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Cheers mate!

@@Dawnraider often don't hear them underwater though at the time 🤷‍♂️

@@Narikisailingaustralia1243 funny that isn’t it? I had them through my hull when I was lying in the bunk at night. Couldn’t get any recording device to pick it up though.

@@danieschoonwinkel346 In there now! ... back out Thursday

@@Narikisailingaustralia1243 may i please come greet you guys sir . My parents live right there at the marina i have my last off day tomorrow but whould love to come say hi

@@danieschoonwinkel346 no problem. I am in F10 but Sam is back home. I should be home in the morning. Come knock on the side

@@Narikisailingaustralia1243 will do sir

@@malgraham351 pretty nice area to escape a blow Mal. Thanks again for watching 👍👍

@@barneyscott8634 thanks for that .... nice reactions are what keeps me making them! 👍

@@Dawnraider Cheers mate. I was in the shower when Sam called me up on deck first that! Hence no close up drone shot of Nariki 😉😜🤣

@@Narikisailingaustralia1243 oh well however you got it it was an awesome catch.

@@Havachat Thanks and you're very welcome! Love Little Black Reef ... should be nice there this weekend!!! Very jealous! 👍 Keep an eye out for Surprise Bommie just before the entrance!!!

@@Dawnraider thanks mate ... great to meet you finally up there!

@@johnmorton1050 Until next time John! 👍

@@johnmorton1050 Until next time John! 👍

@@sailorruss5279 you too Russ. I'll keep an eye out for you!

@@karengarner7034 hey Karen good to hear from you. We sold The Doghouse back in March so no longer in the 365 club. Hoping for a couple more trips Oct/Nov

We have done a fair bit of work to ours. Nothing we didn't expect when we purchased it. We are technically still treading water in Port Phillip Bay. We care for Gregs mum and she is kicking along well at 98 1/2. But, I doubt she is up for cruising life 😅 our cruising days will come.😢 Till then we are packing in as much sailing experience and courses as possible and living our cruising days through the likes of yourself and Sam. Happy sailing

@@johnmclachlan1023 haha she doesn't need me buying her any more handbags! Cheers for the comment!

@@danieschoonwinkel346 Do you get down to the Mackay marina? If so feel free to come say hi. Nariki's berth is at X3 currently - off the southern arm. Thanks for watching. Gotta love Mackay ... we do!

@@Narikisailingaustralia1243 id love to come say hi . Itl be awesome to meet you in real life

@@barneyscott8634 cheers for that! P1 😜

Yeah Phil I think we were there first day of school holidays! Thanks for watching. 👍

Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed the video. When does it appear in the video David? If you're looking around the 18:16 time, that's a Baler Snail (I think) followed by a nudibranch (not sure what variety) 👍

@@Narikisailingaustralia1243 -- 33.56

Haha! You made me go back and watch that!!! Thanks for the giggle!! 😉🤫🤣

Cheers for that guys! Quite a few people have said the same so thanks for letting me know... comments like yours help make the time spent making these videos all the more worthwhile. See ya round!

Cheers for the comment. Good luck with your boat search and hope you find our channel useful to your future cruising. 👍

Thanks Jill. Not the last hopefully!

Thanks for that!

Not a good day for some poor boater. Hope it worked out OK. I hear the Swansea channel has been dredged (or about to be???)

Point taken. I'll keep my reply short then ... thanks for watching.

Had to get out of Brisbane Waters some day!

At what minute is it flashing? First I'd heard of it 🤷‍♂️

@@Narikisailingaustralia1243 Actually most of the way through it, originally I thought it was light when cameras caught the LED lights flickering.... might be on my end, but its the first i've seen it

@@bags4649 are you watching in 1080? Anyway thanks for the heads up. I'll watch it again 👍

@@Narikisailingaustralia1243 yeah

One of my besties is from Liverpool so I know where ya coming from 👏😂

We were very impressed by the resort at Palm Bay. Beautiful grounds ... and we didn't get charged to enjoy lunch there!

