New Crew, Rough Start. Sailing Offshore from Samoa to Tonga - Episode 130
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- Опубліковано 21 чер 2024
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Thanks for not putting in the footage of me just sleeping for hours on that passage! The best island experience I could have wished for, especially in such a remote place, everyone was so friendly and welcoming!
🤪😂🤢 You did great!
Another fantastic destination Gary, Brooke and Hannah… thanks again you guys for bringing us all along! 👍
Thanks for coming along with us!
@@SailingOneLife ☀️🏝️⛱️🗿🗺️✨💖
You all look like you're having an adventure of a life time. Enjoy every minute of it. I'm 71 now and have seen much of the world. But there's so much that I'll never get a chance to see. You will be so glad you were able to record and document your travels. Don't be in a hurry to come back to the US. Enjoy life and please show everyone you meet that not all Americans are jerks.
Thank you, Mike! We are so thankful to be out here experiencing new things. We aren't in any hurry and hope to only come back for visits to the US for now! It is unfortunate the poor reputation Americans have with the rest of the world. 💙❤️
Wow, Hannah first voyage and she has soooo much! Brsky seas , seasick, learning the reality of sailing life . Seeing Tonga. Something I dreamed of 60 years ago. She's in the RIGHT company y'all 👍❤️🇺🇸
Thank you!! So good to have her onboard and share this lifestyle with her!
Hi Brooke and Gary and now Hannah. Glad Hannah survived her first sail. Nice to have a crew member aboard. Tonga, so beautiful. Great scenery and such friendly people. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Lois! Hope you are having a good week! Nuiatoputopu is a lovely place and so glad to share it with everyone! Thanks for coming along with us as always! 💙
Outstanding adventure with beautiful views. Hi to Hannah 👋.
Thanks, Trent! Hope you have a good weekend! 💙
How beautiful.❤ I love how friendly the locals are and love to see when u all interact with them. Thx for sharing guys.❤️🙌🏼👍🏼🙏🏻
Thanks, Jorge! Nuiatoputopu was an extremely welcoming island. Very cool to meet some of the locals and spend some time here.
One of the young residents of Tonga just tragically lost his life after a deep water dive, 15 yrs old, his parents own one of the resorts there that do whale watching tours as their main source of income. Sailing Zatara, the family that owns this boat, is good friends with the family there in Tonga, their son and daughter are there helping out for the upcoming tour season. JJ, the young man that tragically passed, was an actual prospect for the Olympics, he was a great kite surfer, may he never be forgotten.
Our hearts and prayers go out his family. Such a tragic, heartbreaking accident. 💔🥹
Good Morning SV One Life! I was beginning to miss ya'll. Thanks for sharing another fine video.
Morning Scott! Hope you enjoyed this one!
@@SailingOneLife Are you aware of the chanel Sailing Zatara? or their son Jack Whitaker? He is in Tonga I believe and his friend just drowned in Tonga from a shallow water blackout while diving. I did not know if you knew of this?
@ScottBryant-wi7gb yes, we watch Zatara! Our videos are behind real time so unfortunately we won't be meeting up with them. We did hear about the tragic free diving story. Absolutely awful. Sending lots of love to all who knew him.
I believe Hannah is going to be great crew, good attitude, focused and personality. Also, must be nice for you two to have an extra watch for a long journey. Love your videos, Mahalo.
Thanks, Bob! Yes, 100%! She fits in great and is always willing to lend a hand!
What a good job Hannah did for her first sail! It’s quite interesting to see how someone new to sailing goes!
She did great! Especially on such a serious sail!
Most excellent video! You captured so much, and the mood/vibe so good. The warmth of the people, the warmth of the sea and land, the food, and of course the sail. Gary, what an absolute amazing capture of the hidden octopus eating the crab......epic shots.....As always, thank you for the share! Hugs,
Thanks, Obie! That crab shot was wild!! So cool to have captured it!
I always love seeing you interact with the locals. Hannah - congratulations on your first ocean sail.
Thanks, Donald! Hope you are doing well! 💙
Way to go Hannah!! We are also currently learning to drive our new car “dinghy” 😂😂😂😂
We are so excited for you guys!! 🥳💙
More A1 videography. That sunset took my breath away. In Wyoming. On UA-cam. On my phone. And the people! Wow, Tonga rocks!
So good to hear you enjoyed the videography in this one! Thanks for watching!
Great episode, as usual. Always real and informative. Thank you!
Thank you! Happy to hear you enjoyed it! :)
Another great destination and video. How lucky is Hanna!
