http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-larissa daily 0.75 2018-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1527135762264-2VKPID5BAA3EA1O630S6/vlcsnap-2018-04-12-13h12m56s791.png Larissa http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-larissa/2018/8/28/cruising-raivavae-the-jewel-of-the-austral-islands monthly 0.5 2018-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535585284912-8AJ359U3N4XHWAAJ9GN6/20180827-6.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535585285435-NWZ1B487QZ77491DK4DI/20180827-9.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535585299226-WFATKE8OMRYOUZCECNLE/20180827-15.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535585301465-JZRISHG5FTJKWUR0GZKJ/20180827-34.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535584380434-HX49CAET68FJLQFHD8C3/20180827-8.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands The local family living on Motu Piscine gave us some fresh limes and Bananas after we went to introduce ourselves and ask if it was ok for us to collect some coconuts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535584858457-WB0J5EOF1S93CRGXR32C/Raivavae+Estelle-3.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands The Resto on the water front at the main wharf set up for the Hieva festivities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535584866085-V34S8JGSNFMF9XQMM4E7/Raivavae+Estelle-4.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands Fresh vegetable hand picked from Edmond’s gardern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535584875953-UT5ASHCSONZ2AIVQ322F/Raivavae+Estelle-11.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands There are wild raspberries growing in the tropical rain forest in French Polynesia and Sam and Estelle came home to Roam with a lovely big batch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535510883007-ODMOP0KZOLXQNLME465N/20180827-30.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands The crystal clear waters in the lagoon at Motu Piscine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535510882375-ZUUHVX5SN1VEZ686I4HO/20180827-31.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands Mick getting comfortable kiting with his surf board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535510893734-6ZLGXLWGWR6IUR8ZCFDE/20180827-32.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535510902813-P2PJ8NXXS1LAG553GBWD/20180827-33.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands Kopiko all loaded up ready for a surf mission https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535510912993-S2GXTIPVAIN1B78AOKEP/20180827-46.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535510924707-QRE7VLLM7LEB140IS9KN/20180827-48.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands Kiting from the sand bar in fron tof the main anchorage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535510929827-WW3QEP0VMAZD91C9XHSE/20180827-49.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands The sand Bar in front of the main anchorage and the small Motu in the back ground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535510932515-5PMV78NOBMJ38FKRXKNP/20180827-50.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535917182074-IGOIPKEQ8K6LD86X1858/vlcsnap-2018-08-08-07h57m31s989.png Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands The depth of the water and sandy bottom in the lagoon at Motu Piscine are ideal for learning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535510252125-LSRR38O27ZN1RVYCLSLH/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535511209959-ZB5YZN06GNB9A5IACV1C/20180827-34.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands Mick Rowing back to Roam in the main anchorage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535511212724-OLG1HQL8GG3MLZDQTJY5/20180827-38.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands A night onboard Roam spent spicing soft shackles, with some of the other cruisers who we shared our time with in Raivavae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535511231659-UIZYWOZACDLQYZE1KY3J/20180827-39.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands Nights spent around the camp fire on the beach with guitar, sing along and pot luck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535585472435-P5EQPE0PWU5QDUKTSP7E/20180829-15.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands A short hike up a hill to get a amazing view from above https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535511232062-IITOD59W064EA55LK92Q/20180827-40.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands families we shared the anchorage with https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535585434726-42SWPYCR0793D57XO0VX/20180829-12.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535585465640-8Z2VCBAYCAA5UKBE6HUG/20180829-24.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands Saying good bye to our anchorage friends who we have great memories sharing our time in Raivavae with https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535585422612-6WTKQVEIPG9DO3TDADP1/20180827-59.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands Bye Bye Raivavae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535509294878-RUC8K1FXHE3GMTCP7JD4/20180827-14.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535510144513-G9Z7N30G83N5TBMS108P/20180827-44.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535510533552-JK3ZFBD4HMUXTK6FRMR7/20180827-10.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands Just some of the beautiful costumes at the Heiva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535510531793-UEMXBFJZMC2K6S2OCORW/20180827-17.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands Biking around Raivavae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535510554003-D04SNP2HJ0RRWSGJSGSW/20180827-19.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands Va aa paddlers getting ready to race https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535510555753-EMM7Y4T7HGQP375IX0XB/20180827-20.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535510580386-47VOPWP4GLC3P76MHDXE/20180827-24.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535510580861-FUWG4ZIMYRC1GNID75LP/20180827-36.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands traditional songs being sung during the Heiva performance, there were performers of all ages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535510591220-OJ2RD84XOQLXE7RYH2N9/20180827-37.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535585059937-2MPCS82QJ2MR6OO60Y3R/Raivavae+Estelle-1.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands A gorgeous sunset captured by Estelle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535585116441-5YC8L5JMM7HQ34LZFX6F/20180827-16.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands Raom anchored at Motu Piscine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535585072887-ABI5LLZSS7VBIS3VDBV7/Raivavae+Estelle-19.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands A calm clear day at Motu Piscine. Kopiko (our Oc Tender) anchored in the shallows and Roam Crew out for a paddle on the inflatable https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535585117489-XA5GBNFG7XGDHCOD4WAM/20180827-25.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535585073307-VFJUG86YMCZ20NZ4SCB2/Raivavae+Estelle-20.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535585133995-CMU2B75FX3XP6YR5EAV9/20180827-26.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands Rowing Kopiko around the Motu on a beautifully calm day. Trying to minimize our outboard use https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535585136496-WPRK8DTQY31GFI9AUAQF/20180827-27.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1535585086170-E24RZV3KRU84CSNOWJGK/Raivavae+Estelle-22.jpg Larissa - Raivavae! Cruising the jewel of the Austral Islands http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-larissa/2018/5/24/food-as-medicine-balancing-hormones-and-reducing-inflammation monthly 0.5 2018-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1530420103299-ZIDT0WPRUUI1FL3IYFWV/IMG_20180512_125021_998.jpg Larissa - Lifestyle choices, food and the Impact on hormones + health Mick, Sam, Estelle and I feeling high on life after hiking to cape Brett in the Bay of islands NZ. Nothing like fresh air, exercise and friends to put a smile on your dial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1530428864385-NLPV2Q380TOJTGVEE4L3/IMG20180408134213.jpg Larissa - Lifestyle choices, food and the Impact on hormones + health https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1530413200003-1Q60NDFL5S74EQH296US/vlcsnap-2018-05-24-16h52m23s406.png Larissa - Lifestyle choices, food and the Impact on hormones + health https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1530429312685-LIWWBT8XBFM10Z2IUKSE/34982608_449408255506083_7198305548180127744_n.jpg Larissa - Lifestyle choices, food and the Impact on hormones + health Tree Tribe are a great example of an environmentally conscious company, who make some funky stainless drink bottles that are safe for the environment and our body. Check out their range of products and do your bit for the environment, with each purchase ten trees are planted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1530413899958-FHRF53FUNI5F13B3RUN7/IMG_5046.JPG Larissa - Lifestyle choices, food and the Impact on hormones + health My Mum embracing the urge to go for a dip in the fresh water river in the tropics on her Roam visit in French Polynesia, shoes and all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1530414373350-0RE7ULBO57GRINPGPCF3/IMG20170516122810.jpg Larissa - Lifestyle choices, food and the Impact on hormones + health lightly fried free range eggs with home made hummus, some avocado mushrooms, spinach, cucumber and bean sprouts topped with some tumeric spice and a drizzle of olive oil. http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-larissa/2018/4/28/guest-blog-tahiti-to-tonga-by-john-hoult monthly 0.5 2018-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524875579774-AL039FDYICIXQE8F1HNE/Repairs+at+sea.JPG Larissa - Guest Blog- Tahiti to Tonga by John Hoult Michael makes running repairs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524875680550-H8OXSQC55YVX5PTDV180/Michael+and+John+on+watch.JPG Larissa - Guest Blog- Tahiti to Tonga by John Hoult Michael makes running repairs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524874708049-Z8MRUBRDO078ELNUYNA7/Roam+moored+in+Tahiti.JPG Larissa - Guest Blog- Tahiti to Tonga by John Hoult Roam, moored off Papeete, Moorea in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524876087288-LCN6K1SE0R319WR7JR0P/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog- Tahiti to Tonga by John Hoult Lois, Liss and Marie celebrating in the Big Mamma Yacht Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524874211011-DWL8O8MC4D19ESVY14LS/Roam.JPG Larissa - Guest Blog- Tahiti to Tonga by John Hoult https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524875770437-8AFZSL3P5XD0XJMBMINY/Michael+landing+a+Wahoo+%281%29.JPG Larissa - Guest Blog- Tahiti to Tonga by John Hoult Michael lands a Wahoo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524875962452-V6LBU9U2HQZZCMEWSJQJ/Deep+sea+dip.JPG Larissa - Guest Blog- Tahiti to Tonga by John Hoult Michael and Liss deep sea swimming https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524875090523-86CL2K01SGVBH8Z21VYC/south-pacific-islands.jpg Larissa - Guest Blog- Tahiti to Tonga by John Hoult https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524875419388-W0KPJKC9N508SAGPADGM/P1020195+%282%29.JPG Larissa - Guest Blog- Tahiti to Tonga by John Hoult The anchorage on Huahine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524875025949-5WNLYWYNJ6YVHJR8REWH/Moorea.JPG Larissa - Guest Blog- Tahiti to Tonga by John Hoult Moorea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524875236876-CSZAXP0BOF5YBI3EQXRP/Michael+feeding+a+stingray.jpg Larissa - Guest Blog- Tahiti to Tonga by John Hoult Michael feeding a friendly ray, as sharks circle http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-larissa/2018/4/11/j46zminz8rz05j3p0e3h4tz3kjd58c monthly 0.5 2020-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523926110919-I9KN1FC7M05SV1AI5WRI/f1178311960.jpg Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health Sailing is an empowering experience where you are relying on nature to be kind to you to get you to your destination safely. You are in control of the vessel but you must sail to mother natures forces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523926127507-YQOBYY1WCJZSZ97S4S2T/f1849091800.jpg Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health Fueling up ready for a day riding at Rotarua NZ. Making nutritious meals fro us to fuel our bodies with is a passion of mine a way to explore and express my creativity and for me lt's like meditation, all the focus is on the beautiful food I am creating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523926220612-G70X9B9HDS0RKLGZRKCX/f1876186528.jpg Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523926240823-7BK1Y7BSERPTUUWPMFSA/GOPR3773.JPG Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health Reading children's stories to little curious and open minds in the Yasawa islands Fiji. All the villages we visited were a little different, some big on Christianity, others recovering from cyclone damage, making the most of the tourist attraction to support their living. One two things were certain, there were always open doors and welcoming families, despite living without many modern materialised things we often take for granted the people were happy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523926335427-P7RY8YD56B9LPVQY4UYN/IMG_0977.JPG Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health Travelling opens your eyes to many experiences and lessons to be learnt. Here is a little boy of 4 years old eating his breakfast on the job sight with his father. His breakfast consists of dry biscuits and water. the village was recovery from cyclone damage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523926380420-X840EESCKWRV6GYH4FI2/IMG_0978.JPG Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523926429836-WJ803WARG6RD2OINUUWA/IMG_2684.JPG Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523926478999-XZWHEZQ2RDWH53KTMQR5/IMG_2937.JPG Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523926597194-KVH128KH30QNLGJ8M36H/IMG_3276.JPG Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health A smoothie bowl base avocado, spinach, coconut milk, banana, cinnamon, coconut oil. Topped with fresh papaya, shredded coconut, almonds, pumpkin seeds. Fueling up before a full days activities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523926766363-WUX9OAXLJJ7MX2JR44UD/IMG_3402.JPG Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health A moment of satisfaction and feeling of achievement when Mick and I sailed back to Tasmania from the Gold Coast Australia it was our first passage off shore just the two of us. We really got to settle into off shore shifts and routine, have a load of fun sailing and got to explore Roams cruising performance and capabilities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523926764622-UA31RAA63O8FZ1H7ZFX6/IMG_4222.JPG Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health A typical first meal of the day for us, some would call it "breakfast". A plate full of goodness, vegetables, healthy fats and protein topped with tumeric. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523926642082-U0DLLBO5K3198L8RESTV/IMG_3305.JPG Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523926890467-FXRP867KVA1TXNK2FP4J/IMG_4337.JPG Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health Sun sets and Sun rise are special moments I have taken the time to enjoy a lot more of. They never get old and will always catch my attention. