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2020! BRING IT ON!
This year was going to be a massive one for us, with HUGE plans of sailing across the Indian Ocean. So far 2020 has been the exact opposite of what we had hoped for. After finishing substantial work on Nandji, we launch only to have a mooring break on us in the middle of the night and Nandji ended up on reef. We managed to save her and sail her back to the boat yard, delaying our departure to Sri Lanka. Then the world has been rocked by this crazy virus and countries across the globe are closing their borders. What will this mean for our sailing plans this year... Who knows!
This year was going to be a massive one for us, with HUGE plans of sailing across the Indian Ocean. So far 2020 has been the exact opposite of what we had hoped for. After finishing substantial work on Nandji, we launch only to have a mooring break on us in the middle of the night and Nandji ended up on reef. We managed to save her and sail her back to the boat yard, delaying our departure to Sri Lanka. Then the world has been rocked by this crazy virus and countries across the globe are closing their borders. What will this mean for our sailing plans this year... Who knows!
Ideas, Information and a little Inspiration...
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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!
Our Recent Antics...
Becoming 100% SELF SUFFICIENT! It's kind of needed these days | Water-maker installation
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In this episode of Sailing Nandji, we. had been anchored away from everyone and everything for 2 months waiting for the world to get back to normal. We are unsure of what will happen next and what we will be required of us to do, potentially leave... As the world is changing so much we decide it is time that we need to be 100% self sufficient, which requires installing a water-maker. We had been getting very creative in our water collecting techniques recently, but with the potential that we could be asked to leave or just in case the zombies start roaming, we are ready to sail off into the distance to live out our days. After 4 years of bathing and washing in saltwater, it is time to shed the salty crust and have a fresh water shower! We install the Rainman naked 12V system, which can make up to 70 litres per hour and runs entirely from our Solar set up. Which means we make water from the SUN! Now that is self sufficient!!
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One Month OFF GRID living!! LOCKDOWN Life on a SailboatIt is time to head back to town to replenish our fresh supplies and learn more about the current world pandemic. After the ladies complete the food shopping, we learnt it was too early to be back around people. We head straight back to Nandji and set some sails and got as far away as we were allowed, time to spend another month off grid of lockdown living...
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Living OFF GRID during LOCKDOWN. Out Little Island HomeWe did not want to be around civilisation so we did what us yachties do best, head off grid to our our own island home. We are always trying to seek out the far away tropical paradise places, away from everyone and everything. Now with the pandemic really taking over the world, now is the best time to do what we do best....
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The World is Closing Down around us... What do we do???Countries were beginning to drastically implement new laws and regulations and us sailors are the most vulnerable. We are hoping to reach a safe harbour before Malaysia shuts the border and we are not exiled at sea. This were changing daily but everything was very new back then and were hopeful that this would not be for long...
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Unfinished Business with a Reef... Returning to where it all went wrong!Between Krabi where we left from and Langkawi our destination, we need to travel past the islands where we nearly lost Nandji. That horrific night where a mooring we were on broke and Nandji ended up on the reef. We are only fresh out of the boatyard after completing extensive repairs and why not face our fears straight away and return to where it all went wrong...
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DJI Osmo Action Camera Review - A Day Out in Phuket!To Get Your Own Osmo Action click the link! http://bit.ly/DJIosmoActionCamera
Until the 31st December 2019, receive a 20% discount on the Osmo Action when purchasing through the DJI e-store! This is a total different video than the usual Sailing Nandji video blogs that you are used too! We were offered the opportunity to play around with the new Osmo Action camera from DJI and give it a review. We thought this opportunity too much fun to pass up on and went out for an adventure around the island of Phuket in Thailand. We leave Nandji and hire a Scooter and ride up to the Big Buddha on top of the hill over looking the Chalong anchorage. We then ride down to Kata beach which is a beautiful white sandy beach. The sun was shinning and it was hot! The most important item to take to any beach is a pointless blow up toy, we tick that box and go floating and swimming in the shallows. It was a great fun and we really enjoyed the opportunity to test out and play with this camera! |
Sailing Nandji Gear
Unisex Tee
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Mugs
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Hoodies
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Unisex Tee
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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 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!
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'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!
