This blog is about life onboard SV Moana Roa, a 46 foot sailing catamaran, and the journey from the Caribbean back to Australia. Laurie and Sonia, Travis, Beau, and Kara leave home on Christmas Island (Australian Indian Ocean Territories) in December 2012 and set sail in January 2013.


Monday, 2 December 2013

Movie Stars!!!

Beau and Travis, cool in front of the camera

Notice the cameraman on the roof!

Sail past after we launched

Believe it or not.....in Chaguaramus, Trinidad, we were head hunted to star in a government tourism documentary!  So, we indulged!  The owner of the boatyard put our name forward at a committee meeting and the next thing we knew we were being driven around the island with cameras following our every footstep - literally!  We were filmed at the local golf course, shopping mall, movie town, the bank, and sailing on the yacht.  They even interviewed us but had to retake one section because Kara was yawning!  We explained to her that it was important to look engaged not bored, especially because we were getting paid!  She didn't quite get it at the time but her face lit up when after the last shoot I came back to the yacht with a bunch of US$100 notes to share around!  The sailing was supposed to be mellow but we got caught in some 30 knot gusts giving them some dramatic footage.  Not that we've seen the footage, that comes out sometime before Christmas... stay tuned and we will post the link.


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