I imagine full time sailing is hard work, so many things to consider. 🤯 Love seeing your adventures with sweet Yoda and appreciate you sharing your travels with us. ❤
I am impressed that you guys with 2 persons (with Yody) controlling and managing everything in such remote frontier. Even there’s some realities encountered, your video is very educational and impressive. As always very nice compilation of music and wonderful scenery! We are Always cheering you guys ❤
I appreciate your description of the leeward side of the island. I experienced the same at St. Kitts in the Caribbean. Lush on the windward side. Dry and hot leeward. 0n the leeward side, we anchored, bow and stern, to account for the "catabolic" winds sweeping across the hills. I had no knowledge of the waves. We were anchored near a spit. That night, the waves wrapped around the anchorage. The waves would run PARALLEL to the shore. That night a confusion ensued with another nearby anchored boat... My fault. 😢
Guys, for info "pamplemousse" is literally French for "grapefruit"... the thick skin is simply caused by the soil type, (Nitrogen imbalance) and the taste is due to local soil, weather etc, otherwise its the same fruit as you'd have at home. Good video though, thanks for sharing.
Fantastic vids in beautiful places ,thank you for sharing ,looking at the starkness of some of the hills, you would think it was fully overgrown with vegetation ,that waterfall falling into the sea wow beautiful ..
Thank you! We're so glad you enjoyed the video!! This part of the island is lower altitude so it doesn't get as much moisture from the clouds and it's more exposed to the wind causing there to be less vegetation.
😂😂😂 unfortunately not and yes! You are correct, they would pay for themselves in short order. Buying stuff in French Polynesia is far from easy. Ordering form the US or NZ basically doubles the price between shipping and local tariffs. If you find a warranty issue there is no help, most warranty policies don’t include return shipping form abroad. We are looking for it here but have not found the right ones. 🥲
Hi! Here in Brazil there's an amazing island called Ilhabela which has lots of mosquitoes that love people... What we do to get off alive and with minimal bites is to have vitamin B group suplements. Legend has it that that changes the "smell" of your skin to them and the don't choose you. Might sound weird, but it works for me, at least. Fair winds!
@@joseerazevedo I concur Vitamin B is the one. I took Vit B (1000mg) pills once a day for two weeks before going in the Borneo Jungle and wasn't bitten once. It does indeed change your smell, but takes a while to kick in...
Beautiful places and great videos! So I'm wondering, do the locals have such a bad time with the bugs as well? Are they only prevalent on one side of the island? How long will you guys decided to stay here before moving on? I think you originally said 12months, is that still the plan? Are you able to pick up your new Auto steering ram here? Fair 💨 and following 🌊!
Thank you! I believe they have issues with the bugs as well but know more about avoiding them. When we returned a bit later to swim with our friends a local guy came in the water as well and we think he was saying the no-no's (no-see-ums) bite the first few people in the water. That was me and our three friends who all got eaten alive. We'll be in French Polynesia until probably next July. We did pick up our new ram and just installed it! Fingers crossed it works!
Can you provide more info as to why you anchored out the dinghy? If I heard the audio correctly, you said that the shore is steep but I don't understand why that would motivate you to not simply drive the dinghy onto the shore and pull it out onto the beach?
We decided to anchor out because there was a decent size swell and it's quite heavy to pull up on shore. Also we flipped over in the dinghy when we were trying to go to shore in Escudo de Veraguas, Panama so now we're very cautious.
Interesting you say that, we’ve been thinking about getting bicycles, but we are dealing with storage issues. We are taking note of every time we say: “it would be nice to have a bike!”
I imagine full time sailing is hard work, so many things to consider. 🤯 Love seeing your adventures with sweet Yoda and appreciate you sharing your travels with us. ❤
Thank you for watching and for your comment! Yoda is a handful and certainly adds excitement and fun to the adventures. 😊😊
You two are amazing, brave souls. Certainly admire your positive attitude!!
Thanks so much Mom!
Oh boy, we can relate to so much in this video! Ah, boat life!
😂😂 they joy of sailing! Thank you for watching
Great mindset guys love your attitude to finding solutions while managing to respect each other!
Thank you so much for your comment and for watching our videos 😊😊
Very Good Videography and Narration. Thank You. Fair Winds 😎
Thank you Darrell!! 😊😊
Great teamwork, well done guy's...
Thanks so much Mark!
I am impressed that you guys with 2 persons (with Yody) controlling and managing everything in such remote frontier.
Even there’s some realities encountered, your video is very educational and impressive.
As always very nice compilation of music and wonderful scenery!
We are Always cheering you guys ❤
Thanks so much for your support Hiro! We truly appreciate it!!
