SAILING WORLD FIRST IN REMOTE ISLAND LIFE - Ep 53

SAILING WORLD FIRST IN REMOTE ISLAND LIFE A huge thank you to those who help keep our boat afloat by supporting our creative process via Patreon. You can be part of the crew for less than the price of a coffee. https://www.patreon.com/CruisingKiwis Still reeling from our 'big colourful sail' incident we took sanctuary in Savusavu harbour. Had it not been for the large barge that needed to got up the river to drop stone at a building site we would never have had to pull our stern in out of the river to make room, we would never have been asked to tie on to the small boat by the shore and we would never have had to save them from floating off in to oblivion. With our tail between our legs we sailed south to Makongai, another sanctuary, for Lepers, turtles and Cruising Kiwis. Music Frank Burkitt Band - Rainbow Rose The Nukes - Falling snow Who are we? In 1997, after a disastrous Olympic rowing campaign, Rob decided to row a seven-metre plywood boat, 2500 miles from Tenerife in the Canary Islands to Barbados in the Caribbean. It took 6 weeks and he and his rowing partner, Phil Stubbs, won the inaugural Atlantic Rowing Race. Skip forward to 2014, we invested in Javelot a 43 ft Fountaine Pajot catamaran. Armed only with Robert's 3 years of racing P class yachts from the age of 11 to 13, and Rachel's non existent sailing knowledge, we set off to learn the ropes of ocean sailing. We broke stuff, replaced stuff and got to know our boat before heading offshore with our three children, Finn 17, Declan 15 and Ivan 12, in tow. Through trial and error, we have become confident wayfarers, kind of. Our plan? To sail around the world, meet the locals and record our adventures. Part of the journey will be retracing Rob’s eldest brother Kerry’s travels at sea. Using Kerry’s original letters from the 1970’s we will re trace his movements from Australia through Indonesia and South East Asia to Cambodia where Kerry’s life was cut short after straying into Cambodian waters in 1978. Kerry and two friends were attacked by a Khmer Rouge gun boat, captured, tortured and executed. ***** Never stop wandering, never stop wondering. #TheCruisingKiwis