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Oh
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I Thought we'd have a little chit-chat Let's talk about what it's actually been like to
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Sail this boat and to experience sailing a catamaran for the first time
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All right, the only other time we've sailed catamarans has been in very very calm protected
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waters we did Well, we actually had a lagoon 400 a couple years ago in the Met. Yeah, that was a bit bouncy
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I can find the video. I'll have to go back a couple of years. I'll link to up there and then we did a
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1260 test sail but the conditions again were very very mild Yeah
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And we also did the same thing on a leopard 1145 and then we did a little bit of sailing with Nicky and Jason as well
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Yeah, French Polynesia and again, I'll link to that series up there. All right, there is point
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Let me point out a couple of takeaways. I'm not sure what this is because I have
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We have got off a monohull and haven't been sailing for a while and now get into a catamaran or whether there's something different
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About this. This is the first catamaran I've been in and I didn't feel sick. Yes, I agree because I remember I have a distinct
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Recollection and I have a very strong stomach of feeling pretty queasy when we went on the lagoon 400 the conditions are a bit bouncy and
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I also remember sailing from Tahiti to Moraya on Curiosity and I would say the conditions are pretty
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Mild, but there's a bit of ocean swell. I'm over feeling a bit queasy that day, too
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So you can answer below is it psychosomatic wishful thinking? Is it the fact that we've got off the boat or is there something about
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Certain catamarans that make you feel more nauseous and others no idea about that one and I'm not accrediting
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That to it being this cat. Well, I think Sea Wind would probably say. Oh, the Sea Wind would probably say it's a nausea freak. It's a nausea freak
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Point two Zero creaks. Yeah, there's not a single creak out this boat. No
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Barely makes a sound. Yeah, it's quiet. And did you hear it slam at all
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I heard it slam once when I was up there and it was actually when we were coming in
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I think to To this this this big back big bay and it was so
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Out of the blue that I thought what the heck was that? Maybe we actually hit something in the water. I don't know
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So anyway, there's zero creaks zero creaks and it didn't slam once but just that one time and that was like a weird thing
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Yeah, which I would expect it to because the boat this boat I mean, you know, thanks to Phil for you know, giving us his boat
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There is a lot of kit on this boat and it sits quite low in the waterline which apparently does lend itself to slamming
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Yeah, that's right. But so pretty impressed with that Obviously, she does not point as high as Ruby Rose does. Did. Does. Did. Does
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So basically she was laughing about 45 degrees. You start to get laugh about 45 degrees apparently. The other thing that I noticed was that
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particularly when we first put the sails up and We were struggling to get them filled because the winds were so light
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I felt a real disconnect between what we were doing and the sails
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This is just the nature of the camera sailing I guess but when you're in a monohull you the sails are right in your face
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You have to be kind of paying them attention all the time But here is so easy to kind of not really think about them so much because you can't see them
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You can see your full your head sail. I think that's a jib But to see the main you have to actually go out of your way you have to like go out and
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Crane your neck around or go forward to the window. So that yeah, there is a disconnect and it does
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We're not we're not breaking any new ground here because it'll be discussed before
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The other thing I would say about this and I think this is like my other one. I said this to today off-camera
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Everything is pretty bloody easy. It feels like you're cheating. Yeah Like everything is so much easier than sailing monohull. I know
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It really is. I don't know. You feel like you're cheating. Yeah, exactly. Everything's easy. Everything is just it's just done
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the touch of a button Yeah, I mean, well we look we had electronic when we had electric winches on our old boat
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I know but I feel like there are so many things that was like a two-person job on Ruby Rose. It's all
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for us kind of slightly new Very exciting and I feel that we're learning, you know a lot
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Baby Good morning everyone how absolutely beautiful
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Crazy right after the weather yesterday, you know a cloud in the sky and it is cold
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It was really cold. My feet are like they're bare at the moment and like going slowly numb
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We've got the heating on inside it's lovely and cozy inside But what a spectacularly beautiful morning
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we're heading back into Sydney Harbour and this will be The last kind of proper day that we have on board tomorrow we are taking the boat back
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Morning One thing I continually forget about Australia is that it gets cold
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I do try and remind you. I know you try and remind me. I've just got some mental block about Australia ever being cold
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You tell me every year to bring jumpers And when we got on this boat, I'm like why is there a heating system
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honestly this morning I was kind of Huddling around the heater like a Dickensian villain rubbing his hands and trying to get some heat into me and done
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It rained torrentially yesterday, yeah, I think it must have rained for 24 hours straight and at times
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You know, it was it was bucketing down as a just as an you know