Thanks for watching. We've got an episode coming up where my brother joined us for a week, most of which was spent out at Bait and Little Black Reefs off the Whtsundays. Keep an eye out for that one ... now that was some truly epic conditions!

If you mean Hill Inlet I believe it was Sept 22nd (or thereabouts).

If it makes you feel any better Vicki they've all headed down your way now. Haven't seen one for a few weeks (spoiler alert ... last ones we saw are in next episode). 😉

Great to hear. Lets do it again ... say around 3pm???? 😂😂😂

Cheers for those lovely comments. Yeah I'd like to think those whales would've gotten out of our way, especially at slow speeds, but Sam sure didn't think so at the time! If you've seen our episode where we left home (episode 30) there were whales everywhere and we were quite concerned about night passages. We still did them though, so I guess we were thinking the same as you ... that they would hopefully get out of our way. So far so good. 🤞 I think they've all left the Whitsundays where we are currently and headed south. Thanks again for watching 👍

Oh and I had an uncle named Peter Forbes 🤣

Cheers for that! Glad you enjoyed it.

Haha thats too funny John! Plenty of repairs go on behind the scenes (especially with a new-to-us boat) but most are just tedious and boring. Could have showed the autopilot going back in but way too much grunting, sweating and swearing 🤣 Thanks again for watching!

Look thats probably us Southerners "rounding off" to the nearest big town Russell. Definitely the marina and anchorage is more Burnett Heads. Both are still nice spots that we enjoy visiting. Thanks for your comment and for watching Russell! 👍 Neil

You and me both Vick! Spoiler alert ... autopilot fixed now

Welcome back aboard! 🤣

Hey Glen ... yeah I thought when I watched it back that maybe it was a bit melodramatic! I guess it wasn't really bad, just not fun and longer than we'd planned. Especially with a non-functioning autopilot it was hand steering the whole way, and in swell that can get tiring. Thanks for watching again OgDog (love that tag!)

Yeah like I said to Glen in another comment, it wasn't a bad day, just not fun. Sometimes you just gotta get the miles done, and with about a week of heavy weather approaching we had to find somewhere comfortable to ride it out, which Island Head Creek proved to be (spoiler alert!). Where are you currently?

@Narikisailingaustralia1243 we are at Townsville will be tracking back after the 5th Sept, weather permitting

Onya Karen. How're those new sails??? So jelly (jealous) 😂

Thanks Frank and nice to meet you guys. Yep definitely keep an eye out for yooz. 😂 You show up on AIS?

Couldn't think of a more deserving person to have shared that manta ray dive with than you Vic

The lesson is ... never stop learning! I've been a yacht owner for 36 years and had 5 different yachts and I still manage to f&$k up!!! 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️ I was totally at fault. I was too trusting of the forecast and although I had been there before, I had forgotten how hard the tide can run there. We anchored at high tide and using my sounder (fish finder) I motored slowly towards the bank (INTO the NW wind) and as soon as I saw that rise start I decided that was the spot to drop anchor, especially after noting the expected breeze for the next days (NW with never had any "easterly" component). That spot kept me out of the main channel (Garrys is quite narrow) but in deep enough water (we draw 2.1m). Remember too this was high tide and the bank wasn't visible. So then the forecast breeze never came (or rather it just died off) so we were left at the mercy of the current. There were a few other boats in there who were in the deeper areas already also limiting our options, but we found another option after reanchoring that evening. Lessons learnt : Don't be too trusting of the forecast. Take current into consideration (we have bugger all current back home) I should have investigated the depth past our anchor drop spot more before dropping anchor. Don't expect to easily dislodge a large, well-set anchor from your dinghy by hand!!! Anyway, hope that explains that predicament and thanks for watching Graham. These videos are really just my record of our trips so I can be an "armchair cruiser" in my later years. I have to include even my less admirable situations that could easily be edited out. I often find though that its those things that make that particular visit memorable... "Remember when we cocked up that ...." 😂