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PodCastaway: Liveaboard Cruising

  1. 40: Papua New Guinea to Australia2011/11/08

    This episode covers our 6 week stay in Papua New Guinea and our return to Australia.

    This is the last episode of PodCastaway for the present. Thanks to everyone who's been interested enough to listen to my ramblings for the past 6 years!
  2. 39: Solomon Islands2011/08/28

    An account of our three months in the Western Provice of the Solomon Islands.
  3. 38: Passage to Solomon Islands2011/06/14

    We left Bundaberg on May 11th, spent 2 weeks at Chesterfield Reef and arrived in Gizo, Solomon Islands, on June 7th.
  4. 37: Ready to leave OZ2011/05/10


    We're about ready to leave Australia so I've recorded this brief update just to show that we still exist!

  5. 36: Heading South2010/12/05

    So we had to give it up in the end. We finally had a window but Tigger was not fit.
  6. 35: Departed Bundaberg2010/10/06

    Finally, after our 6 month tour around Australia, we have left Bundaberg and are heading up the Queensland coast. We still haven't decided where we're going this trip!
  7. 34: Lizard Island2009/12/15
    Last post of the season. We spent 6 weeks at Lizard Island - the northernmost extent of our cruise this year and then we hurried south to Bundaberg in 3 weeks! Until next year, bye for now!
  8. 33: Townsville to Cairns2009/09/19
    An account of our month spent between Townsville and Cairns - on the Queensland Coast and Great Barrier Reef - and a discussion of anchoring issues.
  9. 32: Whitsunday Islands2009/08/14
    An account of our month spent diving in the Whitsunday Islands; and a few emails answered.
  10. 31: Along the Queensland Coast2009/06/28
    Welcome to PodCastaway 2009. We're only 2 weeks into our 2009 cruising season and have progressed only about 200 miles up the coast of Queensland. But it was about time I made a podcast episode, and I'm sure you want to hear about our trips to New Zealand and Tasmania!
  11. 30: Port Vila to Bundaberg2008/11/13
    Recorded during our passage from Port Vila, Vanuatu, to Bundaberg, Australia. We made stopovers at Huon Atoll and Chesterfield Reef.

    This is the last Podcast of this cruise. Thanks for coming along.
  12. 29: Banks Islands2008/09/20
    We've spent six weeks in the northern Banks Islands of Vanuatu, an area less often visited than the rest. We attended the 2008 Vanualava Cultural Festival.
  13. 28: Interview2008/08/05
    Before my son Nick left us after 3 months aboard, I interviewed him about his experiences.
  14. 27: To Vanuatu2008/07/26
    I've finally uploaded the podcast recorded between leaving New Caledonia and arriving at Luganville in Vanuatu.
  15. 26: Bundaberg to New Caledonia2008/06/03
    Our new cruising season has started with a 6 day passage from Bundaberg, Australia, to Koumac, New Caledonia. We arrived in New Caledonia on May 14th but only now, on a trip to Noumea, have I found the bandwidth to upload it.
  16. 25: Tonga Whale Watching Video2007/11/17
    Here, as promised, is the 11 minute video I made of our great whale snorkeling experience in Tonga. A 74MB download if you are interested.
  17. 24: New Caledonia to Australia2007/11/15
    The last podcast of the season, recorded during our 6 day passage from Noumea to Bundaberg. PodCastaway will be on hiatus now until we recommence cruising in April 2008.
  18. 23: Fiji to New Caledonia2007/11/06

    Recorded during our passage from Fiji to New Caledonia. Includes:- lightning, 50 knot winds, an unscheduled stop in Vanuatu, the mutiny on the Bounty, and our personal backstory!

