Sail Life - Barbuda, 7 years after total devastation by hurricane Irma
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- Опубліковано 30 бер 2024
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Here in Germany Id gone to the movies and sat in a completely empty movie house and someone come and sat in the seat in front of me. there must have been 300 other seats empty ., Nice that you reminded me of a part of my life.
Haha 😂 Same same but on land 😁
Oh my god! The same thing happened to my wife and I. We were in a 300 plus theater sat down two seats in in the middle and sure as hell a couple sit next to us. Than another couple sit behind us making all kinds of noise with candy wrappers. 294 plus seats still open. People???
🤔 that's like lRobot when robots group together ❤
I think a good rule of thumb for anchoring boats is what I call "urinal etiquette" which most men will understand. In the men's room when presented with a row of urinals it is courteous to at least allow for an empty urinal between you and your neighbor when possible. Boats should follow a similar protocol to be good neighbors.
I was about to make a similar comment! Totally agree!
Hehe 😀 good rule!
I thought you were going to suggest urinating off the side to force the other boat to give you more privacy!😂
@@paulwyand6204 I saw a German guy do that the other day - I didn't feel like anchoring closer so it worked ;)
I really thought we were going to be talking about marking our territory.
Mas, Allow me to explain why you neighbors parked too close. They
assumed you knew it was a safe place to park.
Were newbies and scared
Felt there was safety in numbers
“ You think those two Geeks over there know this is a good place to anchor?” “If they don't who will?”
A fellow glasses-wearing developer.😊
Great vid, as always.
Yep, first thought. They are not rude, just a bit scared or unsure and your boat looks smart and safe. ✌🏻
Appart from the many hours of "DIY fun" I've watched and truly enjoyed on Sail Life, I more and more start to like (plain out love) your historic, geographic, biological and social documentation from around the world. Like the banana excursion and now the hurricane damaged Bermuda. It's what makes this channel so unique and a favorite to the many landlubbers of us. Pls, continue with your format Mads and Ava, but do include more interaction with the locals. And then back to DIY ...
Been watching since the beginning and always enjoy the stories.
Thank you so much :)
Thank you for sharing Athena’s trip to Barbuda. The last time I visited Barbuda was around 2000 on an assignment to appraise a defunct beachfront lodge. I traveled there from the Barbuda capitol via a sand road in a van(taxi) from their airport. Antiqua at that time was very busy and blessed with lots of activity. The drive from the Barbuda airport to my project took about 15 minutes along a pathway that looked much the same as your photos. My appraisal was not met with delight from my hedge fund client due to their 9 million dollar investment that was a Condé Nast featured property for being a perfect beachfront reclusive suntanning get away. At that time, the resort was nothing more than an often flooded structural mess. I really enjoy your channel and as a Florida resident, I looking hopefully forward to seeing Athena’s arrival in Florida. Wishing you two the best with smooth waters and a following sea!
I always like to see Ava's happy attitude in these videos. It sure is different from the old sanding days with no bubbly people around :) Of course Mads is great too lol
Love the Frigate colony and of Course Ava's commentary on the Barbuda land ownership was very interesting and engaging . but the highlight was Mads pining to have a large inflatable sack on his neck (a-la the frigate birds) to attract a mate when he was in high school
We watch your videos for a long time now, and still we think (next to Atticus), this is one of the most professional channels. Thank you very much!
Wir waren Ende der 90 ziger in Barbuda. Da war die Lagune geschlossen. Wir zogen das Dingi über die Sanddüne und konnten dann fast zur Stadt gelangen.
2 Jahre vorher waren wir da auch schon, im Hafenhandbuch war zu lesen, "seven hot miles to the Policestation". Wir hatten tatsächlich einen langen Fussmarsch in der karibischen Hitze bis zur Polizeistation für den Hin- und Rückweg. Wir hatten damals noch nicht die Idee, das Dingi über die Sanddüne zu ziehen und hatten entsprechend dem Hafenhandbuch die 7 hot miles zu überstehen.
