Channel Title: Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama Channel Description: Welcome aboard SV Nakama, We are Slim & Soph a young Aussie couple tryna get by living aboard our tiny retro sailboat with our cat Chilli. We sail the Australian coastline whilst attending university online and take you with us. After putting study on the back burner for years as we didn’t want to sacrifice adventure, we thought why not have both? Fed up with the outrageous rental prices in our hometown, the idea of doing it afloat came to mind. We figured we could scrape by on our tight student budget if we stopped paying way too much rent and lived minimally on the ocean, whilst continuing our passion for adventure. The plan for now, is to keep sailing onwards, keeping Australia to our left and once we're done doing that...Who knows. Our mission is to prove that anyone can do it, you don’t need the fanciest boat or a squillion bucks, just a whole lot of ambition and a willingness to make mistakes and learn. So join us on this whacky adventure! Slim & Soph xoxo <video> Finding Paradise in The Indian Ocean | The Wild West CH.10 Description: After a short and sweet stop for repairs, we’re pushing back offshore, sailing towards a cluster of remote islands, the Abrolhos Islands. Which proves to be a slice of paradise amongst the wild, vicious and unpredictable Indian Ocean. We finally catch and cook lobster, this is what boat life is all about. Grab yourself a copy of what has to be one of our favourite books of all time here! Not only is it an amazing read, but it will make our next video hit a little harder. It's a story somehow almost forgotten, and so farfetched that if it wasn't true, you wouldn't believe it. Who doesn't love a bit of shipwreck and mutiny? https://amzn.to/4dvrS8e Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama. A little goes a long way to keep this production alive. With very little free time between uni and the boat, Patreon enables us to focus on creating and posting videos rather than pouring beers at our local. Thank you for your generosity https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama Make a one-off donation as you please if subscriptions aren't your thing. Let's keep ticking nautical miles and boat jobs off! https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=C6M8FAYZ5K2ZS FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sailingnakama/ AND FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/sailingnakama Chapters: 00:00 We're hitting milestones 05:16 We don't always win 08:07 Wind locked aboard 09:22 The race is on: into the ocean 18:13 Finding offshore islands (Paradise) 22:35 Sometimes we win! 28:44 A message from Soph </video> <video> A Sailing Journey to the Southern Ocean (EPIRIB Activation) Description: It’s fierce, it’s raw, it’s wild, it’s beautiful, it’s challenging. It’s what every coastline before this has been training us for. It’s the Southern Ocean. We've dropped some goodies here! Check em out https://slimandsophsailingnakama.com/ Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama. A little goes a long way to keep this production alive. With very little free time between uni and the boat, Patreon enables us to focus on creating and posting videos rather than pouring beers at our local. Thank you for your generosity https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama Make a one-off donation as you please if subscriptions aren't your thing. Let's keep ticking nautical miles and boat jobs off! https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=C6M8FAYZ5K2ZS FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sailingnakama/ AND FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/sailingnakama Chapters: 00:00 Season trailer 01:38 A 36-hour sail ahead 06:20 EPIRIB activation 09:47 Deeper south 11:45 SV Nakama Merch 14:15 Deeper south cont.. 17:57 A new world 26:32 BYE! </video> <video> Exhausted But Relieved After a Brutal 700NM (Raw & Real Sailing) Description: For the last 700 nautical miles, we have been bashing our way south into strong headwinds on our way towards the Southern Ocean. The last couple of months of sailing to windward has taken a toll on the boat but probably more so on us. So, as we approach the civilisation of Perth, we’re looking forward to recharging our batteries as well as making a few upgrades to better prepare Nakama for the next leg of our circumnavigation of Australia, where we will be taking our 34-foot sailboat around the bottom of Australia and into the Southern Ocean. Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama. A little goes a long way to keep this production alive. With very little free time between uni and the boat, Patreon enables us to focus on creating and posting videos rather than pouring beers at our local. Thank you for your generosity https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama Make a one-off donation as you please if subscriptions aren't your thing. Let's keep ticking nautical miles and boat jobs off! https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=C6M8FAYZ5K2ZS FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sailingnakama/ AND FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/sailingnakama Chapters: 00:00 04:18 Our new passenger 10:28 A near end to our trip 14:39 Civilisation 19:00 Merch drop! </video> <video> Our Tiny Sailboat VS Massive Ocean & Seas | Circumnavigating Australia Description: 👟 Embrace your daily life adventure with Vessi! Visit https://vessi.com/slimsoph for an automatic 15% off your first purchase at checkout! You might have thought we had finally overcome the cruel wild West Coast. But as this week proves, it’s not finished with us just yet…This week we’re tackling the final major leg from the Abrolhos Islands towards Perth, a passage we won’t forget. We're soon to discover the turmoil that's created when a strong south-flowing current collides with a strong southerly breeze. And if making our course wasn’t already challenging enough, cray pots are scattered in clusters, each one a potential hazard, threatening to ensnare our keel, prop and rudder. Welcome to another unforgettable leg of our adventure down The Wild West Coast! Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama. A little goes a long way to keep this production alive. With very little free time between uni and the boat, Patreon enables us to focus on creating and posting videos rather than pouring beers at our local. Thank you for your generosity https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama Make a one-off donation as you please if subscriptions aren't your thing. Let's keep ticking nautical miles and boat jobs off! https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=C6M8FAYZ5K2ZS FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sailingnakama/ AND FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/sailingnakama Chapters: 00:00 Another unforgettable passage 01:42 Leaving the Abrolhos 08:48 The calm before 16:30 The ocean's not finished with us yet </video> <video> Sailing Here Nearly Destroyed Us Description: We’ve just arrived on our sailboat at one of the most incredibly rugged, pristine and secluded rock islands in the Southern Ocean. It’s an elating feeling being here because getting here wasn’t easy at all. Slim & Soph 2025 calendars! We're here to keep your space bright and life organised, so check out our calendar here. Limited stock is available https://slimandsophsailingnakama.com/products/the-wild-west-2025-calendar (UPDATE: We have now sold out of our calendar, cheers legends! Comment below if you think we should do a second run) Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama. A little goes a long way to keep this production alive. With very little free time between uni and the boat, Patreon enables us to focus on creating and posting videos rather than pouring beers at our local. Thank you for your generosity https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama Make a one-off donation as you please if subscriptions aren't your thing. Let's keep ticking nautical miles and boat jobs off! https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=C6M8FAYZ5K2ZS FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sailingnakama/ AND FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/sailingnakama Chapters: 00:00 The goal 01:23 Chapter I 09:26 Chapter II 22:44 Chapter III 29:31 Community announcement </video> <video> The Most Underrated Sailing in the World (The Wild West Season Finale) Description: Thank you Saily for sponsoring this video, go to https://saily.com/slimsoph and get 15% off your purchase! In our sailing lap of Australia, there’s always a huge sense of achievement coming to the end of a coastline. But with the end of one, we stare down the barrel of another huge stretch of unfamiliar coast and waters, which may be the most treacherous yet. But then again, this coast has been nothing but gruelling. This week we’re plunging into the last stretch of Australia’s western coastline and sailing to our turning point into the Southern Ocean. Zac's beautiful work with metal https://zacharytconway.au/ Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama. A little goes a long way to keep this production alive. With very little free time between uni and the boat, Patreon enables us to focus on creating and posting videos rather than pouring beers at our local. Thank you for your generosity https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama Make a one-off donation as you please if subscriptions aren't your thing. Let's keep ticking nautical miles and boat jobs off! https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=C6M8FAYZ5K2ZS FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sailingnakama/ AND FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/sailingnakama Chapters: 00:00 Season recap 01:44 The reason we argue 04:47 The Indian Ocean one last time 12:45 Islands, diving & rays 20:36 Aussie birds & Cuttlefish casting 30:06 Thank you!!! </video> <video> Most Extreme Anchorage in the Southern Ocean? Description: Southern Ocean Sailing is not easy, but we've found ourselves anchored behind a rock, hanging out with a seal colony while we take cover from an electrical storm aboard our sailboat. This is truly remote sailing, and if there’s one thing we’ve learnt from our circumnavigation so far, it’s that we are most inspired and filled with complete bliss when we find ourselves witnessing untouched nature and its inhabitants thriving in such a harsh environment. Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama. A little goes a long way to keep this production alive. With very little free time between uni and the boat, Patreon enables us to focus on creating and posting videos rather than pouring beers at our local. Thank you for your generosity https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama Make a one-off donation as you please if subscriptions aren't your thing. Let's keep ticking nautical miles and boat jobs off! https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=C6M8FAYZ5K2ZS FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sailingnakama/ AND FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/sailingnakama Chapters: 00:00 Woohoo! 01:30 Huge Surf & Seal Colony 14:36 Electrical Storm 16:52 Sailing to new places 19:43 Community announcement's </video> <video> How I Shower Living Aboard My Sailboat Description: After years of washing ourselves and our dishes in a bucket, things are getting a little more luxurious aboard our sailboat. Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama. A little goes a long way to keep this production alive. With very little free time between uni and the boat, Patreon enables us to focus on creating and posting videos rather than pouring beers at our local. Thank you for your generosity https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama Make a one-off donation as you please if subscriptions aren't your thing. Let's keep ticking nautical miles and boat jobs off! https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=C6M8FAYZ5K2ZS FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sailingnakama/ AND FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/sailingnakama Chapters: 00:00 Hi there! 