We were chuckling so much watching you trying to land the drone. Now we've decided to practice catching ours on land before attempting a yacht launch and retrieval.😮😄
Hahaha glad you enjoyed it! I see you've had some of your own drone issues when one nearly hit you in the face :) good luck with your practicing, we need to practice it more too!
Hi Guys ! Re the Drone. As others have said, catch it from underneath, and quickly turn it upside down. It will turn itself off automatically. As you know, I sail single handed. I have to fly the Drone in, catch it, and flip it on my own !!! I practiced many times on land before I tried it on the yacht ! A shame you weren't able to go ashore at Santorini ( Another great video, thanks.
Hey John, yes we have since learnt this trick haha, made it interesting on the day. We were lucky to visit Santorini 12 years ago on land and had a great time. Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you are surviving lockdown :)
Thanks Paul, glad you enjoyed it. Yeah we haven't haven't seen another sail boat across the whole Cyclades since we left Kos, we knew it would be quiet but didn't expect none!
Life is definitely great ⛵️ Well done on catching the drone.....I have heard turning it upside down will switch off the motors....easier said then done with those pesky blades whizzing round. All the best
Hahaha cheers! Hmmm interesting, I'm not sure I'm game enough to give that a go, although probably would be easier if the drone isn't trying to take off again like ours did after Jase turned off the remote! Thanks for watching :)
Hi Guys, love your video's great stuff. Just a tip with the Mavic Pro. The drone tries to get up again because you have the downward sensors activated and when you grab the drone it senses that it is "too close" to the ground and tries to get up. Also to turn the drone up side down will work to stop the motors but it is intended only to be used in emergency situations because it is bad for the motors when to rotate the drone horizontal with the rotors turning. In order to stop the drone completely simply put both joysticks at the same time downwards and inwards for a few seconds, that should stop the motors in an intended way. Cheers.
Hey Frank, glad you enjoyed the vid, thanks for watching 😃👍🏼! Great tips, I would prefer not turning it upside down if it can be avoided, I’m not sure I would be very good at that! We’ll definitely practice in less ‘stressful’ conditions haha. Thanks for the tips great to hear from you.
Hi guys just found you channel last night watched pretty much all you vids and subbed , keep up the good work. You guys are a pretty much doing what the wife and I are about to do. I'm an Aussie from Adelaide/Brisbane. I met my wife in Turkey 20 years ago She's from central Turkey a town very close to Goreme/ Cappadocia. We have sold the house, business and put all our gear in storage in Brisbane, as you guys have done by the sounds of it. So your channel has come at a great time for us. Only advantage we have is we speak Turkish. Anyway will you guys be coming back to Turkey? We live in Fethiye/Calis if so would be nice to meet and catch up for a beer and hang out with some Aussies ;) and if you needed any help with translations or repairs while here we would be happy to help in return to ask you a million questions on how your journey is going so far etc etc hehe.... Ok safe travel and good luck. Pedro.
Hi Pedro! Awesome, thanks for watching and subbing :)! Great to hear your story, yes it does sound like what we did for sure. Your wife speaking Turkish will be VERY helpful for you!! We loved Turkey but unfortunately we needed to leave as we'd spent our allowed 3 months there, we considered going back but it didn't work out with our timeline. Thanks so much for the offer to help us out, much appreciated! Feel free to ask us any questions on here if you like :) Maybe our paths will cross and would be great to catch up for a beer!! We wish you all the best, let us know how you go!
Hey Guys, really love your videos very interesting and informative, the drone footages are as always amazing, could you tell me what drone you're using and the footages are from a GoPro ? keep those vgreat video's coming
Hi Howard, glad you are enjoying the videos :). The drone we use is a DJI Mavic Pro, we also have a GoPro 7. We also have a Canon EOS 70D. Hope that helps and thanks for watching!
Howdy Chris 😃, it’s a quick line, we use it sometimes when we can have a line to the shore and tie to a tree/rock. Hope that helps and thank you for watching!
This may have been asked before - what is the font you are using for the subtitles and the name of your yacht? We would like to use it on our new-to-us Bavaria that we have recently purchased....and keep up the nice work with the video's, it's great to see a winter perspective on Greece!
Hey Bonno, thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it! The font is called 'Daniel', we found it on dafont website. Hope that helps :) Congratulations on the new purchase, I bet you're super excited! No worries regarding winter but we're stoked it's getting warmer now haha!
Thanks for watching Matthias! We are now headed to Croatia, Montenegro, back to Greece for a bit then on to Italy (through Messina Strait), Spain, Gibraltor, Morocco, Canary Islands and across the Atlantic. That's the plan at the moment anyway :)
Hello Le Pierro! No worries, thanks very much for watching :) It is quite chilly at times and we have experienced many storms, rain, high winds during winter in the Cyclades. We'd prefer summer but also have enjoyed the challenges of winter. Coming in to Spring now the weather is getting much better thankfully!
