[embedded content] This week we’re pressing the rewind button and going back to Terysa’s birthday where we hire an airbnb in the middle of the rainforest and go for a swim in our own private creek before enjoying an evening by the fire. We then head south towards Click here for full post: http://yachtrubyrose.com/a-birthday-retreat-real-time-update/ More
[embedded content] Welcome to our very last episode of our time sailing in Australia! It’s been an incredible year on the Seawind 1260s exploring the east coast of Australia, but it’s finally time for us to say goodbye to this beautiful boat and move on. sailing australia Click here for full post: http://yachtrubyrose.com/the-end-of-a-chapter/ More
[embedded content] Welcome to this week’s episode, our penultimate episode of our Sailing Australia series. Today we’re in the Whitsundays and enjoy a day out sailing in our Seawind 1260 before going ashore and discovering a secret waterfall that isn’t even in the guidebooks… Click here for full post: http://yachtrubyrose.com/we-discovered-a-secret/ More
[embedded content] This week we’re sailing to a wonderful anchorage called Butterfly Bay in the Whitsunday Islands. We have no phone signal, no internet, no TV or radio- we are completely cut off from the world and that’s just how we like it. sailing whitsundays Click here for full post: http://yachtrubyrose.com/cut-off-from-the-world/ More
[embedded content] Don’t you hate it when your day is going so incredibly well, the sun is shining, you’re surrounded by beauty, life is good- and then you make one little mistake and it costs you big time. Yeah, so we do. This week we make a silly Click here for full post: http://yachtrubyrose.com/a-very-expensive-mistake/ More
[embedded content] This week we kick off our episode with a rescue mission under the cover of darkness to help out some fellow cruisers who get themselves into a bit of a pickle. Then we sail to the famous Whitehaven Beach, which is apparently the most beautiful beach Click here for full post: http://yachtrubyrose.com/late-night-rescue-mission/ More
[embedded content] This was, beyond any doubt, our best sail ever on a catamaran. We get a nice strong sailing breeze, put the sails up and off we go! A cracking sail through the Whitsunday Islands. Later, we anchor in the beautiful (but shark infested) Cid Harbour and Click here for full post: http://yachtrubyrose.com/fast-catamaran-sailing/ More
[embedded content] The episode you’ve been waiting for (and so have we!)- we can finally bring you another Ruby Rose 2 catamaran production update! After months of lockdown, the factory is getting back to full capacity and that means our boat build is now full steam ahead. Here’s Click here for full post: http://yachtrubyrose.com/catamaran-build-update/ More
[embedded content] Welcome to another episode of our sailing adventures in the Whitsundays, Australia! We’re onboard a Seawind 1260 and this week we head to Airlie Beach for some land-based exploration. We get an epic downwind sail in before a toileting problem means we need to change our Click here for full post: http://yachtrubyrose.com/the-worst-thing-about-boat-life/ More
[embedded content] We’re trying something new! Springing off a dock is always nerve wracking, especially in a brand new boat. We show you how we go in this week’s episode. Sailing the Australian coastline is way more challenging than we’d thought- we really did expect a calm, stress Click here for full post: http://yachtrubyrose.com/first-time-doing-this-in-a-catamaran/ More
[embedded content] This week we talk about the real reason we say NO to paid sponsorships, but we want your opinion- should we sometimes say yes? Watch to the end to find out our thoughts. Also- have you ever chartered a sailing boat and wondered which pre-sailing checks Click here for full post: http://yachtrubyrose.com/should-we-say-yes-to-sponsorships/ More
[embedded content] Nick has a confession to make… Crashing a boat is never going to rank highly in your weeks greatest achievements, especially when it’s into another craft. This week we set sail and Nick explains an easy, sure fire way of taking transits, ensuring that you are Click here for full post: http://yachtrubyrose.com/nicks-dark-secret/ More