Linus talks about his 11 day offshore passage from Noumea, New Caledonia to Cairns, Australia. The Australian Border Force engages in abusive tactics to harass cruising sailboat owners. If you are on a cruise ship or a plane you are treated like a tourist. If you are on a sailboat you will be targeted as a criminal by ABF which use a dozen officers to check in a boat with two people. They made my Australian crew member a prisoner on the boat and miss his hotel and plane flight for a day for no reason. Australia emulates the totalitarian policies of China, not the democratic governance of the United Kingdom. The ABF is a jobs program that wastes Australians' tax dollars and is destroying Australia's international tourism industry.
I recommend steering clear of New Caledonia which is also hostile to international sailboat cruisers.
Captain Linus Wilson is the author of the travel narratives SLOW BOAT TO THE BAHAMAS, HOW TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD PART-TIME, and SLOW BOAT TO CUBA. He has also edited the annotated editions of SAILING TO TREASURE ISLAND by Captain J.C. Voss and SAILING THE OGRE by Mabel Stock. Captain Linus Wilson is the author of How to Sail Around the World Part-Time which is available in eBook and softcover on Amazon and in audiobook for all patrons of Slow Boat Sailing at www.patreon.com/slowboatsailing On the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast Linus Wilson has interviewed the crew of Sailing SV Delos, WhiteSpotPirates (Untie the Lines), Chase the Story Sailing, Gone with the Wynns, MJ Sailing, Sailing Doodles, SV Prism, Sailing Zatara, Adventures of an Old Seadog and many others. Get Linus Wilson’s bestselling sailing books: Slow Boat to the Bahamas at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018OUI1Q2
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Ep. 50: Chapters 3-4 of HOW TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD PART-TIME and Tonga Update with Linus Wilson
Ep. 49: Adventures of An Old Seadog’s Barry Perrins and Sailing from Aitutaki to Tonga with Linus Wilson
Ep. 48: Gone with the Wynns’ Jason and Nikki Trade Their RV for a Sailboat Interviewed by Linus Wilson
Ep. 47: Part 2 of Abandoned, 119 Days Adrift with John Glennie Interviewed by Linus Wilson
Ep. 46: Sailboat Sunk 2 Days Into Dream Cruise when Its Keel Falls Off, Nikki Walsh and Tanner Broadwell Speak to Linus Wilson
Ep. 45: Crowhurst Movie Director Simon Rumley Talks about the Greatest Fraud in Sailing History
Ep. 44: Muscular Dystrophy Cannot Stop Ryan Levinson of Two Afloat Sailing Interviewed by Linus Wilson
Ep. 43: Cruising the Society Islands with Author Nadine Slavinski Interviewed by Linus Wilson
Ep. 42: Rescued Hawaii Sailor Jennifer Appel Talks About Cruising in Her Two Doomed Boats with Linus Wilson
Ep. 41: HOAX? Sailboat Rescue Story Has Many Problems Hosted by Linus Wilson
Ep. 40: 5 Months Adrift! The Curious Case of SV Sea Nymph Hosted by Linus Wilson
Ep. 39: Wrecked in Key West, Capt. Mark J. Reinhardt, Speaks After Hurricane Irma to Linus Wilson
Ep. 38: Houston Boat Show Talk of How to Sail Around the World Part-Time by Linus Wilson
Ep. 37: Mayday! Shipwrecked on a reef in the South Pacific. Dan Govatos of www.adventuresofatribe.com interviewed by Linus Wilson on the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast
Ep. 36: Sailing Zatara, Sailing Around the World with Teens, Slow Boat Sailing Podcast Hosted by Linus Wilson
Ep. 35: Greg Kutsen of Mantus Anchors Sails to the Galapagos and Cruising Hiva Oa and Fatu Hiva Hosted by Linus Wilson
Ep. 34: Sailing Doodles Sails with Labradoodles from Texas to the Bahamas and Virgin Islands
Ep 33: Sailing SV Delos Sails the Indian Ocean; Talks Crew and Rounding the Great Capes
Ep. 32: SY Zero Loses Its Rudder and Sailing to Hiva Oa Interview by Linus Wilson
Ep. 31: Struck by a Whale and Sailing Baby Blue Interviewed by Linus Wilson
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