01:18 We paid to do this?! 07:04 Escaping the crowds 11:15 Ditching the stink 13:49 Underwater foraging 18:37 Cooking our find 21:30 See you next time! </video> <video> Life Between Storms & Destined for the Unknown (Southern Ocean Sailing) Description: Thanks, EcoFlow, for sponsoring this video. Don't miss out on EcoFlow Black Friday Big Sales during 2024/11/12-2024/11/30 up to $3500 OFF, the Best Deals of the Year! Check out the links below Official Website：https://bit.ly/3AISy83 eBay：https://bit.ly/3Ztqhfj Amazon：https://amzn.to/3YZgnk2 Get your orders in before the 26th of Nov as preorders will be sent to print on the 27th! Preorder merch here https://slimandsophsailingnakama.com/ Slim & Soph 2025 calendars! We're here to keep your space bright and life organised, so check out our calendar here. Limited stock is available https://slimandsophsailingnakama.com/products/the-wild-west-2025-calendar Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama. A little goes a long way to keep this production alive. With very little free time between uni and the boat, Patreon enables us to focus on creating and posting videos rather than pouring beers at our local. Thank you for your generosity https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama Make a one-off donation as you please if subscriptions aren't your thing. Let's keep ticking nautical miles and boat jobs off! https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=C6M8FAYZ5K2ZS FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sailingnakama/ AND FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/sailingnakama Chapters: 00:00 Wild weather 02:54 Our starter battery is dead 06:09 Sparky Slim 15:40 Onto a new adventure 20:25 We're foiling? 22:37 Huge swell & insane coast 27:39 Home in the wild 30:11 Community announcements </video> <video> What Yacht Life is About (A Birthday Suit Birthday) Description: It's birthday week aboard our sailboat, and we’re celebrating by sailing around the world's best beaches. Sailing from Esperance to Lucky Bay, this feels like we're cruising again. Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama. A little goes a long way to keep this production alive. With very little free time between uni and the boat, Patreon enables us to focus on creating and posting videos rather than pouring beers at our local. Thank you for your generosity https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama Make a one-off donation as you please if subscriptions aren't your thing. Let's keep ticking nautical miles and boat jobs off! https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=C6M8FAYZ5K2ZS FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sailingnakama/ AND FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/sailingnakama Chapters: 00:00 Sailing in company 08:52 Boat b'day 14:48 Boat brew 19:14 Slim's Michelangelo 20:54 Still young & free... 23:08 Merry XMAS! </video> <video> Living In Shark Waters On Our Sailboat (Great White Territory) Description: We’re currently aboard our sailboat in Australia’s southwest corner, an area of wine vineyards, blustering winds and great white sharks. Since dropping south into great white shark territory we’ve been feeling a little on edge. In the water, it’s hard to shake the feeling that there are great whites lurking but when you have a shark instinct, you most likely should trust it. Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama. A little goes a long way to keep this production alive. With very little free time between uni and the boat, Patreon enables us to focus on creating and posting videos rather than pouring beers at our local. Thank you for your generosity https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama Make a one-off donation as you please if subscriptions aren't your thing. Let's keep ticking nautical miles and boat jobs off! https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=C6M8FAYZ5K2ZS FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sailingnakama/ AND FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/sailingnakama Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:11 A bizarre sighting 03:11 Slim & Soph's big day out 08:21 A journey into the Indian Ocean 17:13 Ocean diving & sharks </video> <video> Battling the Indian Ocean on a Broken Sailboat Description: NAMING THIS LATER: USE THIS LINK to get 15% off your Naming This Later order https://namingthislater.com/collections/throws?abralink=SLIM%2526SOPH After a nightmare sail where we lost important systems on our boat, we are stuck in remote Western Australia until we can get Nakama back up and running. Time is of the essence, we need to keep moving south, not only to get to some civilisation to make repairs but to try to keep up with the change in seasons as we make our way towards the Southern Ocean. Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama. A little goes a long way to keep this production alive. With very little free time between uni and the boat, Patreon enables us to focus on creating and posting videos rather than pouring beers at our local. Thank you for your generosity https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama Make a one-off donation as you please if subscriptions aren't your thing. Let's keep ticking nautical miles and boat jobs off! https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=C6M8FAYZ5K2ZS FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sailingnakama/ AND FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/sailingnakama Chapters: 00:00 Recap 02:19 Stuck in remote WA 10:35 It's not ideal but it's doable... 