Blog Posts
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Replacing the 20 meter long steering cable on Navasana
When we got to Brisbane after sailing some 23,000nm from La Rochelle, I found some broken strands on the steering cable….
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Setting up a Catamaran for blue water sailing
Yachting World Magazine asked me to write an article on how to setup a catamaran for blue water cruising with Nikki…
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Backup Self Steering
Most of the time we are sailing with just the two of us on long ocean passages and the thought of…
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Atlantic Crossing Autopilot Survey
Good autopilot article from yachting world magazine based on survey of 250 boats that crossed the Atlantic last year including us….
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How to get to Pink Beach in Rangiroa
The pink beach anchorage in the eastern most side of Rangiroa is one of the most beautiful anchorages we have been…
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Excited to be profiled in the July issue of Latitude 38 Magazine!
We were happy to be profiled in Lat 38, I used it read it all the time when I was living…
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Pacific Crossing #2 Recap
I was really excited to complete my second pacific crossing arriving in the Marquesas on the 27th of April from Panama….
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Interviewed in PBO Magazine! How we selected our ideal cruising boat comparing monohulls and other cats.
In May’s edition Ali Wood, the editor asks what makes the perfect bluewater boat. We were lucky to be one of…
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Featured in Practical Boat Owner Magazine! How we configured Navasana for bluewater.
Humbled to be the main feature in the April edition of Practical Boat Owner magazine! I have been reading the magazine…
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Atlantic Crossing Recap, Photos & Videos!
Some quick stats from our Atlantic crossing from Las Palmas, Gran Canara to St Lucia with the ARC Days to cross:…
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Downwind Reefing Setup
On Navasana we reef going downwind which is much safer and easier than bashing into big swells and waves especially in…
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Safety & Emergency Preparations
Since we were planning to cross multiple oceans we wanted to make sure we were well prepared for any eventuality. We…
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Quoted in Practical Boat Owner!
We got quoted in Practical Boat Owner! Love the story about Jessy getting locked in the bathroom, that didn’t quite happen…
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Profiled in this month’s Yachting World magazine!
Excited to be profiled in this month’s Yachting World Magazine. Best reason to get a copy now 🙂
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We made it!
So excited to get into St Lucia and cross the ARC finish line around 8pm on Dec 10!
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Day 20 150 miles to go to St Lucia.
Only 150 miles to go, hoping to get into St Lucia tomorrow or Sunday morning depending on how fast we can…
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Day 19 Getting lifted to St Lucia
We started sailing early this morning after motoring to a position that would allow us to get to St Lucia on…
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Day 18 Motoring to dodge a warm front
Much as we love beating to windward on a catamaran, we decided to switch on the iron genny to get ahead…
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Day 17 Beating for 450miles
We have headwinds for the last 450 miles to St Lucia and beating close hauled on a catamaran is like Chinese…
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Day 16 We have a new crew member!
We picked up a new crew member today. She flew down and would not leave. We spent many hours shooing her…
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Day 15 Our Code 65 gets us sailing again
We found 5-6 knots of wind on the beam which was enough for our North Code 65 to give us 4-5…
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Day 14 On the Iron Genny, looking for wind
The wind died last night, with strengths below forecast and for the first time since we left las Palmas we are…
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Day 13 Almost run down by a suspicious Tanker
A squall was just going past and through the rain we spotted a red tanker about 6 nautical miles behind heading…
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Day 12 Bumpy ride
To avoid a whole bunch of squalls we are sailing a little higher than normal which means taking the wind waves…
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