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523928463563-IB5O1V7RVOZO06EQMIPY/IMG_0383.JPG Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523926867670-VR2RFYJM8HIF43XDWZ8W/P7160327.JPG Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health Still my favourite markets I have come across yes, the fresh produce markets in Fiji were amazing full of colourful vegetables and fruits grown and picked by the locals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523928464285-6HWVCQ3TKRNK4JSBGBWZ/IMG_3183.JPG Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523926665762-Y7UQQHPDSYCMGD7GPMXX/IMG_6262.jpg Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523926905612-SOKB7MCLKEGUVS0PILLZ/P7160341.JPG Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health Provisioning for six people, market haul in Fiji https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523928489983-9RHTX5DL8MDKZPUR11TA/IMG_3237.JPG Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523926729658-NWBU42PEGF65M2U3Z40D/IMG_7371.JPG Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523926759367-UKD33PYBL6TG5ONQ3QWN/IMG_9716.jpg Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523928529307-KCALDEPJZXBJBK6F5LSL/IMG_6565.JPG Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523964691554-DD2CMKTJWPEK8F45KCEU/f1863272512.jpg Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health Taking bare foot bush walks in the bush on Great Barrier Island New Zealand. A special place that has a feeling of un tainted natural beauty and restore with the locals having a true love for their island. The green soft moss and the spongy rich soil underfoot feels so good on tired feet and sometimes after being on the water its nice to enjoying some good old grounding as well as the occasional skinny dip in fresh water streams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524015131042-1YPMAIJM110E8GV192Z5/47788_10150241549610394_4790783_n.jpg Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health 21 year old Liss had just moved to Canada for working holiday and was in Full party mode https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523924581751-GHRDFCN1JGBYGD5R9TI0/20170619-IMG_1434.jpg Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health Somewhere in the middle of the pacific, on passage to French Polynesia from New Zealand. A passage I will never forget and our longest, most challenging passage to date. The closest feeling I have had of complete isolation. Such a amazing feeling arriving at your destination after almost two weeks at sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523966534869-TDG9DQW8SKAWS18I9TKL/11218498_10153437867380530_7196536574786147093_n.jpg Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health One of my many hats, mobile hairdressing for on location weddings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523966661608-Q2K19N7R6FA4ARM4117E/1560769_10152204004088064_1479504525_n.jpg Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health After a full week running between jobs and studying in between I was always down for a night out with the girls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523966664382-SNP7M11MK0620FXC6REL/hairdressing+liss.jpg Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1523966665116-5USEGMJCPDWZU6EELM30/hairdressing.jpg Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health Hairdressing Liss https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524014295214-M2AQO129RYND9ULVZYK0/cave.jpg Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health Small group Personal training, love bringing people together and loved my clients https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524014355641-MJ79NFQKMAG4HZ7WVP9W/10174895_10152397153818156_8817022056323714095_n.jpg Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health Floor manager at EFM health clubs where I worked with many suffering from chronic disease states and older generations, a very rewarding job https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524014295128-1J53SGJLV4VF49FWFOWJ/gym+liss+3.jpg Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524014356459-UG5OPMKOCK85CE523OOS/pod+3.jpg Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524014296692-NIBNCR656L2TFPKXF10U/pod+2.jpg Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health Instructing a mums and bubs suspension training class at POD fitness, one my my favourite classes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524014296811-ND0D9EX17UQCSUDQ6ZK7/pod.jpg Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524012642641-7VI85BMURWGBC2J7P1HN/30768363_10157472929749782_992481882_o.jpg Larissa - How Going Sailing Improved My Health Sitting on the hill on Deal Island watching the sun set and taking it all in. http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-larissa/2017/5/19/roams-first-tasman-crossing monthly 0.5 2017-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1495181425434-T4T3ZC9JYXITDJYVIWFK/full+main+light+up+wind+conditions Larissa - Roams First Tasman Crossing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1495181256193-VH9TEO4MPROFFP7Z2A8R/mick+at+the+helm+enjoying+hand+steering Larissa - Roams First Tasman Crossing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1495275153179-02YOVTI8PIYFC33I5LTQ/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Roams First Tasman Crossing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1495180389388-C8ENF33S6SDX1Y2LSVU3/Liss+at+the+Helm Larissa - Roams First Tasman Crossing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1495180527214-4E7CAF5NL3NSLJ2L0K5V/flat+waters+leaving+Tasmania Larissa - Roams First Tasman Crossing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1495275287623-7IH8CVYQAGZ76SH2SNZB/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Roams First Tasman Crossing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1495181144247-INDV9SCOQKUGV3B7KIRK/And+sun+rises Larissa - Roams First Tasman Crossing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1495181566317-FZ5JBDLCTWQNIMT2ZQ7X/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Roams First Tasman Crossing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1495180921923-7I7P6JX1SFG3SJT5QTWI/Off+shore+sunsets Larissa - Roams First Tasman Crossing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1495181642052-Q63OJWI2D51BPNZ3Y8U2/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Roams First Tasman Crossing http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-larissa/2016/12/7/4m6uy1gr8hlzfi2mk59o0ig3u3dnex monthly 0.5 2018-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1481158151858-TNI8JNQ79BJZ31YK2S4J/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - BRONC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1481154231605-3L5FO9TQQNM8X9EFVMF6/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - BRONC Bronc and Michael talking sail rigging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1481154513808-KGSCK9OFFIE5DS551AM6/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - BRONC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1481158263439-MWE8K0D3QCA9TIZTFWD2/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - BRONC Waiting to be cleared in on the arrival dock, we were greeted in Bundaberg by the Down Under Rally on a glorious sunny day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1481157297520-X043T5A5TAZ5D8S3TZDF/blob+%281%29.jpg Larissa - Guest Blog - BRONC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1481157297639-HNNQ6YT20X6I6ZWR97KB/blob+%282%29.jpg Larissa - Guest Blog - BRONC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1481157301231-XVIK2NMITOKP68ZIJWJR/blob+%283%29.jpg Larissa - Guest Blog - BRONC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1481157300317-CIHJS3YQH8BEK96PN23X/blob.jpg Larissa - Guest Blog - BRONC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1481154000548-MYS1ZIS3MC1X1E5DT2TZ/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - BRONC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1481158673713-BBYJWIN6V0LCB345XI4K/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - BRONC A typical Roam slap together feast. Rotti base pizzas with Spanish mackerel caught in Fijian waters and a raw veg patter with beetroot dip. I hope you didn't miss your red meat and sugar whilst on board for ten days Bronc ;) http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-larissa/2016/11/14/our-roam-family-friends-and-guests-share-their-adventure monthly 0.5 2018-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479120252976-9H3MAZURYNJ94CHDLNLL/wed+11+oct+069.JPG Larissa - Guest Blog - JOHN & LOIS John and Lois have been part of the Roam project from the birth of the concept right along the journey. Without their support and input the Roam adventure would not be possible! Forever Grateful xx https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479124422994-GVHG4BKNTOLEVGNV7SIT/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - JOHN & LOIS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479124464126-AMQ1482435JR5KIIZ4D1/New+Caledonia+June+2016+062.JPG Larissa - Guest Blog - JOHN & LOIS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479124563701-9TAVXVA62LLLL97UIAKO/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - JOHN & LOIS Sara and Lois enjoying a dip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479123393597-0SJDJOGLK0QG5TXUU608/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - JOHN & LOIS A fully loaded, cosy dingy ride up the Davey river with captain Lois driving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479121947915-Q65RATHEE0D7ENGH51ZJ/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - JOHN & LOIS The sunsets in the Gippsland Lakes were always bound to impress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479124179983-E3B675HSDACNQZ5RCJH3/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - JOHN & LOIS Getting the Parents together in paradise. Lois, John, Andy, Holly, Sara, and Bruce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479113193483-DFM8RQJXWE8FE80F6F75/IMG_8930.JPG Larissa - Guest Blog - JOHN & LOIS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479123054465-FPI93URHCY84HSUV0SB1/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - JOHN & LOIS Inside joke ... In this picture we capture Michael actually paying attention to the Tasmanian Cruising Guide that John often referred to ... "the guide says". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479125067183-2KDH7K1PN7C2MIHDNXR3/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - JOHN & LOIS Ile de pins New Caledonia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479124636030-GV2ZF91BGFIY1TNBIAMX/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - JOHN & LOIS The Parents zipping off in the Dingy to explore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479124803584-TTLCFSSO48ABYY6THPRC/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - JOHN & LOIS Lois sporting a look that Andy has given her... #boatlife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479122739555-5SXRITJTIX1Z7M99HBJC/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - JOHN & LOIS The view from Mount Misery Port Davey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479123307823-2Y0F125OAD894Z1Y48YP/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - JOHN & LOIS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479122161407-IKFA1P16ZMWCVDBEAF6T/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - JOHN & LOIS John and Lois flew into Melaleuca Port Davey to join us in exploring this incredibly special and remote place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479125140881-93TEKXWCAJEOMWRWLTXW/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - JOHN & LOIS John showing us how to water slide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479123764114-I1K1EW14Z369HWF5Y0D3/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - JOHN & LOIS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479122882664-0Q0KHEZEMG4HUVBHLZZC/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - JOHN & LOIS The jetty to Claytons house in Port Davey. The tannin stained waters on a calm day create a mirror reflection of the picturesque surrounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479125008967-Y0DJGXCUEWQ3GKL4Q6XK/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Guest Blog - JOHN & LOIS http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-larissa/2016/10/7/fulaga-a-small-island-with-a-big-impact monthly 0.5 2016-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476168286280-WJFOUW3DGESQSKPQO4WZ/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact The sand spit at "picnic beach", where we spent our days kiting, playing beach soccer and relaxing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476166856246-MTG0QO6LVP6E1VOZ7AN5/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact Alfreidi and I. Alfreidi kindly showed me the technique for finding clams in the lagoon. Alferidi and Bale also had a trip on board Roam to Suva, it was pleasure gettingA to know them a gaining an insight into their way of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476168429816-Y2FFJVGN98YG71UU8BOW/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact Sand spit at picnic beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476155822646-2MT98BB4YRUI5RJ2F9AR/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact The lagoon is full of oddly shaped islets scattered around, It is like a maze of little islands. They are all carved away at the base from the tides flowing in and out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476166641347-W2X7PDFSPW4F6CB5CN1V/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact Holly receiving a fresh coconut to drink from TAI. With coconut palms growing throughout the Village, they are used for all sorts of things not just the delicious water, milk, and flesh but the fibers are used for making rope and the fronds for weaving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476224211384-PKNG8GULNX1SVZVKOHQB/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact Simon and Senna's wood stove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476157105799-0A079SJTDQVRPS8L48BO/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact Looking over the Muanaicake Village from the hill behind where we climbed with TAI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476166263235-5P0KI5F9CPC1AKTQ8E9X/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact Every Sunday after church service, family and friends gather together for a feast. This is special event for the village and the women start preparing food early in the morning before church. We were invited to attend church and lunch after with Simon and Senna which happened to fall on fathers day Sunday. It was a lovely lunch and fun gathering. With an asortment of fish, chicken, pork and locally grown vegetables, cooked either in the Lovo of boiled in coconut milk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476176440711-A1ISC8HBJ5SYTOIVPU6F/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact Removing the food from the Lovo ready for Sunday lunch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476167720229-P55C7EGZDQEVPQW5VD7J/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact Andrew with the Giant Trevally Michael and himself caught off the back of roam on anchor in the lagoon. We gave the monster of a fish to the Village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476170932121-3YU59CLOP18FYL2NMV40/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact Papaya tree loaded with papaya's not quite ready to eat .. yum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476173490725-QM5ZI5WEVA04AWLW7TF5/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact Coconuts we collected from the ground beneath the palms at the sand spit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476160976336-52YA4VB7VUBLZ2JSM4V6/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact Sharing the anchorage out the front of the Village with Talulah Ruby III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476170289413-V93DMXWAWJVYC43F23ZO/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact A lovely tidy and well maintained village with friendly faces always peering out from open doors to say hello. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476168365408-LA9QJ6Q7LQDZHTSIMMS2/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact Miss Cova foraging for coconuts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476160195697-Q76KI2X2YCZZTQW8FZNL/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact Watching the sun rise and fall on Roam passages as one day melts into the next. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476167894466-8DHKIRQDPSINRAIVK2ZN/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact There were human bones and skulls of all different sizes in a cave on the hillside behind the village. Ty took us here to see, a little disturbing really, believed to be left behind from the cannibalism days but no evidence or story behind the pile of bones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476167568329-LXCN5DG9JKKZ4ZYO3WNB/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact Andy, Michael, the Chief and Holly. The chief is in his nineties and still ports a great sense of humor and well as warm welcome to visitors. He also took a liking to Holly, commenting on her good looks and informed her she could stay as long as she likes. We heard that he gets quite cold at times so Andy gave him one of his Luca Brasi beanies ( a Tassie momento ). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476168015078-FTKN6G3QVQXEKEBS3LT8/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact Mick and I perched keeping an eye out for shallow patches of coral as we moved around the lagoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476169426431-C5MSQR0JHB4MNVE3K2X4/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact Alfreidi carving us a very cool kava bowl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476159893649-TBVDW8DI7QSIHSX40766/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476168541352-TLC2WP0EWNYQ5AVX7L68/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476168786735-KLD0TV0ER8M28BTQPTKJ/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact Setting up the kite ready for some kite practice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1476156572939-YUOO3HXYPZJTDWWSL817/image-asset.png Larissa - Fulaga A Small Island With A Big Impact An aerial shot taken by the drone from the reef outside looking back over the sand spit and lagoon. You can see Roam anchored in the top left. http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-larissa/2016/6/9/passage-to-new-caledonia monthly 0.5 2016-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465783762573-LX4VPTWY6TAOXSAUFZWO/image-asset.png Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos Holly and I snorkeling, the water is so clear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465638162154-ZKXH1VIUV8OES6MXKGWT/image-asset.png Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos Iain kite boarding over to get a closer look at the reef. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465641068721-2C2WQ5MFI1M0GP2CKU41/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos Roam anchored at Ile Isie, a small little island surrounded by reef. We had the anchorage to ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465641735303-8EDEPIZZBACFKW920DOF/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465458612631-ZLZY2HASOSTG9I47FYYZ/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos We were lucky enough to spot some Humpback whales quite close to Roam, about 300 meters off our starboard bow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465641529900-UV6CFU1Z730GGY3ZL0OJ/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465468571920-D34TPUUPRNRO8NKY2EH8/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465469491793-P19T6NFMMLFBR7JMI4JM/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos Captain Mick cooking up the Tuna we caught on the way on the BBQ. Sporting his full sun protection. You need it living on a boat exposed to the sun majority of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465638614615-X0T7K034K1AA27KRTJ8M/image-asset.png Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos Swimming with sharks at Middleton reef https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465447704703-CSDMBWSGNX0Y84QJ36OO/IMG_8675.JPG Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos Sailing off the Australian Coast into the sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465468267792-KZ3A4UF9HOFUFGY7L6GN/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos New Roam Crew member Holly at the helm and Andy watching over her as the sun sets behind us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465448424557-HUSD2ZH0JJKBSWEFS4U8/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465637941438-E0241KA317NAWRW70XRF/image-asset.png Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465468931914-FO4HEE83246XXGZV1RWD/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos Andy embracing some dress up fun. dressed as a Scottish Sailor, brightening the atmosphere with the costumes pieces Holly and I collected from Sydney market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465635007828-ERZ2CL9R7Y4C6JL24FML/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos A water spout forming in a rain cloud behind us. It looked a little worrying but did not proceed to grow any bigger and disapeared. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465638336314-JNFXJ543GU3FTMTEG5BU/image-asset.png Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos launching the kite off Roam so Iain can possibly be the first person to kite board in this remote and epic location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465436101050-ZNO1KDL1YF26OK9HVWLX/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos Sunset anchoring at Hat Head Bay NSW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465635661710-75N9T0XLTTXPEQQEI7BD/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos Early Friday morning as the sun is coming up, Iain and I unfurl the Genoa that we have renamed Frank, with the staysail out as well, we are sailing along at around 11 - 15 knots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465635200768-IG7T8RJ9AQW04DZ1E0JT/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos Sydney Harbor Bridge and the Opera house in the back ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465638776833-33O08RZZLY3YQTNOIJKB/image-asset.png Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465640152850-PTJ7BQVA2KAH33OTMEBU/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos Flying our Q flag for clearing in and our French flag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465640645111-A8BWBRQDFEAQJR3X2D17/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos Sunset in Noumea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465784558148-FUDW3FBY1GH8WOV9L57P/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465636261547-X4YHT50CY0JNH110F7HN/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos Banana and coconut pancakes we enjoyed with banana ice cream berries, fresh orange juice and fruit salad in an attempt to eat as much of our left over fruit as we could so it didn't go to waste. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1465707341913-6NRXKG4INNWQTTT0DUAR/image-asset.png Larissa - Passage to New Caledonia personal log and photos Hoisting the tender up onto the fore deck ready to deflate. (photo credit Holly). http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-larissa/2016/1/29/q1wwtd0n6dpit2vfyhc8iurol1ez7q monthly 0.5 2016-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463531692840-BP4HHZ2VQGROW3N9NBZD/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West A nice size cray fish holding on tightly to our catch of abalone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463533524848-ET8MC9RTRX3SKWCQ6GIA/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West Claytons Jetty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463530069609-DRQ2TMXLH1ZLQ0LWBHNR/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463550046712-77GVRB95JLWHIMVXFDSH/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West Trevor Nortons hand drawn maps laid out on the table with some nibbles. we plan our trip up the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463533392797-L20FS9X79EGY0Y67U3GD/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West Mount Rugby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463532410760-IW4VKVAKBCR3QT57H2X8/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West First Gorge Davey River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463527658191-HPJWDKJU332JQVM0SFEO/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West Mick, Andy, Benn and Myself enjoying the sun set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463532782502-K8UEC77RUEGCLEY0A2PT/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West The view half way up Mount Misery looking down on Roam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463551347067-PI2JWLPVXJESXL0KZJBV/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West Mick, Andy and Kaidan walking the tender across the shallows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463529755087-DF3L9ZQPHQ106N4U5S1F/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463528771434-8QL1ARH9CKAFIC0JB1X2/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West A bit of rock climbing action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463530913013-BTCXQQW47FI4K6X44BNJ/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463532117313-8P80H294HQABIA9UMCXL/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West Five of us crammed in the tender for a fun adventure up the Davey River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463533640611-AQUAQPWITDFX5YXOMLRU/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West Clyde and Winnie's house still stands and is now part of world heritage history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463531534880-6U7VM3K2OWL53F0DTR5U/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West John and Lois Join us for a family adventure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463533936959-Q3ER1Z05RSSMNJ1DWHAJ/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West Inside Clayton's house much is still as it was left and now it is open for the public to visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463527350732-B2XHBAI3ALF59O7VKPPH/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West Over countless years the rocks have formed into interesting shapes and with colorful florescent green sea weed it really is a pretty sight. Surprise Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463531971506-ORN0E998J9JKB4SGDN4P/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West It doesn't get any fresher then this. Straight from the ocean and onto our plate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463533811239-Z59RSJGNXUS3VFNUMGRW/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West Our Captain on the Kings thrown... poor Andy about t o get an unpleasant surprise.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463528031935-T5X1RTN3S2YZ4D5Y22B0/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West Roam coming up on the slip at Margate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463549676015-ESGMHE9314Z5N5ABOOYJ/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West Roam double banked on the fishing wharf in strahan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463550417716-69HBXBR0LKV3EAJ5D48V/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West My not so little anymore niece Lara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463551127955-B3Z8W56H5MK6WJAO6Y6C/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West Andy attempting to free climb the rock face while Kaidan waits below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463550266195-CLQ6OZMD2WELJNEM1RIW/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West St Johns Water fall, a short walk from St Johns Falls Heritage landing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463550895808-Z2TU7317C7B07Y4LIFQ0/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West Much of the Wild Rivers landscape has been shaped by ancient glaciers. This picture does not do this monstrous rock that is shaped like a big wave its justice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463527828352-A06XJ1FW3J70GEO0T8S4/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463529433588-UBAJ66O1QZY6TMVTS6Q3/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West A good spot to take in the surroundings... in the Boom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463530148672-OK6H0SDZ9H6AB5AZLMY6/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463531811811-G8P1CK6U85XBXQB0SRT2/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West Andy cooking up some abalone for lunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1454586766013-PCTPXORITTL318YMO5Q7/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West Sailing around the D’ Entrecasteaux Channel with "Rat" and Lise, a friend of ours who sails this shmick, sleek 40 foot Adam's "Friday". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463550727551-C33Z3SSG56ME1SDOE4IS/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West Reflections of the rain forest in the tannin-stained waters of the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463532951954-Z5TH4N83CR01S0B2J6OY/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West Mick and I stoked to have made it to the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463530518625-04IF3K53FIO5LSI278YX/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West Wombat Cove. Roam sits med moored snug between two other yachts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463527073687-C21PPO1ZJY3ORKBAPMCY/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West Andy setting up the camera at Surprise Bay to capture some surf footage at this remote break. Roam in the back ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463551555257-WDCZXEDLJXYMJENMPE26/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463530755768-7NR29VUZIZO1L6IBV55E/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1463529963345-L75OJEOXAEE9E3T73K17/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 2 - The Isolated South coast and the mysterious South West http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-larissa/2016/2/18/enjoying-farm-life monthly 0.5 2016-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1455768254359-QI99INK6JO1VVSU7401Z/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - ENJOYING FARM LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1455771989646-695ZQERBEQV0E14NO18Z/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - ENJOYING FARM LIFE barefoot wandering through the garden, vine ripened tomatoes, herbs, and flowers. Mum and dads Garden is cottage style untamed and beautiful. There are hidden gems everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1455769730923-EE671R8CMVSXCLJYPCRH/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - ENJOYING FARM LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1455770743132-JIYOYBBYSGD3QLO9WH9S/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - ENJOYING FARM LIFE fresh corn on the cob. My favorite way to have corn is still in the husk cooked on the barbecue and spread with hummus and a sprinkle of cracked pepper yumm. p.s buying the corn in the husk is usually cheaper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1455768651524-1FKCLLPMHLNOQH39DP93/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - ENJOYING FARM LIFE Zucchini loaf fresh out of the oven topped with pumpkin seeds and walnuts yummm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1455769354351-EOX96H082DZSN4RRXYUS/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - ENJOYING FARM LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1455769535214-07E3AG4GROCB89YSBTK4/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - ENJOYING FARM LIFE One of the many Giant pumpkins in the garden ... hmm what shall i make out of you https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1455771006095-8H39XVAH1TFPJH9MIB8N/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - ENJOYING FARM LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1455771695481-ALSBJC5V7GHJUF3FKQDC/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - ENJOYING FARM LIFE I'm not sure what sort of spider this brightly colored little critter is but he sure is pretty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1455770205158-PF01L2LQGAGF6X1495HQ/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - ENJOYING FARM LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1455767969437-XOR02IHO67FFSE51UN7D/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - ENJOYING FARM LIFE The giant Zucchini from my Mum and Dads vegetable garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1455770383039-OBQQVORFND7TXFA1AXD7/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - ENJOYING FARM LIFE zucchini slice, zucchini and lentil soup and a cup of earl grey tea.. fair to say I think my mum was pleased with her lunch. It tastes so good she didn't even notice there was no cheese in the slice or cream in the soup.. tricked her with some natural Jalna pot set yogurt swirled on top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1455769843395-SFWC9JM5KAWD7EEIJDTO/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - ENJOYING FARM LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1455772365559-83L7C7SCHS93B2PU0VTO/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - ENJOYING FARM LIFE growing zucchinis bigger than my butt ! that i find pretty impressive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1455773177995-WZFV02J8IQMOKXNGSCW8/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - ENJOYING FARM LIFE http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-larissa/2016/1/29/gi6fsmgud0wg3pdl4rmzowqjjm0jz9 monthly 0.5 2016-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1454042447152-G5ITS1OSBDRKWUD4H24H/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - My First REAL sailing experience and Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 1 A sneak peak of the Isolated beauty of the South coast . Surprise Bay .. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1454044537694-W1O0VIK3ES7KAIH5LB6X/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - My First REAL sailing experience and Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 1 Roam anchored in Wine Glass Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1454043916175-80LJ3E1T9KB2PJHVGDGU/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - My First REAL sailing experience and Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 1 Friends Alana and Jacob joined us for a night at Wine Glass Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1454044668454-3Q0NOXB9MHKFULGGS7H0/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - My First REAL sailing experience and Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 1 Sunrise over the Hazards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1454039709201-OVQ4C28DUU1186XM9TA7/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - My First REAL sailing experience and Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1454044917482-TSASFHUWLRM7JV06HT8A/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - My First REAL sailing experience and Circumnavigate Tasmania Part 1 The Granite rocks of the Mount Amos, the Hazard Ranges. http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-larissa/2015/12/7/roaming-new-friends-new-adventures-new-places-nsw-has-it-all monthly 0.5 2015-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1449609773173-BHAF9FVWWTKTS6UF193D/IMG_7105.JPG Larissa - Roaming .... New friends new adventures new places, NSW has it all! Some of the fresh, colorful produce and goodies from the farmers markets and Rustic pantry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1449610201574-L912DP7RSQ8GDUI24ZCE/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Roaming .... New friends new adventures new places, NSW has it all! Roam made lentil and Vegetable patties , with a fresh salad ,guacamole, pear and walnut relish. My recipe is at the end of this page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1449481687697-8FV8U54O2VADODMD5ZO5/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Roaming .... New friends new adventures new places, NSW has it all! Just casually having a yoga session on the deck as we left Lakes and started for Moruya.. Making the most of any opportunity to fit in a good yoga stretch session or CrankIT suspension training. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1449483754539-TTT5Q1WGNZ1WX5RPCE8Z/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Roaming .... New friends new adventures new places, NSW has it all! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1449609188905-K72TPCUBEIAVNUNZAZ20/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Roaming .... New friends new adventures new places, NSW has it all! The Rustic pantry was a health nuts heaven, with bulk buy, self scoop of all sorts of goodies. Be sure to check it out if you are visiting Moruya. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1449483141854-2GJRYLN0ANEXESKPM4K1/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Roaming .... New friends new adventures new places, NSW has it all! The south head beach.