To be able to crew on a sailboat with no experience, Brooke & Gary that is genuinely fabulous to take on crew and let them gain what is probably an experience of a life time on a fabulous boat and a great location. I’m looking forward to the next weeks video.
Hanna enjoy your sailingOneLife, I’m a little jealous 😂
just kidding . Enjoy 👍
We are happy to have Hannah onboard with us! 💙 Thanks for coming along with us, Paul!
The two of you are absolutely amazing it’s always something to look forward to. With all the craziness going on in the 🇺🇸, all the little escapes from my reality that you two provide me and many others.
Thanks and sail safe! 😊
Thank you! Glad you can come along with us and escape for a bit!
Stumbled upon the video of your Pacific Crossing and I love y'all vibe!! I binge-watched them all until here.. Then went back and started from the beginning. Can't wait for more content. Live it up!! ❤
Ah cool! Thanks for going back to the beginning and watching our older episodes! 💙💙
A lot of sadness in Tonga right now after the accidental death of a young aspiring kiter while diving, please be safe and enjoy every minute of your life. Thanks for sharing ❤
Such an awful, heartbreaking tragedy. Our thoughts and love are with Tonga.
Hi guys, I never had a huge desire to sail to the islands until watching the footage you have shared with us all. As per usual, very well done & a pleasure to watch. Also, Hannah is taking to sailing like a pro. ( Well done Hannah). Keep up the good work & Hannah, I hope to see you back on the boat real soon. Until next time guys ♥️♥️.
We can't wait for you to get out here on Kiwi Lady! 🤩💙
Thankyou Onelife crew .😊
Thanks for coming along with us!
Thank you for sharing your adventure, it was great.
Thanks for coming along with us!
Thank you. Looks like Hannah is fitting in well.
Thanks, Rick! Yes, Hannah fits in great! 💙
My favorite Sailing channel...❤
Aw thank you! 💙
great episode...Highest Blessings
Thank you! 🥰
Quite a trip for her first time, beautiful place n tyvm for another great apisode
Yes, quite the sail for a first timer! She handled it great despite the sea sickness!
Thanks!
🥰 thank you! 💙💙
Thank you for another great video Y'all.
Thanks, Gibb! Hope you are doing well!
very cool!
thanks for that video.
Thanks for watching! :)
Whoa... the crab puke was amazing... 😂... great episode thank you!
Right?! Can't believe he captured that!
A very warm reception!
Yes! So friendly!
I really enjoy seeing you catch fish. There are species there that some of us have never seen
Happy to hear you are enjoying the fish!
Such a great experience for Hannah to meet locals being so nice and friendly consistently everywhere on the island. And you capturing that for others to see and share how easy it is to be nice. The novelty of which could be a perplexing discussion on a world level. Wish we could bottle it and share as they used to say years ago.
We agree! Kindness goes a long way in making our world a better place 💙
❤just here to leave a comment❤ from Texas
We always appreciate the comments! 💙💙
Great stuff guys!
Thank you!!! :)
Fantastic, thanks for sharing.
Thanks as always, Andre!
Tonga looks so special.
Tammy is a very cool place!
New sub here. Loving this channel! Welcome Hannah!
Just went through some life changing stuff while caring for a couple of family members on hospice with cancer. Seeing someone go through that is soul crushing. I want to start living life to the fullest and working a lot less. Love my job and pay is great, but the overtime grind is real and life draining. Wife and I love boating, so getting one was always in the cards...but now I'm thinking I want to learn how to sail and get a sailboat. 🙂My cousin's husband is an ace sailing navigator and has raced in and won the Pacific Cup. The plus is I live on the Sacramento river which I can take all the way through the delta and out SF bay...and there are several marinas where I can rent a slip not even a 1/4 mile from home.
Hi there :) Welcome to our channel! Thanks for coming along with us! We are saddened to hear about your personal experience with being a caretaker to someone you love with cancer. It's an awful, awful disease. I (Brooke) lost my mom to cancer and it really gave me the extra urge I needed to start living instead of working to live. It sounds like you have a great resource in the sailing community and being in California is a happening place to get into it!
Great video, thank you for sharing
Thanks, Federico! 💙
Another smashing video Guys! I’ve not been to Tonga but it’s a must go destination now! What an incredible welcome from such lovely people. The South Pacific is truly a treasure ❤️😊
Thank you! The South Pacific has been very good to us! We appreciate you coming along with us!
Yes! Love it! The gang is all back! Hannah don’t miss F1 qualifying! Gonna save the video for my morning ride…51k subscribers! Congrats Brooke and Gary! Hugs and love, 🤗
Thank you, Obie and Laurie! 🥰 Glad we can help keep you entertained during your ride this morning! 🤗 Hugs!
