TIGER island MALDIVES? - Sailing INDIAN OCEAN
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- TIGER island MALDIVES? - Sailing INDIAN OCEAN
Sailing through THE MALDIVES has been one surprise after another.
After a successfully swimming with nurse sharks, we wanted another challenge. We heard stories about tiger island, Fuvahmulah, across the equator in the south of the country. This week we sailed our floating home to this amazing island and got the chance to swim with the tiger sharks there. we were also happy to discover that this enchanting atoll has so much more to offer to visitors. No visit is complete without a trip to the Kodakilhi wetlands for a mud bath at the fountain of youth.
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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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I seen to recall an episode in which you, Rob, were greatly and rightly afraid of tiger sharks. (Correction: they were bull sharks known for being aggressive.) Tomorrow, Sunday, my other sailing channel, Follow The Boat, has an episode debunking the drama and B.S. on many sailing channels. I already plan to tout your channel as completely devoId of B.S. ( Hm... Those were William Burroughs' exact words about Paul Bowles: "A man completely devoId of B.S.") never knew until now that Eminem sported a beard -- I'm obviously from the Slim Shady era! Great video as always. Best regards. P.s.: Ivan wagging his finger at a shark [subtext: care for a sample?] dw.
Hello Daniel, thanks for the no BS promotion. Bull sharks are still not one of the species we would want to willing put ourselves in the water with, or great whites. The tiger sharks have there moments too but off the top three most aggressive sharks they seem the most predictable to swim with.
that mud pool reminder me of the movie Vacation , where they are led to a supposedly hidden hot spring by a "helpful" local, eventually realizing that it is actually a raw sewage dump.
Haha I forgot about that. The smell didn't quite replicate that, fortunately.
another top knotch episode.
keep them coming
Thank you!
Rob, the mud took 11 years off ! Ttfn
Awesome episode and the underwater scenes were great. Rob in the mud 😂😂😂😂😂. Once again thanks for sharing you lives ❤
Thank you!
Excellent video Sharks were cool the mud bath also cool. Looking forward to next video
Thanks Jonathan, it was an awesome experience.
Fantastic video guys, what a life, living the dream!
We are so very fortunate.
When I saw the thumbnail just now, with the visuals if Rob's before/after face and I could just hear rachel's voice and her inflection for saying "incredible..." ... I was in the midst of swallowing and started to snort the liquid up my nose because I was laughin!🤣👍🙏
Now to watch the video😊
Haha sorry about that! 😅
Interesting episode guys. For a start, anything with "tiger" in the title eg...tiger, tiger shark, tiger snake...down on the Bass Strait islands and Tasmania too, I avoid. Exempt is Tigerlily of course. Then the Hamil family take us to the biggest "stag wallow" I've ever seen. During the roar (rut) those stag wallows can cover a big area, and they stink. And that place looks like one. Yeah of course I'd get into it with you guys. I know it's not a stag wallow. Btw, when you get home, if you know where to look, there's a free, volcanic mud wallow, near the roadside, at the back edge of the Rotorua Golf Course. Could be a bit warm though. 😮 Thanks heaps for sharing. Take care of yourselves.
Good to know! Reminds me of the soda springs between rotoma and rotoiti. Nostalgia. A beautiful part of nz.
Thank you for sharing, love your family
Thanks so much.
You always showcase such an entertaining, exciting and very informative sailing adventure. Well done, well done indeed, and of course, very groovy.
Thank you very much. Ha groovy as.😊
Merci pour ce merveilleux moment en votre compagnie ,soyez heureux et dans la joie et la paix tous les quatre bonne coontinuation , a bientôt
Thank you Alain.
You guys sure are having fun! What's happened to the tracking map on your site? It hasn't been updated for like a month or so. Sing out if you would like some help with this.
Thanks Sausage is my bad I need to get data to our Web guy.
Love you guys! Not sure I would have enjoyed the mud. Glad you did. Safe travels. ❤
You'd have loved it D!
Nice to see all these different places on yr sailing channel. Impressed by yr time with various sharks over the years.Also nice to see you featured in the photo of Zatara’s number 1 place they have visited (western australia)
Thanks Lazz. I think most thought they'd pick tonga. WA was so so good, so many activities to get amongst, sitar fishing, crazy fish, kiting etc
Great episode guys. Oh on our news the other day was a thing about the Maldives doing a heap of sand works to build up the islands to help protect from climate change!
There is indeed plenty of sand work for sure but not by any measure to safeguards against sea level rise. It is all reclamation out into lagoons and only 1m above high tide, 2m at a stretch. None is to reinforce existing dwellings, which raises many questions. I can't imagine banks would underwrite this activity nor insurance if they knew they'd lose their investment in a decade or two. In 1987, scientists Etal screamed in the media that Maldives would be under water in 30 years' time. I'm becoming a bit sceptical huh but questions need to be asked and debate.
This was an amazing video. Definitely in your top ten! Wow.
