the least visited places in Indonesia. The Aru Islands lie just off the west coast of Papua, in a forgotten corner of the country. A few years ago I read a book called "The Malay Archipelago" by Alfred Wallace. He spent many years...

We collided with yet another log! This is the 4th one in 12 months and I'm over it! Fortunetly this collision was not too bad and we only suffered minimal damage to the rudder and were able to continue on or way. I will repair the rudder at a later date. After that we had a pretty relaxing sail...

Sailing south along the Papuan coastline has been pretty amazing so far and this week we visited a "new" village, one started by settlers 12 years ago. The village sits between two big rivers and is surrounded by virgin rainforest. A group of young kids took me on an awesome adventure to a...

Sailing south along the Papuan coast is mind blowing. So much to see, so many villages that hardly ever see outsiders like us, such clear and clean waters, full of life. Kitikiti waterfall is one of the most beautiful places, huge amounts of fresh water cascading right into the ocean seemingly...

Sailing 120nm hard upwind was always going to be a challenge. When the wind increased to 25kts things got very bumpy and I was faced with a decision, reef lots and slow right down or continue with lots of sail and get to the shelter of an island faster. I knew what Marie would prefer and I knew...

Uncovering the Indigenous Rock art of Misool. Misool has some amazing secrets to under so long as you are willing to explore. Zipping around the thousands of little islets, lagoonsn and cask towers you never quite know what you will find, but you will find something! We found 4 Indigenous roc...

We are on the move again and we couldn't be happier. Our little Catamaran is in fine shape and we are once again enjoying some good speeds as we catch some wind and zoom across the 50nm to the stunning archipelago of Misool. Enjoy

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Sailing through the Kabui Passage is a bit nerve wracking as it's super narrow, has big sharp cliffs on either side and the current can run either way up to 5 knots. It is a big shortcut and it is a very beautiful river-like cruise if you have the courage. On the other side we are rewarded with...

Our sailing catamaran was finally fixed and after 20 days of frustration, sweating and head scratching it was time to leave Sorong and sail out into Raja Ampat for some R&R Marie and Eli were raring to go and I was just hoping all my repairs would prove to be seaworthy. Join us for our first...

After hitting a log while sailing at high speed I had plenty of repairs to get done. This is part 2 of 3 of my repair series in Sorong. In this video I mainly work on getting the bent rudder straight. After the local guys attempted but failed to get the shaft straight I found a bodgy way to...

Couple of weeks of hard yakka for sure