20:54 Bluewater repairs </video> <video> Stranded: We Lost Our Boat (Shark Encounter/ Extended Recap) Description: Thank you to Ritual for Sponsoring this video. Get 25% OFF your first month at https://ritual.com/slimsoph25 *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. We are stranded on an unfamiliar beach while our boat drifts to sea. Worse yet, in an attempt to rescue the boat, Slim gets attacked by a shark. Join us this week as we do our best to get Nakama ready for passage into the Southern Ocean, and just as things are starting to fall into line, they rapidly begin falling apart. Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama. A little goes a long way to keep this production alive. With very little free time between uni and the boat, Patreon enables us to focus on creating and posting videos rather than pouring beers at our local. Thank you for your generosity https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama Make a one-off donation as you please if subscriptions aren't your thing. Let's keep ticking nautical miles and boat jobs off! https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=C6M8FAYZ5K2ZS Sea Safety & Survival Course with Paper Sailors Rock (Soph's Mum) https://www.papersailorsrock.com.au/ FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sailingnakama/ AND FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/sailingnakama Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:05 Preparing for the Southern Ocean 15:34 Stranded ashore, our boats adrift 23:21 Rescue mission 34:17 3 days on the Indian Ocean </video> <video> A Tale of Shipwreck and Sex Slavery Description: A shipwreck on the Abrolhos Islands leads to mutiny, murder and sex slavery. 400 years later we are back to retrace the steps of the mutineers and castaways that were left stranded here after the Batavia ship ran aground on Morning Reef in 1629. Luckily for us, learning from the tales of explorers well before our time and aided by modern-day navigation, we made it to the Abrolhos Islands unscathed. So in contrast to the hellish existence the Batavia survivors had here, we're frolicking around this stunning archipelago catching an abundance of beautiful crayfish with our friends and feasting together as we cook up our fresh crayfish catches. NAMING THIS LATER: USE THIS LINK to get 15% off your Naming This Later order https://namingthislater.com/collections/throws?abralink=SLIM%2526SOPH Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama. A little goes a long way to keep this production alive. With very little free time between uni and the boat, Patreon enables us to focus on creating and posting videos rather than pouring beers at our local. Thank you for your generosity https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama Make a one-off donation as you please if subscriptions aren't your thing. Let's keep ticking nautical miles and boat jobs off! https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=C6M8FAYZ5K2ZS FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sailingnakama/ AND FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/sailingnakama THE FAR OTHER SIDE (Drew): https://www.instagram.com/farotherside/ Chapters: 00:00 Shipwreck, mutiny & murder 16:58 Crayfish catch and cook </video> <video> Tackling the Cause of Our Breakdowns | Sailing the Wild West Description: Purchase any EcoFlow product through our links and use our code for a 5% discount! Official Website: https://bit.ly/4d7sp0F Amazon: https://www.amazon.com.au/stores/page/5A78ED0D-4B4D-4ADF-AAC4-102BBBE495F5?channel=KOL Use Code: EFAUPD05 The coast of Western Australia stretches over 2,500 nautical miles, this is a distance greater than from the east to west coast of the entire United States. We’re beating our way down this mammoth coast into strong prevailing southerly winds. Nakama, our wee 34-foot sailboat is proving she was built for the task, but all this bashing has churned up the dormant monster living in our fuel tank, causing our engine to breakdown in the most crucial moments. We’ve gotten ourselves to a spec of civilisation to tackle this beast head-on. It's going to be a messy and challenging task, but we're determined to get our boat back in tip-top shape and to rid the diesel bug from our tank to continue our adventure south towards the Southern Ocean. Enjoying the episodes? Becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama. A little goes a long way to keep this production alive. With very little free time between uni and the boat, Patreon enables us to focus on creating and posting videos rather than pouring beers at our local. Thank you for your generosity https://www.patreon.com/sailingnakama Make a one-off donation as you please if subscriptions aren't your thing. Let's keep ticking nautical miles and boat jobs off! https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=C6M8FAYZ5K2ZS FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sailingnakama/ AND FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/sailingnakama Chapters: 00:00 The backstory 01:45 Soggy everything & avocados 05:52 The more pressing issue 15:47 Setting sail to the islands </video>

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Welcome aboard SV Nakama,

We are Slim & Soph a young Aussie couple tryna get by living aboard our tiny retro sailboat with our cat Chilli. We sail the Australian coastline whilst attending university online and take you with us.

After putting study on the back burner for years as we didn’t want to sacrifice adventure, we thought why not have both? Fed up with the outrageous rental prices in our hometown, the idea of doing it afloat came to mind. We figured we could scrape by on our tight student budget if we stopped paying way too much rent and lived minimally on the ocean, whilst continuing our passion for adventure. The plan for now, is to keep sailing onwards, keeping Australia to our left and once we're done doing that...Who knows.

Our mission is to prove that anyone can do it, you don’t need the fanciest boat or a squillion bucks, just a whole lot of ambition and a willingness to make mistakes and learn.

So join us on this whacky adventure!

Slim & Soph xoxo

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