  19. 22: Fiji2007/10/26

    This is a short update recorded during two overnight hops within the Fiji group.
  20. 21: Tonga to Fiji2007/09/30

    Recorded during our passage from Ha'apai, Tonga, to Savu Savu, Fiji.
    Includes accounts of our traumatic departure from Tonga, and our awesome whale watching trip! I encoded this at 32kbps - it sounds OK (to me) and is half the size.
  21. 20: Samoa to Tonga2007/09/10

    A short podcast recorded on our two overnight hops between Samoa and Vava'u ... and our two week sojourn in Niuatoputapu. I found bandwidth in Vava'u, so here it is.
  22. 19: Bora Bora to Samoa. Part 22007/08/17

    Recorded during our passage from Bora Bora to Samoa. Part 2 of 2.
  23. 18: Bora Bora to Samoa. Part 12007/08/16

    Recorded during our passage from Bora Bora to Samoa. I ramble on about Tigger the cat and our mail delivery challenges. I split this Podcast into two due to uploading difficulties in Samoa. Part 1 of 2.
  24. 17: Tuamoto Archipeligo2007/06/24
    This podcast runs from leaving the Marquesas May 22nd to arriving in Tahiti June 22nd. We visit Makemo, Fakarava and Toua Atolls in the Tuamotu Archipeligo and see lots o' sharks.
  25. 16: Galapagos to Marquesas2007/05/08

    Recorded during our three week passage across 3,000 miles of Pacific Ocean from the Galapagos Islands to the Marquesas in French Polynesia.

    I have since discovered that the island of UA-HUKA should be pronounced 'wa huka'. I appologise for mangling it in my ignorance.
  26. 15: Panama to Galapagos2007/03/19

    This was recorded over four late night watches during our 8 day passage from Las Perlas, Panama, to the Galapagos Islands. I'm having to speak quietly so that I do not wake the off-watch crew!
  27. 14: Panama Canal2007/03/05
    We've passed through the Panama Canal into the Pacific and this show is a soundseeing tour of the Canal transit.
  28. 13: Panama Canal Line Handler Training Video2007/02/28
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  29. 12: Passage to San Blas2007/02/14
    Show 12. Recorded over a four day passage from Aruba to Panama's San Blas Islands. This is our last passage in the Caribbean. Soon we'll be going through the canal into the Pacific.
  30. 11: Off Venezuela2006/12/18

    At sea in the small hours again. It shows -- I sound half asleep.

    New music! No more Trinidad, so no more Pan. We're in Venezuela, so I've gone Latin.

  31. 10: Approaching Los Testigos (repost)2006/11/20

    Show 10. Recorded at 2am a few miles short of Los Testigos, Venezuela. I thought we would be unable to stop at Los Testigos due to the conditions and the timing. I was wrong!

    The mp3 was bad so I've re-uploaded it.
  32. 09: Haulout in Trinidad2006/07/25

    End of the cruising season and we get hauled out in Trinidad. Sorry about the poor voice-over quality but I left my decent microphone behind when I came to California.We'll be back on the boat in October.

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  33. 08: Montserrat and Underwater Photography2006/05/18

    I know I introduce it as Podcast 7, but it's really number 8!

    1. Our visit to Montserrat.

    2. A review of our underwater photography equipment.
  34. 07: Trinidad Carnival2006/03/30

    1. We came back to Trinidad for the Carnival. This is what we found.

    2. Diving in St Vincent and St Lucia
  35. 06: The Grenadines and Weather2006/01/15
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  36. 05: Diving at Ile de Ronde2005/12/20
    We made our first scuba dive of this cruising season at Ile de Ronde, just to the north of Grenada.
  37. 04: Trinidad to Grenada2005/12/02
    An update from the cockpit at 4 am part way between Trinidad and Grenada.
  38. 03: SSB Email2005/11/25
    ANOTHER update from Trinidad! (We shall be out of here real soon.) Plus the Instant Guide to SSB Email. For more SSB Email information see: www.sailmail.com and www.winlink.org
  39. 02: VHF Cruiser Net2005/10/15
    In this episode: a boat update from Trinidad and "An Instant Guide to a VHF Cruiser Net".
  40. 01: PodCastaway Intro2005/09/20
    This is my brief introduction to PodCastaway, produced during an idle evening sitting on the boat in marina in Trinidad.
PodCastaway: Liveaboard Cruising
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A sporadic report from aboard the sailing catamaran Dos Gatos -- somewhere in the Pacific. Talk about island destinations, cruising, and scuba diving.