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Thanks for that Ollie, the good part about the story was that I stayed on Hamilton for seven months working as a Marine Engineer before we headed off. We are actually in Darwin now and I'm just about to put the episodes together of the last legs of our journey up to Darwin, but the fun times continue, Covid, broken rudder, all sorts of fun so I hope you enjoy these as well when they come out. Cheers

Sure did Bruce, the highlight was the Soldier Walk thing up over the coastline, simply sensational. Cheers

Hi Rod, Glad your enjoying the videos. We have just arrived in Darwin after four weeks from Hammo to here, so the next few videos will be all about iluka hitting the water again and a rather interesting trip across the Top of Australia. I have heaps of vision and experiences in the Whitsundays to share, so once I get the trip ones out, I plan on putting together a couple just on the Whitsundays that will hopefully encourage people to spend a bit more time in that area exploring more than just the usual spots, as there is so much to offer. Of course we will be on and about the water around here and in the Kimberly's as well over the next year so hopefully plenty of episodes on that as well. Hope you stay tuned and if your in Darwin, give us a yell, Ill take you out on the good ship Iluka for a spin. Cheers.

Hi Buddy. We’ve arrived in Darwin so the next lot of videos are going to be the trip from Hammo to Darwin, but I’ve got that much footage of the Whitsundays I’m going to do a couple on my favourite places there. It was a great day when we filmed you guys so look out for that one, I’m sure you’ll feature again. Glad your enjoying the vids, they take the whole week to put together so if you like and share them as much as you can it would be greatly appreciated.. cheers

Thanks Brian. Can’t change it now it’s been posted unfortunately, lucky I can sail better than I can spell. Glad your enjoying the videos. Next one we head off and start to make our way to Darwin. We arrived a couple of days ago so now have to get my act together and start to do some editing. Unfortunately it takes about 15 hours to do a 20 minute video. I do appreciate when I get comments, hope people are getting something out of them. Cheers buddy….

Can’t hold a good Pirate down buddy. We actually have just arrived in Darwin with the boat, got to get my act together and get the videos out, hope your enjoying them…Cheers

Great to hear. I have so much great footage of our time there I will be putting together a couple of Episodes just on the Whitsundays sometime in the future. Next ones however will be all about going from Hammo to Darwin, a trip we just completed last week that took us a little over 20 days. I hope you enjoy them. Thanks for the comments

Thanks Pete, yep, took a while but we are back having fun. Just putting the next video together now, it will b a beauty. Thanks for your support. Cheers

Thanks Jack. A couple of weeks and we will be heading for Darwin from Hamilton, big five week sail, looking forward to it......

Hi Gerard, thanks for that, glad you are enjoying the videos, its a lot more fun watching someone else blow up gearboxes than doing it yourself (lol). Hope to see you out here with us one day. take care buddy...

Thanks Barney. There is still more of the story to come as I'm still a couple of months behind with the videos. Watch this space, things are about to get interesting.. Cheers

ditto, everything has a price tag there, and help can be hard to come by, well done, amazing what you can do with some force multipliers

Non stopping us mate..Cheers

Thanks buddy, looking for crew soon so you may have to come and join us….

Thanks buddy, yeah, going through that once a decade is enough, glad you enjoyed, plenty more to come

Welcome aboard. Yep, the good news is we are up and going again. Hopefully have the next video out this weekend. Hope you enjoy. Cheers

Good to hear from you Johnny Mac, hope all is well. I have to have an engine to run my still you fool, any good pirate knows a man can’t make bourbon with sails alone. Take care buddy…..

Hi Rod, I have to confess, this was shot in August and we are all up and going again now after me working as a Marine Engineer on the island for four months saving some dollars, but that is on another episode my friend. You can’t hold a good pirate down, but you can tell him his slack and edit some more episodes so his you tube Chanel is more up to date. I promise I’ll catch up soon….cheers buddy.

