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SHAKEDOWN 3 - BROKEN BAY TO SYDNEY - MAN OVERBOARD ALARM!
We sail into Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, install solar panels, modify our clears and Sail to Sydney where we stay at Sugar Loaf Bay...

Adriana Koulias
Jun 8, 20191 min read
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SHAKEDOWN 2 No Autopilot and Nobody at the Helm
In this episode we finally get our clears, we install the reconditioned fridge, we commission the instruments and head off for a second...

Adriana Koulias
May 15, 20191 min read
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AUSTRALIA'S MAGNIFICENT COASTLINE!
See some stunning Australian coast and country and lessons learnt from our first shakedown sail after a major refit.

Adriana Koulias
Apr 8, 20191 min read
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SHAKEDOWN!
After a two year refit, Lucy finally goes offshore and gets salty! In the meantime, we find out why our fridge is using so much power, we...

Adriana Koulias
Apr 8, 20191 min read
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A FUEL INJECTOR LEAK! RAFTING UP, DREAMTIME, & LUCY ASTOUNDS US!
In this 'new season' episode, we fix a fuel injector leak, Lucy rafts up with her best friend, we explore the spirit of Dreamtime in...

Adriana Koulias
Jan 23, 20191 min read
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YACHTS WRECKED! AND AN AUSTRALIAN CHRISTMAS!
In this episode we get a close look at what heartbreaking havoc a rogue wind gust can create for boats on a hardstand and we share our...

Adriana Koulias
Jan 23, 20191 min read
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CARNAGE ON THE HARDSTAND!
In this episode, we have the electrical work done, we give our daughter a surprise birthday, we survive the storms in Sydney which...

Adriana Koulias
Dec 26, 20181 min read
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We Visit Morning Bay and Mast is Reinstalled
In this episode, the boat goes back into the water, we overnight at our favourite anchorage Morning Bay and the Mast Goes back in!

Adriana Koulias
Dec 10, 20181 min read
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We Visit Wollombi!
In this episode we have a Bimini frame made, the boat goes up on the slip and we take to the road to visit Namaste, a hundred acre...

Adriana Koulias
Dec 2, 20181 min read
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We Visit Port Stephens
In this episode I have to travel to the Gold Coast in Queensland to Lecture, we visit Port Stephens and check out some marinas and towns...

Adriana Koulias
Nov 17, 20181 min read
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We visit Leura and the Boat Show
This episode we visit Leura in the Blue mountains, we go to the Boat Show in Sydney and chill out on Pittwater.

Adriana Koulias
Nov 17, 20181 min read
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We Visit Palm Beach!
In this episode we meet a kangaroo, visit Palm Beach and finish the Mast Step. Lucy sees herself on TV for the first time and is suitably...

Adriana Koulias
Nov 17, 20181 min read
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Mast Step Repair
In this episode, we take the boat to Palm Beach, to Mackenzie Marine and Ian Beg our shipwright begins work on the mast step. We spend...

Adriana Koulias
Aug 9, 20181 min read
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Living and Writing on a Boat!
I live and write on a Swanson 42ft Yacht which I share with my husband Jim and our Spoodle Lucy. I will be sharing the logistics of...

Adriana Koulias
Jul 17, 20181 min read
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Writing - The Art of Telling a Story
I have been writing professionally for 23 years and the one thing I have learnt is that stories are not pulled onto the page from thin...

Adriana Koulias
Jul 17, 20183 min read
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