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"Our Tasmania Plan Fell Apart... What Are We Going To Do?"
January 25, 2026 · 29 min · 24K views · Pambula Beach, Australia
What this video covers
Adam and Luke, sailing brothers aboard what appears to be their own vessel, spend nearly a month anchored near Merimbula and Eden on the New South Wales coast waiting for a weather window to cross Bass Strait to Hobart — a 200-mile passage. Persistent westerly and southwesterly gales in Bass Strait block every window; even the Sydney to Hobart race saw 24 retirements that season.7:34 The brothers ultimately decide against going: the available window requires eight hours of motoring at each end, deposits them at an isolated island on Tasmania's far north with nothing nearby, and would leave them pinned there waiting again.10:06 They acknowledge openly that the only reason to go would be for YouTube content, and that without that pressure they would never attempt it.10:34 On 5 January they turn north instead, targeting Bundaberg by March while fighting the southward-flowing East Australian Current.21:26 The first northbound leg ends at Bermagui, chosen over Narooma because Narooma's bar is cited as Australia's deadliest, with at least nine fatalities in 30 years.20:13 Entering Bermagui, they ground twice on a shallow tidal bar and wait for the tide to rise before anchoring.25:34 Transocean 271 antifouling paint is criticised after six months of heavy barnacle growth.3:05 The decision to abandon Tasmania confirms their rule: don't passage-make to satisfy content obligations when conditions don't justify the risk.
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