Grüße von der blauen Donau aus Regensburg
You're most definitely not a Maroon Mads; European pink perhaps, but not maroon.
Instead of a pink throat, we humans get to talk to each other and I know you are an expert talker in at least two languages. I've been observing your steadily improving English for the past few years and I'm impressed!
Mads I have to tell you that your sailing channel is the best, bar none. Good job, keep up the good work.
Love, love, love this channel, so informative and charming. Well done Mads and Ava!
Most informative cruising channel on You tube.
great work.
Barbuda looks lovely, it's nice to get away from developments. Thanks for sharing and I'm with you on birds 😉
I'm guessing your neighbor was unprepared or lazy and figured that since another boat was anchored, it was safe for them to anchor nearby. If they were 'a couple of boat lengths' away, I'd be concerned about either the length of their scope - or the lack of it - if the wind comes up.
lovely bird photos
great clip today
Thank you so much for highlighting to plight of the people on this island. I hope they can retain their riguts.
LOVE your videos. We’re really enjoying your adventures. 😎🥰😎🥰😎
Nice to see what it was left like after the storm , a shame corporate money may rebuild it . Thanks for your video .😉👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Great video, guys. Thanks for sharing, and have a wonderful Easter Sunday
Thanks 🙂 You too 🙂
Thank you!
I suspect maybe your close neighbor was thinking there's safety in numbers? There is less of a chance of someone trying to sneak on board if there are other boaters nearby.
That like parking your car way out in the parking lot by yourself . And some ass comes along and parks right next to you lol
If you check I’m sure that car has a French license plate 😉😉
@@SailLife Je suis désolé de vous voir tomber dans le French bashing.
Je suis abonné à votre chaine depuis pas mal d'années déjà et je n'avais encore jamais remarqué ce sentiment sur cette chaîne.
Si vous ne voulez plus d'abonnés français, dîtes le !
Uuh someone sensitive
Hi Mads & Ava, that filter looks to be more of a dryer than a filter. It makes sense that the capacity is greater in cool air as less humidity to remove.
@loloaqici82qb4ipp That's exactly what it is. You want totally dry air inside your scuba cylinders.
I lol'ed when I saw where the other boat anchored, I don't get it, maybe they are lonely. It's the same in parking lots, you can park your car in an almost empty parking lot and you get back to your car and someone has parked next to you making it hard for you to open your door.
Haha 😂 that is 100% the land version! Funny! 😁
I think the new dingy build is gonna be very interesting.
I think that they anchor close to be able to help if there is rough winds blow in by , or get help from you if they get in trouble. So I’d say it’s a safety thingy.
I hope you find carbon tender build plans that can also sail and row, and maybe even nest. The PT11 is nice, but it's inability to use a decent sized motor at 15 knots is a bummer. I'll be watching you carefully before I start my own build!
Really good job Ava explaining the events of that hurricane
Mads, find some green slime tire repair. Strip your dinghy and put that green slime in it. Then blow it back up and roll it around a bit until it finds the hole. Should hold for a bit. Great video btw! Stay safe!
Huh… tire slime… for a temp dinghy fix… so I have some of that and just as it happens a slightly leaky Avon. I’m going to give it a try and let you how it goes in a couple days!
@@jaysonlima7196 See Sailing Jib Sea. They did a video on it. Just recently. (Video short?)
@jeremyduncan3654 some other channel just did that. Oh! Travis on Jibsea.
@@rickkwitkoski1976 I replied to the above comment but I guess I didn’t send it. I did mention Jibsea in my comment…. But….
As always great video! Thanks for sharing your adventures.
Awesome video guys and gals
Great video
beautiful place
Another great episode I feel your pain Mads I'm an Ausie. and I like to go camping allot I've had instances where we have been the only 1s in a camp ground then some clown comes and sets there camp up right on top of where you are very annoying. love Ava's history skits keep it up great content Cheers
I crawled all over the islands after hurricanes Irma and Maria back then doing failure analysis of PV plants. We actually recorded wind speeds up to 250mph gusting on some of them. So much devastation.
