Sail Life - After 3 years of sailing, we found paradise ⛵️

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  • Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
  • The Exumas in The Bahamas lived up to everything we hoped it would be! After 3 years of full-time cruising, we have been to many amazing places, but none as beautiful as this small part of The Bahamas.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 149

  • @mikedejung
    @mikedejung 3 місяці тому +17

    It's good to see Mads "behind the scenes" personality :) a little sarcasm is a must!

  • @jchase5408
    @jchase5408 3 місяці тому +6

    😃Mads is SAILING!!! I followed your channel faithfully about 10 years ago, but I eventually drifted away after about 5 years of boat work with no more sailing... I'm SO glad to see you got Athena and yourself back to sea. Yay!!!

  • @BrianGuilfoos
    @BrianGuilfoos 3 місяці тому +15

    The smash cut to Mads mid-syllable during the singing made me laugh

  • @MarkLawrenceKiefer
    @MarkLawrenceKiefer 3 місяці тому +8

    I can't wait to see a picture of Mads with mouse ears. Then and only then will we know if will we know of Mads is truly happy to get to Florida.

  • @TheRealBrockRoberts
    @TheRealBrockRoberts 3 місяці тому +3

    LOL free Geico imbedded ad. Classic. Very clever!

  • @nick.caffrey
    @nick.caffrey 3 місяці тому +5

    Ava, when she is talking about or just looking at wildlife, seems to come alive. She looks even more beautiful. I think this is your calling. Ava! It's the same effect that new, interesting tech has on Mads!

  • @danahawthorne1633
    @danahawthorne1633 3 місяці тому

    That was so fun and entertaining to watch. Thank you.

  • @redlion6505
    @redlion6505 3 місяці тому +2

    The more I watch the more I love you guys. Ava is my favorite now. I have been watching since the boat refit. Good winds to ya and God bless!

  • @Garci96b
    @Garci96b 3 місяці тому +4

    It would be cool to see some video from the mast mounted camera when your in the shallows.

  • @douglasrobbie9998
    @douglasrobbie9998 3 місяці тому +4

    There have been a lot of videos from cruisers in the Bahamas. Congrats on making this one quite enjoyable.

  • @brucegarrison4999
    @brucegarrison4999 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for another great video

  • @VoltsAnBolts
    @VoltsAnBolts 3 місяці тому +21

    The guys stuck to the rocks are chitons :) very neat creatures that can get quite big!

  • @carltontweedle5724
    @carltontweedle5724 3 місяці тому +4

    Looks like your having a great time in a great place.

  • @hmk..
    @hmk.. 3 місяці тому +4

    wow! never disappoints . always entertaining. love how happy ava is ! she is a great person & her husband . always smiling! thanks

  • @philgray3443
    @philgray3443 3 місяці тому

    Top video as usual and Ava's commentary really makes my day. She has that nerdy offbeat humour that is hard to beat. Hey Mads, any chance you can explain how you use the Airpods to communicate?

  • @petitebiogeek
    @petitebiogeek 3 місяці тому +4

    The "your mom" jokes are very Gen X, Mads!

  • @thub01931
    @thub01931 3 місяці тому +1

    Mads…..love the humor. Keep everything up. Thank you both for what ya’ll do. From south Louisiana

  • @MichaelMathews-q2k
    @MichaelMathews-q2k 3 місяці тому +1

    That piece of wood is Little………but it says a Whole Lot about how y’all two have extraordinary Chemistry towards each other.

  • @karlfair
    @karlfair 3 місяці тому

    Liked.

  • @davewilliams639
    @davewilliams639 3 місяці тому +3

    We love the Bahamas too! Living in central Florida makes it a short hop to be there.