Wait, Hannah is a F1 fan? Be great fun if she has a subscription to watch. Great strategy race, no spoilers on results. Quite a test going through those seas straight away. I only get some wooziness from big seas when back on land, getting in a car driving helps me.
I started watching you guys thru watching SV Delos (whom I've been watching since 2015). My first Onelife episode was Pt. 1 of your Pacific crossing. In the past 7-8months, I've probably watched OneLife's entire journey at least 3x, and some episodes many more times, lol. Y'all make great content. It's scripted, yet still real with some great camera shots and information. It's excellent easy viewing, So Thanks OneLife! And Y'all stay safe out there. **Fair Weather and Following Seas, from Wilmington, NC, Navy Vet ('95-'01) FireControl, USS Bataan LHD5.
Hey there :) thank you! We appreciate you stopping by to check out our channel and happy to hear you've been enjoying it! 💙
Hi just came across your channel,so im going to watch from start after this one,greetings from The isle of Man.
Thank you! We hope you enjoy some of our earlier episodes as well! 💙
Sails UP! Hanna is having a great Journey!
Great to share this experience with her!
Great stuff guys, well rpesented as always. Fairly decent swell on that trip!! I'm one of the lucky ones, I've never had motion sickness, been in many situations on the sea where I should have though......Getting closer to New Zealand where I live.....Can't wait to see the trip down. Luckily this year its been quiet for storm systems hitting us out of the tropics so I'm guessing it was a reasonable trip down.......
Yeah quite a bit of swell but nothing like in NZ! 😂 Lucky you for not getting motion sickness!
@@SailingOneLife I take it the NZ trip will make a good video then!! Looking forward to it....👌
Wake up to the sun on a winters morning in Melbourne and what do you no my fav couple and Hanna great adventures epic footage and drone shots I love your life style thanks heaps for the front row seats loving it
Thanks for coming along with us out here! 💙
That sail seemed awesome to me.
Too bad Hanna fell ill.
Great under water footage as usual. The footage from the mountain top was amazing!!
Hey Tom! Thanks! The ocean swell was quite kicked up, hard to capture on video sometimes. Hannah did great for her first sail!
Looks like a very neat place with nice people. Water looks beautiful. Congrats to Hannah on her first passage! Bye for now. 🙂🙏
Yeah it's a really cool little island! Glad we made the stop on our way to the main island of Tonga!
I have never gotten seasick or suffered from any kind of motion sickness. I feel lucky in that regard to this point in life.
Lucky you! Being seasick is awful!
Hannah's seasickness didn't appear on camera to be too severe, so for a first passage I'd say she's probably going to only get better on the way to New Zealand. The island looks beautiful, but how about those people! Such positive energy... If Hannah had decided to not get back on the boat, it's not a bad place to hang out for a few weeks hoping to catch a ride out on the next plane... I think I could stay there a few months at least, but I say that to myself for a lot of places you visit...
She did great! Nuiatoputopu is a great little island. So warm and friendly. We always want to stay at places longer but it's a big ocean with lots to see!
Have you guys ever tried rigging up hammocks for sleeping in the boat? That might solve the some of the sickness issues. Or at least offer a break for a while.
We've never tried hammocks while sailing for sleeping!
I think I'm on a mission. I heard you say "You don't swim?" and I got excited. I think that if you live by the water, swimming is essential. I'm from Sweden and I have the stats(we are a**l like that). And now I know how. I taught a woman with 1,5 lungs and threee kids to swim, 2-3 min at a time. Saved her life once to. But it is adicitive. I'll do it every chance I have. /Catta
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Thanks, amigo! 💙💙
You folks should check with Ja ck and Kate Whittaker from Sailing Zatara while in Tonga . They could probably use a hug and a handshake right now do to a devastating accident that happened.
Such a tragic, awful accident. This video is behind real time and we are no longer in Tonga. Sending lots of love and hugs to all of JJ's family and friends. 💔
Hi Brooke & Gary, I am just finishing the book An Island to Oneself by Tom Neale. Such a great read, thank you for suggesting it to your viewers... do you have any other suggestions on books about life in the South Pacific?
Hi Meryl! Glad you enjoyed that one! Check out Captain James Cook, a Biography by Richard Hough
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💙 thanks!
Starting at 7:15, the new crew member looks like she went, "to the OtherSide". Been there, done that.
🤢 poor Hannah! I think most of us have been there before!
