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This was SO well done you guys!! Top notch production. Especially interesting for me (Allison), since my grandfather on mums side is actually a Houtman of Dutch decent. Long history of seafaring ancestry I suppose😅
Hi Soph and Slim, just a quick word from the city of Gouda - Netherlands (yes, from the cheese). The brothers 'Frederik and Cornelis de Houtman' where born here, just a couple of 100 meters from our house, history is sometimes so far away and also so closeby. We have a nice statue in the park over here. Keep up your channel - we really love it! Frank Jan and Yvonne
As a born Nederlander, I would say "Batavia" the way you have. As to the explorer "Houtman," you are going "hootman." I think it would be closer to "Howtman." Amazing how many Dutch names and terms have survived the centuries in your biggish part of the world. And Amazing how persistent you two are in your circumnavigation, given the hurdles you have had to overcome. Cheers!
Awesome! And oopsies for the Houtman pronunciation...Yes, they made a serious impact in the history books! Pretty incredible stuff. And cheers, always just gotta push through! 😁
As a Hollander I loved the Batavia story. I knew about it but for you both to actually be there on the island and tell us more made it that much more real. You are amazing story tellers. Keep them coming!
I am so happy to see you again! As a newer subscriber, I have been binge watching past episodes. You both and Myles have won my heart. Your happiness and optimistic mindset are inspiring. I hope to see your beautiful country one day. I look forward to the next episode.
The cool thing about crays is you can keep them alive for extended time and do not need to use your fridge. So, a boatload of Crays before a passage would be really good ! There is a 23 episode of Batavia on UA-cam ! It isn't acted, but read, with lots of illustrations. Absolutely beautiful video, Amazing , Thankyou !
Thanks so much, so glad you enjoyed it! We're about 90% sure we found the well, however, there was no water in it at the time so we didn't include it in case we weren't correct😊 Cheers for tuning in, appreciate it 😊
Great story, thanks for the education. That lobster cook looked like a ton of fun. Glad you guys got a break and some socializing. Thanks for the video!
Such excellent story telling Soph. Your uni studies might be in lost with this great skill you have and are developing. Thank you both for taking us on a journey with beauty, adventure and learning.
Thanks so much guys.Love your channel .Renovating a 1985 30 foot Miura and you give me hope to be brave and just go for it.Once again thanks and keep up the good work .😀
What a great video. Incredible tales/tails from history and the Crays. I look forward to seeing you next week. I always enjoy your efforts to produce interesting vlogs while studying for your Degrees.
I did a trip on an oil rig from Bass Strait and up the west coast to Bali (travelled between Lombok and Bali volcanoes). Tow was scary the seas down there can be nasty. We got blown backwards for 3 days, lost the tow and nearly got helicoptered off. I was the Radio Officer. We averaged 3 knots....took weeks!!! Great channel.
I am subscribed Slim and thoroughly enjoying the West coast episodes. Popcorn crayfish eh? That made me salivate. Keep up the great work. See you in Fremantle.
Fascinating story of the islands . I have recently read about Matthew flinders and George bass and their circumnavigation of Australia ( 1798 circa) I am finding your Vlogs on of your voyage just as intriguing and fascinating. I sailed the world on merchant vessels but never reached the antipodes. Keep the UA-cam videos coming
Thank you Slim and Soph. A great episode. As we do boat jobs before heading on our next adventure, we love the way you are able to share with such generosity and skill.
Thanks so much! So glad you're enjoying the videos. Hope the boat jobs are going well! 😊 We know exactly what you're going through, the adventure will make it all worth while 🙌
Awesome vid, what a brilliant adventure. Those crayfish look absolutely delicious. It's fantastic when good people team up & become friends while adventuring around the planet. I used to live in Oz, always dreamt of returning by yacht from England's south coast.
Cool! We haven't heard of that one but we will have a look into it. The only reason we read the Peter Fitzsimons' Batavia is because it was given to us by a friend. Otherwise, I don't even think we'd known the story existed 😅
Yummy, I miss our cray fishing days tho we used drop pots, as not good at diving. We owned our own boat, which , needed. The story of the Batavia mutiny and the coins discovered on the ship, everyone that could dive ,scored. Well narrated
An other cracking episode guy's , love the intro to the history of the first Europeans to discover Australia. so envious of all the crays that you dined on, oh I'm pretty sure that would have been Thousands of $'s worth of cray's and that excluding the setting.
