​We are a young couple with a dog, who with no sailing experience, bought a yacht, got it blue water cruising ready and set off sailing around the Pacific! We just arrived to Indonesia after cruising the Pacific islands. We departed Australia 12 months ago and have since explored some amazing countries, dived pristine reefs, surfed solo in the middle of no where, spent weeks at sea, dealt with storms, big waves, strong winds and had the time of our life doing it! The adventure is just beginning as we sail West with the trades!

Our Latest Episode

Exploring Raja Ampat by Sailboat
EPISODE 96
This week on Sailing Nandji, we leave the tiny island of Air Borek in Raja Ampat, Indonesia and begin the final sail towards the small town of Waisai to collect our new crew member. I did a little whoopsy and when put the coordinates into our plotter to find the town, it was 30nm back the other direction, into the wind and current! Lucky we left 2 days to travel! Exploring Raja Ampat by sailboat means you can peek around every corner and find something stunning. As we had to travel back the wrong way, we were forced to find ourselves an anchorage for the night and discovered one of our favourite anchorages in all of Raja Ampat! Pristine reef in vodka clear water to dive on and a sneaky private beach to relax. This is why we love living on Nandji, discovering these hidden gems that we never knew existed!

Save Yosh's Back

UPDATE: Finally some good news in a bitter sweet way. Bonita has to return to Australia briefly for a family situation, but in a positive spin of bad news, she can bring back all the things for Nandji, including the windlass!!! YEW!! No new anchor chain though as this is still a debacle... 
YEW! It is official, we have the best following that anyone could ever ask for! In only 2 short weeks we have raised the amount needed for Nandji to get a new windlass! Thank you to all who contributed to this new investment for Nandji, especially Mike for instigating this idea, Steven who matched dollar for dollar and other significant contributors like Zach and the legendary Robert who is always willing to assist Nandji in our times of need. THANK YOU LEGENDS!!
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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!!

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!!!!
​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 and broken starter motors. We had rough weather and we had calm winds. The adventure was filled with all things good and bad. An adventure really begins when things dont go to plan. We accept every challenge and work together to get the job done and safely arrive to Noumea in New Caledonia. What a trip!