Hello & WELCOME!
We are Yosh, Bonita, our daughter Tallula and a Hound dog Marley that have been Sailing around the World for the last 9 years!
FULL TIME live-aboard sailors that have travelled under sail, half way around the world from the East Coast of Australia and now in the Caribbean BUT we bought our first sailboat knowing nothing about sailing....
It is the ADVENTURE of a LIFETIME!!!
We are Yosh, Bonita, our daughter Tallula and a Hound dog Marley that have been Sailing around the World for the last 9 years!
FULL TIME live-aboard sailors that have travelled under sail, half way around the world from the East Coast of Australia and now in the Caribbean BUT we bought our first sailboat knowing nothing about sailing....
It is the ADVENTURE of a LIFETIME!!!
In 9 years since leaving Australia we have travelled under sail over 50k nautical miles, battled HUGE sea's, weathered SCARY lightning storms, Snapped moorings & our boat got washed onto a REEF, Have nearly sunk, Serious health issues, Been adrift at sea for 10 days with a 4 month old, Crossed Oceans, dealt with 60 knots at sea, Broken more things than we can fix, re-powered 2 vessels and a Land Rover... Experienced many other challenges as we slowly make miles around the world!
Together as a family we can do anything!!!
Together as a family we can do anything!!!
Come Join the FUN! We are bringing you for the Ride!
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WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!!
We can hardly believe it, even though there are only weeks left until baby is due, we still cant believe there will a new Nandji crew member earth side soon. In preparation, we are having an online baby shower for Bonita to help us get organised for this time. Click here check out this link to the baby register We have just sailed over 7000 nautical miles form South Africa to reach the city of Cartagena, Colombia where we plan to have the baby. Nandji 2 has been solid through this entire journey, but now as we close in on baby number 2, we wish to move off the boat for a couple months to make it easier for Mum and bubs. Additionally, allowing me to do a little bit of "Nesting" and some needed boat work. If you would like to assist with a one off payment for rent for a property during this period, Please use this link to our Paypal. Thanks everyone for your ongoing support!! |
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On Nandji, we try to help you all out as much as we can! Weather that be giving you an idea of what gear we use, Information about us, our story and sailing with a dog! OR to provide you with some Inspiration to have your own adventure!! Yew!
A THOUSAND MILES From LAND & NO WHERE to HIDE! |
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After 13 Days & 1800 Miles... LAND HO!
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We did something silly and went on a side trip of a life time!
Check out our playlist on Youtube where we bought a Land rover Defender and went travelling through the southern countries of Africa. Exploring the Kalahari desert, surfing the skeleton coast, having our shoes stolen by Jackals, Giraffes casually blocking the road, way too many car problems..... The adventure really begins when things start to go wrong.... |
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LIFE UPDATE - May
Miles, Rockets and FINALLY a flat surface to sleep |
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Where it all Started...We packed up our things and drove across Australia to move aboard our new vessel. How things have changed for the better!!
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Our First Off Shore Ocean Passage...With a year of sailing under our belts, we take on our biggest challenge, sailing across the Coral Sea! What could wrong... Just about everything!!!!
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This is our first episode of Sailing Nandji. Nandji is our Roberts 40 yacht we bought two months ago in Airlie Beach. We are from South Australia and are learning how to sail. We love to try new things and adventure. This episode is about our journey leaving Adelaide, travelling across the country and moving onto our new vessel. We had a few surprises when we arrived but managed to take her out for our first sail.
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In this episode of Sailing Nandji, We take on our greatest challenge yet and attempt to cross the Coral sea. This is our first offshore blue water sail and the longest sail we would have attempted yet. The 800nm sail we expected to take roughly 8 days at sea. The journey was full of challenges from dealing with 50 KNOTS! broken halyards, broken starter motors and NO AUTOPILOT.
An adventure really begins when things don't go to plan. We accept every challenge and work together to get the job done and safely arrive to Noumea in New Caledonia after hand steering for 8 days, just the 2 of us, 2 hours on, 2 hours off! What a trip! |
'How to not buy a Yacht' by Captain Yosh
The story of my experiences when we first bought Nandji. Learn from our mistakes!
When we first looked into buying a yacht, we had no idea what we were looking for. We happily flicked through thousands of images of yachts on the internet thinking we knew a thing or two... I quickly realised I needed to do a lot more research. This ebook is about my experiences of purchasing a vessel, what I looked for and how we ended up with the boat we got!
