Our sailing catamaran was finally fixed and after 20 days of frustration, sweating and head scratching it was time to leave Sorong and sail out into Raja Ampat for some R&R Marie and Eli were raring t

After hitting a log while sailing at high speed I had plenty of repairs to get done. This is part 2 of 3 of my repair series in Sorong. In this video I mainly work on getting the bent rudder straight.

I had a 260nm passage ahead of me and this time with favourable winds. In the first 8 hours I banged out 75 miles and was loving it! Finally proper sailing! The night was also very good with minimal traffic, no squalls and lower but ok winds. After an epic breakfast of pancakes and fruit I was back at it, sailing fast and looking forward to arriving at my anchorage in good time. Just after lunch I was down below getting a drink and was thrown to the floor in a huge impact. Rushing upstairs fearing the worst I saw I'd collided with a huge tree. Hope you enjoy my video this week. We are a Kiwi & French couple with a baby boy living on a sailboat currently in Indonesia, making videos in the hope of making your day a little better. If you enjoy our videos and appreciate the effort that goes into making them then please consider supporting their production. For as little as $2 per video you can really help us out. Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SailingLearningByDoing Our Paypal: https://paypal.me/vernondeck?locale.x... ??Insta360 Here is a discount code valid for all Insta360 products. DISCOUNT CODE: INRATU4 ???Want an amazing print for your wall? Here: https://www.vernondeck.com/Ready-to-print ??LBD Crew Tee's Get your Learning By Doing merch here!!! https://teespring.com/stores/learningbydoing ??SUBTECH https://www.subtechsports.com Promo code: teamsubtechvernon Discount: 20% off (Free Shipping World wide) ???????Indiana Paddlesurf: https://shop.indiana-sup.ch VERNON10X (10% discount code)

A few minutes after leaving Wakatobi an alarm started beeping loudly. I thought it was something relating to my boat for a minute until I realised it was an AIS Safety Warning, an alert being transmitted by someone in distress. It was 6-7nm out of my way and there were two ships passing the area much closer but when I radioed them they didnt seem concerned and said they'd "monitor" the situation. That didnt sound very encouraging so I changed course to go checkout the situation myself. Hope you enjoy my video this week. We are a Kiwi & French couple with a baby boy living on a sailboat currently in Indonesia, making videos in the hope of making your day a little better. If you enjoy our videos and appreciate the effort that goes into making them then please consider supporting their production. For as little as $2 per video you can really help us out. Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SailingLearningByDoing Our Paypal: https://paypal.me/vernondeck?locale.x... ??Insta360 Here is a discount code valid for all Insta360 products. DISCOUNT CODE: INRATU4 ???Want an amazing print for your wall? Here: https://www.vernondeck.com/Ready-to-print ??LBD Crew Tee's Get your Learning By Doing merch here!!! https://teespring.com/stores/learningbydoing ??SUBTECH https://www.subtechsports.com Promo code: teamsubtechvernon Discount: 20% off (Free Shipping World wide) ???????Indiana Paddlesurf: https://shop.indiana-sup.ch VERNON10X (10% discount code)

After a collision with a submerged log I discovered that the impact had snapped all four engine mounts on my port engine. I was in a pretty remote location with no access to new ones so it was up to me to figure it out. A four day repair mission of sweat, blood and tears and final success. Join me for this very long episode. We are a Kiwi & French couple with a baby boy living on a sailboat currently in Indonesia, making videos in the hope of making your day a little better. If you enjoy our videos and appreciate the effort that goes into making them then please consider supporting their production. For as little as $2 per video you can really help us out. Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SailingLearningByDoing Our Paypal: https://paypal.me/vernondeck?locale.x... ??Insta360 Here is a discount code valid for all Insta360 products. DISCOUNT CODE: INRATU4 ???Want an amazing print for your wall? Here: https://www.vernondeck.com/Ready-to-print ??LBD Crew Tee's Get your Learning By Doing merch here!!! https://teespring.com/stores/learningbydoing ??SUBTECH https://www.subtechsports.com Promo code: teamsubtechvernon Discount: 20% off (Free Shipping World wide) ???????Indiana Paddlesurf: https://shop.indiana-sup.ch VERNON10X (10% discount code)