Cheers! Yes, we are certainly lucky that we can access an abundance of fresh crayfish, although we've poured thousands into the boat, you seem to forget about that. The saying that sailing is the most expensive way to get somewhere for free is truly bang on 😂
Slim and Soph, we love you and enjoyed your expedition to the shipwrecked island!!! Slim we’re also very glad to see you using sunblock!!!! Your face is too cute to have it get cut up due to cancer! Take care and look forward to more of your adventures
Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed it. Hehe, don't worry about Slim, he reapplies sunscreen like a thousand times a day 😂 He's pretty onto it. Cheers, see you next time!
Aweeee, thanks so much. Really glad you enjoyed it! And appreciate your kind feedback. You never know how it's going to hit, so I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed the watch🥰
Slim and Soph - this was an EPIC episode ! I LOVE the history ! When I was in Tonga many years ago I bought a book that was essentially Captain Cook's logs of his time there and it was absolutely fascinating.... I have already ordered Fitzsimons book on Amazon and I am really looking forward to reading it. Brutality on the open seas was just a fact of life back in the day - I don't relish that but it sure makes for interesting reading... Thank you both for being such spectacular humans and providing me and so many others with a window into your lives... I SO wish I could be doing what you do. Take care and be safe ! Fair winds and moderate swells through WA ;-)
Wooohooo! So so so glad you enjoyed it! Hope you enjoy the read, it's truly fascinating and gruesome stuff! Cheers legend, appreciate your kind words and we're looking forward to sharing the next one with you!
❤ Brilliant! Thank you for the history lesson. Hey! Key West Waterman channel took the week off and published a daily series about spearfishing! Not that you two are novices, you're legends! Just remember... there's always something more clever than yourself. 😉 Much ❤ and respect from Central Texas. ✌️❤️🚀🤠 ⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️
Congratulations and thank you for an incredible insight into the history of this area. Oh, those crays! I assume there are rules around how many you can take. A book you may be interested in perusing is one called "The Savage Shore" by Graham Seal. He gives a good insight into early maritime voyages of discovery to Australia (back in the days when Australia was known as "Southland"). Cheers and safe travels.
So glad you enjoyed the story. Yes, there is a bag limit for crays, it's 8 per license holder. The max we ever took in one day was 3. We only ever take what we need for one day 😊 Awesome, we will have a look into it! Cheers!
Reading the Batavia book, I've nearly got to Cape Town. Under impressed with the author's grasp of the maritime stuff so far but he's spinning the human story well. See how it goes with the mutiny, wreck & sex slavery! Keep up the good work! Mike
Just drove from Perth to Broome and back down the western coast in a big loop. I can say that the wild coast is what you Aussies say is heaps better than the interior route by road. Love the channel. All the best from the US
Oh awesome!! Sounds like an epic trip! I think if we were to do it again it would be by road along the coast 😅 Glad to hear you're enjoying the videos! Cheers!
So glad you read the Fitzsimmons book .. what a story eh! And they have a museum in Perth (or freo?) with stuff from the actual wreck. Loving the videos.
Fitzsimons Batavia is amazing…I worked in Perth…met with Hugh Edwards of Abrolhos fame…..may have seen an artifact or two (allegedly)….great story. On my 40’ cat but a long way away! Thanks, Andrew
Hey guys. Great episode. Where RU in real time now? Just now looking outside and the weather is terrible atm (Just South of Perth). Hope you are tucked away somewhere safe. M
Haha, these are the rewarding moments that you truly have to soak in so when sh*t's hitting the fan and we want to sell the boat, we reflect on those awesome moments with friends eating fresh crays and it's gets us through 🙌
Wonderful video and great summary of a great story. But you’re right, there’s so much more to it. Hope you stayed inside the catch limits for the crays there. The fines are horrendous for going over them. Including forfeiture of your boat!
I caught a glimpse of a dirt landing strip that looked suitable for a bush plane at 22:33 on the upper left. It must be comforting to know you could still summon emergency services if necessary.
Interesting you say that; as over the radio, in our time there, we heard a horrific injury had taken place on a commercial boat of one of the nearby islands. The injured person was in fact airlifted to the mainland within a matter of hours
We have not been jealous once watching you guys getting bashed by the west coast - until now. We read Fitzsimons' excellent book when it was released and would love to walk those islands like you did. Thanks for doing it for us. Cheers!
