Life at Sea in the Doldrums (Sailing Nandji) Ep 89

We head offshore on a 6 day passage from Kavieng, Papua New Guinea to the extremely remote Hermit Islands in the Pacific Ocean. https://www.sailingnandji.com In this Episode of Sailing Nandji, we are in Kavieng, Papua New Guinea. We visit the local market and prepare for our next passage. Heading out to sea we embark on a 400nm to the remote Hermit Islands. These islands are a long way from anywhere and very remote. If we need help, it is not coming anytime soon! Sailing so close to the equator means long periods of no wind and flapping sails. Lots of squalls with heavy rain and strong winds followed by hot clear skies. Most people imagine that the ocean is full of huge waves bigger than sky scrapers and strong winds like a non stop cyclone. In the doldrums, it is more like a desolate desert leaving you pining for a breeze... We love our time sailing offshore, as there are always highlights and tough times on long passages, that is what makes sailing offshore such a memorable experience! We are a young couple with a dog, who with no sailing experience, bought a yacht, got it blue water cruising ready and set off sailing around the Pacific! We just arrived to Indonesia after cruising the Pacific islands. We departed Australia 12 months ago and have since explored some amazing countries, dived pristine reefs, surfed solo in the middle of no where, spent weeks at sea, dealt with storms, big waves, strong winds and had the time of our life doing it! The adventure is just beginning as we sail West with the trades! SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL. https://www.youtube.com/c/frothlyfesailingnandji CLICK THE BELL to know when NEW Nandji videos are up! If you feel like you are getting something out of our videos, please consider becoming a Patron to keep the channel alive. You get access to the Patron only treasure chest on our website with weekly feature videos, photos, extra info and the captains detailed sailing log. http://www.patreon.com/Nandji Check out our other social media and follow along: https://www.instagram.com/sailing_nandji https://www.facebook.com/sailingnandji https://twitter.com/BHerewane Check out the Nandji store and grab yourself some Sailing Nandji Merch! New designs for the ladies!!! https://sailingnandji-shop.com To contribute to the never ending boat issues and help to keep Nandji floating and sailing the old girl further around the world, you can help us out here https://www.paypal.me/SailingNandji Cheers legends! Thanks for watching Sailing Nandji, if you liked our video please subscribe to our channel, we really appreciate all the support. Help us reach 100k followers!!! Click below to go to the Sailing Nandji home page! https://www.youtube.com/c/frothlyfesailing If you enjoyed viewing episode 89 of Sailing Nandji - Life at Sea in the Doldrums. Then click the link below and view it again! Yew! https://youtu.be/KnR0fMOWeYM