Police to the rescue after our escapades in Malé - Sailing the Maldives part 5
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- We lost our kite gear in a Malé taxi - Sailing the Maldives
This week we give you a glimpse at the different ways we shop from our sailboat, as we trace our way through the beautiful but ultimately understocked Maldive islands, heading south, towards the nation's capital Malé. After a tense anchoring experience, in the public harbour at Hulhumale, we hit the busy streets of downtown Malé, taking Declan's kite to a sail loft for repairs, only to leave it and the rest of our shopping behind in a taxi that we had hailed from the side of the road. Next stop the police station to attempt to find our lost gear.
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In 1997, after rowing at the Atlanta Olympics, Rob rowed a tiny 7m (22 foot) plywood boat 2,500 miles from Tenerife (Canary Islands) to Barbados (Caribbean). It took six weeks for Rob and rowing partner, Phil Stubbs, to complete winning the inaugural Atlantic Rowing Race.
Skip forward to 2014 and, married with three children, Rob and his wife Rachel purchased Javelot, a 43 ft Fountaine Pajot catamaran. Armed only with Rob's 3 years of racing P class yachts from the age of 11 to 13, and Rachel's non existent sailing knowledge, We set off to learn the ropes of ocean sailing. We broke stuff, replaced stuff and got to know their boat before heading offshore with the kids, Finn (then 13), Declan (then 11) and Ivan (then 8), in tow. Through trial and error we have become confident wayfarers, kind of.
The plan? To sail around the world.
Part of the journey will be retracing Rob’s eldest brother Kerry’s travels at sea. Using Kerry’s original letters from the 1970’s we hope to retrace his movements from Australia through Indonesia and South East Asia to Cambodia where Kerry’s life was cut short after straying into Cambodian waters in 1978. Kerry and two friends were attacked by a Khmer Rouge gun boat, captured, tortured and executed. www.brothernumberone.co.nz
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Have you heard about the boycott Maldives campaign? I don't get it. The people have been amazing.
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Don't be too hard on yourselves. We have all forgotten something in a taxi. You feel like giving yourself an uppercut, but hey. Glad it all came back to you
I think the answer is simple. One of the Ministers of the Maldives made some stupid comments about an Indian Resort Island with similar features to the Maldives. Most of the "up roar" seems to be on Indian English News. Nothing World shattering. Not even mentioned by the Travel Agents. Ultimately both Resorts get some local support, which is what you have just done. Maybe you can sail to one of the Indian Islands resorts and check them out. It appears to be about three days away sailing. That seems to be the purpose of this "breaking News".
So glad you got Declans kite back. It is heart warming to know that honesty exists and police are happy to help.
Thanks Pumpkin
Wow, Declan sure does seem to know what he’s doing when it comes to navigating the boat out of atolls.
I know right!😘
Wow amazing adventure around the Maldives.
Love the race/not a race banter 😅😅😅
Amazing how much the island was built up.
Wondering what the population was?
Thank goodness you got all your gear back.
Fantastic work by police.
Thanks for sharing your adventures
Safe sailing
Cheers from the Tron team 😊😊😊😊
Thanks Rob, we were chuffed with the outcome. About 200,000 although there are many tens of thousands of illegal over stayers, primarily workers from Bangladesh so we were told.
What a great story and I'm so glad you had a happy ending getting your stuff back. Yeah!!!! You and your adventures are so relatable. Such a work ethic, Declan editing instead of exploring with everyone. You know how to play but also know how to get it done. Very commendable! We also love Chocolate, fun that you shared that again along with Rob's wonderful story about helpfulness and service. Amazing in today's times. Wish you the best! Thanks
Thank you so much Steve. Declan is a good keen man.
You guys n your competitive nature vs your flailing attempts at organisation/decision making; make for a most humerous watch!!
Loving you dearly!
Keeping it real since ages ago.
another awesome video so glad it all worked out in the end and you recovered your things. Camera's are the thing these days. They have their good purposes and their bad. In your case it was good. Alright looking forward to next video
Thanks Jonathan. I wonder if western police would have even bothered accessing cctv footage for a lost and found.
@@TheCruisingKiwis It would all depend who you were
@@jonathanscott550 touché
There are good honest people still left on this marble we live on. As always loved the video and update on your adventures.
Absolutely
Other than the CCTV camera debate, what is amazing is that the local police actually went through the footage for you. Imagine that in London or New York or Paris! Better yet, imagine the look on the face of the cop when you explain your plaint and expect help. (NYPD: Do we look like the Lost And Found?) Best regards as always.
P.s.: Quick glance at the Maldives boycott. It appears to be a pissing match between the Maldives and India -- in which the heads of each are acting like bratty kids. For a good laugh look at the available videos of the elaborate and very loud changing of the guard on the India-Pakistan border. Low comedy at its lowest. dw.
That's absolutely right. I wish we had gone into that a bit more. It was the suggestion of a taxi driver that we go to the police. That had faith.