Slim & Soph this was an excellent video history lesson. Very Very interesting. And wow all those cray fish and also looked like a lot of eatable fish in the water also. The big cook up you had at the end made me hungry. You seemed to have a great bunch of sailer friends amongst you. Cheers catch you next video. And yea that Wallaby was cute. Do they have teeth and would they bite if they were cornered so to speak. I googled this "People who make the choice that the only red meat they eat will be wallaby, based on all the ethics behind it." A spokesperson for the Kangaroo Industry Association of Australia says kangaroo meat, including wallaby meat, is one of the "healthiest and most sustainable red meats in the world".Jun 18, 2023 Catch you next video
Thanks legend, glad you enjoyed the story! Yes lots of fish in the water, unfortunately, while we were there there was a demersal fin fish closure so we couldn't take any fish although it wasn't terrible only having to eat crayfish 😅 And yep, super fortunate we found a great group of people here, it truly keeps you going having a sense of camaraderie around you 😊 Cheers legend, catch you next time!
Slim….UA-cam won’t let me subscribe a second time. 😊🫣🤭 OMG 😱 you guys, what a great story and episode ‼️ Loved the group interaction and of course, the meal time 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 See you next time. ✨🌊💨⛵️🏝️👙🌞✨
That was quite an informative history lesson. I have a question: Does Nakama use AIS? We had a look to see if we could follow your journey across the bottom of Australia, but the only Nakama sailing vessel showing up over the last few weeks says it's moored near Hobart. We wish you fair winds and pleasant skies. ⛵️
Sailboat - A machine lost in time and forever timeless... A modern device still dependent on the principles of levers, mechanical advantage, and block and tackle... equipment more appropriate to the building of a pyramid than the moving of a yacht.
You have the correct pronunciation: Batahvia (I am dutch). and Houtman would be pronounced as the guy below suggested but I would add that it's a hard 'n: Howtmann
We are 90% sure we found the well, but it was dry at the time did not include the footage as we were not 100% sure, there is a museum in Perth that has all sorts of amazing finds from shipwrecks along the coast including the batavia that we will be checking out in videos to come
We think we found the well but could not be 100% sure so chose not to include the footage incase we didint have our facts straight, but 90% sure we found the well and interestingly it was dry at the time
PROBABLY THE PROBLEM WAS MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THAT SHIP 400 YEARS AGO COULDN'T SWIM SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN JUST HOW MUCH FOOD WAS UNDERWATER
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This was SO well done you guys!! Top notch production. Especially interesting for me (Allison), since my grandfather on mums side is actually a Houtman of Dutch decent. Long history of seafaring ancestry I suppose😅
That's awesome Allison, Oh woah! how interesting, you've certainly got salt in your blood, that's for sure! thanks as always for tuning in!
Hi Soph and Slim, just a quick word from the city of Gouda - Netherlands (yes, from the cheese). The brothers 'Frederik and Cornelis de Houtman' where born here, just a couple of 100 meters from our house, history is sometimes so far away and also so closeby. We have a nice statue in the park over here. Keep up your channel - we really love it! Frank Jan and Yvonne
That's incredible! Wow! And so glad to hear you're enjoying the channel, glad to have you along for the ride!😁
Another amazing vid Slim & Soph . So jelly of the lobby feed ! Enjoy that beautiful part of the world and thank you for sharing !
Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed it!
Really top episode, love the story of the mutiny, also love the cray feast with salty mates. Thank you.❤
Cheers legend! Certainly the best thing about boat life, love meeting all the definitely people on boats😊
As a born Nederlander, I would say "Batavia" the way you have. As to the explorer "Houtman," you are going "hootman." I think it would be closer to "Howtman." Amazing how many Dutch names and terms have survived the centuries in your biggish part of the world. And Amazing how persistent you two are in your circumnavigation, given the hurdles you have had to overcome. Cheers!
Awesome! And oopsies for the Houtman pronunciation...Yes, they made a serious impact in the history books! Pretty incredible stuff. And cheers, always just gotta push through! 😁
@johnkabel285, research Dirk Hartog and other lost Dutch sailors from our West Coast. 😊
As a Hollander I loved the Batavia story. I knew about it but for you both to actually be there on the island and tell us more made it that much more real. You are amazing story tellers. Keep them coming!
