Ryan Moody

Author: Ryan Moody

Fishing Cairns to Cooktown

April 6, 2023 Finding Wonky Holes

We are finally heading north and fishing Cairns to Cooktown on the way! After leaving Cairns and steaming through the night (to about 2am), we

Exhausted after fixing the boat bad luck

Boat bad luck be gone as we head north!

March 30, 2023 Boating tips

Desperate times call for desperate measures as we try and get rid of our boat bad luck! Karen does a smoking ceremony and buys a

Fishing off Cairns during Mood Swings repair

March 23, 2023 Offshore fishing tips

While the split water tank repair continues on Mood Swings, we decided to amuse ourselves fishing off Cairns. The tank repair was quite problematic (as

Major boat repair and diamond challenge

March 16, 2023 Boating tips Travelling Australia

When it comes to big issues like a major boat repair – leave it to the woman! After learning of our split water tank, we

Checking boat plans for removal of split water tank.

Is there a split water tank on the big boat?

March 9, 2023 Boating tips

Is it a split water tank or just a corroded sender unit? After filling the water tank and about to cast off the ropes, Ryan

Boat issues in Townsville

March 2, 2023 Travelling Australia

Until now we were blissfully unaware of the serious boat issues we were about to uncover. We thought we were stopping over in Townsville install

Townsville marina stopover

February 23, 2023 Travelling Australia

Townsville Marina was our next port of call on our way from Cairns to the Swain Reefs. And since Townsville is my home town, also

Cruising the Palm Islands – Storms at Fantome

February 16, 2023 Travelling Australia

Cruising the Palm Islands on our way to the Swain reefs, we encountered some serious storms. Mostly because travelling in a La Nina event was

A skippers job is never over – Hinchinbrook to Palm Island leg.

February 9, 2023 Travelling Australia

Cruising from Hinchinbrook to Palm Island our journey continues… You may recall last episode we were stuck in spectacular barra mecca Hinchinbrook Island, awaiting a

Boat issues in Cardwell – Cairns to Hinchinbrook Island leg.

February 2, 2023 Travelling Australia

We didn’t get far! Boat issues in Cardwell have us stuck in Hinchinbrook island for the night! We knew crusing the Queensland coast in our

Large mouth nannygai fishing offshore Cairns

Fishing wide offshore Cairns

January 5, 2023 Offshore fishing tips

Today the goal was red emperor fishing wide offshore Cairns. In about 65 metres of water. Of course, we chose heatwave conditions to head far

Reflecting on 2022

December 29, 2022 Travelling Australia

Well it’s the end of the year and time to start reflecting on 2022. So we can let that year go and gear up for

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