​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 have since sailed through Indonesia and are on our way to Langkawi for some much needed boat work. We departed Australia over 18 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 we have had the time of our life doing it! The adventure is just beginning as we sail West!

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...

White Water Rafting in a Sailboat!

​Sailing into the Lombok Strait in a current running at over 5 knots we flew at high speeds until we hit the rapids! 

The Most Exhausting Sailboat

Sailing off the coast of Lombok we lose our engine power, how do we get out of this one?

The Land of Dragons! Komodo Islands

We sail back in time to the islands of Komodo where the Dragons roam free...

Ships, Currents, Upwind & a Scooter? Exploring Rote Island

Another Upwind passage competing with currents and Ships. Arriving to Rote island we explore the island the Indonesian way... by Scooter!

Nandji is getting a NEW Motor!
We have never had the most reliable engine on Nandji and in hindsight it has taught us a lot about Diesel engines and how to fix them. But soon we will no longer need to fix them!!! We have reached our target and ready to purchase the new motor to be shipped to Langkawi and await our arrival!! YEW! THANKYOU to everyone who contribuited to this mammoth event! We are feeling so blessed to have such a great following that wish us the best! We have 850nm still to go to get there, but with such a reward at the end of the trip we are determined and excited as ever! 
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Lithium Mini Series
We recently made the change from AGM lead acid batteries to RELiON Lithium batteries and thought we would share our experience and information with everyone. ​ We have been living in the dark ages for many months now as our old AGM batteries were at the end of their life cycle. It had become the stage where it was a safety concern for us to be sailing at night as early in the morning we would struggle to have enough power to send a radio signal and our navigation lights were really dim... Lithium to the Rescue! 
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To learn more about Lithium, head over to the "Our Gear" page

Installing Lithium Batteries

This is the second vid of the two part series. This video we install our new Lithium batteries into our vessel. We take you through some of the advantages of Lithium Iron phosphate and discuss the charging systems required. This is in important subject as many people believe if you change to Lithium you need to change everything! 

Upgrading to Lithium, Is it worth it?

This first vid of the two part series, we collect our new batteries and then explain why we made the change and provide you with information comparing the two types of batteries. Upgrading to Lithium, Is it worth it? That is the question we answer and provide you with enough information for you to make the decision yourself!
WINDLASS UPDATE: 
The new Windlass is on Nandji!!! Bonita managed to carry the thing back on her travels returning to Nandji. After a few dabacles with luggage weights as she was 33 kg over, the lovely people at QANTAS waved her though for free and then a cheeky 100 US to customs for tax, and here it is on Nandji!! This guy is going to be the greatest addition to Nandji's bow when I install it in Malaysia. I have found a soft spot in the wood near the current windlass so a big job ahead!
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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Thanks for thinking of us and helping us to achieve our dreams! Yew!

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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!