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Episode 69 of The Sailing Podcast is with Michael, Liss, Andy and Holly of Sail Surf Roam. Carina and I joined the crew of SV Roam for an afternoon on the Noosa River. Roam is a home-built Spirited 480 design by Craig Schonning and was built by Michael Hoult and his family on the East Coast of Tasmania. Michael contacted me from Bundaberg, having just checked back into Australia after sailing to Fiji to surf the famous Cloudbreak surf break. They sailed overnight to get to Noosa and picked us up in the dinghy and took Carina and I out to check out Roam. We spent a pleasant Sunday afternoon with the gang and found an inspiring group of people who are living the dream after putting in many years of hard work to achieve it. Continue reading this article for information about: building a home-built yacht links to the Sail Surf Roam YouTube channel our interview with the crew of Roam If you would like to subscribe to the podcast and get regular updates and bonus information then download The Sailing Podcast app from iTunes or the Google Play store if you have an android phone. Sail Surf Roam visit Noosa During the interview with the crew from Sail Surf Roam we hear about the building of Roam, which took 6 years. Michael has some great information about the build if you visit the website. The boat was build in Tasmania and we also hear about motor sailing across Bass Strait, and then sailing in Tasmania. Once Roam was ready to begin it's journey into the South Pacific they headed north waiting for an opportunity to depart Australia. While the preference was to head to New Zealand, the El Nino (Nina?) conditions led to a decision to skip New Zealand and head for New Caledonia. This trip included sailing to Middleton Reef and then on to New Caledonia to cruise for a month. I just noticed the latest video on the Sail Surf Roam YouTube channel is titled ‘The romantic proposal on a deserted island’ so if you would like to check out some surfing at Cloudbreak, a visit to the Island where the film Castaway was made plus a romantic proposal on a deserted island, then subscribe to the SailSurfRoam channel and catch up with the crew from Roam. You can also view the video below. It was a bonus to have Carina back on the podcast and mixed in with my sailing questions are some personal questions posed by Carina. She wanted to know: how they get along together, how they balance between work and sailing, how do they keep the catamaran so clean and tidy why didn't I provide her with a beautiful catamaran like Roam? Actually, that conversation happened when we got home.... If you want to follow the adventures of Sail Surf Roam you can find them in the following places: YouTube - www.youtube.com/sailsurfroam Facebook - www.facebook.com/sailsurfroam/ Website - www.sailsurfroam.com/ Instagram - www.instagram.com/sailsurfroam/ Subscribe to their YouTube Channel to keep up to date: Support us on Patreon We would like to invite you to support the show by joining us on Patreon. Just visit www.patreon.com/sailing Thank you for taking the time to listen to The Sailing Podcast and I hope you have enjoyed our free podcast. The Sailing Podcast is produced by David and Carina Anderson Share this episode on Facebook to help us share the stories of cruising sailors