I really am pleased to find a sailing channel that provides information and unique scenery rather than some type of reality-TV format. The practical “how to” info on a range of topics is like gold! ; tips on sailing, fishing, cooking, provisioning, maintenance, ropework, etc. It’s just brilliant! Likewise are the insights into the history, biology, geology and weather of places you are visiting. I wonder if you would do more of a review of the pros and cons of Moorool’s behaviours in different points of sail and sea states. I ask because I’m seeing how relatively easily you appear to be helming in following seas. I struggle with a similar traditional 30ft boat; a significant difference being the rudder (barn door vertically hung on canoe stern). Regards, Russell
My favourite quote for the day: "Were just rounding a headland; there's a few rocks we'd prefer not to hit." Probably good advice for anyone travelling through life at the moment.
AWESOME! video - my husband and I have absolutely fallen in love with Australia because of your videos! We plan on beginning our cruising life within the next year and your incredible country has moved to the top of our bucket list of destinations! Thank you!
Excellent filming there skipper !!! You captured the sailing and took us along!!! Pasky was looking fine and comfortable at the helm!!! Thank you both for a great sail!!!
Thanks for this idyllic, blissful, nautical paean of Tasmanian sailing from half a world away in Massachusetts. My best wishes and regards to my two favorite, peerless, nautical fairies. Boundless admiration for the way you grab hold of life and live it.
So nice to see my home town of Orford and stunning Maria Island appreciated by wandering sailors. You are making me homesick. Loving your channel as a newbie. Stay safe.
People can do what your doing but look bored or unhappy ...but not you two ! You look so amazed at the beauty of nature and the wandering life on the salty sea and channels and coves and beaches and ............. The adventure continues next week ...and the week after that and yr after yr ...30 yrs later ...do I hear 40 ? So nice cliffs and nature ....
Loving what you do,! I’ve been a gypsy guy all my life ,was getting bored with bus life after all these restrictions,thanks to you guys I now have a goal to explore the seabus lifestyle,thanks again for inspiring me
My dad would talk about Tasmania when I was young. He was in the US Navy during the mid-1930's and they made a few stops there. Pristine Country. It certainly looks beautiful. Love your exploits guys.
Guys, your channel is awesome! Hoping to sail from the UK to Western Australia at some point and I love your simple yet engaged and engaging perspective on everything you both show.
I hope you both are happy as a clam 🐚 Ive always wanted to sail and live off the land it was a child hood dream finding that dreams can come to reality THANK YOU BOTH 🌬️💨⛵🤟🏻
I got bruised, battered and a little shell shocked from cruising in Tassie. We ended up being scarred from rapid wind changes, massive gusts, really strange weather, localised downdrafts and poor holding and of course the worry of Bass Strait. We have cruised north 6 times and love bushwalking multi day treks in Tasmania, but I don't think we will ever sail to there again. I couldn't relax and our boat was a millstone around our necks. Whereas when cruising in Queensland a boat gives you the freedom to visit places no one else can visit, Tasmania has wonderful mountains in the distance, like Haartz mountains, Mt Field or Adamson's Peak and Mt Wellington, that we could not visit without putting our boat on a mooring, hiring a car and then being with all the people with cars. In onme instance we were trying to cruise the Dentrecasteu and it was blowing dogs off chains and there was snow on Adamson's Peak. In the end, we gave up, put the boat in the marina, hired a car and within 3 hours we were in the relative warmth of Bicheno with no wind and sunshine. Having fun instead of clenching my teeth with every gust. Then again, there was one day - from St Helens to Schouten - never have I seen a mega pod of dolphins, clouds of sheawaters and flocks of albatross. Another highlight was the seal colony on the bottom of Bruny, we spent a couple of hours there just watching, amazing stuff. However, I will next visit Tassie by car, with backpacks in the back and sea kayaks on the roof and leave the cruising yacht at home. It pains me to say, but sometimes a boat is not the best way to travel.
Hey guys. Another stellar episode. Troy, I don't think any other photographer could have framed Pascale any more lovely than your sequence. Loved the sailing and the sail choice and reasoning instruction. And the bay you ended up in is just beautiful !! BTW, looks like Pascale has slimed up a bit. Wonderful !! :) :) :)
Good on you for buying thrift shop clothes. Helps a good cause and quite often the clothes are like new at a fraction of the cost. Judging by the first class nautical gear you both wear, your priorities are right on.
Wow! Tessellated pavement, I did not know that. And the sailing explanation too, loved to see how mirool handles a stiff breeze, thanks Cap'n. Kudos to the editor for featuring that lovely lass on the tiller for a good amount. More please.
how come poor Pascie always has to pull the seafood from the deep, dark places... just a bit of a rev mate!!! you guys have the best SV channel on the tube, thanks for all the wonderful vids.
