This is one of Queensland's trickiest and most nerve-wracking bar crossings because of its shifting sandbanks & confused seas. We made our crossing with up-to-date waypoints from Marine Rescue, a rising tide, and the flattest swell we could hope for.. 📍 Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/@sailingami 🐠 Support: (10% goes to marine conservation): https://www.patreon.com/c/SailingAmi 📸 Instagram: @_kayleighbrown 🎶 Music licensed via Uppbeat (paid plan): https://www.uppbeat.io 💬 Got a question or just want to say hi? Drop a comment below - we’d love to hear from you! #sailing #sailinglife #sailboat #boatlife #barcrossing #roughsea #bigwaves #dangerous #adventure #youtubeshorts #shorts #viralshorts

We sail to a remote, uninhabited island in the Great Barrier Reef — no people, no phone signal, just pristine coral reefs, white sandy beaches, and silence. 📍 Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/@sailingami 🐠 Support: (10% goes to marine conservation): https://www.patreon.com/c/SailingAmi 📸 Instagram: @_kayleighbrown 🎶 Music licensed via Uppbeat (paid plan): https://www.uppbeat.io 💬 Got a question or just want to say hi? Drop a comment below - we’d love to hear from you! But sailing life isn’t always perfect. In this episode, watch what really happens when the weather turns rough. From crystal-clear waters and perfect anchorages to unpredictable winds, midnight squalls, and unexpected boat troubles - get a true glimpse of living off-grid on a sailboat. If you love sailing, island adventures, snorkeling, and Great Barrier Reef exploration, this is the episode for you!

Living Off-Grid on a Sailboat & Sailing the Great Barrier Reef! In this episode, we continue our sailing adventure on the Great Barrier Reef with more time spent exploring the remote and beautiful Lady Musgrave Island. We start with an incredible snorkelling session where we encounter a gentle giant cruising through the coral gardens. 📍 Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/@sailingami 🐠 Support: (10% goes to marine conservation): https://www.patreon.com/c/SailingAmi 📸 Instagram: @_kayleighbrown 🎶 Music licensed via Uppbeat (paid plan): https://www.uppbeat.io 💬 Got a question or just want to say hi? Drop a comment below - we’d love to hear from you! Last week's video: https://youtu.be/WiLV-Zme5W4?si=5Q3e4quO4gfTfSD4

From boat recovery and minor repairs, to kitesurfing sessions, a major resupply run, and catching up with an old friend - this week has a bit of everything! 📍 Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/@sailingami 🐠 Support: (10% goes to marine conservation): https://www.patreon.com/c/SailingAmi 📸 Instagram: @_kayleighbrown 🎶 Music licensed via Uppbeat (paid plan): https://www.uppbeat.io 💬 Got a question or just want to say hi? Drop a comment below - we’d love to hear from you!

We’re back sailing the Great Barrier Reef - and having a whale of a time! 🐳 But before heading offshore to dive into the big blue, we’re spending a few days at Scawfell Island, and as always, we're taking the time to explore our ever-changing surroundings as you never know who or what we might find! 📍 Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/@sailingami 🐠 Support: (10% goes to marine conservation): https://www.patreon.com/c/SailingAmi 📸 Instagram: @_kayleighbrown 🎶 Music licensed via Uppbeat (paid plan): https://www.uppbeat.io 💬 Got a question or just want to say hi? Drop a comment below - we’d love to hear from you!

Set sail aboard Mon Ami as we discover shipwreck stories, secret waterfalls and much more! This video is packed with sailing adventures, yacht life, and boat exploration — perfect for anyone dreaming of life aboard a sailboat. 📺 Watch the full sailing playlist: https://youtu.be/PlAXm-yM0NI?si=uQfbrf6Hpj6Ou1p7 🐠 Become a Patreon + help save the ocean 🌊: https://www.patreon.com/c/SailingAmi 💬 Comment: What’s your ultimate sailing adventure? 👍 Like & subscribe to join our yacht life, liveaboard adventures, and sailing explorations!

