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Awanui NZ
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Welcome aboard Awanui NZ, a Nordhavn N51 long-range trawler on a remarkable journey from Turkey to New Zealand. This channel documents our real experience cruising through European rivers, canals, and oceans, navigating waterways, tight marinas, and remote anchorages along the way. We share the realities of long-distance cruising, including river navigation, boat handling, onboard systems, maintenance, and the…— in their own words
5ports charted
793nm on the chart
8episodes
The vessel Nordhavn N51 · Motor yacht · Motor
Logbook 8
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We Anchored Directly Below a Scottish Castle | Loch Ness Arrival
Loch Ness Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom
Loch Ness Scotland — and we're arriving by trawler. This is the Caledonian Canal and we're heading straight for Urquhart Castle.We enter the famous Caledonian Canal at Inverness, navigate the first sea...
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THE US$4,500 FUEL SAGA: $1.10/L Diesel in Sweden?!
Trollhättan Västra Götaland, Sweden
In this episode, we leave the Gota canals behind and head from Trollhättan to Gothenburg. But the big story is our fuel saga! After running the boat down to just 500 litres, we took on a massive 4,200 litres of diesel.
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This System Changed Sweden Forever | Trollhättan to Gothenburg
Trollhättan Västra Götaland, Sweden
The Göta Canal was just the beginning. Today, we leave the serene canal behind, cross the vast Lake Vänern, and enter the massive Trollhättan system—the engineering feat that sparked Sweden's Industrial Revolution.
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GOODBYE GOTA: The Stunning Final Locks of Sweden's Most Epic Canal
Forsvik Västra Götaland, Sweden
Join us for the emotional ALMOST final leg of our Göta Canal odyssey! In this episode, we navigate the last two of three days of this historic 190km waterway.
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Slow Boat Through Sweden: The Most Scenic 2 Days on the Göta Canal
Join us for an immersive, two-day journey through the heart of Sweden on the legendary Göta Canal.
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Will We Fit? Navigating Sweden's 180-Year-Old "Staircase" Locks - EP 218
We're continuing our epic journey through Sweden's Göta Canal on our 51ft trawler, Awanui.
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DID WE GET STUCK? 51ft Trawler vs Sweden's Narrowest Canal Locks Ep 217
Berg Västra Götaland, Sweden
EP 217 - We're continuing our journey across Sweden on the Göta Canal, It’s a tight squeeze for our Nordhavn N51, but the experience is priceless—especially when the lock master goes above and beyond to order us fish and chips fr…
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We're FIRST Through Sweden's Epic GOTA Canal This Season - EP 216
Söderköping Östergötland, Sweden
We're the FIRST boat through the Göta Canal in the 2026 season — and we're completely blown away. Sweden's greatest ever engineering project: 58,000 soldiers, wooden shovels, and 22 years of back-breaking labour.
Ports on the chart 5
- SöderköpingÖstergötland, Sweden
- BergVästra Götaland, Sweden
- ForsvikVästra Götaland, Sweden
- TrollhättanVästra Götaland, Sweden
- Loch NessScottish Highlands, United Kingdom
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