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Bloke with a Boat
Приєднався 12 тра 2023
Just a regular kiwi bloke with a boat. A novice sailor with a froth for sailing & exploring. Cruising New Zealand water's with a 37 foot sailboat Pacific Gib'sea. Trying my hand at making some videos to document the ups and downs of sailing and to try capture the beauty of Aotearoa's epic coastline, offshore islands, and anchorages.
Episode 9: Waiheke Island Sailing. Donkeys ~ Ceviche ~ Coromandel Town ~ The return of Banga
I take a the shallow channel into shore to pick up a crew member for a few days and explore the iconic Coromandel town. Anchor up in a scenic little sheltered anchorage in coromandle harbour for the night. We get underway early with upwind sail across to Waiheke Island where we explore Rotoroa and Ponui Island aswel as Man o War winery. This episode brings all sorts really, delicious meals prepared by Banga, Docile Donkeys, Scrabble, Sailing, History, and some standard bloke with a boat banter. Enjoy!
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Episode 8: SOLO SAILING New Zealand. Whitianga ~ Port Jackson ~ Waiheke Island ~ Coromandel
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The Solo Journey Continues. I set sail from Whitianga on a mission to round the Coromandle Peninsula. After multiple sail plan changes Pacific Gib'sea gets settled flying wing on wing sailing dead downwind. I drop the pick in Port Jackson for a few days, jump in the water, see some sunsets, and explore the campground. Sail on out of there in bleak conditions to Ponui Island before flying the ge...
Episode 7: SOLO SAIL to paradise - NEW ZEALAND
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I set sail in beautiful conditions to Great Mercury island. Pull up for the night in Corolie bay, an absolute gem of a spot. chill for a while, catch a snapper, and make some wraps. Sail back to the mainland the next morning and share a little bit of history surrounding Cooks Beach.
Episode 6: A visit to the Alderman Islands - Sailing New Zealand
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Bloke With A Boat is Back! We hook in to a few pre departure boat jobs. Set sail on a three day mission up the coast with a couple of stops at some offshore islands along the way. This episode brings some average fishing with some top quality fish chat, Some spicy sailing on route to the Alderman Islands, An insane anchorage for the night with a rough nights sleep, A few yarns, thoughts and fee...
Episode 5: Sailing to Cathedral Cove - Coromandle Peninsula New Zealand
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After a nice sail from Great Barrier island to Whitianga, we pull the anchor early for a morning sail a few miles around the corner to Cathedral Cove. Arriving with the sunrise we get some beautiful scenes as the sun hits the coastline. We spend some time exploring the Te Whanganui A Hei marine reserve, Motueka island, as well as Gemstone bay, and the south end of Hahei beach. With a dirty east...
Episode 4: Downwind Sailing Great Barrier Island to Whitianga ,New Zealand
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With a nasty easterly weather forecast looming, it was time to leave Great Barrier Island. We set sail early from Fitzroy harbor for a full day sail with downwind conditions to Whitianga, Mercury Bay. This episode brings standard bloke with a boat antics really. Couple vlogs, some motoring, few drone shots, some toasties, Downwind sailing, An embarrassing failed gybe with the gennaker, and a co...
Episode 3: Sailing to Remote Volcanic Offshore Island in New Zealand. Catch & Cook
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After a couple of boat jobs, We set off on a mission around to the Eastern side of Great Barrier Island. We're treated with dreamy conditions for this voyage, clear water, heaps of fish, beautiful protected anchorage, and spectacular scenery!
Episode 2: Exploring Great Barrier Island (Aotea) by sailboat
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The beautiful weather continues, and we are keen to make the most of it by exploring as much of the island as possible. This episode brings a bit of hiking with an epic views, secluded flat anchorages, dreamy sailing conditions, bowlines, banter, a pizza oven, and a snapper! Enjoy.
Episode 1: FIRST TIME HERE! Sailing Tauranga to Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
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A four day sailing mission from Tauranga to (Aotea) Great Barrier Island. After a relentless summer season full of storms, many weeks getting the boat in order, and an idea to document the voyage we finally got a favorable weather window to set set sail to Great Barrier. This trip Brought it all, champagne sailing, pristine secluded anchorages, gusty conditions, uncomfortable first camera encou...
Epic man love the videos just out of curiosity how much solar do you have and house bank batteries
Great episode loved it 👍
Cool as video thanks.
Brother, Have been watching all over videos again, hopefully you will find a time to upload the new one.
Another great video. Thanks for taking us along.
Awesome enjoy the vids & commentary. Cheers
Awesome video dude! I crew on a 60 foot classic in Jafaland. The A2 is the shouty sail and gybe is usually a 4 letter word with lots of colourful language :D
Loving the channel 👌. Good to see some quality vids of the places I cruise to, keep em coming.
Another quality episode, keep them coming!
Cheers Harry, See you soon
I came for the donkeys, left sharing and subscribing. Good work.
Thanks for the share and subscription! Glad you enjoyed it 🤙
Hi. Just found your channel and watched all 8 episodes back to back. We are so lucky to live in this awesome country. Keep up the good work. ⛵⛵
Hi Neville. Thanks for that. Indeed we are, having travelled a little bit we are very very fortunate.
What drone are you using?