So I'm sailing Solo again! I'm really looking forward to this 1000nm trip. Marie and Eli are in France and will join me in 5 weeks, obviously I'm missing them a great deal but daily video calls make it easier. I'm starting off with a 360 mile passage from Komodo to South Sulawesi. I've got a good wind forecast, the boat is full of fuel, water and food and I'm feeling good. This passage had its ups and downs but the ending was really a low point. Enjoy this one. We are a Kiwi & French couple with a baby boy living on a sailboat currently in Indonesia, making videos in the hope of making your day a little better. If you enjoy our videos and appreciate the effort that goes into making them then please consider supporting their production. For as little as $2 per video you can really help us out. Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SailingLearningByDoing Our Paypal: https://paypal.me/vernondeck?locale.x... ??Insta360 Here is a discount code valid for all Insta360 products. DISCOUNT CODE: INRATU4 ???Want an amazing print for your wall? Here: https://www.vernondeck.com/Ready-to-print ??LBD Crew Tee's Get your Learning By Doing merch here!!! https://teespring.com/stores/learningbydoing ??SUBTECH https://www.subtechsports.com Promo code: teamsubtechvernon Discount: 20% off (Free Shipping World wide) ???????Indiana Paddlesurf: https://shop.indiana-sup.ch VERNON10X (10% discount code)

Welcome to Wakatobi, one of the premier dive spots in the world and home of Indonesia's best boat marina. The thing is it's totally abandoned basically and it costs nothing to stay there. Join me as I try to figure out what happened here and why so much money was invested with no apparent return. Turns out the theme continues all over the whole island, so much new infrastructure thats never been used and is slowly decaying. Hope you enjoy my video this week. We are a Kiwi & French couple with a baby boy living on a sailboat currently in Indonesia, making videos in the hope of making your day a little better. If you enjoy our videos and appreciate the effort that goes into making them then please consider supporting their production. For as little as $2 per video you can really help us out. Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SailingLearningByDoing Our Paypal: https://paypal.me/vernondeck?locale.x... ??Insta360 Here is a discount code valid for all Insta360 products. DISCOUNT CODE: INRATU4 ???Want an amazing print for your wall? Here: https://www.vernondeck.com/Ready-to-print ??LBD Crew Tee's Get your Learning By Doing merch here!!! https://teespring.com/stores/learningbydoing ??SUBTECH https://www.subtechsports.com Promo code: teamsubtechvernon Discount: 20% off (Free Shipping World wide) ???????Indiana Paddlesurf: https://shop.indiana-sup.ch VERNON10X (10% discount code)

I flew to Australia to see a 54ft Aluminium sailing boat called Ivanhoe. It would need a total rebuild from bottom up and that is a HUGE job. Our budget would be AU$100k and 12 months to get the job done. Last week I showed you guys Ivanhoe and most of you told me to RUN AWAY!. Well I flew back to Bali and showed Marie video and photos and we discussed the pros and cons and came to a decision. Do we keep our current boat, a perfectly good Crowther Windspeed 39 or take a massive gamble and go for the project boat? Enjoy this one. We are a Kiwi & French couple with a baby boy living on a sailboat currently in Indonesia, making videos in the hope of making your day a little better. If you enjoy our videos and appreciate the effort that goes into making them then please consider supporting their production. For as little as $2 per video you can really help us out. Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SailingLearningByDoing Our Paypal: https://paypal.me/vernondeck?locale.x... Insta360 Here is a discount code valid for all Insta360 products. DISCOUNT CODE: INRATU4 Want an amazing print for your wall? Here: https://www.vernondeck.com/Ready-to-print LBD Crew Tee's Get your Learning By Doing merch here!!! https://teespring.com/stores/learningbydoing SUBTECH https://www.subtechsports.com Promo code: teamsubtechvernon Discount: 20% off (Free Shipping World wide) Indiana Paddlesurf: https://shop.indiana-sup.ch VERNON10X (10% discount code)