Nothing quite as satisfying as engine maintenance, really nice to watch. That compressor is gonna have a cushy life. Also, even though it consumes a lot of energy it makes sense to have it be electric I think. Of course it could be belt driven off the diesel engine, or be powered by its own little honda four stroke, but then it would be a single point of failure, and probably more expensive to run too.
Good on you Mads and Ava there’s more to life than flash hotels, resorts and overdevelopment.
Thats to bad there was no diving guys. I love the diving videos.
Have a great Easter.
OMG that boat is amazing. also you get to meet "Teal" from "OnBoard Lifestyle" , you guys are special :)
Drain any engine oil when its warm/hot ..... that way you get more of it out ....Keep up the great work
You go to the mall, park in the back corner of the lot and when you get back, you find someone parked right next to you, with nothing else around...
SEE YOUUUU!!! ❤
Great video! I always like the info presented. As per anchoring etiquette I think that subconsciously people will anchor close by for safety? Maybe? Kind of like surfing, when you have the beach to yourself it's usually to the case that someone new will end up surfing right near you. Still annoying though.
I mean it took Mads 7 years to refit a boat! How fast do you need the locals to rebuild a remote island? 🤣😂 Great looking locations 2x👍
I’m not a sailer but I think the issue is a lack of confidence on the part of other skippers in knowing where it’s safe plus the idea that a boat already in an anchorage must be in the official anchorage area, I mean can the whole area really be open to anchoring?
See you👍🏼🥰
Seeeee you 😁
Hoooorah . . . for "looking around"!
Hi Mads. Obviously the same etiquette as parking one's car in an empty car park! You can be certain that someone will park next to you and leave the rest of the car park empty. Safety in numbers perhaps 😅
Clean the lense once in a while. We all tend to react to truth in bizarre and all to often negative ways (Plato's parable of the cave). Thanks for making the videos: happy easter.
Bet he was having fun
We aren’t sailors, my wife gets sea sick even before the ferry leaves harbour. However we are motorhome travellers and we find as you, there’ll be tons of space on an aire de service but still people will gather close around, maybe it’s a security thing?
It's the same with fishing on the banks. Everyone will crowd together, even though often they will all end up in the wrong place and not catching anything.
The compressor filter strip will likely only show moisture in the molecular sieve (the white balls). So you would likely taste / smell the oil in the gas if the filter was to "break through." So really, providing that there is no contaminants like exhaust fumes, you can leave the filter for a fair while. TBH there is no way of telling from the filter if the nasty stuff is making it through, such as CO.
Hey crew. Thanks for the good videos. Quick question to Mads: would it be possible for you to share your arch designs? We're thinking of getting a 37-foot Najad and this might be a good starting point for building something similar...
Liked.
Oh…look, there’s a boat anchored there. It must be a good spot.
I also would like to make a dinghy pretty much with the same specs. Carbon, unsinkable, sailable and in my case electric propulsion.
Do you have any specific models and/or plans in mind? (Except a ripoff of OC tenders… 😇)
When are you coming to St. Maarten??????
Submerge dive tanks in a water tub while filling to keep them cool which should result in slightly more capacity due to better air density & less energy use to get there.
Unfortunately, in our experience when we are all alone in an nice anchorage someone will come and, in our opinion, anchor too close. I expect they feel it is a safety issue and also that there is good holding because we are there. Our previous boat only had 18" draft. It was great to see boats come to anchor close to us but they would run aground and have to go elsewhere.
Just like when you park your car at the back of Tesco’s where no one is when you come back out, there’s a car over the side of you
Cruisers that come from areas where moorings are the norm, seem to think that anchoring as close as they were in a mooring field is ok. It's not!
That 120 series looks sad 😢😢
If I was in the other boat I wouldn't be so close, unless I knew it was you guys, in which case I would anchor close and invite you for dinner.
Please do 😁 If it was someone that recognized the boat I’d be perfectly okay with them anchoring that close to come say hi. It’s just odd being that close and not having any kind of connection.
Why Skip the BIV'S? great water there?
