​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! 
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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! 

Ideas, Information and a little Inspiration...
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...

YACHT LIFE: Its WAY more than just Sailing! | Boat maintenance 

Our days in the boat yard come to an end (for now) and after 11 days on the hard stand we are going back in the drink and to our natural habitat! We got a lot of jobs completed and Nandji is close to being ready for the Indian Ocean! Oh how much we wish we could be sailing right now...

Mission from HELL & a Painters daughter | Boat maintenance

Hauling Nandji out we are preparing our home for the massive adventures planned for the year, we will not have another opportunity to haul ot as we plan to be sailing all year and therefore get stuck in to those nagging jobs and bring Nandji up to shape ready for what lies ahead...

Hauling out our Home in Thailand. Let the Boat work begin! | Boat maintenance

Returning to our home Nandji after a great trip back to Australia for Christmas, it is instantly into work mode and prepare NAndji for the next 12 months of cruising. With BIG plans to cross the Indian Ocean in 2020, we haul out Nandji in Thailand and get her ready for the year...

the Holiday is over & Back to our Home we go ⛵️| Australia, part two

We had been road tripping around Australia to see friends and family over the Christmas period, we jump on a plane and head to Queensland to collect our new sail. Before we know it, we are in a car en route to picking up Marley man and then heading back to Nandji girl.  Australia is awesome, but Nandji is our home...
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DJI Osmo Action Camera Review - A Day Out in Phuket!

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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!

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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! 
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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!