I am so happy to see you again! As a newer subscriber, I have been binge watching past episodes. You both and Myles have won my heart. Your happiness and optimistic mindset are inspiring. I hope to see your beautiful country one day. I look forward to the next episode.
Woohoo! That's awesome to hear!! So glad to have you following along, we really hope you enjoy past and present videos! See you next time🥰
@@SlimandSophSailingNakama I love them and look forward to what comes next! I also have followed you guys and Myles on Instagram. ✌️ ❤️
Also, for Slim, tight lines. 😃
Amazing episode. You guys are great storytellers. I bought the book. Thank you so much!
Awesome! hope you love it as much as we did!
2nd time watching this, lovely episode!
The cool thing about crays is you can keep them alive for extended time and do not need to use your fridge. So, a boatload of Crays before a passage would be really good ! There is a 23 episode of Batavia on UA-cam ! It isn't acted, but read, with lots of illustrations. Absolutely beautiful video, Amazing , Thankyou !
For sure! Although I'm not too sure where we would keep alive crayfish on board 😅
Glad you enjoyed the video legend, appreciate it as always!!
Love you kids! Thanks for the history lesson. Lobster, yum! Safe travels. ❤
Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed!
Great video/ music!
Amazing history.
Did you find the water source?
Thanks so much, so glad you enjoyed it! We're about 90% sure we found the well, however, there was no water in it at the time so we didn't include it in case we weren't correct😊 Cheers for tuning in, appreciate it 😊
Great story, thanks for the education. That lobster cook looked like a ton of fun. Glad you guys got a break and some socializing. Thanks for the video!
Cheers! So glad you enjoyed it!
Great epside guys. Love the history lesson ! Definitely planning on reading the boom 👍😊
Keep.up the great work 🙌
Such excellent story telling Soph. Your uni studies might be in lost with this great skill you have and are developing. Thank you both for taking us on a journey with beauty, adventure and learning.
Thanks so much, so glad you enjoyed it! We're glad to have you along for the journey!
Thanks so much guys.Love your channel .Renovating a 1985 30 foot Miura and you give me hope to be brave and just go for it.Once again thanks and keep up the good work .😀
Our pleasure! and You can do it!
Awesome ep! The Batavia info was super interesting, you guys doing an amazing job with your vids & looking foward to many more.
Safe travels!
Cheers! So glad you enjoyed it and appreciate your kind feedback! See you next time!
Hey guy's thanks for another awesome episode and for bringing me along with you on this epic adventure of yours
Hey Danny! Glad you enjoyed the video, and cheers for tuning in as always, so glad we have you along for the ride!
It is Batavia, as you say it. Cheers, Jeroen from Holland (Batavia)
@@jeroenvanraalten372 amazing! I needed a Dutch to confirm this for me! 😁
Fascinating story & a great episode ❤❤
So glad you enjoyed it!
What a great video. Incredible tales/tails from history and the Crays. I look forward to seeing you next week. I always enjoy your efforts to produce interesting vlogs while studying for your Degrees.
Cheers! hahah, all sorts of great tales/tails! 😂 So glad you enjoy the videos, see you next time
I did a trip on an oil rig from Bass Strait and up the west coast to Bali (travelled between Lombok and Bali volcanoes). Tow was scary the seas down there can be nasty. We got blown backwards for 3 days, lost the tow and nearly got helicoptered off. I was the Radio Officer. We averaged 3 knots....took weeks!!! Great channel.
Excellent episode!! Cheers!
Cheers! So glad you enjoyed😁
Well done. Thanks for sharing the story of the Batavia. Great episode. Cheers!
Cheers! So glad you enjoyed it!
I am subscribed Slim and thoroughly enjoying the West coast episodes. Popcorn crayfish eh? That made me salivate. Keep up the great work. See you in Fremantle.
Thanks for subscribing! Appreciate it 😊 So good! Can't wait to have it again!
Great story telling keep up the great work love the videos. Cheers from Canada!!!!
Cheers!
Shout out to Miles. Great job. 🫡
🦞 cookout with your mates. 👏
Thanks for sharing.