Hi Vagelis, thanks for watching :) we are heading through the Ionian to Croatia. Haha no winter in Greece is not the best option, fortunately it is getting a little warmer and sunnier now. In short, we sold everything except for a rental property which gives us enough money to survive week to week.
@@SailingKawai Thank you so much for your answer. I love sailing but only 2 times i was onboard to a sailboat ,and both times guess?? Seasickness.. please make a video about "heavy" head and seasickness. In santorini my uncke Spyros have a tavern. Propably you have eaten in my uncles tavern.. :) do you have kids?? You make some?? Xaxa love you
No worries at all :) Oh no, seasickness is not fun I imagine! I haven't felt it yet and neither has Jase (he has in the past in big seas and a motor boat), but we will mention maybe when we are crossing the ocean it could be a problem. We have in the past eaten at a few tavernas on Santorini maybe it was your uncles :) such a stunning place! Hahaha no kids at this stage. Thanks again for watching and chatting with us!
Trick for the drone is to fly it backwards towards yourself so your controls are correct. Then once you make the catch flip the drone over so it thinks it has crashed and will power down 👌
Hi Bayani Good question, it varies between islands but even on Kos a bigger greek island the chandleries were closed and a lot of shops/restaurants are also closed or their hours are reduced. We had to get a part on our boat fixed and the weather held it up a lot! We have managed to find most things we needed though just took a bit of extra effort/time. Thank you for watching :)
So, seriously you videos are awesome! But the sound is soooooo bad that its hardly understandable. Just wanted to provide some constructive criticism because you can be so much more amazing. There is no one like you doing this. And its helping me learn a lot.
Hey there, hopefully you see improvement from this video forward. We are always learning and many have said our videos are much better now in relation to audio. Thanks for the kind words and glad you are learning from our videos :). Thanks for watching!
We were chuckling so much watching you trying to land the drone. Now we've decided to practice catching ours on land before attempting a yacht launch and retrieval.😮😄
Hahaha glad you enjoyed it! I see you've had some of your own drone issues when one nearly hit you in the face :) good luck with your practicing, we need to practice it more too!
Hi Guys ! Re the Drone. As others have said, catch it from underneath, and quickly turn it upside down. It will turn itself off automatically.
As you know, I sail single handed. I have to fly the Drone in, catch it, and flip it on my own !!! I practiced many times on land before I tried it on the yacht !
A shame you weren't able to go ashore at Santorini (
Another great video, thanks.
Hey John, yes we have since learnt this trick haha, made it interesting on the day. We were lucky to visit Santorini 12 years ago on land and had a great time. Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you are surviving lockdown :)
Glad to see that you have got your autopilot working in this episode 👍⛵️Happy Sailing
😃😃 thanks Gavin!
Great to see some ‘out of season’ sailing in the Greek Islands - thanks
Thanks Paul, glad you enjoyed it. Yeah we haven't haven't seen another sail boat across the whole Cyclades since we left Kos, we knew it would be quiet but didn't expect none!
Perfect guys wish I was there too!!! Keep sailing and traveling the world
Thanks Moschos, appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed the video, best wishes :)
I was thinking you were going in the drink! lol
LOL, me too Frank!! Would have made a more entertaining video haha!
Life is definitely great ⛵️ Well done on catching the drone.....I have heard turning it upside down will switch off the motors....easier said then done with those pesky blades whizzing round. All the best
Hahaha cheers! Hmmm interesting, I'm not sure I'm game enough to give that a go, although probably would be easier if the drone isn't trying to take off again like ours did after Jase turned off the remote! Thanks for watching :)
Hi Guys, love your video's great stuff. Just a tip with the Mavic Pro. The drone tries to get up again because you have the downward sensors activated and when you grab the drone it senses that it is "too close" to the ground and tries to get up. Also to turn the drone up side down will work to stop the motors but it is intended only to be used in emergency situations because it is bad for the motors when to rotate the drone horizontal with the rotors turning. In order to stop the drone completely simply put both joysticks at the same time downwards and inwards for a few seconds, that should stop the motors in an intended way. Cheers.
Hey Frank, glad you enjoyed the vid, thanks for watching 😃👍🏼! Great tips, I would prefer not turning it upside down if it can be avoided, I’m not sure I would be very good at that! We’ll definitely practice in less ‘stressful’ conditions haha. Thanks for the tips great to hear from you.
Cheers guys, no worries, we have had our share of scary "hand" landings in the middle of the ocean. Keep sailing and fair winds.
@@SailingKawai
Hi guys just found you channel last night watched pretty much all you vids and subbed , keep up the good work. You guys are a pretty much doing what the wife and I are about to do. I'm an Aussie from Adelaide/Brisbane. I met my wife in Turkey 20 years ago She's from central Turkey a town very close to Goreme/ Cappadocia. We have sold the house, business and put all our gear in storage in Brisbane, as you guys have done by the sounds of it. So your channel has come at a great time for us. Only advantage we have is we speak Turkish. Anyway will you guys be coming back to Turkey? We live in Fethiye/Calis if so would be nice to meet and catch up for a beer and hang out with some Aussies ;) and if you needed any help with translations or repairs while here we would be happy to help in return to ask you a million questions on how your journey is going so far etc etc hehe.... Ok safe travel and good luck. Pedro.