  • @thomascallaghan5988
    @thomascallaghan5988 3 місяці тому

    Great video

  • @randys1889
    @randys1889 3 місяці тому

    Sadly, I haven't watched in a while ( cancer... )
    Now I'm remembering just how much I love your videos ❤

  • @AustinBoil
    @AustinBoil 3 місяці тому +5

    I'm shocked Mads didn't at least think about 3D printing an Athena sign for the "trash pile"! 😥

    • @MrFastFarmer
      @MrFastFarmer 3 місяці тому +1

      I'm surprised he doesn't have a milling machine on board..

    • @WaterFaucet24
      @WaterFaucet24 3 місяці тому +3

      @@MrFastFarmer The lathe, milling , and plasma cutting machines come in the next boat when they refurb a 52-footer.

    • @MrFastFarmer
      @MrFastFarmer 3 місяці тому

      @@WaterFaucet24 🤣

  • @ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958
    @ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958 2 місяці тому

    Those flat creatures with segmented bodies attached to the rocks are called Chitons. I have not eaten any, but am told you fry the soft part with butter and herbs like escargot.

  • @drive22automotive
    @drive22automotive 3 місяці тому

    I can't believe I was there just a few weeks before you guys. Great job on capturing a small slice of the place. Nothing compares to actually being there. It is one of the most spectacular environments on the planet.

  • @BarryandKaren
    @BarryandKaren 3 місяці тому +5

    You guys are hilarious!!!! :) :)

  • @thestardusterchronicles5462
    @thestardusterchronicles5462 3 місяці тому +3

    Took a shot every time Eva says like 😂😂 plastered! 😂😂

  • @charles.neuman18
    @charles.neuman18 2 місяці тому

    2:00 By the end of this episode I expect to see a crocheted iguana.

  • @robertgallant6422
    @robertgallant6422 3 місяці тому

    Ah that brought back memories. I cruised the Exhumas back in 2012 with my friend for 3 weeks on his 36' Benateau. Miami to Bimini down to Staniel Cay. A wonderful trip for my second time on a sailboat. My profile pic is from that trip swimming on the sunken DC-3 at Normans Cay I think. I would love to go back one day. Thanks for the throw-back and enjoy your time there Mads & Ava.

  • @mortenjrgensen4630
    @mortenjrgensen4630 3 місяці тому

    See you 👍🏼🥰🇩🇰

  • @milt7348
    @milt7348 3 місяці тому

    Stay safe and we'll see you next week.

  • @DonovanCYoung
    @DonovanCYoung 3 місяці тому

    Love the Exhumas... also, love the Tilley hat Mads!

  • @AllenKll
    @AllenKll 3 місяці тому

    yum yum eat 'em up. iguanas taste pretty good. Maybe not THESE... but the ones in florida, 100%

  • @VidaaVela
    @VidaaVela 3 місяці тому

    Hi Athena, this is your neighbor who spoke to you the other day. epoxy retractable keel boat

  • @michaelbaron8089
    @michaelbaron8089 3 місяці тому

    Great episode. You made your walk fun to watch.

  • @ianbatchelor1854
    @ianbatchelor1854 3 місяці тому

    Amazing pictures! Fantastic video I wish they were longer

  • @Je.Suis.Flaneur
    @Je.Suis.Flaneur 3 місяці тому

    Thnx. One of your best videos so far.

  • @robw2379
    @robw2379 3 місяці тому

    We were there last year. I hope you get to see Rachel's Bubble Bath at high tide. Buckets of fun.
    .....and you're right. Some of those passes are nail-biters, and the shifting shoals and unmarked coral heads are guaranteed to add to the anxiety factor.
    Safe travels.

  • @DuaneDiddley
    @DuaneDiddley 3 місяці тому

    Great footage guys - sensational image quality

  • @jhill4874
    @jhill4874 3 місяці тому +1

    Mets is in a mood.

  • @smerlin64
    @smerlin64 3 місяці тому +1

    Mads is getting a bit ornery. Must be time for him to do some "o glorious sanding"!