Just downloaded your Provisional Guide Pascale what a terrific booklet, I cooked a Mung Bean Curry a couple of weeks ago for the first time and it was similar to your recipe it was so good. I can’t wait to try some of your recipes. Thanks for letting us tag along with you both living the life.
Interesting about the pressure waves & dolphins. Pascale is a very pretty tillerman. Water plus sand actually cuts those straight lines in the rock? Love the music you choose. I'm using the overhead shot of the bay & boat as my cover page. Nice drone shot.
Another beautiful and entertaining video. The provisioning guide and recipes sound very interesting. Could there be an option to pay a nominal fee rather than give out email, etc.? I do like how you combine a lot of techniques that have fallen out of common use to free yourselves from frequent shopping, like; pickling, sprouting, live culture yogurt, kimchi, sour dough baking...
I use aloe vera as sunscreen - from the plant not a bottle. I haven't used chemical sunscreen in over a decade and I may have gotten semi burnt twice then applied aloe vera again to help with healing and its fixed- no chemicals :) It has to be applied every couple of hours though and does not last long when swimming maybe an hour before needing reapplication.
thanks so much for your adventure, makes me long to explore and take the plunge into changing my lifestyle , possibly someday, thank you for enhancing the dream!!
One of my favorite videos so far. The informative commentary is fascinating. Seen similar pavement formation at kaikoura nz. Makes perfect sense. Great work guys. Cheers. Mike..
Ohhhh Pasky,you know what I like! 😉 Feel free to talk anytime about erosional joint formation in tidal environments! Throw in some flank margin speleogenesis and I might subscribe a second time!
Not sure if it was the new recording equipment you have, but the sound of that wind , you could of been a lot further south! but what made it weird for me was the zinkoxide and the hat and not the usual palm trees rustling in the background.
I really am pleased to find a sailing channel that provides information and unique scenery rather than some type of reality-TV format. The practical “how to” info on a range of topics is like gold! ; tips on sailing, fishing, cooking, provisioning, maintenance, ropework, etc. It’s just brilliant! Likewise are the insights into the history, biology, geology and weather of places you are visiting. I wonder if you would do more of a review of the pros and cons of Moorool’s behaviours in different points of sail and sea states. I ask because I’m seeing how relatively easily you appear to be helming in following seas. I struggle with a similar traditional 30ft boat; a significant difference being the rudder (barn door vertically hung on canoe stern). Regards, Russell
We will get around to a boat video once we refit the old girl. Glad we have you along with us RB.
That drone shot of the anchorage at the end. WOW.
My favourite quote for the day: "Were just rounding a headland; there's a few rocks we'd prefer not to hit." Probably good advice for anyone travelling through life at the moment.
Troy: "So far we've managed to avoid that"
Pascale: "Mostly"
Best sailing channel without argument. Everyone else can have all the others, I'll take these two on a little old boat every time.
Nice ♥️👍
Smiling, "Good cheese and boat gear!"
Yup....I cracked up too!
AWESOME! video - my husband and I have absolutely fallen in love with Australia because of your videos! We plan on beginning our cruising life within the next year and your incredible country has moved to the top of our bucket list of destinations! Thank you!
Excellent filming there skipper !!! You captured the sailing and took us along!!! Pasky was looking fine and comfortable at the helm!!! Thank you both for a great sail!!!
Thanks for this idyllic, blissful, nautical paean of Tasmanian sailing from half a world away in Massachusetts. My best wishes and regards to my two favorite, peerless, nautical fairies. Boundless admiration for the way you grab hold of life and live it.
So nice to see my home town of Orford and stunning Maria Island appreciated by wandering sailors. You are making me homesick. Loving your channel as a newbie. Stay safe.
I love the closing shot of Canoe Bay with your boat, and the sunken wreck, The William Pitt ! Wonderful colours from the drone shot.
A very scenic anchorage, wonderfully set off by the wreck.
As always , have hit that 'like' button :) thank you for this most awesome chanel!
The best sailing channel on TH-cam. Thank you guys!!!
People can do what your doing but look bored or unhappy ...but not you two !
You look so amazed at the beauty of nature and the wandering life on the salty sea and channels and coves and beaches and .............
The adventure continues next week ...and the week after that and yr after yr ...30 yrs later ...do I hear 40 ?
So nice cliffs and nature ....
Nothing better than good cheese and sailing gear!
Loving what you do,! I’ve been a gypsy guy all my life ,was getting bored with bus life after all these restrictions,thanks to you guys I now have a goal to explore the seabus lifestyle,thanks again for inspiring me
Ahhhhhhh, Blissful again, after watching another Free Range Sailing video. Happy Happy Joy Joy. Thank you Pascal & Troy.