Hi Pedro! Awesome, thanks for watching and subbing :)! Great to hear your story, yes it does sound like what we did for sure. Your wife speaking Turkish will be VERY helpful for you!! We loved Turkey but unfortunately we needed to leave as we'd spent our allowed 3 months there, we considered going back but it didn't work out with our timeline. Thanks so much for the offer to help us out, much appreciated! Feel free to ask us any questions on here if you like :) Maybe our paths will cross and would be great to catch up for a beer!! We wish you all the best, let us know how you go!
Hey Guys, really love your videos very interesting and informative, the drone footages are as always amazing, could you tell me what drone you're using and the footages are from a GoPro ? keep those vgreat video's coming
Hi Howard, glad you are enjoying the videos :). The drone we use is a DJI Mavic Pro, we also have a GoPro 7. We also have a Canon EOS 70D. Hope that helps and thanks for watching!
Howdy. On the starboard stern of your yacht, just forward of the life ring, there is a spool of some kind. What is that? Thanks
Howdy Chris 😃, it’s a quick line, we use it sometimes when we can have a line to the shore and tie to a tree/rock. Hope that helps and thank you for watching!
This may have been asked before - what is the font you are using for the subtitles and the name of your yacht? We would like to use it on our new-to-us Bavaria that we have recently purchased....and keep up the nice work with the video's, it's great to see a winter perspective on Greece!
Hey Bonno, thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it! The font is called 'Daniel', we found it on dafont website. Hope that helps :) Congratulations on the new purchase, I bet you're super excited! No worries regarding winter but we're stoked it's getting warmer now haha!
Thanks for sharing! What's your plan for the season? Greets from Sicily/Capo D'Orlando.
Thanks for watching Matthias! We are now headed to Croatia, Montenegro, back to Greece for a bit then on to Italy (through Messina Strait), Spain, Gibraltor, Morocco, Canary Islands and across the Atlantic. That's the plan at the moment anyway :)
Let’s hope for a nice spring in the Adriatic then :) All the best! 👋⛵️
Hello both,
Thankyou for sharing, how is the weather on the sea ?
It's not too cold in this season ?
Amicalement
Le pierro
Hello Le Pierro! No worries, thanks very much for watching :)
It is quite chilly at times and we have experienced many storms, rain, high winds during winter in the Cyclades. We'd prefer summer but also have enjoyed the challenges of winter. Coming in to Spring now the weather is getting much better thankfully!
@@SailingKawai Have a good time this Spring and Summer ! I'm coming in Ionian island this season from France - Bandol.
Cheers Le Pierro, we will for sure! Ionian is so good, you will love it, enjoy!
Great Video.. where are you right now? winnter in Greece is not best option.. Summer is much better. how do you finnance the adventure?
Hi Vagelis, thanks for watching :) we are heading through the Ionian to Croatia. Haha no winter in Greece is not the best option, fortunately it is getting a little warmer and sunnier now. In short, we sold everything except for a rental property which gives us enough money to survive week to week.
@@SailingKawai Thank you so much for your answer. I love sailing but only 2 times i was onboard to a sailboat ,and both times guess?? Seasickness.. please make a video about "heavy" head and seasickness. In santorini my uncke Spyros have a tavern. Propably you have eaten in my uncles tavern.. :) do you have kids?? You make some?? Xaxa love you
No worries at all :) Oh no, seasickness is not fun I imagine! I haven't felt it yet and neither has Jase (he has in the past in big seas and a motor boat), but we will mention maybe when we are crossing the ocean it could be a problem. We have in the past eaten at a few tavernas on Santorini maybe it was your uncles :) such a stunning place! Hahaha no kids at this stage. Thanks again for watching and chatting with us!
Trick for the drone is to fly it backwards towards yourself so your controls are correct. Then once you make the catch flip the drone over so it thinks it has crashed and will power down 👌
Hey Mike, great tips, thank you! We'll practice that for next time.
Hi guys, question - you check the engine fluids every single day?
Hi, how are you? No we only check when we are taking the boat somewhere, but we check the fluids every time. Hope that helps :)
What are the services like in your stops during the off season?
Hi Bayani
Good question, it varies between islands but even on Kos a bigger greek island the chandleries were closed and a lot of shops/restaurants are also closed or their hours are reduced. We had to get a part on our boat fixed and the weather held it up a lot! We have managed to find most things we needed though just took a bit of extra effort/time. Thank you for watching :)
So, seriously you videos are awesome! But the sound is soooooo bad that its hardly understandable. Just wanted to provide some constructive criticism because you can be so much more amazing. There is no one like you doing this. And its helping me learn a lot.
Hey there, hopefully you see improvement from this video forward. We are always learning and many have said our videos are much better now in relation to audio. Thanks for the kind words and glad you are learning from our videos :). Thanks for watching!