Ivanhoe is a 54ft Aluminium sailing boat that is in total disrepair. I fly to Australia just to look this boat over and to see if it's the right project for us to take on. She was built as a flat-topped racing boat, then years later changes were made to convert her to a cruising boat but nothing was finished. For a few years now this beautiful boat has sat on a mooring, waiting for the right person to take on this massive project. Could that person be me? Enjoy this one and tune in next week for our decision. We are a Kiwi & French couple with a baby boy living on a sailboat currently in Indonesia, making videos in the hope of making your day a little better. If you enjoy our videos and appreciate the effort that goes into making them then please consider supporting their production. For as little as $2 per video you can really help us out. Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SailingLearningByDoing Our Paypal: https://paypal.me/vernondeck?locale.x... Insta360 Here is a discount code valid for all Insta360 products. DISCOUNT CODE: INRATU4 Want an amazing print for your wall? Here: https://www.vernondeck.com/Ready-to-print LBD Crew Tee's Get your Learning By Doing merch here!!! https://teespring.com/stores/learningbydoing SUBTECH https://www.subtechsports.com Promo code: teamsubtechvernon Discount: 20% off (Free Shipping World wide) Indiana Paddlesurf: https://shop.indiana-sup.ch VERNON10X (10% discount code)

Sailing in Indonesia means you need to be flexible and adaptive. Almost nothing is as it is in western countries and that includes finding and buying fuel. I'm nearly out of diesel and it's time to track some down. Now the easiest way would be to just pay a local to go get it for me but I almost never use this option, I prefer to go on an adventure and see what happens. (also, if a local gets it you dont actually know what the quality will be like). I rip across to the mainland in the highfeild and then rent a horse to take me to the gas station. Enjoy this one. We are a Kiwi & French couple with a baby boy living on a sailboat currently in Indonesia, making videos in the hope of making your day a little better. If you enjoy our videos and appreciate the effort that goes into making them then please consider supporting their production. For as little as $2 per video you can really help us out. Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SailingLearningByDoing Our Paypal: https://paypal.me/vernondeck?locale.x... Insta360 Here is a discount code valid for all Insta360 products. DISCOUNT CODE: INRATU4 Want an amazing print for your wall? Here: https://www.vernondeck.com/Ready-to-print LBD Crew Tee's Get your Learning By Doing merch here!!! https://teespring.com/stores/learningbydoing SUBTECH https://www.subtechsports.com Promo code: teamsubtechvernon Discount: 20% off (Free Shipping World wide) Indiana Paddlesurf: https://shop.indiana-sup.ch VERNON10X (10% discount code)

Our circumnavigation of Sulawesi is completed and its time to sail southwest to Bali. The passage is around 375nm and we expect it to take 48hrs. A really nice forecast is predicted but we know by now that in these waters this is really just a guess. Trade Runner has ben prepared and checked over, we have fuel, water and food aboard and we are all fit and well rested. Lets Go! We are a Kiwi & French couple with a baby boy living on a sailboat currently in Indonesia, making videos in the hope of making your day a little better. If you enjoy our videos and appreciate the effort that goes into making them then please consider supporting their production. For as little as $2 per video you can really help us out. Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SailingLearningByDoing Our Paypal: https://paypal.me/vernondeck?locale.x... Insta360 Here is a discount code valid for all Insta360 products. DISCOUNT CODE: INRATU4 Want an amazing print for your wall? Here: https://www.vernondeck.com/Ready-to-print LBD Crew Tee's Get your Learning By Doing merch here!!! https://teespring.com/stores/learningbydoing SUBTECH https://www.subtechsports.com Promo code: teamsubtechvernon Discount: 20% off (Free Shipping World wide) Indiana Paddlesurf: https://shop.indiana-sup.ch VERNON10X (10% discount code)