Thanks Terry, we enjoyed being there and making the vlog. Maybe it is up there too.
Good one guys. Bit early though. (5am in Brisbane)
Yeah changing up the release timing as an experiment. Hope you got some shut eye.
Bunk that! Do not want to be a statistic. So if you all get ate by the sharks, i am just gonna stop watching, because i don't do ghosts either. Great video.
Haha thanks Stan, fear nought we won't haunt you if the worst happens.
Ivan is such a PreMadonna, would not jump in the mud.
I reckon he would have had he been there.
What a fantastic episode!! Loved this one, so relaxing yet deadly. 🤣🤣
Thanks Amanda. The greeblies in the swamp being ingested was possibly the most deadly of all.
Too bad about Ivan remaining behind. I think he would be the one with no qualms about swimming in the mud pond. The adventurous type.
I also have a healthy fear of the predatory species of sharks, Rachel. I'm not a diver and am sure my fears would evaporate if I was below the surface amd swimming with them.
Beach swimmers seem to take the brunt of most "bad encounters." Just this last week there a reported Bull Shark attack on a woman swimmer. Then 30 MINUTES later, and 4 MILES away, 2 teens were attacked. A Bull Shark is blamed for that one also (seems like the same to me).
The wreck dive was spectacular! Even through your lens and on UA-cam the colors came across very well. I know they must have been breath taking in person.
I imagine the next fabulous video will be you guys checking out of the Maldives and heading down for the Seychelles. Just remember to drag those fishing lines! Dinner is just a nibble, jump, and splash away 🎣
Ivan missed out big time with the mud bath, I think he would have loved it. Maybe I didn’t sell the concept correctly because Declan wasn’t that keen either. Even when we got there he wasn’t sure he would get in. But the Hippos got it right, nothing like wallowing in cool mud on a hot sunny day.
We would be very wary of getting in the water with bull sharks, they seem much more skittish and unpredictable than tiger sharks, although tigers have their moments too.
@@TheCruisingKiwis sadly Bulls make up the majority of the serious and fatal shark attacks here in Florida. Even up the top on our Gulf side, where these most recent attacks happened, the water is so warm (actually hot!). You really wouldn't expect migratory sharks in such hot waters. And a fair number of Bull attacks happen in our Intercoastal Waterways also.
Those are some scary SOBs!
What an incredible video especially the Tiger Sharks. You show us loads of different and interesting things on every video. Wonderful. Keep well and safe. James.
Thanks James those tigers sharks will remain etched into our collective memory forever. Incredible.
Leave it to Rob to find the one 'drop off' spot LOL.... Hey Rachel, a lot of guys pay big bucks to watch women frolic in mud.... lol, hahahahahaha just teasing.
Yeah Rachel was replicating the mud wrestling bar scene that was a tad for a while. And that one spot where I placed my foot was the only one to give that result. Typical.
@@TheCruisingKiwis chuckle
OMW, very brave of you to have got into that cesspit 🤢
Yeah the head dunking wasn't part of the plan though.
I was just thinking this morning that I hadn’t seen a new video from you guys in almost a week. The mud bath looked really fun, but I don’t know if I could deal with the smell of sulfur. I was curious as to how you get clean after a mud bath. I should’ve known it would be a dip in the ocean. Once again a very interesting adventure. I think the sharks would have scared me, but that looked cool as well. Keep the adventures coming. I always look forward to seeing what you’all are getting into next.
Thanks Thomas, the ocean got a bit of code brown action of the mud variety. If you're impatient for the next episode there is always a backlogs of plenty content. 😊
@@TheCruisingKiwis I do watch previous episodes from time to time. I just enjoy seeing what adventures you’all come up with next.
Good morning from Center Point Texas. It is early Sunday morning here, June 16, and I am sitting here with coffee and had to watch this video again, it always seems maybe better the second time around. I loved all those underwater shots of that ship and even the sharks, amazing. That mud hole was something else, leave it up to Rob to find the one spot that was deeper and liked that slow motion replay. I wonder who first thought of going into that mud like that, and also what cause's it, how did it become a mud hole like that. Well, I guess I better get busy, I have to mow the back yard today and do some weed eating yet. Hope all is well with y'all, stay safe and keep up the great job of videos. I really do not understand why y'all do not have more subscribers.
Good morning David, it's like a movie I guess where when you see it the second time it's often better. I hope you're day goes according to plan.
Brilliant from start to finish. This is my favorite episode so far ❤
Thank you pumpkin.
Absolutely stunning underwater footage, thank you for showing us landlubbers that and then to swim with those sharks, loved it when Ivan was shaking his finger at the shark, to bad Ivan did not get to go to the mud hole, not just real sure that I would have wanted to jump in there either, thank you for all the work y'all put into these videos, so glad that I get to go along with y'all here. I will be sharing this also, hope it helps.
Is great to have you and the team along for the journey, thanks David!
It has been a lovely cruise and it is far from over! Oh the places you have been! Of course the shark footage was excellent.