Love your blog as always, so glad you got your things back! The Maldivian people seem like such wonderful people. I have to agree with you Rob, privacy needs to come back, I realize it helped you this time but I hate big brother looking over our shoulder. God speed, happy trails
Thank you. One of the concerns is that what is deemed legal today, at the stroke of a pen, can be illegal tomorrow. Combined with the advancing digital everything and, before ya know it, tyranny. But we're a sailing channel, so we are not supposed to go down that rabbit hole 😊
Fantastic outcome eh? Well done to the cop shop....and of course CCTV cameras in town. So guys, lessons learned from that little experience? Hey do you realise, according to gps, you were just around the corner, or corners from that seaplane base, I referred to in a previous comment. Largest in the world. Allegedly.? And news at home, we've had 5 frosts in 5 days. Yep, must be winter. Haha. Nothing to write home about. Ok my morning coffee has gone cold. But thank you again for the upload. Take care.!
Oh we didn't know we'd missed it! Dang would have been good to see, Declan in particular would have enjoyed. Lesson don't lose in the first place.
Another great video guys. Restores faith in human kindness and honesty. So many places you probably would not have seen the forgotten items again. Well done!
Yeah I don't believe the taxi driver wanted to keep the items.
@@TheCruisingKiwis Which is normal for most taxi services around the world. Like Wayne said it happens.
Well done Captain Declan!! Neat maneuver (and cook haha). Mocha felt safe, so it meant you are to be trusted😅
(Ivan did also a good job on the wheel, well trained the Kiwi Boys!).
Rob and Ivan's trip wasn't bad either. Always so important to seek provissions.
That Coke must taste really good with that water treatment, did you got enough supplies?
Nice people indeed! Karma treats you well, as you deserve. That, and small, quite places.
Indeed it must be a high contrast passing from hills and wild landscapes into the city
... well filmed, and narrated, Rachel.
Uppps... that jumpto the night, with those fireworks, was so funny. Not for Declan I guess, but you did told the story sooo funny, including the CCTV camera (those pics, nice memory to keep, haha). It could happen to any one, tired and just wanting to go back home... Glad everything ended well. The food will taste way better now.
Hope they did a good job on the kite!!
Safe journey, fair winds!
It was so great to get the stuff back. Very lucky! Such a contrast from the remote villages and the city of mahe. Packed but still livable.
I love your shows ❤❤ keep it up guys .. I got one thing to say do you guys all still get your skin check? As I was looking at rob standing at the steering wheel with a hat on and no shirt and I’m look at all his freckles and I was just wondering. 😊 I’m just caring about you guys ❤❤
We keep an eye on it ourselves. It's important to get a bit of sun exposure, preferably daily. Then the shirt goes on. Rob's early years he got a bit too much!
So glad you got your stuff back!!!!
Yeah it was a good outcome. I wonder how active Texan police would have been in search of cctv footage!??
I can see that cctv can pay off if your honest people, especially inbyour case.
It was a great outcome.
Great video people 😎😎💚😊
Thanks Rob
That's so good to know u got the stuff back but please don't let it happen in the next country url go to lol u would not get it back hehe
Yeah will try not to lose stuff in the first place. 😊
That's amazing to see, like, the Police lost and found service in action. Might that also be the home of the world's most expensive chocolate?
We should have tried that chocolate. Can you imagine your local police going the extra mile for lost stuff? Often not from where we're from.
There's a pretty good deterrent that stamps out theft in those necks' of the woods 🙂 I work with a bloke from Mali and he's very nice too. But he always seems to have carpet burns on his knees 🤣
Must be a carpet layer.
@@TheCruisingKiwis Could be! 🙂
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Thank God for providing honest police!! Ttfn
CCTV cameras are only an issue for people doing illegal things. No-one would have watched any of the cameras you were on if you hadn't asked them to look. They don't have people just sitting there watching you, and logging your movements. that's just stupid thinking.
Unfortunately, what is deemed legal today may, through the decisions of a few, become illegal tomorrow. History will show how this happens. Used in the wrong way is a powerful tool to tyranny. Plenty more could be said on this..
@@TheCruisingKiwis but thats just speculation and where conspiracy theories come from. There is enough disinformation around, sparked by exactly that kind of paranoia. The more people say "CCTV is evil and trying to control you all", the more likely some idiot looks at ways to do exactly that.
The thing is though. If you are just going about your day, NoOne is going to care. No one, even the suspected overlords you seem afraid of. They don't care what you are doing or where you are. They don't. Think about it.
But the irony is, your family are willingly putting your whole lives into the public domain. And then you are complaining that someone is watching you through CCTV with evil intent?
@PhilEvansNZ you think I'm stupid. That may well be the case. However, unfortunately, , you are naive. The difference between truth and conspiracy theories is time.
Unbelievable that y’all got it back! One time in ??(some country, can’t remember), our taxi driver ran back to me as we’d gotten out and were walking away, and he had Jack’s bum bag (with electronics and cash in it etc), and waved me down to return it. What a blessing!! (I played a prank on Jack about 20 min later and asked him where it was, and he was “OMG I LEFT IT IN THE TAXI!!” I let him sweat for a couple minutes then gave it to him. We’re very thankful for honest people! (And Rob I’m with ya on the surveillance removal opinion)
Haha love the moment Jack remembered. Got turning moment avoided, kind of. We were very lucky to get the gear back.