Three days sailing to Peel Island ⛵🌊 Stunning views, laughs, lightning storms… and crocodile rolls! ⚡🐊 See what life on a sailboat is really like.

This is a summary of the past 6 months, with no talking or narration, just some of my best cinematic shots with piano to accompany.. I hope it will take you on a journey and shows you what this trip was like in just 3 minutes. This one also took a long time to edit and would appreciate if you like or provide any feedback. Have a looksy here👇 https://youtu.be/7hATgQ8Qthk?si=eY_aaAYa9AhUcyp_

This week, we’re back on board and continuing our journey south toward Hervey Bay, where we’ll be saying goodbye to Mon Ami before heading back to work ⚓️

We sailed to Lady Musgrave Island - one of our favourite coral cays at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef. 🏝️ Before we could explore, we had to navigate a narrow channel, dodge swirling eddies, and avoid a few coral bombies. Once inside the lagoon, we dropped anchor and jumped straight into our big blue backyard - swimming with sharks and whales, snorkelling the reef 🌊🐋🦈

We sailed to Lady Musgrave Island - one of our favourite coral cays at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef. 🏝️ Before we could explore, we had to navigate a narrow channel, dodge swirling eddies, and avoid a few coral bombies. Once inside the lagoon, we dropped anchor and jumped straight into our big blue backyard - swimming with sharks and whales, snorkeling the reef, and soaking up the off-grid sailing life aboard Mon Ami. 🌊🐋🦈

I’m Kayleigh, this is James — and this is our sailboat Mon Ami, a 41-foot Jeanneau Sun Legende from 1987. But how exactly did we end up here? Well, we met back in 2020 — just weeks before the world went crazy during the pandemic. So, instead of being locked down, we jumped in our four-wheel drives and drove across the country. First stop: the infamous Telegraph Track on the Cape York peninsula. From there, we continued west through sand, dirt, and endless corrugations — camping under the stars in the Northern Territory, dreaming about what big adventure we could go on next. And that’s where we first spoke about buying a sailboat. As we drove on, we had mud spas, surfed with new friends, and eventually crossed into Western Australia — ending up in Exmouth, the place that became our home for nearly three years. We settled in, found jobs and the dream of owning a boat finally started to become real. So with this goal in mind, we worked as much as we could and even spent a whole year living in a swag, which we called rent-free 2023. James — or Gibbo — was working as a deckhand on the whale shark boats, later moving to the tugs, while I worked as a sea kayak guide. We were both pulling 12-hour days for weeks at a time, saving every dollar we could. In between our work, we even managed to afford a budget holiday to new Zealand where we cycled our bikes across the entire country and lived in our tent - but that’s a story for another day. We started to look at yachts online and noticed there wasn’t a huge variety in WA. So we packed up once again (minus the Suzuki) and drove 6,000 kilometres back to Queensland — across the vast Nullarbor Plain, where we broke down, ate many jaffles, and even picked up a joey along the way - another reminder to always check the pouch! After looking at a few fixer-uppers, we finally saw a listing for Mon Ami.. and well, the rest is history.. We spent our first few months sailing around Moreton Bay, learning the ropes — literally — and getting to know our new boat. But it wasn’t all smooth sailing: we found diesel bug cappuccino, leaking hatches, and a badly corroded rudder post that forced a haul-out. As new boat owners, this wasn’t exactly how we wanted to spend our time. We fixed, polished and anti fouled the boat before, quitting our jobs and moving aboard full time in April. It’s now the end of September — and we’ve sailed nearly 2,000 nautical miles along the Queensland coast. Along the way, we’ve welcomed friends aboard, explored remote reefs, and sailed alongside giants. It’s been a pretty wild ride — with some of the best moments, and some of the toughest. But the journey’s not over yet - and we’d love to take you along for the rest of this adventure… and every one after that.

So much happens behind the scenes, like the time I tried my first cigar while anchored at Pancake Creek… let’s just say it didn’t go too well 😅