CROSSING AN OCEAN: A carrot 🥕 saved us from sinking S2CH.21

We are about to cross an ocean, and we will be crossing it with a carrot plugging an open thru hull in our sailboat. There’s no way around the gulf of Carpentaria in our circumnavigation of Australia; it’s the large and shallow sea that is separating us from Australia's Northern Territory. This 340 nautical mile crossing will be the largest offshore sail we've undergone in the three years we've been cruising on Nakama. She may be small, but she packs a punch. And we feel, regardless of the carrot, yes, a carrot....she’ll keep us above waterline and get us across this body of water safely. Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama. A little goes a long way to keep this production alive. With very little free time between uni and the boat, Patreon enables us to focus on creating and posting videos rather than pouring beers at our local. Thank you for your generosity https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama Or make a one-off donation as you please if subscriptions aren't your thing. Let's keep ticking nautical miles and boat jobs off! https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=C6M8FAYZ5K2ZS FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sailingnakama/ AND FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/sailingnakama Thank you to Fat Fingered Guitar for the use of the song at 13:48 Chapters: 00:00 A carrot will get us across this ocean 01:15 The story of the carrot 🥕 03:21 Day 1: Losing sight of land 13:46 Day 2: Wild nights, beautiful ocean days 21:24 Day 3: Reef out, fish on, reef back in 31:02 A challenging end 35:27 Wooohoooo 🥳