  • @vincentstouter449
    @vincentstouter449 3 місяці тому +2

    AKA in the Caribbean as “Green Chicken” great on the barbie. 😋😢

  • @jkepleriv
    @jkepleriv 3 місяці тому

    When I was there, we found Navionics sonar charts accurate enough to keep afloat. Glad you finally found them. And our bad pun was hutia and the blowhole.

  • @jonnooney7102
    @jonnooney7102 3 місяці тому +4

    I thought he was smarter than to tell mother in law jokes on video ! Will regret that one. LMAO.

  • @Finn-McCool
    @Finn-McCool 3 місяці тому +4

    🎶 I wish I was in Tijuana... 🎶
    🎵 Eating Bar-B-Queued iguana. 🎵

    • @philgray3443
      @philgray3443 3 місяці тому

      I'd take requests on the telephone

    • @Finn-McCool
      @Finn-McCool 3 місяці тому

      @@philgray3443
      I'm on a wavelength far from home.

  • @elizabethcalhoon6393
    @elizabethcalhoon6393 3 місяці тому

    I am so glad you made it to Wardrick Wells, we were there in March and it was freaking amazing! We grabbed a ball near Emerald Rock, we are a trimaran and are quite wide so we didn’t want to try the inside moorings. So glad you got to stay there. I had to pinch myself everyday to remind myself it was real, it is such a stunning place. ❤️

  • @OutdoorFreedomDk
    @OutdoorFreedomDk 3 місяці тому

    14:05 🫶🍓👌

  • @jonathanworthing6278
    @jonathanworthing6278 3 місяці тому

    Never seen the sea so blue

  • @ronbrock2871
    @ronbrock2871 3 місяці тому

    Blowhole Blowhole Blowhole.... sorry, my buzz was fading and I needed a little boost. LOL. Iguanas are cute.. Wait till you see the ones in south Florida... Big and colorful... Great video.. Ron. & Deb

  • @MultiBmorgan
    @MultiBmorgan 3 місяці тому

    Real, real funny, real smart. I believe in could hang out with you chaps. cheers!

  • @JCAJCA3
    @JCAJCA3 3 місяці тому

    I love the Bahamas!

  • @NateGoesOutside
    @NateGoesOutside 3 місяці тому

    Your mom jokes are always appropriate

  • @chrisscott1958
    @chrisscott1958 3 місяці тому

    I used navionics on a trip from the DR to Florida. I was not sure how accurate it was but the boat only had the western Caribbean chip in it. I was able to use both systems once I passed mayaguana and while I was nervous at times with the depths, the navionics did not steer me wrong. The berry islands are surprisingly shallow in places. Draft was 4 1/2 feet.

  • @VaguelyAmused
    @VaguelyAmused 3 місяці тому

    Such an amazing looking area. Choosing The Big Bang Theory theme tune as the song to try on the Musical Rock - just brilliant 😁😂

  • @Bill_N_ATX
    @Bill_N_ATX 3 місяці тому

    In a story that features both blowholes and iguanas, there is a semi famous blowhole in the Galapagos, where if you wait long enough, you will occasionally see one of the many marine iguanas of the area get caught in the current and be blown up and out of the ocean through the blowhole. Not sure how the little critter does after the adventure but you have to believe it’s quite the shock.

  • @dannyjones3840
    @dannyjones3840 3 місяці тому

    I see you guys are currently in Port Canaveral! Getting closer!

  • @Sailor_Greg
    @Sailor_Greg 3 місяці тому

    15:09 Neverland (right on top) - Isn't that Tula's Endless Summer's powerboat?

  • @laborspy
    @laborspy 3 місяці тому

    Just an fyi I’ve watched @AlluringArctic sale into super narrow rocky areas in Alaska using a drone flying high above.

  • @davegalvin537
    @davegalvin537 3 місяці тому +14

    It may be sad and regrettable that this species may become extinct but just Google iguanas in Florida to see what happens when they flourish.