Woo! Haha, cheers legend
Fascinating story of the islands . I have recently read about Matthew flinders and George bass and their circumnavigation of Australia ( 1798 circa) I am finding your Vlogs on of your voyage just as intriguing and fascinating. I sailed the world on merchant vessels but never reached the antipodes. Keep the UA-cam videos coming
Thanks so much! That's awesome! So glad to hear you're enjoying the videos😊
I get so excited when you post a new video!
I trust you are both well and uni is going as planed!
We're so glad to hear!! Uni is going well! Almost there with it 🙌
Awesome mateys. Great history lesson😊
Cheers! Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks so much for such an awesome video. Love the Batavia story and cant wait to share it with family xx
Thanks Soph and Slim you make our Sunday mornings so refreshing down in the deep south of East Gippsland the retirees capitol of Victoria.
Cheers legend! So glad to hear that we can bring some entertainment to you on a Sunday! WOO
Thank you Slim and Soph. A great episode. As we do boat jobs before heading on our next adventure, we love the way you are able to share with such generosity and skill.
Thanks so much! So glad you're enjoying the videos. Hope the boat jobs are going well! 😊 We know exactly what you're going through, the adventure will make it all worth while 🙌
Great narrative! Loved the weave of history with the present. And those crays …. 🎉😊
Awesome vid, what a brilliant adventure. Those crayfish look absolutely delicious. It's fantastic when good people team up & become friends while adventuring around the planet.
I used to live in Oz, always dreamt of returning by yacht from England's south coast.
'Islands of Angry Ghosts' by Hugh Edwards is the go to book on the Batavia.
He was on the team that found the wreck and is a excellent author.
Cool! We haven't heard of that one but we will have a look into it. The only reason we read the Peter Fitzsimons' Batavia is because it was given to us by a friend. Otherwise, I don't even think we'd known the story existed 😅
Yummy, I miss our cray fishing days tho we used drop pots, as not good at diving. We owned our own boat, which , needed. The story of the Batavia mutiny and the coins discovered on the ship, everyone that could dive ,scored. Well narrated
An other cracking episode guy's , love the intro to the history of the first Europeans to discover Australia. so envious of all the crays that you dined on, oh I'm pretty sure that would have been Thousands of $'s worth of cray's and that excluding the setting.
Cheers! Yes, we are certainly lucky that we can access an abundance of fresh crayfish, although we've poured thousands into the boat, you seem to forget about that. The saying that sailing is the most expensive way to get somewhere for free is truly bang on 😂
Excellent utube video.. it was a very compelling story of the Batavia, and seeing the remains on the island. I'm going to read the book!
What a great life you guys have! And what a story about the Batavia!
Slim and Soph, we love you and enjoyed your expedition to the shipwrecked island!!!
Slim we’re also very glad to see you using sunblock!!!! Your face is too cute to have it get cut up due to cancer! Take care and look forward to more of your adventures
Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed it. Hehe, don't worry about Slim, he reapplies sunscreen like a thousand times a day 😂 He's pretty onto it. Cheers, see you next time!
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Very cool video. Thank you for sharing such an incredible adventure. 🤠
Soph your videos are typically good in this one you outdid yourself
You made a"clear winner"
Aweeee, thanks so much. Really glad you enjoyed it! And appreciate your kind feedback. You never know how it's going to hit, so I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed the watch🥰
😀😀👍👍❤❤ Thank you both. Great editing as always, indeed!
Thanks so much! Always appreciate it😊
That was a really great episode
Thanks so much!
Really enjoying your journey. Hope that maybe I'll meet you both in Hobart at the beginning of January. Safe sailing. John
So glad to hear that! Cheers!
Don’t know why your channel ended up in my feed, but what an amazing story. I think I’ll keep watching. See what else you guys have to offer.
Welcome aboard mate
Excellent video thank for sharing the great story
Another Krackin Episode as per usual. Such a barren place but beautiful in it's own right
An abundance of Crays, what a feast
Cheers
Cheers Stevo!
Slim and Soph - this was an EPIC episode ! I LOVE the history ! When I was in Tonga many years ago I bought a book that was essentially Captain Cook's logs of his time there and it was absolutely fascinating.... I have already ordered Fitzsimons book on Amazon and I am really looking forward to reading it. Brutality on the open seas was just a fact of life back in the day - I don't relish that but it sure makes for interesting reading... Thank you both for being such spectacular humans and providing me and so many others with a window into your lives... I SO wish I could be doing what you do. Take care and be safe ! Fair winds and moderate swells through WA ;-)
Wooohooo! So so so glad you enjoyed it! Hope you enjoy the read, it's truly fascinating and gruesome stuff! Cheers legend, appreciate your kind words and we're looking forward to sharing the next one with you!