Sailing this magnificent hand built vessel for a day was pretty amazing! Anugerah Ilahi was built in a year, painstaking labour with simple tools on a beach near Makassar, Indonesia. She is a Pelari, a traditional trading vessel, used for hundreds of years in these waters. Horst Liebner is a German who has been living here for decades and has studied the maritime history of Indonesia. The vessel has no engine or modern equipment, everything is done by hand. The ship has 8 sails and tacking or typing is quite a manoeuvre, needing all hands working together. On this day we set of from the main harbour in Makassar, weaving around huge ships and made our way out into the ocean. The plan was to sail out a few miles then when the tide turned sail right back to where we started. The tide did turn but the hoped for currents stayed away and this meant we had no chance of getting back to our departure point. Such is life when you no engine, you work with what nature gives you, make the right decisions and stay safe. It's quite humbling to think that you only get 1 chance to anchor correctly! Enjoy this episode. We are a Kiwi & French couple with a baby boy living on a sailboat currently in Indonesia, making videos in the hope of making your day a little better. If you enjoy our videos and appreciate the effort that goes into making them then please consider supporting their production. For as little as $2 per video you can really help us out. Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SailingLearningByDoing Our Paypal: https://paypal.me/vernondeck?locale.x... Insta360 Here is a discount code valid for all Insta360 products. DISCOUNT CODE: INRATU4 Want an amazing print for your wall? Here: https://www.vernondeck.com/Ready-to-print LBD Crew Tee's Get your Learning By Doing merch here!!! https://teespring.com/stores/learningbydoing SUBTECH https://www.subtechsports.com Promo code: teamsubtechvernon Discount: 20% off (Free Shipping World wide) Indiana Paddlesurf: https://shop.indiana-sup.ch VERNON10X (10% discount code)

We are ENGAGED! Marie proposed to me at 06.30 on my 50th birthday. She made a tinfoil ring and presented it in her rayban sunglasses case. What a girl! We continued our 1000 mile passage from Manado to Makassar in Sulawesi, having some great wind and we even got to race against our future boat, Sv Jams, a 47ft Van de Stadt Samoa. There were a coupe of very memorable anchorages along the way and we had some incredible sunsets too. Soon enough we arrived in the large city of Makassar with its new 99 dome mosque. Enjoy this episode. We are a Kiwi & French couple with a baby boy living on a sailboat currently in Indonesia, making videos in the hope of making your day a little better. If you enjoy our videos and appreciate the effort that goes into making them then please consider supporting their production. For as little as $2 per video you can really help us out. Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SailingLearningByDoing Our Paypal: https://paypal.me/vernondeck?locale.x... Insta360 Here is a discount code valid for all Insta360 products. DISCOUNT CODE: INRATU4 Want an amazing print for your wall? Here: https://www.vernondeck.com/Ready-to-print LBD Crew Tee's Get your Learning By Doing merch here!!! https://teespring.com/stores/learningbydoing SUBTECH https://www.subtechsports.com Promo code: teamsubtechvernon Discount: 20% off (Free Shipping World wide) Indiana Paddlesurf: https://shop.indiana-sup.ch VERNON10X (10% discount code)

Repairing boats is not at the top of my list of fun things to do but what do can you do? I had just recently spent a week fixing my boat after hitting a log in Sulawesi and now this, another log, this time in Raja Ampat. I dont have enough money to just pay someone else to do all the work and in the remote part of Papua I'm in there is no one who could do that anyway. So I just had to buckle down and get into it. This is part 1 of 3 of my repair series in Sorong. Blood, sweat, tears and swearing. Enjoy(more than me) We are a Kiwi & French couple with a baby boy living on a sailboat currently in Indonesia, making videos in the hope of making your day a little better. If you enjoy our videos and appreciate the effort that goes into making them then please consider supporting their production. For as little as $2 per video you can really help us out. Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SailingLearningByDoing Our Paypal: https://paypal.me/vernondeck?locale.x... ??Insta360 Here is a discount code valid for all Insta360 products. DISCOUNT CODE: INRATU4 ???Want an amazing print for your wall? Here: https://www.vernondeck.com/Ready-to-print ??LBD Crew Tee's Get your Learning By Doing merch here!!! https://teespring.com/stores/learningbydoing ??SUBTECH https://www.subtechsports.com Promo code: teamsubtechvernon Discount: 20% off (Free Shipping World wide) ???????Indiana Paddlesurf: https://shop.indiana-sup.ch VERNON10X (10% discount code)

