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HOW WE BECAME CRUISERS.

Our first blog - where it all began, how and why we started by crewing on other people's boats rather than buying our own.

Stuff it. Let's go sailing anyway!

Preparing for our new life afloat. 

The never ending to-do list. 

 So it begins.

YouTube Episodes 

SERIES ONE











































An Unexpected Night Passage to Burnett Heads – Our Tips for Staying Safe Sailing at Night - Ep 42





Becalmed to Near Gale - The Final Sail of our Great Barrier Reef Season - Ep 47


SERIES TWO

Close to Breaking Point – Will we ever sail away and get back to cruising life? - Series2 Ep53

Sailing deeper into Far North Australia’s Crocodile Country - Stanley to Morris Island - S3 Ep 79

The secret to how we catch so many great fish from our Whitby Ketch while under sail - Series 2 Ep54

Across the Wide Bay Bar to the Great Sandy Straits with fearsome lightning storms - Series 2 Ep 55

Navigating the channels of the Great Sandy Straits & dealing with breakdowns on the boat - S 2 Ep 56

Making the most of Bundaberg Port Marina ticking off the jobs list & discovering local gems. S2 Ep57

Murder, Abduction & Suicide–We sail to the scene of the crime at Bustard Head Lighthouse - S2 Ep58

Sailing to Great Keppel Island from Pancake Creek dodging HUGE ships on the way - S 2 Episode 59

We sail from Great Keppel Island & anchor all alone in paradise at Perforated Point - S2 Ep 60

A near collision at sea then rigging failure on our way to Middle Percy Island - Series 2 Ep 61

When a nice sailing day turns BAD

Sailing from Middle Percy Island to yet another Tropical Paradise at Keswick Island - Series2 Ep 62

When the sailing is too good to stop we just keep on going to the Whitsunday Islands - S2 Episode 63

We're almost done! Series 2 Episode 64

Sailing into Cyclone Territory to secure the boat in Townsville’s Breakwater Marina - S2 Episode 65

Would you leave your boat in Australia’s Cyclone Zone during the summer? We did! - S2 Episode 66

Our Electricity hungry boat NEEDS Power, Power and more Power - Can we provide it? S2 Episode 67

We’ve got the Boatyard Blues! See 7 Days of our DIY Haul Out in just 20 minutes. - S2 Episode 68

Series3

The Giant Clams of Orpheus Island. Our first small step towards Indonesia. - Series 3 Episode 69

Mooring Disaster strikes while sheltering from wild weather at Clump Point. - Series 3 Episode 70

Sailing Australia's Great Barrier Reef just doesn’t get better than this - S3 Episode 71

An Experience Money Can’t Buy - Series 3 Episode 72

Installing Starlink on the boat & final preparations before we sail to Australia's top. – S3 Ep 73

New crew and we’re ready to sail to Indonesia. First stop, glorious Mackay Reef –Series 3 Episode 74

Sailing in Captain Cook’s wake – Endeavour Reef, Hope Isles & into Cooktown - Series 3 Episode 75

We found THE BEST FREE MOORING IN THE WORLD - Lizard Island’s Mermaid Cove - Series 3 Episode 76

Exploring Lizard Island - Is this Australia's very best of the Great Barrier Reef - S3 Ep 77

A Real Time Update from Indonesia. Where we are, what we’re doing & future plans - Series3 Ep78

Sailing deeper into Far North Australia’s Crocodile Country - Stanley to Morris Island - S3 Ep 79

Mobbed by Huge Sharks on our way further north up Cape York - Series 3 Episode 80

Why you should NEVER BUY A VOLVO - written and sung by someone who knows - Julian Ronnie

Living self sustainably of the sea as we sail up Cape York to the top of Australia - S 3 Episode 81

We sailed to the northern tip of Australia at Cape York - No 4WD required - Series 3 Episode 82

Passage Planning a 700 mile 6 day Ocean Voyage – What we consider before we sail. Series3 Episode 83

Series 4

Australia to Indonesia on a 42 foot ketch | 5 Days Sailing 700nm across the Arafura Sea - S4 Ep 84

BONUS - Highlights of Dreamtime Sail’s 2023 on YT sailing Australia's tropical coast to Cape York

What a welcome Indonesia. From underground swimming to unique foods & culture on Kei Kecil. S4-Ep 85

Rainman Portable Watermaker Demo/Review after 3 Years use. How we make fresh drinking water on boat