Glad you enjoyed it Vern. It's crazy to reflect on journey and yet there is much we miss along the way ie can't see or do everything.
Awesome Dive Man, So Clear !!
One of the best Piri.
Yes 🐅 🦈 do attack. It's mostly just a bite. 😮
True that. Hopefully only a nibble.
So that took two beers off you. HAHAHA.
Thanks Carlton. Annoyed with myself cos I don't get it....
Thank you for sharing your fun!
You are so welcome Dennis.
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Omg the mud scene 😂😂😢
It was great fun.
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Adrenaline filled episode! 🤟
Lovely video. I imagine those dives will be etched in the memory forever ❤
Yeah it was amazing. You need to put on your lengthening to do list.
Thanks guys!
Cheers Trev
So good, thanks.
Glad you like it Tairua - a great town BTW!
Wow
Yeah amazing experience.
amazing ..wow just amazing , what a blessing to be able to swim with the sharks , thank you for the hard work on your videos
Our pleasure Keith, thank you.
Y’all frequently do things I’d never do. Jumping into mud. Swimming with sharks. Not gonna do it.
Never say never Robin. We got a blast out of both these activities. Such fun.
I am so happy for you all getting to do what you do but you have to admit some of the things you enjoy does cause a little apprehension on the part of your viewers! Have fun and enjoy life!!!!!
Nicely under stated JC. 😊😉
I dont think i could jump in with the sharks or that mud.
Haha yeah which was worse!?
@@TheCruisingKiwis jumping in with the sharks . There was just 18 yr old girl bit by sharks here in Alabama and lost a hand and a leg
@@wolfpacva wow she’s lucky to survive. Was she diving or on the surface swimming?
@@TheCruisingKiwis she was in only 3 to 4 ft of water close to the beach. She was one of 3 people that day that got bit by a shark.
@wolfpacva That 's tragic. Were all the attacks at the same beach? I imagine they will be looking to destroy that shark.
Thanks for sharing your adventure from bucket laundry to beautiful sharks. Amazing scenery of the Maldives above and below the water! Very nice view of Rachael at the end. You look stunning. Look forward to seeing what you do next.
Thanks Steve. I agree. Rachel is a gorgeous woman at any time of day.🥰😍
I really love following your adventures. You must put a lot of effort into producing these videos. They are very professional! Well done ! I really appreciate it, as I am sure others must!
Thank you David. I enjoy the art of editing. If you watch our first video and compare it to now we have come a long way. There is still so much more to learn.
Beautifully done ❤
I do not understand why your numbers are not growing. Your channel is high quality and your family is great.
Thank you Timothy. Do you happen to know anyone at UA-cam??😁
Indeed, that was an awesome place to spend the night!! Outstanding the filming of seagulls perched on top of the sunken ship and flying over it... And rhe underwater video, as always, pretty amazing... The turtle and Deckan swiming next to to it...wow!! Better channel than National Geographic.
👌🤙🤙 good for Ivan, making friends and learning how and when to go, turn lights and meet new friends!!
Wow, big waves, nice surf and well filmed with the dron. Btw, Declan is looking as Finn more and more as time goes by... (How is Finn doing?).
As for the sharks... You should make a video explaing that sharks are not the problem, the main enemy, but us by finishing their homes, food, polluting seas....
😂😂 Ivansaying" No no no..." but sharks thought, Yes, its our space, and they did pass. Didn't got Rob and Ivan last joke on the sharks, though.... Brave all of you, trying to stroke the sharks!!
And last, fun, dirty and healthy mud bath!!😂😂 Paradise of every kid Rob Eminen, haha nice point Rachel. Guess it took a few hours to clean and get rid of all the mud.
Did you got the svastica for a good omen?
Well, Rachel, you all did a lot in 24h as you said, and you have so many paradises ahead of you!!
Safe journey, fair winds!
Thank you. You are not the first to ask about Finn. He is going from strength to strength and will make a cameo appearance in next week’s vlog, back in a row boat, doing what he does best racing.
Yay! Congrats, glad to read he is coming back full of strenght and will! Can't wait to see next vlog (your next journey, Finn's long awaited cammeo -like a true rock star-...]. Week is gonna be sooo long, haha!! Take care, all the best, Edu
Home. Thrilled to know you guys enjoyed the island.
You are so lucky to call Fuvahmulah home. We loved the island, we wish we could have stayed longer
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Brother...Its a Blues..Chiefs finale..Eden park....me thinks the Blues might get this one..chur chur
Nope! Wrong! Chiefs all the way bro.
@@TheCruisingKiwis Its going to be a good game bro..hope you get to see it..chur
SORRY BROTHER CHIEFS GOT SMASHED
@@barryandrews4316 yeah I saw the result. I’ve always said the Blues are going to do well this year
Wie lange seid ihr im Durchschnitt unterwegs?
We have been permanently live aboard for six years now. We often spend 1 to 6 months in any one region with the exception being Australia where we spent 3 years.
Super😊