You guys are a breath of fresh air
My dad would talk about Tasmania when I was young. He was in the US Navy during the mid-1930's and they made a few stops there. Pristine Country. It certainly looks beautiful. Love your exploits guys.
Gods country mate.
Best sailing channel by a country mile!! Love your work Pascale & Troy! Keep ‘me coming!
Thank you for showing “normality “ in this trouble times. Awesome video.
I loved the ideology of opp shop shirts, freeing up funds, for good cheese and sailing... Couldn't agree more...
Up here in the northern parts of Europe, we eat the jack mackarel smoked. Great eating
We commonly smoke Mackeril in Tasmania. It used to be the most commonly caught fish by kids back in my day.
Guys, your channel is awesome! Hoping to sail from the UK to Western Australia at some point and I love your simple yet engaged and engaging perspective on everything you both show.
There's a shopping list for the ages. Good cheese and sailing gear.
I'm really starting to appreciate Murellle's abilities to show you guys a good time
I hope you both are happy as a clam 🐚 Ive always wanted to sail and live off the land it was a child hood dream finding that dreams can come to reality THANK YOU BOTH 🌬️💨⛵🤟🏻
⛵ Thanks for the video. Nice quiet bay you found.
really a fantastic ankerspot - superb Pascal&Troy (!)
I got bruised, battered and a little shell shocked from cruising in Tassie. We ended up being scarred from rapid wind changes, massive gusts, really strange weather, localised downdrafts and poor holding and of course the worry of Bass Strait. We have cruised north 6 times and love bushwalking multi day treks in Tasmania, but I don't think we will ever sail to there again. I couldn't relax and our boat was a millstone around our necks. Whereas when cruising in Queensland a boat gives you the freedom to visit places no one else can visit, Tasmania has wonderful mountains in the distance, like Haartz mountains, Mt Field or Adamson's Peak and Mt Wellington, that we could not visit without putting our boat on a mooring, hiring a car and then being with all the people with cars. In onme instance we were trying to cruise the Dentrecasteu and it was blowing dogs off chains and there was snow on Adamson's Peak. In the end, we gave up, put the boat in the marina, hired a car and within 3 hours we were in the relative warmth of Bicheno with no wind and sunshine. Having fun instead of clenching my teeth with every gust.
Then again, there was one day - from St Helens to Schouten - never have I seen a mega pod of dolphins, clouds of sheawaters and flocks of albatross. Another highlight was the seal colony on the bottom of Bruny, we spent a couple of hours there just watching, amazing stuff. However, I will next visit Tassie by car, with backpacks in the back and sea kayaks on the roof and leave the cruising yacht at home. It pains me to say, but sometimes a boat is not the best way to travel.
😂 Good cheese 🧀 and boat gear !
A joy to watch and relax as always. Great sailing, scenery and the stunning tessellated pavement.
She got great guns..... Love it.
Brilliant as always, and so good to see you in my home state enjoying the sailing grounds that I was brought up with.
Glad you enjoyed it
Hey guys. Another stellar episode. Troy, I don't think any other photographer could have framed Pascale any more lovely than your sequence. Loved the sailing and the sail choice and reasoning instruction. And the bay you ended up in is just beautiful !! BTW, looks like Pascale has slimed up a bit. Wonderful !! :) :) :)
Glad you enjoyed it
I agree about the good looking shirts are the best sunscreen 🧴
I'm tired of the variable winds of NSW. Next summer I'll catch the nor Easter's down to tassie it looks beautiful
Plenty of variability here too! Perhaps the Tradewinds of QLD?
Funtastic sailing!
Good on you for buying thrift shop clothes. Helps a good cause and quite often the clothes are like new at a fraction of the cost. Judging by the first class nautical gear you both wear, your priorities are right on.
Great video guys !! The last shot in the bay is unreal! Cover for your next book
Rather interesting how regular and straight those lines are in the 'paving' stone formation. Good work; excellent video.
Another beautiful video. Always about sailing, great adventures and a really great couple. Thank you so much.
Our pleasure!
Aye m8’s, you’re really bringing up the interest for Tasmania. Now I understand I shouldn’t miss it when coming around.
Excellent as usual!!!
Awesome video. What an adventure!
Great episode
Stunning very similar conditions to sailing our coastline!
Wow! Tessellated pavement, I did not know that. And the sailing explanation too, loved to see how mirool handles a stiff breeze, thanks Cap'n. Kudos to the editor for featuring that lovely lass on the tiller for a good amount. More please.
outstanding!
how come poor Pascie always has to pull the seafood from the deep, dark places... just a bit of a rev mate!!! you guys have the best SV channel on the tube, thanks for all the wonderful vids.
