Unlock with PatreonIt’s been a big week for the installation of lovely new toys for Nutshell. Magnus makes good parts of the old auto pilot and installs the new one and he gets the radar up and running. Nutshell is getting more modern by the day.
“Calm sailing doesn’t come from calm waters, it comes from having a good navigator; a good crew and a good vessel.”
– Anthony T. Hincks
We finally arrive back at our beloved Nutshell. Fortunately she is in pretty good shape and the clove oil seemed to have kept most of the mould at bay.
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. “
– William Arthur Ward
We leave Australia and slowly make our way back to Mexico and SV Nutshell. There are plenty of beer reviews in this episode and our fair share of traveling.
“A sailor’s joys are as simple as a child’s.”
– Bernard Moitessier
We camp the night in the Eyre River bed and then make our way out of the Simpson Desert to Birdsville, the remote outback town that sits at the edge of the Simpson Desert.
We wind our way towards the coast and take in some old homestead ruins along the way.
“There is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.”
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This episode is full of amazing desert vistas and Magnus cooking on an open fire in the Australian bush.
We check out Chambers Pillar, a stunning rock formation at the end of a four wheel drive track. It’s definitely worth the hours and hours of driving to get there.
I wanted freedom, open air, adventure. I found it on the sea.
Alain Gerbault, Sailor.
We continue our journey on bumpy, deserted roads, in the deserts of the Australian Outback. We re-water and re-fuel by the side of the road.
The scenery is absolutely stunning in this part of the world and Mavi gets a good workout!
I wanted freedom, open air, adventure. I found it on the sea.
Alain Gerbault, Sailor.
This is an historic episode where we find abandoned mines and an abandoned town in the Outback, as we slowly make are way further and further from the coast, heading west.
I wanted freedom, open air, adventure. I found it on the sea.
Alain Gerbault, Sailor.
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