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1449610758416-84W5UBTG3TNYPSZ81OGI/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Roaming .... New friends new adventures new places, NSW has it all! Cap's home ! enjoying a blueberry ice cream at the farmers market. Local grown blue berries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1449480839045-BDS59YXHGSMD8EWN0L8G/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Roaming .... New friends new adventures new places, NSW has it all! John, Lois and Andy on ninety mile beach and Roam in the calm evening waters of the Bunga Arm Gippsland Lakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1449481154190-PAKVQI11IPFKXWP5S6XJ/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Roaming .... New friends new adventures new places, NSW has it all! Lois taking in the scenery from the nets, as we cruise up the Mitchell river. Take a look at some of the beautiful scenery of the Gippsland lakes on Andy's Blog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1449610143613-8O8EW6C2BGK0E7J8IL7O/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Roaming .... New friends new adventures new places, NSW has it all! http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-larissa/2015/11/5/mick-and-liss-do-victoria monthly 0.5 2015-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446775813234-HLO4G37UTCI26K9QN9XC/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446809082784-0629YXNU9JMDA4A7NHDE/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria With having to make do with what I had for races fashion I made a flower crown for the cup .. It lasted half the day luckily though I had a spare hat as it was a hot sunny day and Michael was sporting one of my felt hats .. jump over to Andy's blog to check out some photos from the races . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446794101608-6BQFJIKLB9M9LQC5DGLE/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria Roam in the big city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446804780108-P6OHLNSG4H3JAU0KNRUI/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria Flagstaff Jetty Lakes Entrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446803071541-49JWFN6SG15EHIOA55FI/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria Bon Voyage Melbourne ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446807668538-7QXWZ10ZVK89ZY44WMPH/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria Metung beach . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446794908951-42KNJTR6XQ32UL0XWYMG/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria Captain Mick took me Yarra River cruising in the Tender. This was a day I will never forget, so much fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446803668000-X989MPR7PGZ6UN0XKVQ5/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446793722748-IJDKF2IVEFF9N20T6C04/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria John found a comfortable spot to relax as he filled Lois in on how it was all going . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446807284826-6HR6UCTTLL34VTLRVXZ5/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria The look out a short walk from our floating home at Boxes creek and a spot we enjoyed watching the sun set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446792510133-RA5LUUG4X9VNZH1M280U/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria A perfectly still evening at Savages Wharf. This picture giving a good perspective of how tight it was and why we got a little nervous on our departure with the new rig ... reversing out with a little wind making tricky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446806783507-J1JDCEPT1005YYUD0AI8/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria The super moon coming up was a spectacular site . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446805374369-UH3BJAUD6LLYJ22EN8JK/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria friendly locals . Some black swans who were not at all shy . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446806962873-PBEYZ7MCI7951C94NRXR/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria Boxes Creek pictures just can not do this place justice .. p.s we were further from shore when I had to swim in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446793262714-8WOU51ZE0L70SEB1V8QI/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria Michael on the fore deck as the crane lowers the mast onto Roam . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446776365044-1K01HJCJOXUPLKY7XHVD/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria Fresh Tasmanian Green Lip Abalone (marinated in garlic, chilli and ginger and lemon juice) pizza, with mushroom, spinach , avocado , smokey Asian barbecue sauce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446808195441-TYSBP8ORTSBA85L18JPO/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria Michael and Andy after their surf at the Entrance . Check out The SailSurfRoam film for footage . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446795705236-27R6V8X9RVIYPBO24BF3/IMG_4832+%281800x1200%29.jpg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446803303910-JL84J2G3FSTMF2V7O702/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria Thanks for having us Royal Geelong Yacht club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446803567842-9WFD6KOBQ8TI6GRHPL1B/IMG_6711.JPG Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446802306805-RXR8HVSPJSPXDR6UIV3S/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446775983634-A5RDULSO5F9JWJ5FO1XU/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria Jill , watching some sail racing . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446804479630-R8FTHFRBHY0OO18616QG/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria Out through the heads and on our way to Lakes Entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446809360658-7KWTVKYGKG0IRVS5ZDXU/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446807531069-WOB0H2M0H3LG0N1U75D3/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria Boxes launderette ... Some tour boats came through as I was hanging all my clothes out , I'm pretty certain my underpants will feature in their photos being snapped as they cruised passed clicking away with their cameras. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446807961971-N73FL3GJZ7EQ1936LZF2/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria Sunset with Mick and a couple of Spiced Rums ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446808631397-E77CBGFL7I74LPRYBRQT/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria One of the sun baking seals i caught off guard at the Entrance ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446793898651-F98DN2BJ5GVZIV68UDPI/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria The pretty night time views from Roam at Docklands Melbourne city Marina . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446803731164-818MZY7AMX3H9AG2Q1IG/IMG_6723.JPG Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446806499521-B86OVDASZWG9KSQBI8SS/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria We were just a few minutes walk from the beach and the entrance into Gippsland lakes . This is where we sat and enjoyed the sun setting and seals playing . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446808356067-I63NPZNJ05B62JDO09XP/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446807787127-FGYM1T24CM2UF19AU7R4/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria Still night in Boxes creek, not a ripple on the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446808781392-SKZB6J6MOIGC6ZY6YW3K/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Mick and Liss Roam Victoria Storm clouds moving in as we sail into Paynesville. http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-larissa/2015/10/25/rbtiy5iidaefkkp2y18h84gv01ma71 monthly 0.5 2015-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445742480712-RBW32YB5IM51MI1SVKXO/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 There is an abundance of sea life in East cove, including these slippery jelly fish. I'm glad it was dark when we were jumping off the jetty the night before, not sure I would have enjoyed it as much knowing I was sharing the pristine water with jellies. Luckily this species are not dangerous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445742912277-DF1X5IUPPKA8SCGIY2YV/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 Benn and Mick with bike bags loaded ready to run us ashore . You can see the East cove jetty and the old carriage tracks in the back ground . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445755617970-7BAYHO2E8OSN8TY6DHJM/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445755916003-3MPTNSWJ6WFYRBMY2MNM/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445750798203-945BU97ZFS1D4X4IAQ0B/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445750954083-G7G9LOC6KCDI509NJHE9/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 Mick leading the way to the Crash sight, scaring the snakes off for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445751419067-LQP4LPDKFEK403M8KS0E/image-asset.png Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445752762704-AXTFPY9PXBCXRUIELV0V/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 The boys managed to get a good catch in Garden Cove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445755697833-E41Q91HHGVKIYNCM5W7V/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 Streaming the Quiksilver Pro France live.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445752444036-DJEYQFEL3JWR7ZIFFVNE/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 A Cape Barren goose family at garden cove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445755487435-RFQHRCGAMNOTMJC26QAD/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 Benn on the bow as we motor into a flock of hundreds of birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445750129763-DN4EUGUFFH2MX4D2JV4H/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 Benn throwing down some shakers in the foreground and the Deal Island light house in the back ground . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445755825879-T9XD615PUGM3WYBX1VUD/IMG_4683+%281800x1200%29.jpg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 A yacht on the horizon , not long now and Roam will have a mast... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445751214655-RH0T5CNVYQV6Z2AU6JDX/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 The crash site of a world war two A.A.F Airspeed Oxford. The air craft left base in Sale Victoria carry a crew of four who were all killed instantly when the plane crashed at this site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445751640152-WYIZ0YPFCZ8L284AMEE0/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445752940308-LLEPH17HFVM6JTWAT4YE/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 Benn , Joel and Roland back to pick us up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445743367210-REVKUTQHJ2THTDVF6PYW/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445755769578-LK0HDJ2HQXH3XNXOWTVF/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 A rad sun set that Benn captured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445756001866-KAQELPR7FR8EGGVFXB37/IMG_4648+%281800x1200%29.jpg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 Sorry lads had to do it .... wine connoisseurs , Roland oxygenating the wine and Benn sniffing the aromas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445754215322-7JX295TE5CE5HCM81YV4/IMG_4610+%281800x1200%29.jpg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 Paddling in at Lenard bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445751075883-Q430W1MBGAMGIFGG8ABT/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 Hard to make out a plane in all the scattered pieces of wreckage . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445754416937-SQ0PMG4M73VZQHAWGWVS/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 Michael tagging the beach , ROAM, at Lenards Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445753409037-AT89GH5I6OKRLF402WYE/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445751700384-FQPLADHCFB2E0SEPSVVD/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 Garden Cove, we were able to ride right onto the beach . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445754330189-YU8FY6B3FX70OH022WQK/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 Joel soaking up some sun shine and keeping an eye on the boys . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445753278307-FDIKKOHIGC0P141MWQCS/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 Joel , Liss and Roland taking in the views as we skirt up the West side of the Prom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445753959769-YTEU9ZHI41ADY9W4DNCT/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 Benn and Roland getting set to catch a wave in Victorian waters . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445750364560-8DPTNFKGF9M591H3VZO3/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 we made it ... Deal Island light house. The highest elevated light house in Australia, at the elevation of 305 meters. It is unfortunately starting to deteriorate. The light house was first turned on in 1848 and abandoned in 1992. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445742295253-DI7BWBGYM8RCRECZG7QX/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 If you look carefully, you can see the sun and the moon rising together over the hill at East cove Deal Island. Me peeping out from the hatch above our bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445754132187-YMI0E0EZC40K048563FK/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Days 3 / 4 Mick getting in after his board .. http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-larissa/2015/10/10/bass-strait-crossing-day-2 monthly 0.5 2015-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444462939569-F3RH946MOEMCLWGAINOV/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 Mick shucking the Green lip fresh from Flinders Island waters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444546918090-ZSABJC36Z4EOIYYKOIFA/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444460968892-PNASJQ6OXAKM9E1DO16M/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444546167826-5Q41PI0CQQ3W0Z3BL4ST/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 The wall coverings are old news paper clippings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444456515425-4BHGU1R3MSME5SENZ47V/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 Mick and Benn ready to rock and roll https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444544733908-NT8XSJJW0GUZ31ZDY8OD/IMG_6514.JPG Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 The Saloona , Mick and Benn on deck saying hello to their good mate Rat ( Liam Rattray ) . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444546353287-4RNZQZSXBZYGMFXKVI9Y/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 Deal Island light house on the highest point of Deal Island. Benn in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444548648621-DEQVPWTRQKCTB50SY51V/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444463660988-UH1HPOGLVFMYCDCRM85N/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444546081079-WZJ1ER5AMZHH7NGS1RKV/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 Deal Island original homestead, now a museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444460153480-7ENAVL2PQO0BTQ3M4AFC/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444462193109-UJFW6D1WUFPYYKIITJZ0/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444456673289-F5TDJ5DDVC96ISBV6Q6I/IMG_4264+%281800x1200%29.jpg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 Rozza ( Roland ) ready to shred it on my sisters board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444461448615-DANCWMTJ5XVXVDSU8M9V/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444447741952-VLGCS7IOA3F7H7BR7PXP/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 Mick and Roland being persistent with this fishing business ...   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444545591204-IGGCZTD591IFKCYYLOCO/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 One of the locals , there were so many wallabies hopping around, they certainly were not shy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444545942421-L77F5HYB71U17VYKIZB9/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 Looking down into East Cove bay from the Path up to the Homestead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444546530990-484AIESQNTWLHMB73QJ2/IMG_4471+%281200x1800%29.jpg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 A family of Cape Barren Geese https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444459595085-M64RP89CVFKMVMUYAG8T/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 I had no qualms being dropped off on this island in the sun to get some photos and surf footage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444543725694-RMNFX0NDPWDBYG1AP3PV/IMG_4397+%281200x1800%29.jpg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444463395014-NHYXPSM6FHAQ0A240SFY/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444461703606-ZJBCCB2D9KNSUE9U2T4G/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 Roland giving my sisters board the most action its ever had https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444543197894-BPHI5GQ4GFRJT7LNZE2A/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444463496406-MQF3LLTT4RD6PPZYOFUO/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444453991107-BAI9HQSXP207F487GFBP/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 The famous fishing pajama pants ... and the mysterious one Spotted Puller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444546785798-JL7TYFKW9UK4YS4B44PT/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 Sunset Rumbos with the Captain, Michael Hoult admiring his creation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444454583895-FWYVTA8YHS46ASYCBDPE/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 Captain Mick showing us how its done .. all these little ones went back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444455123079-E19OIZ5DC0LHNZCGL0C4/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444546656168-AK5LBLRUGHTPKQ6U1L33/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 Roam and and Soluna sheltered in East cove on sunset .   