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Example I put the I opened the dinghy train about ten minutes ago, and it's still
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peeing out and making me want to pee because I can hear it tinkling away as the rain passes so the Sun comes out and
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Yeah, I like some sort of middle-aged gecko I'm Trying to absorb
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The sun's rays to warm myself up any minute. My tongue's gonna shoot out or lick one of my eyeballs. I
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Just walked into like a little sun patch for my feet and it feels really nice
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In the sunlight you can see this hair I can't get it
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You have to get it yourself Evolution mechanism has ever been one hair there
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Like at what point? You may have gone I think it's gone
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As it runs over a canoe So in typical fashion we are like 45 minutes early for the bridge somehow we always seem to be
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Super super early or like running extremely late. There's no kind of middle ground there
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Could I just have the Melbourne breakfast, please so I will just Enjoy the sunshine have a cup of tea
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enjoy the view look at all these lovely big expensive houses and Wait for the bridge to open
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All right, so we're at the bridge we are About 17 minutes early
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About two other boats Yeah Yeah, we got like 12 knots of wind
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Just pushing us towards the bridge And I'm trying to keep the boat still
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You're doing a very good job of keeping the boat still Well I'm not actually I'm apparently not doing a good job
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I'm not doing a good job I'm trying to keep the boat still
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I'm trying to keep the boat still I'm trying to keep the boat still
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Well I'm not actually I'm doing nothing through the water But over ground I'm doing one knot
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Point two of a knot And our helm is over there So that's the boat we're trying to not hit Yeah
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That was kind of interesting Everyone's like doing like two knots And playing silly buggers with their tenders
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That's kind of cool Yeah, absolutely The Australian Navy Sending out, I think it's a helicopter Carrier
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Yeah well that's about as close as I ever want to get to one of those I reckon
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I think under certain maritime laws You're not meant to get within 500 metres of them
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Yeah, a bit harder to see me half way Yeah I think
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I think I think Yeah, a bit harder to see me half way
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Someone will comment below I know with the US I know with the US Navy you can't get within
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500 yards I think We need to decide where to anchor Slight conundrum, the wind is
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Stronger than I expected What are we at, about 23 knots? 15 through 20 apparently
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Okay, so 15 knots It was 20 before As we were coming through, past the cut
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We would like to anchor Kind of In a place called Athol Bay
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Which gives fantastic views of Sydney And the Opera House And the bridge, but that's going to be exposed
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To the wind, no protection from the wind I'm not sure how that's going to play out
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I think we'll go there Check it out, see what it's like
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And then if it's too bouncy Then we'll have to move To the other side of
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Sydney Harbour, we'll see how we go Do you want to pick the buoy up this time
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Made it Feeling a bit windswept Picking up that buoy Was not the easiest
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We couldn't film it Because our Hero 360, Insta360 Ran out of battery
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This is a new camera We're still kind of working out How long the battery lasts
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Not that long, it's only been About a year So we're still working out
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How long the battery lasts Not that long, I don't think We're pretty close to the shore so there wasn't much room to manoeuvre
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But we did it You know, I have to say, this is why
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Being on Canamaran is so fantastic I guess if you were in a big heavy monohull
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It would probably be similar There's quite a bit of chop here
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Because there's a lot of fetch We're half a mile maybe Maybe a mile, I'm not very good at judging distances
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Of fetch And honestly, it doesn't Make any major difference At all to the movement of the boat
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And the payoff is that we get this amazing view Of Sydney
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Right in front of the boat Cheers
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I'm sure that means sucking up a kangaroo Instead of having an Australian
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Having a sausage sizzle In front of a Sydney Harbour Sydney Opera House
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On an Australian made boat With an Australian Music
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Good morning everyone It is our final morning On board We are heading back to the marina
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Right now To say goodbye to this boat It's very bittersweet Because, you know, we
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Have just logged our time on board On the other hand, our next sailing adventure
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Is up in Whitsundays So that is something to really look forward to
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And we're both super excited about that Whitsundays
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Whitsundays Whitsundays
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We have this entire beach All to ourselves I think it's fair to say that this is
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One of the most beautiful places that we've been to In Australia
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It's so beautiful I love you
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I love you I love you I love you I love you
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I love you I love you I love you I love you
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I love you I love you I love you
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