I appreciate your description of the leeward side of the island. I experienced the same at St. Kitts in the Caribbean. Lush on the windward side. Dry and hot leeward.
0n the leeward side, we anchored, bow and stern, to account for the "catabolic" winds sweeping across the hills. I had no knowledge of the waves. We were anchored near a spit. That night, the waves wrapped around the anchorage. The waves would run PARALLEL to the shore. That night a confusion ensued with another nearby anchored boat... My fault. 😢
Mother Nature is so powerful! We always just do our best. 😊
Guys, for info "pamplemousse" is literally French for "grapefruit"... the thick skin is simply caused by the soil type, (Nitrogen imbalance) and the taste is due to local soil, weather etc, otherwise its the same fruit as you'd have at home. Good video though, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the information and for watching our video!
Fantastic vids in beautiful places ,thank you for sharing ,looking at the starkness of some of the hills, you would think it was fully overgrown with vegetation ,that waterfall falling into the sea wow beautiful ..
Thank you! We're so glad you enjoyed the video!! This part of the island is lower altitude so it doesn't get as much moisture from the clouds and it's more exposed to the wind causing there to be less vegetation.
Great video..Can you imagine instead of a boat, your stuck in a small camper van?There are quite a few people that vlog from them on youtube.
We watch a few van-life channels, different vehicle, same life of adventure 😊😊💪💪❤️❤️
I hope U bought the bikes. They would soon pay for themselves. Safe travels ❤
😂😂😂 unfortunately not and yes! You are correct, they would pay for themselves in short order. Buying stuff in French Polynesia is far from easy. Ordering form the US or NZ basically doubles the price between shipping and local tariffs. If you find a warranty issue there is no help, most warranty policies don’t include return shipping form abroad. We are looking for it here but have not found the right ones. 🥲
Hi! Here in Brazil there's an amazing island called Ilhabela which has lots of mosquitoes that love people... What we do to get off alive and with minimal bites is to have vitamin B group suplements. Legend has it that that changes the "smell" of your skin to them and the don't choose you. Might sound weird, but it works for me, at least. Fair winds!
Thank you for the very useful tip!! We will definitely try that! Mosquitoes are no fun!😊😊😊
Borrachudos!!
@@HarborsUnknown Ooooops!! I just corrected the vitamin group: it's B! Not D. Look for some kind of "B complex" suplement. Sorry for the confusion!
Cool!! Vitamin B!
@@joseerazevedo I concur Vitamin B is the one. I took Vit B (1000mg) pills once a day for two weeks before going in the Borneo Jungle and wasn't bitten once. It does indeed change your smell, but takes a while to kick in...
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Beautiful places and great videos! So I'm wondering, do the locals have such a bad time with the bugs as well? Are they only prevalent on one side of the island? How long will you guys decided to stay here before moving on? I think you originally said 12months, is that still the plan? Are you able to pick up your new Auto steering ram here?
Fair 💨 and following 🌊!
Thank you! I believe they have issues with the bugs as well but know more about avoiding them. When we returned a bit later to swim with our friends a local guy came in the water as well and we think he was saying the no-no's (no-see-ums) bite the first few people in the water. That was me and our three friends who all got eaten alive. We'll be in French Polynesia until probably next July. We did pick up our new ram and just installed it! Fingers crossed it works!
@@HarborsUnknown Fantastic news all round. I'm glad you've got the ram in and working.
Thank you!
if you get carbo model x ebikes they have no ferrous metal parts to rust.
Thanks for the tip!
Can you provide more info as to why you anchored out the dinghy? If I heard the audio correctly, you said that the shore is steep but I don't understand why that would motivate you to not simply drive the dinghy onto the shore and pull it out onto the beach?
We decided to anchor out because there was a decent size swell and it's quite heavy to pull up on shore. Also we flipped over in the dinghy when we were trying to go to shore in Escudo de Veraguas, Panama so now we're very cautious.
would be nice to show sailing and tackling etc
The sails in this video were quite short but this video has a good bit of sailing
ua-cam.com/video/2137kS9MO-8/v-deo.html
Hi guys. You should by some Go Cycle
Interesting you say that, we’ve been thinking about getting bicycles, but we are dealing with storage issues. We are taking note of every time we say: “it would be nice to have a bike!”
More drama! More drama!!!! :o) After watching Fabio huffing all that diesel and groceries, I'm tired. Is a collapsible cart not effective?
😂😂😂 we are not that smart!! Has the wheel been invented already?😂😂 we wish we had a collapsible cart
Lol, it's not brain surgery! ;o) Just go buy a cart! ROFL
😂😂 Amazon prime not available 😂😂
Was the pool you guys swam in colder than the sea water ?
Yes, the fresh water pool was at least 10 degrees F cooler than the sea water.