    • @wallacegrommet9343
      @wallacegrommet9343 3 місяці тому +3

      They are a scourge. Iguanas are not native species in Florida

    • @clivestainlesssteelwomble7665
      @clivestainlesssteelwomble7665 3 місяці тому +2

      Neither are Pythons, Lion fish oriental Carp and quite a few others moving with the climate shift and escape/ releases.
      That said the Blue green beasties you get are impressive beasts and beautiful colours.

    • @svbarryduckworth628
      @svbarryduckworth628 3 місяці тому +3

      Every time there is a cold snap they have warnings to beware of iguanas falling out of trees. There us not much worse than a torpid iguana falling 20 or more feet onto your head they're pretty heavy sometimes

  • @zenunla
    @zenunla 3 місяці тому +1

    Ava: “…this guy’s beefy”
    Mads: “mMMmm”
    run iggy, run! 😂 oops… 4,999

  • @peterroland6258
    @peterroland6258 3 місяці тому +1

    Coming from a land with the highest incidence of melanoma and other sun exposure related skin cancers in the world, sun screens are your best friend and very, very cheap insurance. You won't see the results of excessive sun exposure for many years. Enjoy and stay safe.

    • @philgray3443
      @philgray3443 3 місяці тому

      Bonzo Dog Band wrote a song about the best solution, "Shirt". I'm sick to death of plastering myself in goop so I just put on 50+ UV shirt and long trousers. I've seen too many folks in their 40s getting pieces of their butts grafted onto their noses. My friend aged 34 died from melanoma on his back. Left 3 children under 10 with his wife and no insurance!

  • @briansaben5697
    @briansaben5697 3 місяці тому

    That’s no iguana that’s a Komodo dragon!

  • @RowlandWITHERS
    @RowlandWITHERS 3 місяці тому

    Hi, come on LADS all together , put on a show , There is a couple of VIP's ON THE BEACH and a rare breed called the Mads an Ava and only two of them in the world and they say were getting rare . ?

  • @johnwspeck
    @johnwspeck 3 місяці тому

    I'm a broken record, you really need to try Bequia. It's the opposite direction your going now, but when you come back down you have to visit.

  • @doncritzer2798
    @doncritzer2798 3 місяці тому

    We got nothing like that in Denmark 😅😂😅

  • @cfinstr
    @cfinstr 3 місяці тому +1

    Those shell things on the seaside rocks…. CHITONS

  • @tommcintyre5608
    @tommcintyre5608 3 місяці тому

    💫👍💫😊

  • @danyleejepsen692
    @danyleejepsen692 3 місяці тому +1

    You're fucking awesome, love your videos.

  • @romeowhiskey1146
    @romeowhiskey1146 3 місяці тому

    Should you EVER get to MIDDLE PERCY on the Great Barrier Reef...check out PERCY HILTON A-frame with 1000's of signs, buoys, etc.

  • @aquasapien9275
    @aquasapien9275 3 місяці тому

    Eva, you are so adorably halerious, witha wit so entertaining that I would encourage your personal travel channel. Mats can visit if he leaves off the"yo mama jokes."

  • @51rwyatt
    @51rwyatt 3 місяці тому +5

    I was thinking of this channel recently when it was reported that a lot of people are getting norovirus swimming in and around the Grand Canyon national park in the U.S., in various waterfall pools etc. So perhaps his reluctance to swim in small pools with 300 unwashed masses is justified...

  • @haraldhannelius
    @haraldhannelius 3 місяці тому

    I acutally like that raster charts gets pixelly when You zoom in enough. It represents the accuracy of the underlying chartdata better than a vector chart. A cector chart is seemingly accurate down to the meter, where as the chart data actually isn't. A raster map zoomed in and pixelated warns You in a very intuitive way that You might be here, or somewhere around here.

  • @aserta
    @aserta 3 місяці тому

    17:00 oh... what did you feed Mads? XD

  • @mikewarner2285
    @mikewarner2285 3 місяці тому +2

    Good eating

  • @kathrynaston6841
    @kathrynaston6841 3 місяці тому

    Sailing on the Chesapeake Bay is a lot safer with a Hummingbird or other depth or fish finder.