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444546280976-6MOWWEBUSMQ8IA1U1V7C/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 #teamROAM checking in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444457574636-FHYB052JH8TDVIOZD6EO/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 Surf Island to the left ..   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444460364898-HL3NWQM75WFPPZQ44X7I/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444462838781-9L3HLIQHZWMY3MNA6BCB/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444545403972-COMOERAL6RJZU8PA2JZL/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 The Old East cover Jetty with the Original track still on it, leading up the hill . once used for carting supplies to homestead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444453467148-U2OQ4WAN3U9JVWWTL687/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - Bass Strait Crossing Day 2 http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-larissa/2015/10/07so-today-my-roam-adventure-begins-over-the-bar-way-at-first-light-is-what-mick-said- monthly 0.5 2015-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444277388116-KTAXNPDNXY25VHUYRJ4Z/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - So today my Roam adventure begins . "over the bar way at first light " Is what Mick said .. celebrating our Day one voyage with Jansz and a beautiful sunset https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444276301021-QJF2XRW1YXC2Y431WRY9/IMG_5195.JPG Larissa - So today my Roam adventure begins . "over the bar way at first light " Is what Mick said .. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444276727541-00HR2102198C5RCE69SQ/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - So today my Roam adventure begins . "over the bar way at first light " Is what Mick said .. Benn, Rozza and Joel enjoying the sun .   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444252115704-KN7A68AU9CAUZWPK5QVP/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - So today my Roam adventure begins . "over the bar way at first light " Is what Mick said .. My Brother Joel Brill, watching the sun rise . Stoked to be aboard . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444277076464-86PSRSTSK8FPZS7V7LAP/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - So today my Roam adventure begins . "over the bar way at first light " Is what Mick said .. Mick getting some shots of Roam in moored in our destination for the first night . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444259378626-VQB1XQCFXJBOLDO0UWPZ/IMG_6445.JPG Larissa - So today my Roam adventure begins . "over the bar way at first light " Is what Mick said .. Living the dream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444290664733-X4QIQYU4V6EN5RZ74IT3/image-asset.png Larissa - So today my Roam adventure begins . "over the bar way at first light " Is what Mick said .. A playful pod of dolphins showing us up the west side . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444258595171-QL2HERMUW1X45CZDQLNR/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - So today my Roam adventure begins . "over the bar way at first light " Is what Mick said .. Rozza, fixing the crew a morning brew . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444277734816-YAPEVT1IXPDBCAI1HSDS/image-asset.jpeg Larissa - So today my Roam adventure begins . "over the bar way at first light " Is what Mick said .. http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-michael daily 0.75 2020-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441762831045-DJNW80I5UAR08QYDS4WP/IMG_3395.jpg Michael http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-michael/2020/3/28/does-anyone-know-much-about-lombardinis monthly 0.5 2020-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1585384071168-Q39FZAHPDJOZQ3RRXRVH/Lombardini+1+%283%29.jpg Michael - Does anyone know much about Lombardini raw water pumps? I’m using the wire to clean out the mess the heat exchanger anode leaves behind. I pulled the whole tube nest at the 500hr service but its was all clear at the other end so I decided to just clean from one end this time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1585384207658-B9BNKUMKOBLXY4VQ4B1J/Lombardini+1+%281%29.jpg Michael - Does anyone know much about Lombardini raw water pumps? This is the drain tube I added to the factory supplied hose barb on the raw water pump cavity drain. I didn’t fit it early enough before enough raw water ended up on the heat exchanger cap fastener and eventually wrecked it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1585383917168-NINPJSH1GV0I0IMER39V/Lombardini+1+%282%29.jpg Michael - Does anyone know much about Lombardini raw water pumps? #Note the red dirt in the engine hatches blew over from mainland Australia to Tasmania during the Black Summer fires! Ive since cleaned it out ;) http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-michael/2019/1/27/can-you-fix-thatnbspthe-story-of-our-mainsail-failure-and-repair monthly 0.5 2019-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1548552009740-EWMA8DIV09UOEHRVIF8D/Haapiti+Pass-17.jpg Michael - Can you fix that? The story of our mainsail repair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1548552276783-ST1D8BP6UWW4DCDSTKSA/Haapiti+Pass-4.jpg Michael - Can you fix that? The story of our mainsail repair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1548552367598-U15VRB1IGFSP2UFURITZ/Haapiti+Pass-3.jpg Michael - Can you fix that? The story of our mainsail repair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1548552061190-C29KYFEN48AASYQB14Y5/20180825-2.jpg Michael - Can you fix that? The story of our mainsail repair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1548552156149-I8CG7RAWZVNOW06WX7PC/20180825-5.jpg Michael - Can you fix that? The story of our mainsail repair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1548552311922-7E9UEFANX2OL5DV484IU/20180825-8.jpg Michael - Can you fix that? The story of our mainsail repair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1548552416405-O7CUX7HR9P9B1VNTFLK6/20180825-10.jpg Michael - Can you fix that? The story of our mainsail repair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1548546802934-BZHJT03N0KR4GDFW4QO1/IMG_0317.jpg Michael - Can you fix that? The story of our mainsail repair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1548547050245-R2VE0GCAA4JZKQB34TXR/IMG_0318.jpg Michael - Can you fix that? The story of our mainsail repair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1548547950557-ZLW205O6ZRF3QEJGPNWO/IMG20180106114900.jpg Michael - Can you fix that? The story of our mainsail repair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1548546111270-L6AOZHP4X5KKIV4QM6KQ/received_10157164495209782.jpeg Michael - 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This is the contents of our "tool tidy stool" Its the kit need within arms length every day. I'm not sure why I have two tape measures. That is a potential weight saving if ever there was one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1511372082969-GXVQHO0N83TPPUYNQMOY/IMG_6564.JPG Michael - What do you have for tools and spares? This is the "Milwaukee" tool bag. Named for obvious reasons. The gear in here is pretty self explanatory. Of note is the 18V Grinder. I was on a race boat doing a delivery a few years back and its carbon mast came down in spectacular fashion in the night. It had rod standing rigging that needed cutting so we could abandon the rig before it punched a hole in the deck and hullside. The guys onboard were well prepared and had a battery grinder to cut shrouds but I remember watching the bloke who made the cut trying to operate the grinder, shield his eyes with one hand as the sparks flew. For the 2nd cut that night some sunnies were used. I now always make sure that the cutting disc is in the grinder for passages and there is some safety glasses right next to it. You are going to be pretty upset the day you have to lose your rig, no point going blind over it too though. If you think you are going to be effective in a worst case situation with a hacksaw you are dreaming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1511372213202-JAQMGAVWDTHV8M7TQGEB/IMG_6581.JPG Michael - What do you have for tools and spares? Finally here is our splicing kit. It probably gets the most use maintaining and ever improving what I consider to be our primary system onboard, our main propulsion system. I'd like to take the opportunity to thank Ben King for not only setting up our running rigging for the boat but also passing on the knowledge to maintain it. I recently asked another rigger for advice on how to set up our spinnaker halyard. He said he could supply me the material but could not tell me how to make the termination. "It's like asking a chef for their prize recipe" he said. And whilst I completely agree with his thought process, keeping hold of knowledge that as taken years to acquire, as skippers of boats operating in remote areas we need to pick up these skills form somewhere to maintain our boats and keep them safe. Ben is a champ and you can find him at Almasts Launceston of you are in need of some rigging work or advice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1511371943464-15W2KUGT5MKBRLW4DZBG/IMG_6540.JPG Michael - What do you have for tools and spares? This is my fiberglass repair kit including paints. It has a small quantity of everything Roam is built from. Its all laid out here on one of the benches in John's shed. After 18 months onboard we had used a few things (mostly for fixing other peoples surfboards) and some things had gone off and needed replacing. I am also not carrying the quantities resins that I was before. The hardners go off in the heat and expire so I carry now enough for small jobs and if we ever needed to do a bigger repair we would just have to stock up for the job. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1511370080426-DMJ4AZ4XBE0BB5DA7B0C/IMG_6533.JPG Michael - What do you have for tools and spares? This is the same kit packed away in the Nav Desk seat. It does not look this neat 99% of the time... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1511370277194-6MJTTA3IH3Y0BFP7DRTM/IMG_6534.JPG Michael - What do you have for tools and spares? I have two tool bags on the boat. This is the "Makita" bag. It houses most of our spares and consumables like a few spares of every stainless fastener on the boat, the left overs form installing all the electronics on the boat, every different type of tape you can think of, a few plumbing fittings and a Dremel tool with a bunch of attachments and some other odds and sods. #Note I don't actually have any Makita tools in my Makita bag.. The reason for this is after we finally left my Dad, Johns shed after we finished the boat his tools had coped a hiding so I bought him one of those bulk buy Makita tool kits. He gave me back the bag to use on the boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1511371841442-0Z1YDD5MH6UDSVOXX099/IMG_6536.JPG Michael - What do you have for tools and spares? I think I kept my eye out for the right tool kits for about 4 years before deciding on these ones. The one on the left is a 1/2" drive Metric and Imperial kit from Teng Tools (8mm - 19mm). It covers 95% of all the fasteners onboard. There are a couple of smaller sockets and one bigger one that I have loose in there for a couple specialty jobs. 7mm Hex Machine screws on the engine water pumps and a large 22mm socket holding the props on etc. On the Right is what I call the "everything everything" driver set. Its got you covered for the unexpected non standard fastener as well as full size ranges of all the standard stuff. Its from Kincrome. Both of the kits have hit the mark for being decent quality without being crazy expensive and with semi regualr bath of WD40/Lanox/air tool oil they are holding up in the marine environment OK. 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I briefly met the American bloke that owned it. A Kurt Hughes design I believe. On the right day it must be a phonominal boat to passage make on! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1487491459944-UY0GHFWHQV9GW1J75E3G/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Vision from the Boat Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1487508106152-Q5EB8E4944IVZHXM1HEP/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Vision from the Boat Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1487508492728-GT6YZV49NZRBWUT8M6UC/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Vision from the Boat Works Matt's impeccably finished Lidgard/Fusion 40. The attention to detail on this boat is exquisite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1487508219007-WUKTZWSBW9JOI3O4QF3R/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Vision from the Boat Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1487508518326-OB383SEN7AJ14PA6TTW4/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Vision from the Boat Works And last but definitely not least is Drew and Jo Wooler's awesome Prescott Designed Likety Split 2 looking very offshore ready with as many furlers as a Imoca 60! #smalljibsoffshore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1487508147057-9H07POACV1NLPNWHD419/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Vision from the Boat Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1487508262600-EM4VLDDFVZJQM0748YBQ/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Vision from the Boat Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1487508379850-QO35YK9DZWD7O9ALBKZU/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Vision from the Boat Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1487491409532-3VLGAO0UNIMTCE895A4I/IMG_2752.jpg Michael - Vision from the Boat Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1487510188876-QU52U2R1337YT1KM0Z41/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Vision from the Boat Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1487491291086-64RCQ6F4LC5QXTPPVMW3/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Vision from the Boat Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1487491259539-CBV8J3BYUMK63HMUGSA3/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Vision from the Boat Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1487491107850-N92G4C4MRPJXNJ39WP8O/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Vision from the Boat Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1487491161972-WW2LH08X4GSBQ3OHHWSN/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Vision from the Boat Works http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-michael/2016/11/23/so-whats-gone-wrong monthly 0.5 2016-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479895085281-Q55P2IX41SEJZXJIUB5D/image-asset.jpeg Michael - "So what's gone wrong?" Our old Stainless Steel 316 Sea Cock set ups https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479900621847-684SMR8PL1FPUB1ECB6H/image-asset.png Michael - "So what's gone wrong?" We also got the oil changed in the Sail Drives, Re antifouled the dagger boards and rudders and gave the boat a polymer coating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479898606108-AARCXM6NSH6FQLMTVPP9/image-asset.jpeg Michael - "So what's gone wrong?" Top coat time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479898670584-0SAAFO67OI4K9CPQKKX7/image-asset.jpeg Michael - "So what's gone wrong?" Repair complete and ready for antifoul touch up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479900670911-R1DBS45A43DWCXI3JIJC/image-asset.jpeg Michael - "So what's gone wrong?" Saying thanks to Craig and Dylan from Signature Yacht Services for "having us" at Shed i16. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479891465314-LPAX1QXW7F72OWDSQ0FE/image-asset.jpeg Michael - "So what's gone wrong?" Failed "pull-pull" stainless steel cable as noticed in Noumea, New Caledonia after 6,000 Nm in service https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479898073864-I60MRC1HAJ0X4LAZE1IB/image-asset.png Michael - "So what's gone wrong?" Craig checking the extent of our ding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479899140033-Y6I0D87OL5YOWWHMHM7M/image-asset.jpeg Michael - "So what's gone wrong?" This foot block was pronounced dead at the scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479900575058-XU0CU2QB12309NR043YB/image-asset.jpeg Michael - "So what's gone wrong?" The rubber boots around sail drives are S@#T. The guys at Signature Yachts showed me how to replace them with a thin solid glass sheet glued in place and a large cove of sealant to fill the small gap left for leg vibration. A long term fix. I like it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479900057474-8RQKFVQT8PB3CZ7BMGR9/image-asset.jpeg Michael - "So what's gone wrong?" Liss and I finish refitting the main. You can see the repair about 1m above my head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479894562138-L6GJI2MFMX3ENDM9LXUL/image-asset.jpeg Michael - "So what's gone wrong?" One of our 7 dead 100W solar panels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479900538440-9Y3HB5NO72MSGINIAEO0/image-asset.jpeg Michael - "So what's gone wrong?" We had a couple of dull patches from fender rub when we were at the St. Helens wharf for 3 months last year. Not any more thanks to the pros! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479896636071-MMK6EJDZNTP1MX080CN7/IMG_2894.JPG Michael - "So what's gone wrong?" Roam arrives at Shed i16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479893236827-FY606R38C04S9RMEJQE8/image-asset.jpeg Michael - "So what's gone wrong?" Stainless steel cables replaced with 4mm Dyneema https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479895117642-72FRWFNYZJ3HCOS2NXTI/image-asset.png Michael - "So what's gone wrong?" The level of corrosion in one of the raw water in elbows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479899781696-PZEGI0V6D3AN3TWW4OI2/image-asset.jpeg Michael - "So what's gone wrong?" We hauled the sail back up the next morning to inspect and take pics to send to Rob at Ullman for advice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479895186089-OGPLCVBHGEMG0QKO9IJW/image-asset.jpeg Michael - "So what's gone wrong?" Our new glass reinforced nylon skin fittings and seacocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479897861160-6BGETSKKQZAER33WH5L5/image-asset.jpeg Michael - "So what's gone wrong?" Our first ding in Roam :( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1479898508000-EKUBDHRY05IRGXCITHT1/image-asset.jpeg Michael - "So what's gone wrong?" Roam's carbon nose job taking shape with bog on http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-michael/2016/9/24/vbx0ubebpk3r917mbp03893ie1vv6v monthly 0.5 2016-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1474955268226-FIKFUAXZ77Q1GE4BWTKA/image-asset.png Michael - Upwind Catamaran Sailing onboard ROAM ROAM under full Mainsail and Genoa ghosting upwind in ultra light air https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1474957020923-H64CPD3YCESJ56O0Z4HB/image-asset.png Michael - Upwind Catamaran Sailing onboard ROAM This screen shot was taken whilst sailing upwind offshore with full Mainsail and Genoa. Light seastate. The TWS indicator is a little off. It bounces around alot as the speed log moves through the waves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1474656795235-A20OR65SYDD6NV1T0FDK/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Upwind Catamaran Sailing onboard ROAM This is our Reefing Plan for upwind work. Downwind we watch the TWS and don’t have any more main up than we can safely round up in if we had too. We can and do reef downwind. Maybe that can be another blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1474955719803-RV3BPTI8RF45OECSOAM4/image-asset.png Michael - Upwind Catamaran Sailing onboard ROAM You wouldn't know by the clear skies but its gusting to 40 knots when this pic was taken. ROAM is 3rd Reefed and our 13sqm Staysail/Furling Storm jib is out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1474956819785-XNXH07KKT5WLCQG3Z13O/image-asset.png Michael - Upwind Catamaran Sailing onboard ROAM The Blue track above is in light air with full Mainsail and Genoa flat seas and great conditions. Wind speeds 8-12 knots. The Red track is 2 or 3 Reefs in the Mainsail and the Staysail out most of the time. 15-25 TWS. Tacking angles end up about the same no matter what sail configuration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1474955977463-63PTR6A1BMGNB8V2XHVN/image-asset.png Michael - Upwind Catamaran Sailing onboard ROAM 2nd Reef and Full Genoa. By this stage we are a little lee helmed and the Genoa sheet loads are high. We drop to the staysail early usually and just chill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1474956046926-CFYJ02UYIHSQ0MB02TOX/vlcsnap-2016-09-25-19h20m27s94.png Michael - Upwind Catamaran Sailing onboard ROAM Reef 1 and full Genoa. A little less pressure on the boat and a little gust security. Minimal change in boat speed. http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-michael/2016/8/26/sail-surf-roam-13-exploring-fiji-travelling-up-the-yasawas-new-friends-and-learning-to-kitesurf monthly 0.5 2016-08-25 http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-michael/2016/7/30/multis-of-noumea monthly 0.5 2016-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1469881904176-VGJARIW9HP3WCN2PFWE7/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Multi's of Noumea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1469881257162-MPE90DVMEOQAD8MFSUTK/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Multi's of Noumea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1469882626152-L4H1PWR39A74MWR7DSEY/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Multi's of Noumea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1469882428416-IXTVQXJSB47111RCI984/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Multi's of Noumea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1469883057116-0W4O0CYAF58TA4J5ZIXR/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Multi's of Noumea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1469881722416-5138BVSNY2UCYAUKV429/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Multi's of Noumea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1469882780270-L94MO0G6X5C0EMWPUPNW/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Multi's of Noumea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1469881438843-F1BCAYAF7K1K3OVTMJOA/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Multi's of Noumea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1469882224199-21ZSY3DU3BCOEMFKUZYZ/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Multi's of Noumea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1469882046885-GC5D5OC0ZR1OE236J8CT/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Multi's of Noumea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1469883234384-4YRDC0UY2LQFYQJYH4CW/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Multi's of Noumea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1469883499786-OAGKJTII48YGS205EXTO/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Multi's of Noumea http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-michael/2016/5/23/should-i-build-a-yacht-a-follower-hosted-podcast monthly 0.5 2016-05-27 http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-michael/2016/4/10/happy-1st-birthday-roam monthly 0.5 2016-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1460271003867-18IXDHG8O5OEOUXLCAZY/image-asset.jpeg Michael - Happy 1st Birthday ROAM http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-michael/2016/1/26/so-how-does-it-sail monthly 0.5 2016-01-26 http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-michael/2015/12/14/power-cat-definitely-could-work-for-some monthly 0.5 2015-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1450075687154-TFKNAQ23AT1ERK0NHSLW/Dump001.png Michael - Power cat? Definitely could work for some... 1,798Nm = 3,323km = Distance traveled by ROAM to date (Melbourne to Perth is 3,270km) http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-michael/2015/11/24/roam-tech-support-1-solar-power-system monthly 0.5 2015-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1448350111981-MFL57OLO7XXK1O3GOBF7/image-asset.jpeg Michael - ROAM Tech Support #1 Solar Power System Welcome! Come and poach as many ideas as you can get from ROAM. They are all a mix of 1001 other boats ready for you to create your adaption - Mick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1448350893973-LE58U0RQUR23H0B25GDN/image-asset.jpeg Michael - ROAM Tech Support #1 Solar Power System https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1448350841702-29F4UALVRPQ7M9RIV3NB/image-asset.jpeg Michael - ROAM Tech Support #1 Solar Power System http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-michael/2015/10/19/and-were-rigged monthly 0.5 2015-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445252598583-7ITA4BHBRI9OM8QHZ9NW/image-asset.jpeg Michael - ROAM's Rigged Rob Meizer from Ullman Sydney came down and completed the measure up for the sails. The time spent to do the physical measure up rather than building the sails off the drawings will make for the best fit and easy use of ROAM's sail wardrobe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445252639311-QXOS13A8L7LFMRGUX3VT/IMG_4819+%281800x1200%29.jpg Michael - ROAM's Rigged ROAM in the big smoke. Once the rig was on we spent the weekend in Docklands at Melbourne City Marina settling into the cruising lifestyle and catching up with friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445252501742-C171INQ3IXNAL0O7LA55/image-asset.jpeg Michael - ROAM's Rigged Set down. The mast is landed out on the step and the forestay is pinned off. Halyards are then used to tie back and align the rig while the shrouds are measured and terminated. The crane is left connected as a safety until the cap shrouds are pinned off and tensioned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445252454411-WRAJZB8PN3OHC24UKR94/image-asset.jpeg Michael - ROAM's Rigged The mast upended from AYS's trailer and lifted directly to ROAM. Having a crane with plenty of hook height and radius made for an easy lift. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445252684357-9REFVDQJLC9DRAMNNVL8/image-asset.jpeg Michael - ROAM's Rigged Kavahla's old jib getting some more sea miles in as ROAM sails for the first time. Cheers Dave letting us borrow it. It will keep some hours off our engines while our sails are made up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1445252389894-1DMKCMZG7V4WN01PP4RP/IMG_4745+%281800x1200%29.jpg Michael - ROAM's Rigged The mast on AYS's transport trailer with the crane in the backgournd. Ando runs through how he wants the operation to proceed with the crane operator and dogman. http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-michael/2015/9/10/roams-rig monthly 0.5 2015-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441833905785-NZFS209OBBSJYRS1OIY0/image-asset.jpeg Michael - ROAM's Rig ROAM's boom during first trial fit on the boat in 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441834031344-03LRID7TD287NNKEZD02/image-asset.jpeg Michael - ROAM's Rig A sneak preview of ROAM's rig currently being built by Allyacht Spars in Brisbane http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy daily 0.75 2016-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1440750111702-NR0NCKS7RQSKLSH7UZV8/IMG_3836.jpg Andy http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2016/11/26/sail-surf-roam-ep-18-10-days-at-sea-and-getting-to-know-team-roam monthly 0.5 2016-11-26 http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2016/11/4/sail-surf-roam-episode-17-the-proposal monthly 0.5 2016-11-04 http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2016/10/16/sail-surf-roam-episode-16 monthly 0.5 2016-10-16 http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2016/10/11/sail-surf-roam-ep-15 monthly 0.5 2016-10-11 http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2016/9/14/sail-surf-roam-14-twelve-tacks-to-fulaga-cruising-in-the-southern-lau-group-fiji-a-remote-paradise monthly 0.5 2016-09-14 http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2016/8/7/sail-surf-roam-episode-12-online-now monthly 0.5 2016-08-07 http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2016/7/12/sail-surf-roam-episode-11-new-caledonia monthly 0.5 2016-07-31 http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2016/6/11/episode-10-direct-from-new-caledonia monthly 0.5 2016-06-11 http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2016/5/27/roam-the-adventure-continues monthly 0.5 2016-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1464321733034-9BGOYCIEUFBH5TWREP0Y/image-asset.jpeg Andy - ROAM - THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES Self assembled watermaker in place and ready to use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1464323893305-BR7ANWMJ20XS4XNXHS1T/image-asset.jpeg Andy - ROAM - THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES Captain Mick chasing waves at Barrenjoey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1464323415270-6LUT04SRRXNLEJRB86QH/image-asset.jpeg Andy - ROAM - THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES Jack and Jude with Team ROAM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1464323842396-9NXYBEKOL6YOWLJ2QSYQ/image-asset.jpeg Andy - ROAM - THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES Holly as we depart Port Stephens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1464323363834-HO2266YJBEYRZ4SPPK18/image-asset.jpeg Andy - ROAM - THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES Rainbows over Eden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1464323637442-Y71R4X6643RS3N3QG9WA/image-asset.jpeg Andy - ROAM - THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES Birthday girl Liss after a rough night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1464323968224-QDQYFA2V6JCETBQJ9X87/image-asset.jpeg Andy - ROAM - THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES The last view we will have of Aus for a while!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1464323747818-TH5X2U6NAVDYMWDC6DMF/image-asset.jpeg Andy - ROAM - THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES Guitar sessions in Port Stephens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1464324297023-3N9AO8LWEU35EZ0KQPTK/image-asset.jpeg Andy - ROAM - THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES Mick, Holly and I assessing a snapped reef line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1464322809923-UNXRRV399XWQPWVUO4LZ/image-asset.jpeg Andy - ROAM - THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES Departing Eddystone, Holly lashing the reef in the mainsail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1464323528138-PUCK6OXC95J0ACBN79Z3/image-asset.jpeg Andy - ROAM - THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES Liss and Mick after the storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1464322991740-3GWAS23MXPH75YZCWAS7/image-asset.jpeg Andy - ROAM - THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES TeamROAM successfully in Eden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1464322721369-YTAACBY85AQWF9OZIHBW/image-asset.jpeg Andy - ROAM - THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES The tidiest the surfboard locker has ever been. http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2016/4/19/adelaide-to-sthelens-a-mono-hull-delivery-photo-diary monthly 0.5 2016-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1461048788043-PIXYCA8B3YKIWHW2U05I/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Adelaide to St.Helens; A Mono-Hull Delivery Photo Diary. The nicest anchorage of the trip, Bay of Fires, Tasmania. Right next to home..... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1461048317309-XPUSPPYXROH0P8FK4RRU/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Adelaide to St.Helens; A Mono-Hull Delivery Photo Diary. Just one of the several hundred dolphins we saw on the trip. One night watch we were surrounded by a pod of dolphins that would leave bright blue bubble trails for 50 m every time they broke the surface caused by phosphorescence. Essentially glow in the dark dolphins!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1461048536936-6THHBRI28Y4TVQJEO60M/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Adelaide to St.Helens; A Mono-Hull Delivery Photo Diary. A south west sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1461048688489-GJAOJYQITOBSWTCB55P4/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Adelaide to St.Helens; A Mono-Hull Delivery Photo Diary. The back of a squall near the Vic/SA border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1461048596341-8VL5R35EEIGABYV7ORAP/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Adelaide to St.Helens; A Mono-Hull Delivery Photo Diary. An Albatross at dawn as we approached Robe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1461048237251-0Y59K5JGWASXD211Q0WW/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Adelaide to St.Helens; A Mono-Hull Delivery Photo Diary. Beatrice. http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2016/2/23/things-i-have-learnt-in-my-short-career-as-a-sailor monthly 0.5 2016-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1456194996840-AK72QGPQRU0DRM4TRHFN/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Things I have Learnt in my Short Career as a Sailor (including many sunset pics) The Gordon River, Tasmania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1456195146748-NUO4H2M63SPP0UTNGGBD/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Things I have Learnt in my Short Career as a Sailor (including many sunset pics) Meeting Fellow Cruisers in the Bathurst Channel, Tasmania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1456194812686-RAKA1YMAZ6TGOCDENOB9/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Things I have Learnt in my Short Career as a Sailor (including many sunset pics) Surprise Bay, South Coast, Tasmania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1456195470536-6GPUN2Y7T35UPC5HRDRJ/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Things I have Learnt in my Short Career as a Sailor (including many sunset pics) Sunrise through bushfire smoke, West Coast, Tasmania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1456194901239-1I3L6XJ765K2ASWENH9C/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Things I have Learnt in my Short Career as a Sailor (including many sunset pics) Port Davey, Tasmania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1456195222745-9JK5CS05WIK1W3XK4Y56/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Things I have Learnt in my Short Career as a Sailor (including many sunset pics) Looking East toward the Sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1456194724221-XOBSBC2JAXT01TERYY5U/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Things I have Learnt in my Short Career as a Sailor (including many sunset pics) Sunset over Southport from Bruny Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1456195291363-DH3I8SGKW2ITS8S3YM58/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Things I have Learnt in my Short Career as a Sailor (including many sunset pics) Looking West. http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2016/2/15/sail-surf-roam-9 monthly 0.5 2016-02-16 http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2016/1/20/port-davey-tasmania-an-image-gallery monthly 0.5 2016-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1453239474267-83NFUZXI881OBND1DRYC/IMG_7808.jpg Andy - Port Davey Tasmania - An image gallery Maatsuyker Island from the South. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1453240495204-S2OQQ7DKYXYPF5QF7X8Q/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Port Davey Tasmania - An image gallery Mount Misery summit looking South West with ROAM anchored just inside Sarah Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1453240211092-AUGTU1ZQ470SNOF9HN8Z/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Port Davey Tasmania - An image gallery Mount Misery from Sarah Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1453240616592-HS1FOV7ROC13K48GTD89/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Port Davey Tasmania - An image gallery The view towards Bathurst Harbour and Mount Rugby with Liss on the Summit of Mount Misery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1453240326021-PA9EB59ZBEMACBG7TXXQ/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Port Davey Tasmania - An image gallery Liss and Michael climbing towards the misty summit of Mt. Misery (371m). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1453241331470-ZTTYGDNFBIEEFEVSDD52/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Port Davey Tasmania - An image gallery The Bathurst Channel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1453240070096-LLF47HRHOYWHK8XQS4FN/IMG_7913.jpg Andy - Port Davey Tasmania - An image gallery ROAM at Whalers Point Port Davey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1453241162130-XPPMVLKRNQD5VZGUFUAI/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Port Davey Tasmania - An image gallery Mount Rugby on a perfect day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1453239810478-M34CHA57AF32GBN7XAMT/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Port Davey Tasmania - An image gallery Mount Rugby over Mount Misery at the entrance to Port Davey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1453240762398-VUICNRDMA7OSSLYRREXM/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Port Davey Tasmania - An image gallery The Kamiros sailing towards the South Passage of the Bathurst Channel around the Breaksea Islands. http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2016/1/10/episodes-4-5-and-6 monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1452379330114-2IN9EPHJJZNSNXMALS7C/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Episodes 4, 5 and 6!!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1452379402518-NQV3YL7VBQJ045KOJ7T7/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Episodes 4, 5 and 6!!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1452379464497-C0O12XZUIDIHT3FA621J/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Episodes 4, 5 and 6!!!! http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2015/12/10/contingencies-at-sea-our-departure-from-aussie-pipe monthly 0.5 2015-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1449725901392-05MHM6RW3L7PHZ9W8MOM/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Contingencies at Sea (Our Departure from Aussie Pipe) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1449726447172-PT0F2KCAOYNB51EWICKN/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Contingencies at Sea (Our Departure from Aussie Pipe) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1449726961266-CNRZ577AO2W26QVJSZOG/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Contingencies at Sea (Our Departure from Aussie Pipe) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1449727299726-QCPM7E6NGQS6U8GJS8W3/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Contingencies at Sea (Our Departure from Aussie Pipe) http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2015/11/29/we-head-to-aussie-pipe-and-episode-3-is-up monthly 0.5 2015-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1448776502216-J2R2EBTL9J62L2285H55/image-asset.jpeg Andy - We Head to Aussie Pipe, and Episode 3 is up!!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1448776331665-DT8B0SJNQZYA61GBMIZ0/image-asset.jpeg Andy - We Head to Aussie Pipe, and Episode 3 is up!!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1448776420598-OZDX0HYBJNQZGSEIXL2C/image-asset.jpeg Andy - We Head to Aussie Pipe, and Episode 3 is up!!!! http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2015/11/26/first-night-at-sea-and-good-times-in-nsw monthly 0.5 2015-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1448512849500-7YV4OPXKBI0O688RQBQX/image-asset.jpeg Andy - First Night at Sea, and Good times in NSW! South Broulee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1448512567416-BFPDDGYU1P3CJM5J56FJ/image-asset.jpeg Andy - First Night at Sea, and Good times in NSW! Crossing the Moruya bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1448512797148-3M6N2RT2LDRXILSYO1EY/IMG_5559.jpg Andy - First Night at Sea, and Good times in NSW! Always a different pace on the way home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1448512604482-3YQLB0BO4GH3MEJ3MTDF/image-asset.jpeg Andy - First Night at Sea, and Good times in NSW! John picking us a place to drop the hook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1448512693435-STLKLPFFHMSUD2QX7G5V/image-asset.jpeg Andy - First Night at Sea, and Good times in NSW! Stress relief after the tender ride back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1448512519416-JW3ILMPMEG2MIX4V2BC7/image-asset.jpeg Andy - First Night at Sea, and Good times in NSW! Heading Towards Gabo Island http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2015/11/15/exploring-the-gippsland-lakes-a-photo-journal monthly 0.5 2015-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1447568711472-QE7J68D71DF6Z5YGIIGO/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Exploring the Gippsland Lakes; a photo journal. Dodging lightning storms on a perfectly still day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1447570021657-ZSAK1J4X5NTZDIBAAVFD/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Exploring the Gippsland Lakes; a photo journal. My favourite photo of the trip so far, jumped out of the surf and paddled back to the boat to grab the camera in time for sunset. A wet and stormy day finished up with a brilliant evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1447568838936-SWCAHAT5VDHLPV4878RN/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Exploring the Gippsland Lakes; a photo journal. Lois pointing out channel markers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1447568991649-SG5Y2S2P0FCM4V3JXKV5/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Exploring the Gippsland Lakes; a photo journal. John and I deciding if we still need our wet weathers...we did. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1447569885795-W2QW6CGAQEJE32RVFKZF/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Exploring the Gippsland Lakes; a photo journal. The sunsets in the Bunga Arm were ridiculous!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1447569547361-3DZEPAXOXRFA9JS7UO4Q/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Exploring the Gippsland Lakes; a photo journal. The number of large birds in the lakes is amazing, literally thousands of Swans and Pelicans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1447569386219-KMRARLNCJVP5PSPFD3NO/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Exploring the Gippsland Lakes; a photo journal. The Mitchell River running into Lake King has formed silt jetties over hundreds of years which make for a fantastic view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1447569722979-VFLPU6Q3V6LEJWLV6BSS/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Exploring the Gippsland Lakes; a photo journal. ROAM from above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1447569132202-4JEVI1T45JVVHZOJJFD9/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Exploring the Gippsland Lakes; a photo journal. Lois and Liss from above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1447569212367-3T86C7H6APQUDK9HMIIC/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Exploring the Gippsland Lakes; a photo journal. The entry to the Mitchell River in the middle of Lake King. http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2015/11/8/michaels-goneim-captain monthly 0.5 2015-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446954643842-D77U3KCUI0UTTPM078T0/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Michael's Gone.....I'm "Captain" 90 Mile beach not quite doing it... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446954094078-P5IY1SX8TKZK6JYL2OXW/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Michael's Gone.....I'm "Captain" Mum and Baby just hanging out in the middle of the town on Raymond Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446953699491-G952K5L7QGD8CKGNZL9W/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Michael's Gone.....I'm "Captain" The Bunga Arm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446954539993-6GSERX678OFMHL0E9BIX/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Michael's Gone.....I'm "Captain" One of the many epic sunsets in the Gippsland Lakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446954325386-QDHKPRCQLJRXT74EZW56/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Michael's Gone.....I'm "Captain" The wind stopped just on dark to allow me to haul up the Lazy Jacks, perfect on the first try. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446954829794-U8NL5RXC7D3JPQU3BU12/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Michael's Gone.....I'm "Captain" Fairy walk near Steamer Landing in the Bunga Arm, Stretched on for ages!!!! http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2015/11/4/a-day-out-the-bairnsdale-races monthly 0.5 2015-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446586600898-K79HVL5ECHBYH7931655/image-asset.jpeg Andy - A Day out: The Bairnsdale Races Free bus got us here a little early but the beers were cold and the sun warm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446587031926-S22P2H4XJQD9KKKDL6RU/image-asset.jpeg Andy - A Day out: The Bairnsdale Races Old mate looked better in my hat than me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446586258835-UO9TTINCCOKX03E45TSO/image-asset.jpeg Andy - A Day out: The Bairnsdale Races Dressed in our "best" at Paynesville Wharf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446586751360-YGKRQFX0VYL5RJLGFEE4/image-asset.jpeg Andy - A Day out: The Bairnsdale Races Luckily Liss had a few hats to spare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446587091592-71KME0WA8GR06P58Q49T/image-asset.jpeg Andy - A Day out: The Bairnsdale Races Michael watching his pick come home and earning himself $70. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446586935021-MYRC5OAVZ939BKLD5D5N/image-asset.jpeg Andy - A Day out: The Bairnsdale Races http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2015/11/2/im-on-board-work-to-do-and-episodes-1-and-2-complete monthly 0.5 2015-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446441143648-JOMRR3G8EJTFY3O87S02/image-asset.jpeg Andy - I'm On Board!!! Work to do, and Episodes 1 and 2 complete. Old mate didn't want to give up his spot on the rock but after watching Sail Surf ROAM episode 2 he realised Liss isn't to be messed with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446440795085-STL6FKGGIY8VX3P3FA2K/image-asset.jpeg Andy - I'm On Board!!! Work to do, and Episodes 1 and 2 complete. Barber hauling our borrowed headsail to get the maximum speed out of the slight breeze we had. Made 6.3 knots in 12.8 knots of breeze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446440576478-QEPKNS2LGC403URTZHQY/image-asset.jpeg Andy - I'm On Board!!! Work to do, and Episodes 1 and 2 complete. Post surf watching the plethora of Seals off the Lakes Entrance barway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446441276695-2OJOVT9P448CHWABE3FR/image-asset.jpeg Andy - I'm On Board!!! Work to do, and Episodes 1 and 2 complete. Destination: Paynesville.... Where is that? oh it's right under that evil cloud... http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2015/9/10/camera-gear-first-aid-and-why-am-i-here monthly 0.5 2015-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441889356155-5FTVMTFUSSGR5SU37X91/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Camera Gear, First Aid, and; Why am I here? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441889438076-MNF6A13YYCEJUB378L31/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Camera Gear, First Aid, and; Why am I here? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441889786762-A8BSY40BK3GFXGL75TH7/image-asset.jpeg Andy - Camera Gear, First Aid, and; Why am I here? Mick on one I didn't get to call him into http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/2015/8/28/website-design monthly 0.5 2015-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1440762941556-KZPEH669OWHUVJ3IF9CP/image-asset.jpeg Andy - My Journey Begins Also have been collecting a decent number of instruments for the ROAM family band... http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/tag/Beginning monthly 0.5 http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/tag/Binalong+Bay monthly 0.5 http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/tag/Andy monthly 0.5 http://sailsurfroam.com/blog-andy/tag/ROAM monthly 0.5 http://sailsurfroam.com/sam-estelle daily 0.75 2018-04-30 http://sailsurfroam.com/sam-estelle/2018/4/30/joining-the-roam-crew-for-the-next-part-of-our-world-trip monthly 0.5 2018-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1526269115716-729L25Z2H3JYTFPC78R5/TukTuk.jpg Sam & Estelle - Backpacking to Oceantracking: Part 2 of our World Trip Estelle and I showing off our trusty mode of transport, Pippin, while we were touring Sri Lanka. Photo taken in front of Lion Rock, Sigiriya, by a friendly taxi driver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1525064376228-MTM2GFSP8OSILG2ZGYBQ/ROAM2.jpg Sam & Estelle - Backpacking to Oceantracking: Part 2 of our World Trip Getting ready to head out for our first overnight sail down the east coast of New Zealand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1525063565469-JJDD4BCV1WWYXFKRLG4T/ROAM.jpg Sam & Estelle - Backpacking to Oceantracking: Part 2 of our World Trip Day 1 on ROAM in the Bay of Islands was a nice intro to the good life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1525061644587-O3GKMCZVXB2PUKR305UD/Indo.jpg Sam & Estelle - Backpacking to Oceantracking: Part 2 of our World Trip Estelle and I "enjoying the view" on one of the Islands off the coast of Flores, Indonesia. http://sailsurfroam.com/cynthia daily 0.75 2018-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1543113051893-GIZ8VZ86S9MQ6T22XJXK/GOPR3463.JPG Cynthia http://sailsurfroam.com/cynthia/2018/12/15/are-you-ready-for-a-world-with-more-plastic-than-fish monthly 0.5 2018-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1544820220994-2MX9TW55JE7HA4KQ4T9L/angelfish+and+coral.JPG Cynthia - Are you ready for a world with more plastic than fish? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1544819766409-HTUSEYS11JKE4ZOJBY8D/The+2029+Tropical+Fish+Field+Guide.jpg Cynthia - Are you ready for a world with more plastic than fish? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1544820377237-WFIGQL8KDEO30MPJ3J2H/3BA2D97700000578-4065768-Cynthia_Colli_with_some_of_the_bags_that_she_with_the_helping_ha-a-25_1482724310699.jpg Cynthia - Are you ready for a world with more plastic than fish? Me at 2am on Coogee Beach, after a mega Christmas Party Rave left over 30,000 bottles on the beach (my estimate). http://sailsurfroam.com/cynthia/2018/12/15/getting-my-sea-legs monthly 0.5 2018-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1544818224292-1NREXRZ8V97CFQZVL4G0/cynthia-free-diving Cynthia - Getting my sea legs Free diving and snorkelling - soooo good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1544817942394-54J190ULPQGS118LPG6I/IMAG7299.jpg Cynthia - Getting my sea legs Bay d’Oponahu (and Kopiko!