Wine tax 😂😂😂
😂 better than the vodka tax
I think you guys should be more attached to the jack lines
We attach ourselves to the jack lines when we feel we need to.
I'm a new subscriber to your channel! I have spent hours over the past few days watching your videos. This is a great channel! I love the narration. One question I have is, are you still uninsured? In a previous video, you said you decided to not buy anything but liability insurance. Is that still the case? Do a lot of sailors do this? I'm a new sailor myself and recently bought my first sailboat. Much smaller than yours, but a boy can dream!
Hey there! Thanks for joining us on this journey! Yes, we only have liability insurance. It is extremely difficult almost impossible to find full coverage insurance on a boat of our age sailing outside the United States.
@@SailingOneLife Thank you so much for the info! I'm finally all caught up. I watch a ton of sailing channels and this one is definitely top notch. I hope to follow in your footsteps in a few more years! Thanks for the great content!
You guys do get up to some interesting shenanigans to say the least. And those mats are a little steep for a lot of people. $800 for one. wow. But I guess for the effort that goes into them and the time it takes to weave one would make it worth their while since its their blood sweat and tears that goes into them. Interesting though
Hey Ray! Yeah the mats are a bit expensive for One Life but reasonably priced in regards to how much time and effort go into them!
Nice video, how’s your bean bag chair holding up stored outside, I just got one.
We love that thing! It's been living outside for the last 4 years. I've had to stitch up a hole or two and before we left on our Pacific crossing we added more beans but overall especially given the conditions we love it!!
Is payment asked/expected for that private tour/visit to that lady's home? I'm thinking it's customary to offer
Money doesn't really help them out too much as there aren't any stores, especially on a small island like this one. Instead they prefer things like snorkeling masks, fishing gear, chocolate, etc and we are always happy to give what we can.
Tonga looks fantastic..!! It is my dream to be able to sail my Roberts 36 there. Apparently there is a very safe natural harbour there for hurricane shelter.
Incidently, how do you pay for customs/immigration if you haven'tbeen ashore to get local currency? I've seen most countries will take American dollars as payment. Did that happen there too?
Tonga is a cool place! Yes, that hurricane hole is in Vava'u and you'll see it in an upcoming video. We have been able to pay with US currency in most places. In the places that only accept their currency, they allow us to check in and go to an ATM and pay afterward. In Nuiatoputopu there are no banks or ATMs so they accepted our US cash.
Water maker Samoa !??
Hey Ted, unfortunately the logistics and customs fees of shipping a water maker into Samoa would be a total pain so we decided to hold off until New Zealand.
Did you guys get hit by a storm ??
No, all good here! Thanks for checking.
13:17 so. No one gonna mention the pyramid sticky up out of the ocean?
That is Tafahi, another volcanic island next to Nuiatoputopu.
Why did you decide to have Hanna to join your adventure?
She was very keen and motivated to experience this lifestyle. We thought her adventurous spirit and positive attitude would be a good fit. We were looking for some to help us out for our sail to New Zealand and who better than to have a Kiwi join!
@@SailingOneLife That makes perfect sense. You could have handled it yourselves just fine but yes, it is helpful to have a third person for long passages. Is she planning on getting a boat and living this lifestyle and is she a patron?
Forbes gives 20% off which is better than your 10
Do you have guests on your boat to help with food and boat costs? Get help from people like me who wish to learn and sail with you. Or a boat😊. I will pay for a weeks sail
We are thinking about having more people join us in the future!
Did y'all pay her for the tour? Or offer too ? Or did she just do that for free?
We asked how much we could pay but she didn't want anything. In islands like these where there are no stores, etc. most prefer things like school supplies, fishing gear or snorkeling equipment. We do our best to give whatever we have onboard in exchange as a thank you!
Next video?
Working on it :)
@@SailingOneLifegood was just worried bout you guys lol
Can you please spell the name of this Island? Hannah seems very nice (like most Kiwis ;-) ).
Niuatoputapu. Yes, she is so nice! A very kiwi characteristic!
@@SailingOneLife Thanks!
Hanna was not crew, she was a passenger. We always took 1/2 a dramamine before a passage and I insisted a new passenger did also. You can't turn back and a very sick passenger is a hazard to themselves and the crew. A new passenger on a passage is a big load on a two man crew.
Wait til you see her over the next few episodes! She turns from passenger to crew in no time!
@SailingOneLife Great ! I like your channel and I don't want to appear critical. I am very old with a lot of sailing experience so my comments are meant to help.
Nice video. Enjoyed
Thank you! Good to hear! ☺️