Find all the prints here: https://www.vernondeck.com/Ready-to-print/Beauty-of-Sulawesi 2024 was a huge year for us, not only were we new parents with our 3 month old son Eli aboard, we also planned a very challenging adventure, circumnavigating Sulawesi. It was to be a very excellent adventure indeed, we sailed over 5500km, got hit by a huge ferry, got sick a few times, dealt with 3 months of almost non-stop rain, almost dragged anchor as both our engines wouldn't start and multiple other nervous moments. We also met hundreds of incredible, beautiful people of many different ethnicities, saw landscapes that we'd never imagined existed, slept next to a recently erupted volcano, ate amazing local foods, sailed rough seas and motored through the calmest of calms. There were times we very nearly quit, there were times we got so tired of living on a boat, there were times we got sick of each other but we always managed to sort things out and 2024 will be a year that we never forget. We hope yours was a good one too! Enjoy. We are a Kiwi & French couple with a baby boy living on a sailboat currently in Indonesia, making videos in the hope of making your day a little better. If you enjoy our videos and appreciate the effort that goes into making them then please consider supporting their production. For as little as $2 per video you can really help us out. Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SailingLearningByDoing Our Paypal: https://paypal.me/vernondeck?locale.x... Insta360 Here is a discount code valid for all Insta360 products. DISCOUNT CODE: INRATU4 LBD Crew Tee's Get your Learning By Doing merch here!!! https://teespring.com/stores/learningbydoing SUBTECH https://www.subtechsports.com Promo code: teamsubtechvernon Discount: 20% off (Free Shipping World wide) Indiana Paddlesurf: https://shop.indiana-sup.ch VERNON10X (10% discount code)

Sailing full time can be very challenging! There is so much out of our control, so much that can go wrong. Marie is feeling pretty upset during a very rough crossing from Sumbawa to Sulawesi, wondering why we are even doing this. Our 5 month old son Eli is on her mind and the potential danger we are putting him in. Very valid thoughts for a parent to have. Sailing full time can also be very rewarding! Being in amazing unique places and witnessing the amazing nature. The culture differences with the people we meet and our own learning along the way. Overcoming challenges and feeling stronger because of it. Its such a fine balance. How long will it last? If you enjoy our videos and appreciate the effort that goes into making them then perhaps you would be interested in supporting their production. A little goes a long way Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SailingLearningByDoing Our Paypal: https://paypal.me/vernondeck?locale.x... NEW!!! Get your Learning By Doing merch here!!! https://teespring.com/stores/learningbydoing SUBTECH https://www.subtechsports.com Promo code: teamsubtechvernon Discount: 20% off (Free Shipping World wide) Indiana Paddlesurf: https://shop.indiana-sup.ch VERNON10X (10% discount code) Please visit: http://www.vernondeck.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/Vernondeck/ FACEBOOK: https://goo.gl/WNrSV5

Would you buy Dog meat, bbq Bat, scorched Rat, Snake steak? Well if you're curious then you should go to the Pasar Ekstrim in Tomohon, North Sulawesi. Or just sit back and watch while we check it all out for you. Enjoy. We are a Kiwi & French couple with a baby boy living on a sailboat currently in Indonesia, making videos in the hope of making your day a little better. If you enjoy our videos and appreciate the effort that goes into making them then please consider supporting their production. For as little as $2 per video you can really help us out. Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SailingLearningByDoing Our Paypal: https://paypal.me/vernondeck?locale.x... LBD Crew Tee's Get your Learning By Doing merch here!!! https://teespring.com/stores/learningbydoing SUBTECH https://www.subtechsports.com Promo code: teamsubtechvernon Discount: 20% off (Free Shipping World wide) Indiana Paddlesurf: https://shop.indiana-sup.ch VERNON10X (10% discount code) Please visit: http://www.vernondeck.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/Vernondeck/ FACEBOOK: https://goo.gl/WNrSV5

