Welcome back!! This episode we share with you what we have been doing since arriving in Australia a couple of months ago. It's with a little heavy heart we announce that our beloved home is for sale, and that we have now moved out of her and onto land. Everything has its time and this feels like the right decision for us at this moment. But don'...
2022-09-20 07:10:03 +0000 UTC View Post
WE MADE IT! 14 000Nm, 21 countries, two oceans and 3 years later. We finally pull into Kieran’s and our boats home town. We bring Merewether home to Merewether. An amazing welcome by Kieran’s friends and family awaits us as we sail into port. We get a bit teared eyed as it slowly dawns on us the magnitude of what we have accomplished. We wou...
2022-08-08 20:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostHi fellow sailing fam.
This weeks video is taking a bit longer to put together and we want to get it just right. We want to thank you for your patience and assure you, it is coming!
Hoping you all are having a great day!
Cheers
Isabelle and Kieran
2022-08-01 20:50:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Arriving in Noumea last week tired and cranky, we finally get some much needed sleep in the calm anchorage. We explore a bit of the island capital, but we are not impressed. However we only really have one thing on our mind, Australia. After filling up Merewether with food, water and fuel we head out again. Australia here we come!
2022-07-25 20:29:29 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re continuing our sail from Fiji to Australia. After 600 Nm we decide to have a rest and we pull into New Caledonia. We were really struggling this sail, tired and seasick we keep pressing on and are very relieved when we sail into Numea. Merewether has never been this south and the Australian vintner is becoming more and more evident. Even...
2022-07-18 20:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This weeks episode is a it of a sad one, as we say goodbye to the place we have called home for the past eight months, Fiji. We have absolutely loved our time here, and it's safe to say; we are definitely coming back! But before we sail to our next destination we go for one last surf and snorkel session at our favourite spot. What's next you mig...
2022-07-11 20:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we take you along on a bit of a different day on Sailing Merewether. We are attending a very important football mach here in Matuku, Fiji. We drove to a different village, where we again, in true Fijian hospitality, were welcomed with open arms. It was my (Isabelle's) first rugby game, and where better to see it on a paradise island in the...
2022-06-29 20:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi sailing fam!
A lot has happened the last few weeks... But we are all well. However we are cutting our Fuji stay some what short. We are setting sail for Australia today! Right now!!? We are very excited. The sail is 1800NM and will take us around 2 weeks. Unfortunately we have not had the time to make another video for next week. We a...
We keep getting taken back by the generocity of the Fijian people and that reaches new heights in the beautiful island of Matuku this week. After arriving last episode we are immediately invited to once a year gathering by all the seven villages of the island. With tea, kava drinking and a huge feast they make us feel very much part of their com...
2022-05-30 20:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Running out of food, with the flu coming on we decide to move our floating home towards the island of Matuku. With 104nm to sail we struggle with the autopilot but Kieran finds an unlikely solution. Finally arriving at the unknown island we are taken back by the shear height of this new backyard.
2022-05-23 20:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Another beautiful day in the far out island group of Fiji and we have stumbled upon a wedding.. No its not ours just yet haha. But we’re so happy to indulge in the islands celebrations and atmosphere.
2022-05-16 20:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
#121 Swapping one beautiful backyard for another, we're sailing to the neighbouring island of Ongea. We get some help from our fellow cruisers to find the best anchorage for Merewether to be in. We rock up to yet another amazing island, with turquoise water and a secluded village. We give sevusevu to the local chief and get invited to his son's ...
2022-05-09 20:33:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Another fantastic time with an entire island to ourselves, life out here just seems like a dream. Getting our new GoPro out and about we take you free diving into the crystal clear pacific water to see what the underside of the pass looks like that we used to enter the lagoon.
2022-05-02 20:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Can you imagine what it would be like to live in one of the remotest islands in the Pacific Ocean. This week we explore and relax in Fulaga, a far our island located in the Lau group of a Fiji. We trek into the island to see our host family and give some books to the school. While also browsing the lagoon to find that pot of hidden pirate treasu...
2022-04-27 07:05:06 +0000 UTC View Post
After three years exploring this beautiful planet of ours we still can't believe our eyes when we continue to see new and exciting islands. The Pacific Ocean has been our favourite crusing ground so far and it's largely due to the dream like paradises we come across. We feel so privileged and lucky to see these remote havens in the middle of oce...