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1544818369629-WRLN3JKL76FWJ4L91LNZ/Me+and+Baz+back+in+Sydney+%28in+winter%2C+which+seems+so+far+away+now%29 Cynthia - Getting my sea legs Barry and me in Sydney (in winter, wow. Seems so far away right now) http://sailsurfroam.com/cynthia/tag/adventure monthly 0.5 http://sailsurfroam.com/cynthia/tag/reef monthly 0.5 http://sailsurfroam.com/cynthia/tag/plastic monthly 0.5 http://sailsurfroam.com/cynthia/tag/single+use+plastic monthly 0.5 http://sailsurfroam.com/cynthia/tag/Moorea monthly 0.5 http://sailsurfroam.com/cynthia/tag/newbie monthly 0.5 http://sailsurfroam.com/cynthia/tag/marine+plastic+debris monthly 0.5 http://sailsurfroam.com/cynthia/tag/coral+reef monthly 0.5 http://sailsurfroam.com/cynthia/tag/ecowarrior monthly 0.5 http://sailsurfroam.com/cynthia/tag/French+Polynesia monthly 0.5 http://sailsurfroam.com/home daily 1.0 2024-02-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1448775594431-XQ7KGKQ2QOG3TZU8CO44/image-asset.jpeg Home Through to becoming the amazing surf travel adventure vehicle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1641977751902-INLR8OI3UZYIK3YWL46E/Wayfnder+Logo+Aqua+Black.jpg Home - Sail Surf ROAM Proudly In Partnership With https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1475126715321-0NCMI6XD93LBZUSXM445/image-asset.jpeg Home An Overview of our 6 years in the shed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1510865488664-VAXEOL4BSK0F1CNA4CQL/LOGO+2.jpg Home and Proudly Associated With https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1641977277676-VTNV0PSVFWUCYBBGQSNH/Vavau%25252BDrone%25252B%2525252814%25252529.jpg Home http://sailsurfroam.com/thecrew daily 0.75 2021-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1617271552593-G1TISZJY56GRLZARA9X8/tour%2Bde%2Btahiti%2B%252820%2529.jpg the CREW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1617271093219-MSERAUKTD51JNAF8GV3G/Screenshot%2B%252828%2529.jpg the CREW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1440759622057-7M1HEX7IZPCW93HJ71WY/image-asset.jpeg the CREW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1444614842935-EJL1W49OHFP2X3GZL4H2/image-asset.jpeg the CREW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524886964596-XUNN4O1WQ00Z2HZL3ZK6/IMG_5231.JPG the CREW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524988712525-81Y85IZCEFP52FC6GVU4/31429949_10156290874376992_8290878153778266112_n.jpg the CREW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1450912913178-Y5DNVUQCFN7DAHF6N3R0/image-asset.jpeg the CREW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524987298893-XFZR7RSJDQ5LG1PACOH9/27657421_10156090893021992_6376494222258532336_n.jpg the CREW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1440752176135-65GSW7KERDWFJAXZAETS/tumblr_mlsetsKySj1rkz363o4_1280.jpg the CREW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1524886180921-LY596CGT5GZL1H2RMWCS/IMG_9117.JPG the CREW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1617270830287-6OYA9ES71K3H6C5HQCJ2/finestonephoto%252B2.jpg the CREW http://sailsurfroam.com/theadventure daily 0.75 2022-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1440760126275-VHUHWHDXRMT6Y3I2CD6D/image-asset.jpeg the ADVENTURE Hobart, Tasmania before ROAM had her mast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1505502044610-2L9H2K7O9S0QTA9C7NVD/13879392_10157226380625464_8816303993267505314_n.jpg the ADVENTURE Musket Cove, Fiji https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1505502419137-EJBXSOV2ZP70GEVWMM89/20770480_10213147264774693_1657355615259429656_n.jpg the ADVENTURE Moorea, French Polynesia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1505501936793-3AVT3EBFL51I6QHF8J5O/download+%281%29.png the ADVENTURE New Caledonia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1505502129046-QE1IH0E84R7PNCYEWQQQ/download.jpg the ADVENTURE Port Davey, South West Tasmania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1446286885502-AYB2JPDZYE7DS2XF2YMU/IMG_4436.jpg the ADVENTURE http://sailsurfroam.com/thevessel daily 0.75 2017-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441941028539-ON34D9YHEB8A41D1KAZE/image-asset.png the VESSEL The Mirror Image Team. Russel is joined by his wife Kat. Interior fairing coming along in March 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441322795996-XVJ5ZDQ2DQMN4OM5OWE3/02.jpg the VESSEL Roam's Custom Interior Layout as modified by Michael. Courtesy of Spirited Designs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441992577496-NZHPD08WHK8HVHC4THB3/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Fit out underway. ROAM is starting to look like a real boat by this stage. December 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441420859214-A2S228DIJ5NCBASYMVHO/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Bridgedeck overturning after underside preparation. The panel is made from 25mm DuFlex and measures 9m x 4.2m. January 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441992452713-RA47CWWQSZP50YN3UHPG/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Nude boat! Spray painting complete. Getting to this stage is the milestone we worked so hard for, for so long. November 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441837247042-W5M7MH7NGGASL3LD4TNT/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL The 3D model of ROAM as produced by Spirited Designs. From this file the parts for the entire boat from the full hull side to the smallest furniture shelf are nested and CNC cut into the composite panels produced by ATL Composites. The design was finalised by March 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441836454568-HDGAJC797D7VHUH2BY8Y/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Michael's sketch for his design for ROAM's layout as provided to Craig at Spirited Designs for quote. Dec 2008. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441991199683-PNB935AP7LBFMFNPFA1T/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Interior fairing well underway. This is looking aft in the starboard hull. We moved to Jotun products at this stage. The 1:1 pre mixed Jotafair was found to be the most effective in producing a quality finish at a cost effective price however the world of paint systems is a complex one. We found getting consistent advice challenging as everyone has their preferred product and opinion. March 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441992258206-Y81XA96FOLSI1OSKVRM0/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL The first gloss shoot. Daggerboards are completed apart from applying antifoul paint to the lower half prior to launch. March 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441991304079-PHN2GU6HIMRX0N8XJF48/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Saloon bog and fair stage drawing to a close. Only 3 more paint systems and 2 more full sanding processes to go... March 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441474992330-19BBF934G07LZQE2IFEF/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Our fiberglass section of the workshop. This is the 10m x 13m shed of John's that we built the 10m x 18m boat shed immediately adjacent to. Pictured in June 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441474905332-MGEO0JP3K83NK71QUPDF/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Raising the bridgedeck panel into place for bonding and glassing with Acro Props. We completed the main assembly in 10 days. It was one of the most rewarding times of the build as the boat goes from a pile of parts to a defined structure you can move within. May 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1442009715702-ZV3DTKMB2U7IYLXZADVS/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL ROAM was launched without crane using Kellara Trasport's "tilt-slide" trailer. The small tides that exist on Tasmania's East Coast meant that the operation had to occur at the peak of the monthly tide cycle. Timing and placement of the boat on the beach was critical. April 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1442004153980-IM5SZP146ZK1MAUV1C1M/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Antifoul on. ROAM is raised out of her cradles and supported under the bridgedeck to allow complete access to the hulls for primer and antifoul application. March 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441841952277-VLP4LY2K7NEI675VAVF4/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Saloon and internal furniture nearing structural completion. June 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1442421848457-6QDRPAPN6TSY7O3F4SGJ/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Russel Briggs from Mirror Image during his first visit. May 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441936328755-CPOFCICYHXDR9MR3AI20/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL The first "shoot". Russel putting the stbd hull into "sprayable". In 5 weeks Russel and Michael got both hulls sealed, bogged, faired, spray faired and sprayed again with High Build Primer. May 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1442003936834-NETE77FESTZE8AP0IHYG/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Cabin windows in. Non-skid left to do. ROAM finally reaches "Lock Up" stage. March 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1442342651213-L32PG9XPUA6SZKQU4LPF/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL With ROAM gone the shed was removed in June 2015, after standing for 6 years and 7 months. The entrance between the build shed to John's workshop was closed and all that remains on site are the 2 concrete strips that the boat stood on. September 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1442004493241-RAPTNAUZ1T7RRXF06OJK/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Rollout. ROAM is on the move for the first time loaded onto Kellara Transports trailer. April 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1442003842521-I9QCOT8I3TOKMM127Q2S/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Deck hardware fit out. Roam features primary and secondary winches on the side decks to allow for controlled and safe sail handling. February 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441841826467-8PQFV9J36SY3RNR1XSML/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Cockpit taking shape and looking neat. October 2011. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1442009120709-IBEAYZVCJ046AJW4YOMM/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL After working on the boat for so long inside the shed. To be able to step back and see the final product for the first time was amazing. April 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1442342589820-E5610Y3ONDUFYQPSO6R5/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL After the launch ROAM was secured to her mooring as darkness fell. This photo was taken as Andrew and Michael rowed away from the boat seeing her on the water for the first time. The photograph has been used by ATL Composites and Spirited Designs for advertising purposes. April 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441926582382-LSPQOQT25GZ8R3AQUUUY/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Back steps and engine hatches in, aft cockpit module and davits in place, work commenced on fitting out for the deck hardware. March 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1442422382595-WIHOLEUULAOVVZNUKR2C/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL The Mirror Image crew spraying High Build Primer in the saloon of ROAM. March 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1442009210512-MPCB2SZ90BVVRM4J8QET/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL After the 8km trip from the build site to the water, ROAM awaits low water to be lowered onto the sand. The Road Transport permit required the boat to be off the road prior to first light. April 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441841452032-4LCJELHIF431AKKZCLOE/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Furniture going in. This is the aft cabin looking from outside the boat before the hull sheer panel was installed. Interior spaces becoming defined allows for you to get a feel of the finished product. April 2011. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441474708853-SC7ROCCSVAFWTBJK7EZO/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL General Assembly. This is the starboard hull "chamfer" panel being glued on and held in place with temporary fasteners. Once this is bonded to the frames with West System epoxy it is then laminated to the structure with West System and E Fiberglass double bias fabric tapes. May 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441933078679-LEOV1Y6CCV9R58W4V8DV/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL In order for ROAM to be easily and safely handled in all weather, a lot of planning and customization went into the deck layout and sail plan. Dedicated sheet routing for all sails, additional secondary winches on the side decks, adjustable headsail lead cars, and all furling lines lead aft are just a few of these features. Safety and efficiency does come at a cost... Sorting out the deck hardware in March 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441474580138-7MVN01ZHJGBCX662KNI9/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Stage 3 Kit arrives. Moulded Components from Spirited Designs. The resin infused components allow the boat to be assembled on site "right way up" as the hulls were pre fabricated for us at the Spirited Factory in Port Stephens New South Whales by Craig Schionning and road transported to Tasmania. April 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441323595442-7B8Y2FU1ZI0TJ3Q32LMF/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Original Spirited 480 concept renders courtesy of Spirited Designs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441943609742-NFVBHPXVIL8Z7U1I6ISZ/image-asset.png the VESSEL The boom during a trial fit on the boat during fabrication to determine the final design. February 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441333688229-BJYBM2GZYJPZ2HM9DYWO/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Joining Precut Duflex panels via "batten" method. Our remote location in North East Tasmania did not allow access to the ATL Z Press. We took 3 weeks to complete joining all 178 2.4m x 1.2m panels. November 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441991668808-WATNBN622G5FB116RWF9/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Working through the primer stages on the exterior. This slightly blurry photo helps to get a feel of the shed during this time. Dealing with dust a constant issue of the fairing process. September 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441943459579-J4IICUAN74K13029RCJO/03.jpg the VESSEL Building the shed. A temporary option was decided to be the best option for us. The lack of a full cement slab didn't cause too much of an issue but did make dust management more of a challenge during fairing and painting of the boat. December 2008. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441842282471-WLP55UWTJBWVZSOHAZHR/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Cutting and fitting hatches and windows, bows formed and glassed. June 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441939415457-CI1MDNMLOVM437FH2KPA/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Michael and John start work on the boom. Here Michael is bending pre-heated foam around a frame in preparation for laminating schedule. February 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441478601336-GZ8A0G7CFU6DPYVISES5/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Decks glassed on and Cabin Sides in place. December 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1442003501053-PDHBRX6EV23TDBTA1E12/IMG_1546.JPG the VESSEL Flooring installation. January 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441841599135-FWDVUQOM964RD9MK4MN2/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Rolling the cabin roof after completing the underside off the boat. This was the largest laminating job of the build. Hand lay up of the 4m x 10m panel. September 2011. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441842397394-KRMKGIG5E71R4CX8OLDO/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL The 40hp Lombardini diesel motors fitted into the boat. Rudder bearings also in. October 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441943498925-D361LQGETR8DY0WPEBGK/image-asset.png the VESSEL Kit Stage 1. Forebeam, Dagger Boards and Cases. Here John is resin coating the strip planked forebeam in preparation for the fiberglass laminating schedule. March-September 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441841285583-BSHGPHSCDXJMZQWYMOA2/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL From design concept in 2008 to launch in 2015 ROAM is true to Spirited 480 design. Image Spirited Designs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1442342513223-7URL3ZXT9BF1NIUW0VAL/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL ROAM awaits the ocean to come and collect her as the tide fills in. The Launch Crew take break to enjoy the moment and prepare for the last stage of the procedure. April 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441926851502-GBE9B2TXZZ163W88TZXO/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Galley fit out well underway. The choice of galley down was always part of our plan. Galley up for weekending and booze cruising, galley down for live aboard's. March 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1442004303345-T6343SZ0Q9CS0CNAVP0V/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Decals installation. Will Bakker did an awesome job of producing and applying Michael's design to the boat. March 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441478522004-U30QVC6KKJ5CRL13BMM2/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Main Structure progressing. After the basic assembly taking just 10 days there is then literally 100's of meters of structural joins to fiberglass "tape". We did not rush through this stage as quality leads to higher integrity of the vessels main structure. The use of peel ply assists in producing a consistent high standard workmanship. July 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441323428191-ROXT6OCWZN25L0S798TZ/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Original Spirited 480 concept renders courtesy of Spirited Designs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441842092125-IOJOZUVPCM9KLEN8YOFX/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Hull sides on and aft cockpit module off for finishing. June 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1442003756075-CTYH1K7WEJYVLXB8M4OS/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Nerve Center taking shape. ROAM is starting to come alive as systems are finished and tested. February 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441324289092-KQHVV3RQE0YTHZ3EQAL5/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Stage 2 Kit arrives. Pictured is the flat composite panels from ATL Composites for the entire boat. DuFlex balsa E Glass panels for the structure, FeatherLight E Glass panels for the furniture and Airex foam for the cabin roof and appendages. October 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441334502690-TF663JDWOAH0JJFWBZK3/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Finishing major parts. There are additional solid glass reinforcements and additional laminating schedules to be added to many of the major frames and panels prior to general assembly of the boat. Summer 2009/2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441936108638-FX8UJ07035B3YX57ICKC/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Laying out the deck hardware and marking out for the reinforcements and plinths. March 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441835896779-LU0T9C5ENJRGZUM4CRVE/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Michael talking boats with Craig and Marina Schionning onboard a newly launched Spirited 380. Port Stephen's NSW. Late 2008. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441841714329-2MOD4EZBEINSS6SRJC6R/image-asset.jpeg the VESSEL Cabin Roof dry fitted back on the boat ready for final alignment and glassing. October 2011. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55dfeba5e4b079b5c6ef78bc/1441420976172-D8UREK6AILFK13WF5EN2/lift2.JPG the VESSEL Full kit ready for main assembly. Literally the whole boat is in this picture. 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