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Brilliant! Thank you for the history lesson.
Hey! Key West Waterman channel took the week off and published a daily series about spearfishing!
Not that you two are novices, you're legends!
Just remember... there's always something more clever than yourself. 😉
Much ❤ and respect from Central Texas.
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Cheers! So glad you enjoyed it! Appreciate your comment🙌
@@SlimandSophSailingNakama Cheers! 🍻
You're most welcome!
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Aussie couple doing it right . . . good on ya! Love your videos
What a stunning story, you are so lovely.
Congratulations and thank you for an incredible insight into the history of this area. Oh, those crays! I assume there are rules around how many you can take. A book you may be interested in perusing is one called "The Savage Shore" by Graham Seal. He gives a good insight into early maritime voyages of discovery to Australia (back in the days when Australia was known as "Southland").
Cheers and safe travels.
So glad you enjoyed the story. Yes, there is a bag limit for crays, it's 8 per license holder. The max we ever took in one day was 3. We only ever take what we need for one day 😊 Awesome, we will have a look into it! Cheers!
Reading the Batavia book, I've nearly got to Cape Town. Under impressed with the author's grasp of the maritime stuff so far but he's spinning the human story well. See how it goes with the mutiny, wreck & sex slavery! Keep up the good work! Mike
We found it was a bit of a slow start due to the backstory needed, but once things start unfolding we were hooked! Hope you enjoy it
@tileuxPalsearts account is more factual and interesting. Peter's writing is a drudge.
Just drove from Perth to Broome and back down the western coast in a big loop. I can say that the wild coast is what you Aussies say is heaps better than the interior route by road. Love the channel. All the best from the US
Oh awesome!! Sounds like an epic trip! I think if we were to do it again it would be by road along the coast 😅 Glad to hear you're enjoying the videos! Cheers!
After reading the book, thank you for sharing this story.
Great stuff as always 😎.
Thank you! Cheers!
Fun episode. Made me hungry!
haha, cheers! Us too watching it back!
So glad you read the Fitzsimmons book .. what a story eh! And they have a museum in Perth (or freo?) with stuff from the actual wreck. Loving the videos.
Fitzsimons Batavia is amazing…I worked in Perth…met with Hugh Edwards of Abrolhos fame…..may have seen an artifact or two (allegedly)….great story. On my 40’ cat but a long way away! Thanks, Andrew
Hey guys. Great episode. Where RU in real time now? Just now looking outside and the weather is terrible atm (Just South of Perth). Hope you are tucked away somewhere safe. M
I love you guys! Be safe out there you two
Great episode guys
I read this a long time ago, it's so cool to see it for the first time and it looking exactly like I imagined it
What a struggle! Having to survive on crayfish, cooked every which-way. It’s a rough life, but someone has to do it!
Haha, these are the rewarding moments that you truly have to soak in so when sh*t's hitting the fan and we want to sell the boat, we reflect on those awesome moments with friends eating fresh crays and it's gets us through 🙌
Wonderful video and great summary of a great story. But you’re right, there’s so much more to it. Hope you stayed inside the catch limits for the crays there. The fines are horrendous for going over them. Including forfeiture of your boat!
Well and truly under, bag limit is 8 per day, we took a max of three in a day🙂
Rippa guy's, thanx for sharing
Cheers!
Loved it!!
Love it ❤
Awesome!
Been fascinated by the Batavia, since I learnt about in 80s
good food, good friends, good times. keep it up
I caught a glimpse of a dirt landing strip that looked suitable for a bush plane at 22:33 on the upper left. It must be comforting to know you could still summon emergency services if necessary.
Interesting you say that; as over the radio, in our time there, we heard a horrific injury had taken place on a commercial boat of one of the nearby islands. The injured person was in fact airlifted to the mainland within a matter of hours
Gday live in Geraldton ,good watching , safe travels
We have not been jealous once watching you guys getting bashed by the west coast - until now. We read Fitzsimons' excellent book when it was released and would love to walk those islands like you did. Thanks for doing it for us. Cheers!