Mads I find it is the same when parking in a car park. I have left our car in a remote empty corner to avoid damage from less considerate people, only to return to find someone park right beside us.
AvE was here.
What's happening with the Gen Setn Mes?
Mads, what is the camera that you have on top of your mast? I need to get one.
Ours is a Garmin GC200 but I’m sure there are other good ones if your boat is not Garmin branded 😉🙂
What camera model is that you have on top of the mast?
Garmin GC200 but I’m sure there are many other good options 🙂
Can give them a helping hand to them??
Changing an air filter due to air temperature?
Interesting. I've not a diver, so that may be unique to just that compressor.
But how/why would air temperature affect an air filter?
I think some folks just feel safer to anchor close to other boats ; giving them a sense of security. I personally think it’s annoying but I try to look at it from their point of view as well and if it really bothers me I just move a few hundred yards away.
is ok about travel guide commentary... having gone through a few i get the feeling theyre written by the, "drunk and naked or its not fun" crowd. yourselves - and me - are a very very different type of sailor.
You could almost put out fenders and ask the other boat to tie alongside
Hehe, maybe that’s what we should do the next time 😉
So yeah I am guilty of this "anchoring close when plenty of room". So the Chesapeake is a bit more compact. But what's likely going on, they are close to you likely because they have no clue where to anchor, and if you are there, maybe you know something they do not. "Local knowledge" if you will.
Perhaps it's "Social Proof": "…a psychological and social phenomenon wherein people copy the actions of others in choosing how to behave in a given situation". Someone saw you'd anchored, seems like a good spot, go there too.
Aren't you generating about 8 kwh per day?
I’ve had other boats anchor on top of my anchor which I then have to dive to retrieve! But I just move and hope that the offender learns better. In a way it makes it easy to see who you should stay away from.
Is Ava Armish. ?
No 🙂 Why?
At anchorage the new guys come and sees your boat and figure it’s the best ( and only) place to anchor safely, also assuming you know something they don’t so they latch on, the next poor mindless soul falls into the same trap. Basically you are their Pied Piper….😂
Perhaps those folks at anchor were Sail life fans?
If so I wish they would have come over to say hi 🙂
It's the same being on a campervan, if you turn up to a completly empty parkup, you'll find yourself surrounded by other vans in the next morning, must be a kind of herd instinct...
😉🙃😂
ain't that the truth.
Pls tell us more about the camera on the mast-top. Specs pls!
An-tee-ga
If your sack looked like that of a Frigate Bird , I think a trip to the doctors might be a good idea and be prepared for some bad news.
So...sorry Mads...no naked sun bathing on Athena with those neighbors. Yea...with an empty anchorage like that, one would usually say to "stay a bit away". You didn't by chance have a pineapple flag out did you? LOL....
Hehe, how did you know that was what we were going for? 😂
I think that the proper protocol os to anchor (when possible) far enough away so as not to hear the other vessel, or far enough away to not really see directly onto another vessel if possible in this particular case. I see it all the time, and its almost always some guy who likes to run around in some European swim trunks listening to blaring music, who thinks everyone wants to party with them.
It's time to bust out the Borat mankini! 😂
TBH - I'd move if there was that much room ...
Mads hope you will go forward with the dinghy fabrication!
Baby steps are being made 🙂 So far the limiting factor is my Fusion 360 skills 😂
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“All problems caused by government” - is my favorite boat site now a MEGA site?
That’s a bit of a leap 🙂
Indeed it is, but still -
I would also be bothered by someone parking their boat that close. My scandinavian sensibilities I suppose - google "waiting for the bus like a swede" if you're not familiar.
Spiffy
Thank you 😀
In your plans for boat upgrades… you may want to consider an ultrasonic/ ultrasound, hull mounted emitter system. To reduce and possibly prevent marine growth on the hull.
Next time a neighbor moves in that close start a conversation about big sacks! Oh, I mean a bird…. They might rethink their decision.
99% of the time, when someone anchors close-up, they are a certain European nationality south of the UK. To add to which they are 50% of the time naked!
I don't understand the wAnchors either...