Another great video. We know Hamilton well so brought back great memories. We had our syndicate boat moored at Hamilton, which we had for several years. Looking forward to the next episode. Cheers

@@hthring thanks buddy, just editing the next episode now. We get going again but it was a lesson in having faith in yourself and getting the right mechanics and engineers on your side believe me. You’ll soon see what I mean, thank you so much for following our adventures. It makes the hours of editing all worth while…

Every thing is for sale my friend…

@@sailingiluka4048 sad mate

@@sailingoceandreams5267 she is my home and always surprises me what she can do and how well she looks after us no matter what we throw at her. You will see in our next episode that we have a bt of an issue, but this happened a month or two ago as we are playing catch up. She is currently moored in Hamilton Island, and we are about to get back on her and continue our adventures, but I don't want to spoil the story for you, so you will have to keep watching as the story unravels. What I can tell you is a lot of people would have given up, but we haven't. We had to take a break, but we are definitely a long way from finished. All will be revealed very soon I promise. Hope your enjoying the videos.

Magic mate so Iluka not for sale now ..

I live in Bermagui and I seen u at fisherman's wharf that's why I said g'day

Thanks Christopher, plenty more to come and the scenery up here is simply spectacular. Looking forward to sharing it with you….

Thanks Rod, appreciate it, lot more adventures to come. Cheers

Hi Stephen, no worries, hopefully will definitely catch up in the future. Make sure you come over and say hello. Take care and thanks so much for watching

Thanks buddy, this one only took 10 hours and three months….

Hi Rod, just adds to the adventure buddy, nothing a roll of fencing wire and some gaffa tape cant fix. Cheers

Hi Hayden, thanks for that, had it marked as made for kids but have fixed that so the comments are now open. Glad you liked the latest video. Hopefully the next one will be out real soon. Cheers and thanks for watching....

Hi David, just logged in and got your message, I hope you had as much fun there as we did. Stay safe buddy....

Plenty more to come, the adventure is just beginning. Bit warmer up here and no great whites, soon be in crocodile country though, watch this space

Glad you enjoyed it

Hi guys, yeah going good. Been off the grid for a while and had all sorts of dramas but getting back on track now so the adventure can continue. UA-cam videos are way behind so going to get back into it and bring everyone up to speed. Next episode out real soon…take care

@@sailingiluka4048 so pleased to hear you’re okay Robbie. We’ve really enjoyed following your adventures. Stay well. Rod & Lill (Sapphire)

Hi Peter, we are still in the Whitsundays, and the last video was shot about nine weeks ago, so plenty more to come, just finding the time to put them together is the hard part. Glad your enjoying them, makes the effort worth while. Cheers

@@sailingiluka4048 I know where you are comfortably parked up on Hammo. We met you and Andrea on the ferry. 👍

Hi Hayden, thanks for your message. It takes me about eight hours to put a video together, but hopefully will have another one out by the weekend, glad your enjoying them. Cheers

Hi Rod, glad your enjoying them. Am posting another one today as I am currently about three months behind. Some good ones coming up as we get into the Whitsundays, looking forward to see you out on the water as this is what this channel is all about, inspiring people to take the leap. Cheers

@@sailingiluka4048 Hi Again Robbie, in the Whitsundays you may like to interview a great mate of mine Ken Thackeray (Mystique) who started Shag Island Cruising Yacht Club (Shaggers). If you need a sailmaker - other great friends Charles and Megan at Doyle Sails. Just love Airlie Beach

Hi Norman, glad you are enjoying them. We have some great ones coming up as we go through the Whitsundays so I hope we don't disappoint.. I am just trying to get the time to put them together as I am about two months behind. Anyway another one will be out this afternoon so I hoe you enjoy. Cheers

Hi Hayden, plenty more videos to come as we are about two months behind at the moment, just got to get the time to edit them, but there is plenty more on the way, glad your enjoying them..

Hi Peter, glad your enjoying the videos. If you want to see any particular tips on anything please let me know. Cheers

Hi Darryl, welcome aboard. Glad your enjoying the Videos although we are a little behind at the moment and playing catch up. The video suite I am using is Filmora, its a pay version for a small fee, but I find it pretty easy to use even though I only use about 5% of what it can do. It takes about a day to edit up an episode so it is a bit time consuming, but a good way to fill in the day on the shitty weather days. Cheers and stay safe, plenty more videos to come.

Hi Jose, welcome aboard. Thank you for the kind words about our boat, she is an ex charter boat and is a real beauty. In a couple of episodes we have her out of the water for major repairs in Brisbane so you will get a good look at her, and yes, she is similar to an Amel both inside and below the waterline, but this one is Australian Made, got my patriot hat on there. Glad your enjoying the videos. there are plenty more on the way as we are currently in the Whitsundays desperately playing catch up with the editing side of things. Enjoy and stay safe, hope to see you out on the water one day.