We explore one of sailingβs most sacred stops and leave our mark! We also anchor by drone, feed sting rays stranded in a decaying resort pool, witness the migration of…
WELCOME ABOARD! Believe it or not, we’ve never shared a tour of our boat. We finally got her “look’n schmick” (that’s Australian for “look’n good”) and we thought we would…
The boys try killing themselves while Elizabeth tries Vlogging! It doesn’t go so well… Join us as we sail over a bar into a remote anchorage called Yellow Patch, and…
We visit Lady Musgrave, a coral atoll at the beginning of the Great Barrier Reef and witness a rare sight: a complete glass-off in the middle of the ocean. We…
You know it’s good cruising when the next anchorage is better than the last, and it just keeps happening and happening. You find your favorite anchorage in all of Australia,…
Itβs an emotional rollercoaster as we arrive into Brisbane for the second time, we find our old sailboat and bring the boys aboard memory lane. Enjoy!
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Finally we have guests! After a solid year of not seeing any friends or family, we finally have some good friends visit from Melbourne. Theyβve had a longer lock down…
We celebrate our 75th episode with a schwag giveaway, learn that Kangaroos can swim, nearly get locked down in Brisbane and cross another treacherous bar into Mooloolaba. Oh, and the…
When you take your family sailing around the world, you dream of anchoring in a tropical paradise. The sun is always out. The water clarity is 50 meters. The temperature…
We visit the most beautiful Zoo in the world, host our first ever “Meet-Up,” and race Archer on Sydney Harbor. It’s another fun episode with jam packed action, music, kid-antics…
This was magic! Team Archer sails into Sydney Harbor, celebrates this milestone, and reminisces about the past. This was our final sail on SV Honeymoon back in 2009, and we…
Freedom! We come out of Quarantine and quickly check off a few quintessential Australian adventures: We hit the Gold Coast beaches, cross some treacherous bars, feed some indigenous animals, surf…
We depart Fiji with our buddy boats Zatara and Nadine, destined for Australia. We can’t seem to shake that Z-Crew, Santa finds our red boat in the middle of the…
By the time Cyclone Yasa hit us, it was the 2nd largest in South Pacific history and a “Strong Category-Five” storm. It was as harrowing experience we would rather not…
As we try to flee Cyclone Season, we get approval from Australia to enter, but then Queensland changes the State’s rules that count-time-at-sea. As we apply for an exemption, we…
As Cyclone season approaches, we start working on our escape plans. We knew it was a risk to leave the safety of New Zealand, and now we pay the price……