Dr Andrew Brazier sailed, alone, across the Pacific on a 10m boat last year. It took him almost four months to complete the 15,000km journey from Sydney to Los Angeles.
On November 23 the Faulconbridge resident set sail from Los Angeles to return home, this time with a crew of one - his new bride Elizabeth.
After marrying in November, the couple will spend their honeymoon on the 10m sailing boat, the voyage also doubling as a way to bring Dr Brazier's boat home.
"Perpetual Succour is our first home together," Dr Brazier said.
Mrs Brazier, a painter from Deniliquin, studied at the Florence Academy of Art in Italy, and has no ocean sailing experience, except for a trip on Sydney Harbour with her now husband.
If Dr Brazier's first voyage - which was to raise awareness and funds for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation - is anything to go by, this second voyage will be quite the experience.
He dislocated his shoulder with no help within a 400km radius, and got knocked around during a ferocious force 10 storm in the Southern Ocean.
There was also plenty of time for contemplation.
"Removed from distractions in everyday life, the first thing that happens is that many failings in your life become starkly apparent, be it relationships, decisions at work, or many other facets of life. Part of the journey was coming to terms with this and accepting what is in the past, but also learning from them as they came to mind," he told the Gazette after completing the solo voyage.
But he's matter-of-fact about the journey in front of them.
"The most important thing I learnt from my last trip is to put non-slip matting on the table. Breakfast no longer has the tendency to go flying. Otherwise, to be patient with the wind, and to never fight the weather," the 28-year-old said.
In the first week they've encountered navy ships emitting high-pitched tones and battled big swells.
"One of the ships kept broadcasting all night about how they were in fighting operation, not displaying lights according to the law of the seas, and to please keep clear. When United States War Ship 115 asks, one tends to be inclined to oblige, and we kept a wide berth," Dr Brazier wrote on his blog, Together in the Pacific.
And a few days later: "The swell remains uncomfortable and we are both looking forward to it abating as the winds quieten. We're both encountering the lethargy of sea sickness, although Elizabeth has it the worst. Not unbearable, but not comfortable."
They'll both be hoping the swell settles at Christmas.
"We get to celebrate both our birthdays during the voyage as well as Christmas and New Years, so it will be quite the party boat," Dr Brazier said.
The couple hope to arrive in Sydney at the end of January.