“Good cheese and sailing gear” Congrats on winning life #manCrush
Another great video, thanks both. Personally I love mackerel here in the UK but as you say its often used as bait for fishing instead.
I have also had a few fishing sessions where the bait ended up the main course, and they are great fish smoked.
Just downloaded your Provisional Guide Pascale what a terrific booklet, I cooked a Mung Bean Curry a couple of weeks ago for the first time and it was similar to your recipe it was so good. I can’t wait to try some of your recipes. Thanks for letting us tag along with you both living the life.
Really enjoyable, like the hunter/gatherer aspects, and everything else!!!
Thankyou guys so much for taking me along on this beautiful journey such stunning cliffs and the water colour at the end amazing cheers
Thanks for the fascinating insight into that unusual geology. Fair sailing.
Our pleasure!
Those rock formations were fascinating. Thanks very much for taking the time to explain.
Interesting about the pressure waves & dolphins. Pascale is a very pretty tillerman. Water plus sand actually cuts those straight lines in the rock? Love the music you choose. I'm using the overhead shot of the bay & boat as my cover page. Nice drone shot.
Thanks
Best thing is watching you guys down south
While having smoko
Raining heavy up in Cairns
Stay safe
beautiful anchorage
Kimberly Level? For me it´s another beautiful part of our planet. Thanks for the great video! Greetings from DE.
Another beautiful and entertaining video. The provisioning guide and recipes sound very interesting. Could there be an option to pay a nominal fee rather than give out email, etc.? I do like how you combine a lot of techniques that have fallen out of common use to free yourselves from frequent shopping, like; pickling, sprouting, live culture yogurt, kimchi, sour dough baking...
Love your work, keep it up.
Thanks, will do!
Penny for Pascy's thoughts at 5:38
Stunning landscapes,thanx FRS
wow, that coastline is stunning, nice work guys
Once again a wonderful video. Thanks.
That was a great vid....i especially enjoyed the "END" ing !
I use aloe vera as sunscreen - from the plant not a bottle. I haven't used chemical sunscreen in over a decade and I may have gotten semi burnt twice then applied aloe vera again to help with healing and its fixed- no chemicals :) It has to be applied every couple of hours though and does not last long when swimming maybe an hour before needing reapplication.
Really enjoy your videos. I too have an "older" Downeast 32 sailboat built in 1976. Currently in the NW Florida panhandle. Fair winds friends⛵
you make my day so much better, after watching you , thank you
thanks so much for your adventure, makes me long to explore and take the plunge into changing my lifestyle , possibly someday, thank you for enhancing the dream!!
Added benefit: The zinc also prevents galvanic corrosion of the 'ol schnoz.
Ok this is video number 7 of my "I want to buy a Free Range Sailing hoody" campaign
Cheers
Matt
When in Tasie theres a free feed anywhere in the water!!!
Great vid! And Pascale looking as beautiful as ever : )
Pascal, those sunglasses and that red foul weather top suits you.
Really enjoyed this one and can’t wait for the next , when you explore the area round this cool looking anchorage !
Another great video. Love watching your vids and can't wait for each weekly episode.
One of the best channels on the net.
beautiful as ever love you guys
I'm eagerly awaiting next weeks video!
One of my favorite videos so far. The informative commentary
is fascinating. Seen similar pavement formation at kaikoura nz.
Makes perfect sense.
Great work guys. Cheers.
Mike..
Zinc. Saves the boat and the skin.
That intro of yours is my version of Transendental Meditation .It starts and the next 20 minutes is pure escapism 👍
Ohhhh Pasky,you know what I like! 😉 Feel free to talk anytime about erosional joint formation in tidal environments! Throw in some flank margin speleogenesis and I might subscribe a second time!
I loved the video, action sailing, lovely :O)
Thanks for using my song "Islands"! X
Thank you. It was the right music for a beautiful part of the world
Hi again when we were kids down at Nedies baths oop Steve’s pink zink was the go
You guys are the BEST :D..
that when will get your attention quick I like Troy how you put that rail in the water cool.
Getting some good cheese Monday. Never lasts long. Should be heaps in Tas. There was 20 years ago.
You are correct. There is fantastic cheese here. Land perks!
Nice ☺👍
Looks like north wales uk
Oooh, how excitement. I can see the Candlestick and the Totem Pole. The Moai was hard to see though.
great sashimi
Wow. Really beautiful country, Mad Canoe bay (whatever) looked like a fun place to explore. ;)
Not sure if it was the new recording equipment you have, but the sound of that wind , you could of been a lot further south! but what made it weird for me was the zinkoxide and the hat and not the usual palm trees rustling in the background.