  • @podocrypto6072
    @podocrypto6072 3 місяці тому

    Those are Marine Iguanas.

  • @RonKris
    @RonKris 3 місяці тому

    33 million years, huh. Ok

  • @justsomeguy6474
    @justsomeguy6474 3 місяці тому

    I did turn "blow hole" into a drinking game but now I'm dead!

  • @kevinschmit1710
    @kevinschmit1710 3 місяці тому

    I like your trailer winch dinghy thingy..can you send link on brand and model? How's it holding up in salt water environment?

  • @romeowhiskey1146
    @romeowhiskey1146 3 місяці тому

    IGUANA go there!

  • @jepense82
    @jepense82 3 місяці тому

    Raster charts are typically a scanned image of a paper chart that has been georeferenced, sometimes quite poorly. Vector Electronic Navigation Charts tend to be more interactive and provide data on various features to the mariner. I can't speak for third party electronic navigational companies but in my experience as a hydrographer, international HOs are getting away from providing raster charts in favour of the vector ENCs as they're considered more powerful and flexible.

  • @donaldpetrey3064
    @donaldpetrey3064 3 місяці тому

    Looks like a gum boot native Alaskans harvest them to eat. They have bones in there spine they also make into earrings

  • @uowebfoot
    @uowebfoot 3 місяці тому +1

    Plenty of iguanas in the world.

  • @tomk4199
    @tomk4199 3 місяці тому +1

    Cute huh? I guess you had to be there!

  • @kenlynch6332
    @kenlynch6332 3 місяці тому +1

    ⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵

  • @talderson1
    @talderson1 3 місяці тому

    I don't understand going to the states for hurricane season? Wouldn't it be better to go further south for hurricane season? That's not a criticism. I don't know where the best place is.

  • @pocketchange1951
    @pocketchange1951 3 місяці тому

    👍👌❤️🇨🇦

  • @Jolleseileren
    @Jolleseileren 3 місяці тому

    Hvordan gikk det med svogerens (din) katamaran-reparasjon?

  • @SouthPostAustralia
    @SouthPostAustralia 3 місяці тому

    Does Athena still have the standard 1.5m Warrior 38 draft? How have you found the Bahamas in term of water depth?

  • @edwardhazelden6424
    @edwardhazelden6424 3 місяці тому

    I wonder if the boat name at the top of the pole, Neverland, is the trawler Billy and Sierra owned?

  • @WaterFaucet24
    @WaterFaucet24 3 місяці тому +1

    6:28 my guess is a limpet?

  • @stephencrowther524
    @stephencrowther524 3 місяці тому

    $30 a night seems unreasonable to me ! $15 would be more like it.

  • @LouiseAuger
    @LouiseAuger 3 місяці тому +1

    Is Mads’ spicy level a function of temperature? 😂

  • @ronaldwarren5220
    @ronaldwarren5220 3 місяці тому

    I has been a pleasure

  • @Juuythljgrrdwq
    @Juuythljgrrdwq 3 місяці тому

    Just watch out for gojira…

  • @coldwarveteran4239
    @coldwarveteran4239 3 місяці тому +1

    Beautiful shots, thanks for bringing us along. Eva, when on bow watch, maybe have a vest, just incase Mad’s hits something and Athena does a sudden stop. Just thinking of Y’all. Hurry north.

  • @jameslarson6555
    @jameslarson6555 3 місяці тому

    Remember, iguanas taste like chicken!

  • @dcallan812
    @dcallan812 3 місяці тому

    I wondered what they tasted like, but would NEVER want to actually eat one.
    Interesting update 2x👍

  • @mr.e7022
    @mr.e7022 3 місяці тому

    Use the 3D printer to make the sign.

  • @supertramp42
    @supertramp42 3 місяці тому

    Sounds like some CNC jealousy 😂