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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...
BOAT LIFE: Stuck Pregnant Overseas in Lockdown and the Hospital is 3 hrs away...
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In this episode of Sailing Nandji, we need to head to the hospital for a baby check up. With Nandji on the hard stand and the hospital in Penang a three hour drive away, we need to drive across Malaysia for our check up. To make things more challenging, Malaysia has implemented strict travel restrictions and is on a level of lockdown... With road blocks and police check points to navigate, this is a pregnancy we wont forget!
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MAKING our OLD BOAT, NEW! | Sailboat Refit 2We want to brighten up the interior and bring a more modern feel to the space. We tried to keep the traditional building style by planking up areas of the boat, but adding a modern touch by painting areas white. We had sanded back all the other woodwork which will be varnished in the future. It is important to do a really good job on the bulk head as we have changed this from wood to now be white. Since this is the first thing you see when you enter down the companion way, it must be perfect with no imperfections.
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CAN WE GET A PROFESSIONAL OVER HERE! This guy has no idea! | Sailboat Refit 2We have been busy making the interior look new and fancy with replacing the old carpet walls and installing woodwork slats to be painted. Our boats standing rigging is attached by through bolts of the ull and attached to thick stainless chain plates. These chainplates need to be removed so I can finish the wood interior. What a better time to do a rig inspection as we have never removed these bolts!
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BUSTING DOWN & BUILDING a BULKHEAD!! | Sailboat Refit 2Busy renovating the downstairs interior and came across some rot in the rear back bulk head. The best thing to do is rip it out and start again! Things always get worse before they get better and bashing in this rotted wood and removing the fibreglass was a dirty job, lucky Bonita never saw me do it! Replacing the old with fresh wood and fibreglassing it in, I decorated the inside with the strip planks to match the rest of the boat and when we paint it all next week, it will look amazing.
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Renovating our 25 year old Boat interior | Sailboat Refit 2We have always completed upgrades for her safety and sailing performance but we are finally upgrading for our comfort and appearance! We rip out the old carpet that decorated the walls and replace with some fancy carpentry to match the rest of the boat. We want to give her a fresh new modern look whilst keeping the traditional boat feel and not making it look like an ikea kit!
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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, broken starter motors and NO AUTOPILOT. 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 after hand steering for 8 days straight. 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!