Dji mini mavic 2. 1080p footage, with an ND filter on usually. Avoidance sensors taped over and a catch rope for landing back to the boat.
@blokewithaboat love seeing the drone footage , yet to master landing my drone on the boat without near misses, I saw the comment re using Davinche resolve and am struggling to download it on my laptop ( may be too old ) , what laptop are you using for the editing program?
Cheers. Yeah for sure, drone flying from the boat gets the heart rate up! Possibly to old yeah. I have an old 2nd hand gaming laptop, an Asus Tuf. It does the job (just) Im limited with what I can do with the editing programme however because of it.
Ahhh burros!!! Great video, sorry that you suck at Scrabble.
Thanks for the inspiration. We're planning a sail from whiti to Waiheke 😅
Thanks for watching! Awesome, its a great sail!
Awesome videos mate, I came across your channel a couple of weeks ago - loving the content. Looking forward to the next one.
Thankyou, I appreciate that! Couple more videos to come soon
Mate I could have sworn you were Australian no offense intended
Hey brother. Congrats on getting over one thousand subscribers. Milestone! Interesting shower setup. I have a shower in my head, but it only runs cold. That sounds so strange saying it like that. I've got Arana booked in for antifoul and (hopefully) through hulls. Then hopefully off for two or three weeks somewhere while work is shut down. Woop woop!
Love Man O’ War. Great wines and the tasting plate was superb.
Agreed! Great spot! Cheers
It's not yang it's wang!
copy that! I shall pass it on
Yang. Nailed it.
Banga's onto a winner there! nice work mate, love the history parts! keep em coming please
Another great episode, keep up the good work!
Thanks Michael glad you enjoyed it
Another fine production Chris.Great to see Banger on board again enjoying herself.What sort of boat is it and how long have you had her?
Top quality sailing and New Zealand content , should have more sponsors
Epic video man! Get me out there ⛵️⛵️⛵️
Get out there Richie!
Banger seems like a good mate, not sure about her name though , does she like sausages or something? She's sure got the fine chefs touch.Your camera work and aerials are top notch as usual .
Great stuff .... great to see the crew back on board. Look forward to Man-o-war Bay.
Stumbled across your Chanel a few days ago. Great content, keep charging brother.
Cheers Brother
Good episode mate. Love the sailing, commentary and location shots. Even if it makes me miss home terribly. Banger is adorable. Keep it up.
Cheers Steve!
Living the life bro!
These are top quality content, easy as good as any international you tuber... Great to see more kiwi success! Kia kaha Bro. Man would love to do that trip. Auckland to Tauranga always been on my bucket list...
Really enjoying your kiwiana flavour! All the knowledge from your tour guide experience is quality content too. Kia Kaha Bro keep up the Mahi. From my home town too Tauranga moana.
I was fortunate to sail with a friend from Auckland to Bay of Islands... then we left to Fiji. But I want to return the NZ for an extended sailing trip, 6+ months! Unfortunately wont happen for a few years yet, so ill keep your videos as a virtual tour guide on places to go :). Very beautiful, and thats given I am from Tasmania.
Battens and lazy jacks, i swear they are in cahoots to stuff up a sail hoist :)
Cool channel bruv, please keep it going!
Cool
Keep up the videos, great to see some real NZ sailing.
Great video, you have been sitting on that edit for a while :-) finally summer is here, might see you out there.
Awesome video!
Great videos, may I ask what camera gear and editing program you use. It's awesome to see such great footage of this part of NZ, keep up the great work.
Thanks for the feedback Jason. Very basic gear. A gopro 10, gopro 7, and a Dji mavic mini 2 drone. For editing I use Davichi Resolve. Its free and very user friendly.
@blokewithaboat love seeing the drone footage , yet to master landing my drone on the boat without near misses, I saw this comment re Davinche resolve and am struggling to download it on my laptop ( may be too old ) , what laptop are you using for the editing program?
Nice video, queued up the rest
Was that someone throwing trash in the water behind you right before you went to clean the prop?
Garlic or onion peel. Cheers
@@blokewithaboat Haha ok, I just saw something go flying by and into the water and was like what the heck?! xD
First time on the channel and only 1/2 a minute in and it looks good but why do people show me what I'm going to see later on? I don't get that. It's like reading the last page of a book first. Just get on with it 😂 *Edit* ok bit further in - well done mate, good stuff. Living the dream. (just not a fan of the preview stuff that people do these days, kind of spoils it, but that's just me).
I'm a fellow Kiwi sailor and have been enjoying your videos. I'm down CHCH way. We are lucky to be able to see parts of the country, not many get to see. Great videos. Keep it up.
I wish I could like this video twice. The shark thing (spearfishing) and your thought process about sailing, sails and making decisions on the fly I can relate too 100%. Awesome video
Cheers Daniel! Appreciate that.
Did you install the dinghy out the back or did it come like that? I want a set up like that now!
Awesome footage bro keep up the good work. We are based in Whangmata and head out to the same spots.
Wow... I had that hot buttered jacket circa 1995. Still going!
Wow, thats awesome! Its a classic
Every sailor has those “man I wish I was sitting at home in front of a warm fire ” moments. But that’s life I guess, and sailing. But the good times are what makes it all worth while. Thanks for the journey. Nicely done.
when i get a yacht i wanna put a fireplace in it!