Lucky you , could had been nothing at all, but will done.
Yeah absolutely!
So glad that you got your stuff back!!
Alls well that ends well, so glad y'all got his kite back, it was as always, another great video, you have to love honest people, there seems to more nice people than bad in most places. I will have to share this for you.
The locals had faith in the police which I thought was great.
But the question was unanswered: who won the race / not race? Since Rob didn't "show-off" a win, I guess it wasn't a race after all :D Eventful episode again with great videomaking!
We arrived at the same time so in theory a draw although, as you know, we had a headstart so they did really.
This really restores your faith in human nature. Such honesty from the Taxi Driver and excellent policing. A great video again showing life as it really is. You are so good at that. I am so happy you got everything back and yes similar things have happened to me. In Manchester we have so many street cameras, from the minute I walk out my front door I am being observed. We seemed to have slept walked into a 1984 society. Keep well and safe. James.
Yeah it's a strange irony where people are supposed to apparently feel safe with the camera everywhere. Yet in the society's we have visited, it's more about culture, family and connection that creates security.
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Groovy episode. You guys are lucky. Thank goodness for the coopers.
Thanks, yeah we were so very lucky. Amazed the police bothered to look into it
Brilliant job by the coppers. Excellent to see their dedication to both sides of the thin blue line.
Loved this video. I have to disagree with Rob, who says if he was in charge he’d get rid of the facial recognition video system - sadly, human nature shows time and again that those in power cling to anything that maintains their power. But we both agree that these systems shouldn’t exists.
rising seas, are not going to be good for that city. Loved the helpful shop owner story. keep up the good work love watching.
We've wondered about that, too. Interestingly, in 1987, the scientists said it would be underwater in 30years time if nothing was done about climate change. And here we are, nothing changed. Talked with many locals about it. Even more interesting is the land reclamation going on, putting huge pads of sand extended into the ocean to 1m above high tide mark, then building resorts and apartment blocks on it. I can't believe banks would fund this activity thinking they will lose their money in 10, 20, 30 years. Nor insurance. Nothing makes sense .
@@TheCruisingKiwis Why sand in that area is covenanted. I watched a documentary on the high cost of sand in those areas. People actual will steal your sand. Who knew only a certain sand is usable for concrete. Well you folks keep up the awesome videos, they are my window to the world.
@stanmoulton6904 you'll see dredging for sand in our latest episode just out. It's a crazy situation.
Great story
Thank you Wendy
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The sheer audacity of asking whether Deklan can handle it or not, well i never LOL.. Greetings folks
Ha yeah Rachel was out of line on that one.
Love your channel. Can you share what app or software you are using on your tablet in this video?
Thank you David, the app is navionics.
All the development and rising seas....strange
We've wondered about that, too. Interestingly, in 1987, the scientists said maldives would be underwater in 30years time if nothing was done about climate change. Its worse since then and here we are, nothing changed. Talked with many locals about it. Even more interesting is the land reclamation going on, putting huge pads of sand extended into the ocean to 1m above high tide mark, then building resorts and apartment blocks on it. I can't believe banks would fund this activity thinking they will lose their money in 10, 20, 30 years. Nor insurance. Nothing makes sense .
Rob, you look tied mate. Give yourself a break and put your feet up. 😊
Thank you Lee, I'm doing fine.
Wow thats a busy place. Already to leave and you lose stuff in a Taxi and get it back thanks to CCTV. Thats amazing. But then you want to ban CCTV, that makes no sense mate. Glad you got the stuff back.
A tough anchorage. Did you see how close that sand barge passed us!?
You need to consider the big picture consequences of being monitored 24/7. See my replies to a few others who don't see it either.
@@TheCruisingKiwis Yes it was very busy as was the main island. I had hopes that you had more fottage of the Coke a Cola factory and some comments about the quality of the product. I am sorry I can't find your other commets on the issue of CCTV. I guess that some support the use of CCTV and some wont.
So so glad you got your stuff back
Thanks Jonathan, we were greatly relieved and appreciative of police help.
I lost my wallet in Hulhumale with cash around 2k and all my cards in it. I went to the same police station and they called me after 2 hrs and returned my wallet and everything was there. They said someone saw my wallet on the road and returned it. There are many good people.
Wow!! That's such a great thing, wonderful to read about.
@@TheCruisingKiwis i was surprised the fact that the person who found it does not wanted anything in return. i was trying to give him something but he said Thank you was enough, the beauty of Islam.
Wow interesting episode, very well done guys.. thank you..
Thanks Trev. 😊 You may have noticed our absence on UA-cam Sailing Channels again!?
@@TheCruisingKiwis Should i post on your behalf?
@@trevhedgesyes if that is OK😊
Thank you!
You're welcome Dennis.
i just made your likes go from 666 to 667...youre welcome
You got us off THAT number 😉 thank you!