Desperately seeking shelter in remote Seram, Indonesia, then Police come aboard. What next? S4 Ep 86

Our anchor is stuck solid in Sawai, a stunningly beautiful but remote Bajau village on Seram, Indonesia. We may never leave. S4-Ep 87

perfect beach, reef & rain forest private anchorage and it's not Tahiti. Ora Beach S4-Ep88


Great Sailing to Tropical Paradise After Tropical ParadiseAmongst Remote Indonesian Islands S4-Ep89




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TECHNICAL, HOW TO AND WHAT WE DID


Are Professional Rigging Checks worth the $$$$$


How we catch all those fish on Our Dreamtime




 Marina time and land travel in Darwin and the NT


 SAIL INDONESIA RALLY - 2011 
Aboard Nae Hassle 

Darwin to Kupang, West Timor

 Langkawi


THAILAND -2011
Land Travel

 Krabi

 Aboard Curious

 Phuket & The King's Cup Regatta

SOUTH EAST ASIA - 2011

Our Book - Stuff it. Let's go sailing anyway!
The complete good, bad and at times ugly story of our experiences sailing as crew in South East Asia

 THE MEDITERRANEAN -2012

 Heading off to sail the Mediterranean
MALTA
Aboard Moksha

Monfalcone, Italy to Malta

Around Malta

 TUNISIA

Malta to Mahdia

 Cala Barcas & Cala Figuera around Mallorca bech by beach

 Cala de la Calobra (Torrente de Pareis) around Mallorca beach by beach

THE MEDITERRANEAN -2013
Aboard Alcheringa

Crossing the Straits of Gibraltar

 SPAIN - The North African Edition

Ceuta, North Africa
Haul out in Ceuta
MORROCO

Chefchaouen
SPAIN - The Med Coast

Back across the Straits to Estepona
Estepona to Fuengirola
Around Fuengirola
Fuengirola to de Brenguelas and on to Almerimar
Almerimar, San Jose, San Pedro, Garrucha to Cartagena
Cartagena, Mar Menor to Torreveija
Torreveija to Alicante
Alicante, Calpe, Denia to Cabo Cullera
Cabo Cullera to Valencia
Valencia to Barcelona
Around Barcelona
Barcelona to Mahon, Menorca
Around Menorca
CORSICA

Menorca to Bonifacio, Corsica
Around Southern Corsica
SARDINIA

Madallena Archipalego
CORSICA - Again

Porto Vechio, Salenzarra, Bastia, Pietracorbarra, Poticcilio to Macinagio

 ITALY

Macinagio to Capriai
Capriai to Livorno & exploring Pisa
Florence Part 1
Florence Part 2
Tuscany's San Gimignano, Siena & Monteriggioni
Livorno to Spezia, Porto Venere, Cinque Terre & return.
Livorno to Salivoli, Piombino & Elba
Around Elba
Elba to Isola di Giglio
Isola di Giglio to Giannutri, Santa Maranelli & Porto Roma
Around Lucca
Around Rome
Porta Roma to Anzio
Anzio to Gaeta
Gaeta to Napoli
Pompeii
Napoli to Isola di Capri
Capri to Positano & Amalfi
Amalfi to Salerno
Salerno to Accioroli
Accioroli to Scario
Scario to Isla di Dino
Isla di Dino to Sao Paolo
Sao Paolo to Vibo

 AELOIAN ISLANDS

Vibo to Stromboli
Vulcano & Lipari
Back to Vulcano
SICILY

Vulcano to Cefalu & Palermo
Palermo to Carinni, San Vito Lo Capo & Trapani
Trapani to Favignanna & Marsala
Marsala to Sciacca & Licata
Goodbye Sicily - Goodbye the Mediterranean
AUSTRALIA - 2014
(Buying & refitting Our Dreamtime)

 Our new (to us) boat.
Breathing new life into our sagging inflatable dinghy
Stingray Strike tests our emergency plans
Re-rigging our 33 year old boat
Would you trust a 30 year old life raft?
What price safety?
Fitting solar panels to 'Our Dreamtime'.
Provisioning for cruising.


AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF -  2015

(Shakedown cruise on Our Dreamtime)


Manly to Mooloolaba
Mooloolaba to Double Island Point
Crossing the Wide Bay Bar
Great Sandy Straits, Fraser Island & Hervey Bay
Hervey Bay to Bundaberg & we broke the boat
Fold up bikes & other fun in Bundy
Removing the transmission & other fun in Bundy
More fun in Bundy & Port of Bundaberg Marina Review
Bundaberg to Pancake Creek
Exploring Pancake Creek & Bustard Head lighthouse
Pancake Creek to Hummocky Island
Hummocky Island to Great Keppel Island
You can still get wrecked on Great Keppel Island
Keppel Bay Marina Review
Night Passage - North Keppel Island to Hexham Island
Hexham Island Paradise
Hexham Island to South Percy Island
South Percy Island to Curlew Island
Curlew Island to St Bees & Keswick Islands
Brampton Island to Shaw Island - Whitsundays
Lindeman Island - Whitsundays
Lindeman Island to Shute Harbour - Whitsundays
Airlie Beach - Whitsundays
Stonehaven, Hook Island & Cid Harbour, Whitsunday Island
Around Airlie Beach & Abel Point Marina Review
Stonehaven & Butterfly Bay, Hook Island - Whitsundays
Bait Reef - Outer Great Barrier Reef
Tongue Bay, Hill Inlet & Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island
Cid Harbour, Whitsunday Island
Cid Harbour to Shaw Island & Brampton Island
Brampton Island to Mackay Marina
Mackay to Digby Island
Digby Island to Middle Percy Island
Middle Percy Island to Island Head Creek
Island Head Creek to Great Keppel Island
Great Keppel Island to Pancake Creek & Bundaberg
Turtles, Rum and more fun in Bundy
Bundaberg to Kingfisher Bay, Fraser Island
Through the Great Sandy Straits to Mooloolaba
Mooloolaba to Manly - Journey's end


NORTH TOWARDS PNG'S LOUISIADE ARCHIPELAGO -2016
Aboard Our Dreamtime

The Louisiades - Our next big adventure
It Begins - Manly to Fraser Island
Fraser Island to Bundaberg and into the Boatyard.
Bundaberg to Pancake Creek - A favourite anchorage.
Great Barrier Reef hopping, first stop Fitzroy Reef
More reef hopping - North West Island
Trapped at Great Keppel Island
Sailing North to Pearl Bay
Pearl Bay via Marble & Digby Islands to Brampton Island
Adventures on Naked Lady Beach - Thomas Island
Cid Harbour - Our Whitsunday Islands Haven
Marcona Inlet - Special occasions can be so much more special when cruising.
Abell Point Marina & Karen's Big Birthday Bash
Gloucester Passage
Upwind to Cape Upstart but having a Whale of a Time
Disabled and drifting in Upstart Bay.
Townsville to Orpheus Island and back - Bad weather + bad bureaucracy = a wasted a week
Magnetic Island to Herald Cays - Into the Coral SEA
Paradise is North East Herald Cay
Herald Cays to Fitzroy Island - Reluctantly back to Australia.
Fitzroy Island to Cairns for Repairs
No Louisiades for Our Dreamtime in 2016
Green Island - Tourist Trap or Cruising Nirvana
Just a one night stand at Vlasoff Cay
Michaelmas Cay - Another tourist trap cruisers should not avoid
Low Isles - A high spot for cruisers despite the tourists
Port Douglas – at the Reef Marina where sitting in the mud is considered normal
All alone on the outer Great Barrier Reef at Batt Reef
Swimming with sharks at Green Island and heading South.
Kent Island in the North Barnards - An unexpected delight.
Dunk Island for a week as head winds blow by.
Sailing by Hinchinbrook to Orpheus Island.
Anchored in Townsville under an awesome Air Show
Magical Magnetic Island
South around Capes Cleveland and Bowling Green to Cape Upstart
Cape Upstart to Gloucester Passage & eight delightful days of doing not much
Woodwark Bay and marina time at Abell Point.
Turtle Bay - Whitsunday Island
Living the Cruiser's Life at Sea Eagle Bay, Thomas Island
Goldsmith Island - More fish, great beach, a badly anchored naughty cat and a storm
Beach Bumming on Brampton Island
Mackay Marina – On the dock waiting for a weather window
Middle Percy Island – The cruiser’s Great Barrier Reef ‘Must Visit’.
Sometimes it’s just about making miles - Middle Percy to Great Keppel Island
Great Keppel Island + Great Weather & Great Friends = Great Times!
Off to Masthead Island for some reef hopping South.
Fitzroy Reef - Another underwater wonderland.
Magical Lady Musgrave Island
To Bundaberg, a Mayday and helping turtles nest at Mon Repos
Bundaberg to Gary’s Anchorage – 70 miles using every sail in the wardrobe


