Sailing Nandji

[leftbrainstuff]

+1

can't fault that wisdom

Originally Posted by Wayne hoath

+1. Sounds about right to me :-)

[leftbrainstuff]

Originally Posted by NevilleCat

I guess we will see more when they are able to upload the footage.
Very sad; when I first started watching these guys I was pretty skeptical with them being young, dreadlocks and tatts and oh so very Ocker...a bit hard to listen to, but over the years I've watched them learn as much as they can and work so hard on their boat and their skills and personally I've been very impressed with their attitude and commitment.
I am shocked with the lack of help from others in the anchorage.
I can understand not wanting to put yourself in danger at the time but as soon as things die down you would assume you would get in the tender and offer even the loan of emergency pump or fenders or especially a barge board or similar to reduce potential damage....or at least a show of support.
Yosh admits they want to be able to look after themselves as much as possible and not rely on anyone else but still....
I have no doubt that this impressive couple will do a great job of rebuilding their boat and carry on with their plans.

Yes.

Typical Aussie tenacity demonstrated by Yosh and Bonita.

I watch the handout of civil awards to snowflakes and wannabees each year on Australia day with disdain.

It's folks like these who are great ambassadors for Australia that never get recognised. Except by us...

[Group9]

Originally Posted by Simi 60

Bummer but why oh why would you pick up a mooring ball vs using your own, proven, trusted gear.

From watching the video, it seems they are asking themselves that question several times a day. He said it was late, and it was calm, and he was tired, and he rolled the dice, and lost.

I'm with you, though. I hate moorings, especially as an answer to bad weather. The only moorings I ever trusted, were the ones I owned and maintained myself.

We have a double recommended size Mantus anchor on our boat now, and all chain rode. That's what I sleep good on.

[joelhemington]

Originally Posted by Wayne hoath

Sad to hear that the sailing Nandji guys got blown into a reef after their mooring ball failed in a squall. Worse still that other cruisers in the area sat and watched whilst they frantically saved their boat. None of the 5 or so boats came over or offered assistance?


https://youtu.be/-H9Xm_saXCQ

Thankfully they got Nandji off with the assistance of some locals.

Be good to know who those other boats were - if they were to get in trouble, we could just ignore them and go on our way.

[Group9]

Originally Posted by leftbrainstuff

Yes.

Typical Aussie tenacity demonstrated by Yosh and Bonita.

I watch the handout of civil awards to snowflakes and wannabees each year on Australia day with disdain.

It's folks like these who are great ambassadors for Australia that never get recognised. Except by us...

It's hard not to like those two kids! We only do Patreon for a couple of crews and they are one of the them. I'm sure they'll be fine. They got what it takes.