Thanks so much, guys! yeah if you ever get the chance you certainly will not be disappointed
Slim & Soph this was an excellent video history lesson. Very Very interesting. And wow all those cray fish and also looked like a lot of eatable fish in the water also. The big cook up you had at the end made me hungry. You seemed to have a great bunch of sailer friends amongst you. Cheers catch you next video. And yea that Wallaby was cute. Do they have teeth and would they bite if they were cornered so to speak.
I googled this
"People who make the choice that the only red meat they eat will be wallaby, based on all the ethics behind it." A spokesperson for the Kangaroo Industry Association of Australia says kangaroo meat, including wallaby meat, is one of the "healthiest and most sustainable red meats in the world".Jun 18, 2023
Catch you next video
Thanks legend, glad you enjoyed the story! Yes lots of fish in the water, unfortunately, while we were there there was a demersal fin fish closure so we couldn't take any fish although it wasn't terrible only having to eat crayfish 😅 And yep, super fortunate we found a great group of people here, it truly keeps you going having a sense of camaraderie around you 😊 Cheers legend, catch you next time!
Ahoy Slim & Soph, great work. If you think the wallaby is cute wait to you get to see the Quokka's at Rottnest (Rat nest named by the Dutch also)
Hehe, yes the Quokkas are so awesome 😀
Love it, good work 👍
Cheers!!
great underwater footage at 15:23 !
Brilliant episode. Maybe you should get some royalties from the book sales because you've inspired me to go buy a copy!
We had an Amazon link but they were sold out there I think 😂 Hope you enjoy the read!
Nice to find your channel
Awesome! Hope you enjoy the videos!
Most awesome, I’m trying to catch up.
Slim….UA-cam won’t let me subscribe a second time. 😊🫣🤭 OMG 😱 you guys, what a great story and episode ‼️ Loved the group interaction and of course, the meal time 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 See you next time. ✨🌊💨⛵️🏝️👙🌞✨
Thanks so much mate, yeah it is so special to be able to share these moments with mates
Brilliant....
Cheers!
That was quite an informative history lesson.
I have a question: Does Nakama use AIS? We had a look to see if we could follow your journey across the bottom of Australia, but the only Nakama sailing vessel showing up over the last few weeks says it's moored near Hobart.
We wish you fair winds and pleasant skies. ⛵️
Sailboat - A machine lost in time and forever timeless... A modern device still dependent on the principles of levers, mechanical advantage, and block and tackle... equipment more appropriate to the building of a pyramid than the moving of a yacht.
Hi from Sweden! 😄
Hi!! Thanks for tuning in!
Well done guys.
#sailingpopeye
Cheers legend
Tyvm
Sahara's wallaby taste❤😊😊
When are you guys going past Sholl Island or Fortescue Island?? Ill shout yu dinner!
You have the correct pronunciation: Batahvia (I am dutch). and Houtman would be pronounced as the guy below suggested but I would add that it's a hard 'n: Howtmann
thankyou !
slim get ya self a sun hoody, brilliant worn with a cap to keep sun off.
The wallabies are called Tammar "Taymar" a small wallaby species. Tammar's are also on Garden island south side of Perth
Cheers for the heads up!
So where was the water found, and why was it there? That is the important part of the survival, and story.
Did anyone ever find the the loot from the ship? I heard it was silver. Did you ever find the water on the island?
We are 90% sure we found the well, but it was dry at the time did not include the footage as we were not 100% sure, there is a museum in Perth that has all sorts of amazing finds from shipwrecks along the coast including the batavia that we will be checking out in videos to come
@@SlimandSophSailingNakama Cool. I'm looking forward to seeing that video.
Did you find water on that island?
We think we found the well but could not be 100% sure so chose not to include the footage incase we didint have our facts straight, but 90% sure we found the well and interestingly it was dry at the time
It’s an amazing story and it’s said 2 were put ashore near Kalbarri and the DNA of local inhabitants of the time is another story 🙏🤙
Yes! How interesting, wish we could have delved into it more but it would have turned into a 2 hour long video 😂
PROBABLY THE PROBLEM WAS MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THAT SHIP 400 YEARS AGO COULDN'T SWIM SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN JUST HOW MUCH FOOD WAS UNDERWATER
I saw the title and was so glad that you, Sophie was not the Sex slave! André
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