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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 from Australia to New Caledonia in the Pacific. We departed July, 2017 and have never looked back! We have explored some amazing countries, dived pristine reefs, surfed solo in the middle of no where. We spent weeks at sea, dealt with storms, big waves, strong winds and we have had the time of our life doing it! We have spent months on the hard stand doing boat work, fixed everything our selves, invested blood, sweat, tears, money, money, time and money and it is all worth it! The adventure is just beginning as we prepare to sail across the Indian Ocean in 2020!
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OUR NEW SAIL PLANS!!!Living on a boat and sailing to a schedule are two things that should not be put in the same sentence! Every day and night we are at the mercy of mother nature and her wrath. All we can do is be as prepared as we can be for any scenario that we are faced with, therefore having Nandji well equipped and ready for anything.
The world is a BIG place and we want to see all of it! Check out this short vid and learn about our NEW sailing route and when we plan to depart! All this whilst Nandji is cruising at 7 knots!! YEW!! |
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...
NEW CREW! Meet Claudia from Switerzland | Sailing ThailandAfter 5 months in remote Indonesia, arriving back to Thailand was exciting. Everything is just easier and more accessable in Thailand. Bonita took the opportunity to head to the hair dressers but she got a head start first...
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Dodging Ships in a Dead Sea | Sailing to ThailandDeparting Indonesia on a 220nm passage across the Malacca Strait, we depart Indonesia with dolphins on the bow and head into the crazy busy shipping channel. Our AIS stops working and it is close to the scariest time on the ocean! Nothing like a giant container ship travelling at 20 knots to fix things quickly...
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Thats a Wrap! Onto the NEXT ChapterWe have been cruising and exploring the islands off of West Sumatra for the last 5 months and the time has finally come to move on and head back to Thailand. It is bitter sweet as we are sad to leave the beautiful Indonesia but ready for the next chapter and begin our new adventure...
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Champagne Sailing Ladies & Gentlemen | Sailing Indonesia15 knots of wind on the beam and with Nandji full sail, this is champagne sailing ladies and gentlemen. Flying up the west Sumatran coast along the drop off, the line started screaming and we are on! Wahoooooo....
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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!