2022-04-18 20:15:46 +0000 UTC View Post
After seeing a very rare north west wind pop up on our predict wind account we look to finally make the long 180nM sail from Suva to the Lau island group in far out south east Fiji. With no resorts, shops, restaurants, hospitals or even internet connection we escape from the world and it's problems to get away from it all.
2022-04-13 19:23:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Have you ever lived 24/7 with someone for years? Like not even had a moment apart for weeks on end. It's a concept that many people don't experience and cruiser life really pushes us into each others face with nowhere really to escape it. This week we take you through some of our precious alone time that most people take for granted. Kieran fina...
2022-03-21 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We have our tracking link up and running again. Please get on over to it to see exactly where we are in the world and what weather we are facing!!
2022-03-18 20:58:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi crew, as many of you sailors know - the wind is the force that keeps us going (apart from you, our beautiful Patrons of course). We have been looking for a weather window to sail to the secluded Lau Groups in the south east of Fiji. Very remote, very beautiful and without any internet connection. Now the time has come! The perfect wind is com...
2022-03-18 08:46:01 +0000 UTC View Post
With the rare northerlies kicking in now we're getting to the end of cyclone season we decide to make to most of them and sail south the Fiji's Coral Coast. Making unexpected good speed we have a few laughs on our way down. Isabelle cooks up a feast and gets a well deserved visit from some friendly dolphin mates.
2022-03-14 20:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Ever wanted to turn a cheap ex-race boat into a family cruiser, well today you are going to meet Jo, Timo, and Nemo that have done exactly that in buying vendee globe boat "NV", former sailing legend Nando Fa built and sailed the vessel around the world in the "Everest" of sailing races. Looking to splash in August we see "NV" in a state that is...
2022-03-13 02:39:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Apologies on the lateness of this video guys. Recently we tried working with a brand for the first time and got held up with getting the videos out on time.
After three long weeks sweating it out replacing our standing rigging this week getting back out on the water really shows us just how much we love this lifestyle. Heading out to...
2022-03-10 20:59:35 +0000 UTC View Post
We have a very technical video this week with the changing of the "standing rigging". "Whats is standing rigging" you ask? Well sit back and relax because you are in for a very lengthy video of a lot of Kieran up the mast in the hot humid Fijian sun with Isabelle winding the winch to hoist him to the heaves to replace one of the more vital parts...
2022-02-28 20:05:07 +0000 UTC View Post
After some three years of sailing the world we have really been struggling with an ever growing need to catch up with family. As we live out our dream on the ocean we miss out on things that most people take for granted. I (Isabelle) have a new niece that was born in 2020 that I had yet to meet. Kieran's grandfather is reaching the end of his lo...
2022-02-21 20:01:32 +0000 UTC View Post
A little late we do apologise but you guys asked us such questions we want to say thank you
2022-02-19 03:47:49 +0000 UTC View Post
The ever famous Tom Hanks movie "Castaway" was set on an Island in Fiji called "Monuriki" and in this episode we actually get to discover it from the comfort of our own home. The beauty of Fiji really starts to become evident the more and more we explore this unreal place. These particular islands we are anchored around are also where "American ...
2022-02-14 20:02:06 +0000 UTC View Post
After getting the news last week that we weren't allowed into Australia for Christmas we found a way for some family to come to us with Kieran Sister Cassidy joining us for a week. It's been a long three year absence away from family with the way the world has been these last couple of years. Safe to say the brother sister banter was in full fli...
2022-02-07 20:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we continue our sail to the famous Yasawa islands, in the search of a peaceful anchorage and some much needed internet. And wow, Fiji is treating us well, we arrive at the north of the Yasawa group and have the anchorage all to ourselves. Kieran shows off his cooking skills (right? Who knew!). But the rest of the day takes a different ...
2022-01-31 20:16:35 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-01-24 19:48:47 +0000 UTC View PostFirst Q&A of 2022! Comment below with all your best questions for Kieran and I to answer in a sneaky Q&A video specifically for you patrons.
Cheers legends
2022-01-20 23:50:02 +0000 UTC View Post