The past 2 weeks have flown by but wow did we pack in some good times. Mark, one of our top tier Patrons cashed in his perks and joined us and it was a real pleasure, he actually made our lives aboard easier. We spent the last 4 days of his stay at Bunaken Island, one of Indonesia's oldest marine parks and spent more time under water than above. Man, it was good to finally see abundant live down there again. The rest of Sulawesi had been pretty dismal below the waves, the fishermen were too efficient I guess. We had a nice little sail to end the trip and then Mark gave us some valuable feedback on his experiences with us. Enjoy. We are a Kiwi & French couple with a baby boy living on a sailboat currently in Indonesia, making videos in the hope of making your day a little better. If you enjoy our videos and appreciate the effort that goes into making them then please consider supporting their production. For as little as $2 per video you can really help us out. Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SailingLearningByDoing Our Paypal: https://paypal.me/vernondeck?locale.x... LBD Crew Tee's Get your Learning By Doing merch here!!! https://teespring.com/stores/learningbydoing SUBTECH https://www.subtechsports.com Promo code: teamsubtechvernon Discount: 20% off (Free Shipping World wide) Indiana Paddlesurf: https://shop.indiana-sup.ch VERNON10X (10% discount code) Please visit: http://www.vernondeck.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/Vernondeck/ FACEBOOK: https://goo.gl/WNrSV5

Our floating home is a custom built Crowther Windspeed 39. We've had her over a year now and thought it high time to show her to you all. Built in 1996 by Geoff Cruse, Trade Runner is a performance based design, very light, very wide and very simple. She goes like the clappers, sails in hardly any wind and is very stable and forgiving. Let me know if there are any details I missed that youd want to know about. This first episode is the outside, nest week we'll shiow you inside so stay tuned for that one. Enjoy. If you enjoy our videos and appreciate the effort that goes into making them then please consider supporting their production. For as little as $2 per video you can really help us out. Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SailingLearningByDoing Our Paypal: https://paypal.me/vernondeck?locale.x... NEW!!! Get your Learning By Doing merch here!!! https://teespring.com/stores/learningbydoing SUBTECH https://www.subtechsports.com Promo code: teamsubtechvernon Discount: 20% off (Free Shipping World wide) Indiana Paddlesurf: https://shop.indiana-sup.ch VERNON10X (10% discount code) Please visit: http://www.vernondeck.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/Vernondeck/ FACEBOOK: https://goo.gl/WNrSV5

Sailing Indonesia on our 39ft Crowther Catamaran we are in constant search of that special, far away place, somewhere the tourist hoards cant get to or dont know about yet. ??Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SailingLearningByDoing ??Paypal: https://paypal.me/vernondeck?locale.x... Sailing north from Bitung we get an amazing downwind passage of 40nm to a small remote Island called Biaro. Our Patron Mark is still aboard and enjoys the effortless speed that Trade Runner sails at. We had a close call in the first place we looked at for an overnight anchorage but soon found a sweet place to drop the hook. Enjoy. We are a Kiwi & French couple with a baby boy living on a sailboat currently in Indonesia, making videos in the hope of making your day a little better. If you enjoy our videos and appreciate the effort that goes into making them then please consider supporting their production. For as little as $2 per video you can really help us out. Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SailingLearningByDoing Our Paypal: https://paypal.me/vernondeck?locale.x... LBD Crew Tee's Get your Learning By Doing merch here!!! https://teespring.com/stores/learningbydoing SUBTECH https://www.subtechsports.com Promo code: teamsubtechvernon Discount: 20% off (Free Shipping World wide) Indiana Paddlesurf: https://shop.indiana-sup.ch VERNON10X (10% discount code) Please visit: http://www.vernondeck.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/Vernondeck/ FACEBOOK: https://goo.gl/WNrSV5