Cool interview, thanks. Do as they say: it's all about the light for future ones

Congratulations man

YOU ARE A STRAIGHT UP BAD ASS…!

You might want to spray boat for termites. That was some pretty big inve stations you showed. I guted a 37 foot Islander, last year. Someone gave me because of termites. It was so bad! They have ate everything wood. I mean everything! I would say about two big piles like the file you showed on video. I physically could not pick The cushions up. I have to chop them in half with an ax. To get them through the hatch way. Work on a week and a half. Then met a couple that needed more than me. They ended up doing a good job framing it out. Last scene... But yeah termites! Those motherfuckers!

Total legend. This guy is ALIVE

you are a brave individual

Coolest Captain on Pacific waters and Triteia is a happy babe ❤️

Yea until it ends badly. This is the type of moronic stories.Next I cross the ocean in my unerwear in my Dingy. There is no better word then stupidity for views. Poor advice given by an Id t.

Amazing! Huge respect to you!

As soon as he said "Tahiti" and chartered there I knew this man had some god damn faith!

The guy at the post office is an arsehole he must be a septic tank

Well what do U expect from Thursday Islanders....lazy and stupid

The fact that the passage to Greenland was so smooth made this very anticlimactic. I’m not wishing harsh conditions on anyone but it definitely makes for an entertaining video 😅

Very good 😊 I hope you have a great weekend

Here we are 4 years later and your videos are still helping us out. Cheers James!

Just haven’t had a good time dealing with Aus post for a couple of years now Don’t think your experience is all that uncommon Very frustrating at times

I lived in TI for three years. You order stuff via the post it gets there when it gets there. If you go in and make an ass of yourself you will get put to the bottom of the pile. Week one lesson one never mess with the locals, they will fuck you up…..

What an Amazing Place , From the Cave Art To Capt Bligh , Its Great as Humans that they kept a Record of their moment in time , And Now another piece of history is Created . Great Vid , Thanks For sharing .

Man oh man….superb video. I have my heart in my throat over those crocodiles!! Be careful you guys, lots of love for your exploits!

Welcome to Island Time.

Tip for cruisers , have your parcels delivered to HORN Island , easier to get to and far better service , also takes out several steps in the delivery process , TI post office can be difficult , I was dissatisfied with the service there on many occasions

Epic. Pure and simple. Huge respect to you 👊🏼

really cool! And great message.. I've been on the edge of taking a plunge of my own but I know how hard that first year or 2 can be. Clearly courage and hardwork pays off! Congrats!

Fascinating about termite mounds! And their postal system SUCKS! That obnoxious a------ should be fired!

Loving these videos James and Rhonda, -- QUESTION -- I have been watching you for years now and now I am getting a bit bumbled out as I realized that I must be too scared to pull the trigger and get going on my sailing dream. I must say that I envy your decisiveness and ability to get to it. Not sure why I am having such a hard time getting it done, but I now look back at what I have accomplished as I wait and work etc, and shockingly I don't think that I have managed to get ahead over the last few years. I might as well have gone sailing already. My question is this, how did you know that it was time to go and were you afraid that you were "giving up" on life or that you would "fall behind"? What was the thing that gave you that shove?... As a small business idea, if you offered turn key affordable small sailboat like yours, so that those like me could just get too it, it may be a good idea. Not sure I could do all the prep that you did - regardless of what we are told, I think it takes a guy, a real guy, to tackle all those little and big problems and get a sailboat ready to go. Just watching you convinces me that guys think differently to girls - they just do. Yes, there may be some 1 in a million girl who could keep up with you but that is very unlikely and I have never met one.

green mango is dope for a replacement for green papaya in salad for sure

Love this yacht

just wonder, when you left your boat unaccompanied, how you make sure nobody steal your sailing boat?

This dude is my hero. I've never seen any other videos, and I would not even pretend to want to do something like this, but to put in so much hard work towards his dream and seeing these incredible places is so inspiring

Chur Maori

I'm at least glad that the local, regular folk have come through for you. Hopefully they left a stronger impression than the a-holes. Thanks for visiting, - you're always welcome back to explore the other coasts! Safe travels to Indo.

Watching this vid for thie first time.. and First my thought is that you can never properly diagnose a problem without being there.. Then Im listening to you saying you heard a noise prior to the problem and Im like... Gotta check compression. Then your talking about fuel and Im thinking, well it could be a fuel problem.. but still gotta check compression. Im also skeptical of anyone doagnosing an engine via word of mouth... But I wish I watched this awhile ago and told you to check that while you were chcking the fuel injectors... I did not expect it to be a valve though.. since you were running with the engine hot fine... Then cooled down the engine and couldnt get it passed idle I was thinking rings or something much less than the chunk that was taken out of that valve. They should have replaced the valves in NewZeland.. Those look very rough for an engine rework a year ago. They obviously didnt touch the heads.

Imagine sailing back home now😂

You guys have done such a great job of promoting Australia , the government tourist dep should have been paying you I hope the post gets a good rark up from someone

We don’t like Hippies.

Laterite clay.

To much whining about the prices.. Accept the prices without whining and complaining. You are priviliged who can sail and live your life traveling. If an area/country is to expencive for you, move on.

Horrible. I can't imagine folks not jumping through hoops to help you out. Any decent human would have searched bags for the package with your name on it. Like on Day #1.

Don‘t you miss a bimini on your boat?

I had to work in Darwin a few years ago, what a dump, put me off Australia full stop.

F$$king nightmare, lessons learned i guess.

You are *really* 🌹beautiful🌹! Pardon me Jim, am i talking about your °squeeze°, or your tats & ear-holes‽ Buffoonery aside, thanks for teaching us about the mighty termite structures. Something tells me the bugs may outnumber us human assholes right? 🙏🦉

I can totally relate to your frustration with the people involved with this postal issue. When service people are smug it just amplifies issues with any transaction and this sounds like you ran into an enclave where that's a badge belonging. Anyway, that's done for you, and while they remain stuck in their little jobs (rewarded by the self-satisfaction of lording their power over customers) you are off into your world of wonder and awesome experiences. I think you WIN!!

Good to see Thursday island, some of it - I had a look at it on google Earth a while ago. The AusPost guy, he must have been something all right because never seen you so pissed with anyone - so awful that you went through that. Laziness. I have a photo of my grandfather, he was in the Aus Army, and he and some army mates are standing by a termite mound and it's massive, really tall - that was in northern Aus, Darwin I think. Hope things got better once you managed to leave Australia (well couldn't get any worse). Stay safe & Happy Sails.

Hey guy's, so sorry you had such a horrid experience with that post office and really sucks they treated you the way they did, but am glad you finally got your package!!! Those termite mounds were too cool and the one with the tricycle was funny, enjoyed the video as usual and you guy's please stay safe on your voyage to Indonesia and can't wait too see what exciting adventures you have there, til next time....

Surf travelled throughout Indonesia for 30 years. The post office dramas you had can be normal daily occurrences over there; we call it the 'Indo Factot'. Have fun.

Your rutteer was probably eaten by killer whale......or a whale trying to ma love with your boat!!.....very common!!!

I like you ''alone'' adventures more than with ''a partner'' adventures...I dunno why!?!?!??!.....I'm just being honest!!!

Fanny pack😂😂😂😂that looks real Manlly 😂😂😂get a manlyier looking fanny pack😂😂😂😂

Sounds like guy in the Post Office had licked too many stamps over the years, or annoyed that Friday never comes on Thursday Island. Hoping the frustration didn’t leave a bad taste of your time in Oz. ‘Reality of Cruising’ seems to be the right attitude to move on.