THE GREEK ISLES - 2017
Aboard Enigma

When life serves you lemons - make lemonade.
Go a little crazy - Sail the Greek Isles with us.
We're leading a Charter Flotilla in the Greek Isles
Back to Oz - A brief overview of our time in Greece
How you can get paid to sail the Greek Isles
We got paid to sail the Greek Isles - VIDEO
How YOU can get paid to sail the Greek Isles

 MORETON BAY, AUSTRALIA - 2018 -2020

What we do to extend the life of our sails
30 Reasons why sailing is safer than sex. 
'Our Dreamtime' featured in State's most popular newspaper. 
Your boat craves love and attention too – ignore her at your peril.
One Woman's Tale - Suburbia to being a cruising sailor. 
Sailing again at last
A Skinny Kitty & Chewing on the Anchor
In Search of the Perfect Yacht Tender
Karen's Masterchef Australia Adventure
Rising with the Tide - What it's really like to live on a boat.

GREAT BARRIER REEF, AUSTRALIA

Everything changes when Covid-19 crunches our cruising plans.



Sailing in Crocodile Country - Hinchinbrook Island


Wow what a roller coaster year 2021 has been!


Refurbishment of our 40 year old head (bathroom) on Our Dreamtime


Tall Tales but True - from the Our Dreamtime Crew


The Best of the Whitsundays - A sailing odyssey in 20 minutes


We discover the secret hideaway of Australia's first ever sex siren of the silver screen


Why won’t our anchor hold? A sleepless night at the Great Barrier Reef’s Curlew Island.


Doing it Tough - Another Island to ourselves


Trapped by Great Keppel Island Again – It really is an Australian sailors’ favourite 


An Unexpected Night Passage to Burnett Heads – Our Tips for Staying Safe


Up the creek without a paddle? – Navigating the Burnett River to Bundaberg 


We found Paradise – anchored at K’Gari, the world’s largest sand island


Hiding from 60 Knot winds in the Great Sandy Straights


Safely crossing the treacherous Wide Bay Bar & sailing into the Double Island Point Lagoon.


Becalmed to Near Gale - The Final Sail of our Great Barrier Reef Season


Your Questions answered about our Liveaboard Sailing Lifestyle - Q & A Part 1


How we catch all those fish on Our Dreamtime


Your Questions answered about our Liveaboard Sailing Lifestyle - Q & A with Rob & Karen of Dreamtime Sail Part 2


Boat Tour - Whitby 42 Ketch, SV Our Dreamtime designed by Ted Brewer. Part 1 


Boat Tour - Whitby 42 Ketch, SV Our Dreamtime designed by Ted Brewer Part 2


Are Professional Rig Checks worth the $$$$$$ ?


Close to Breaking Point – Will we ever sail away and get back to cruising life?


The secret to how we catch so many great fish from our Whitby Ketch while under sail


Across the Wide Bay Bar to the Great Sandy Straits with fearsome lightning storms


Navigating the channels of the Great Sandy Straits and dealing with breakdowns on the boat




Karen to be Special Guest on Seabbatical Summit LIVE Webinar


The Truth about YouTube Sailing Channels and $$$$


Inches from disaster on the Reef - 2020 Episode 6























Indonesia 2023/24


Australia to Indonesia in 5 days. How would you feel about sailing at night?


Selamat Datang di Indonesia! Welcome to Indonesia


Central Maluku could easily compete with Tahiti


When sailing off-the-beaten-track, you can expect a few surprises!


We are never alone at sea


Could you live with your partner 24/7/365? Cruising seems to be the Ultimate Relationship Challenge. 


A day onboard is never boring.


Life’s good in the slow lane, please put your indicator on and pass on by, we are in no rush.


Happy Australia Day 🇦🇺


Rainman Portable Watermaker Demo/Review after 3 Years use – Making fresh water on a boat


Now that we are in Indonesia we will be doing our shopping a little differently.


Behind every gorgeous photo or scene, there’s often a tale of adventure, mishaps, or serendipitous moments.

Our Galley - New Recipes 

What is the best rigged mainsail? 

We literally stood on the bow of Our Dreamtime, in awe of this place …. You could not wipe the smiles off our faces. 


Anchored in remote Indonesia, Anchor stuck and we are not going anywhere.










































































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