The Last Traditional Sailboat In The Philippines
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
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Our friend Gener is a native of the Palawan province of the Philippines. He comes from a long line of sea fearing people and even his father and grandfather were sailors.
Yet, Gener didn't learn to sail from his father or grandfather. Because right about the time he was old enough to take to sea, most mariners had already traded their sails for engines.
In 2008 Gener crewed on a sailing yacht from Palawan to Africa. He witnessed thriving traditional sailing cultures in the Indian Ocean and Middle East and began questioning why ancient Filipino sailing traditions were in danger of extinction.
Gener was inspired to revive native sailing, natural navigation and boat building techniques in his home province of Palawan.
The paraw project was launched to revive Palawan’s ancient sailing traditions and bring back the local art of sailing, natural navigation and paraw building.
“A return to sailing makes sense - our marine environment is under threat and fuel prices are rising. Learning to sail again will help Palaweños escape dependence on gasoline and diesel while, at the same time, giving them a deeper understanding and respect for the sea.” - Gener Paduga
The paraw was constructed using materials sourced from the forest and Filipino traditional boat-building techniques.
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WE’RE JASON AND NIKKI WYNN. A couple of explorers, modern-day documentarians, and cultivators of curiosity.
We’ve been chasing our curiosity around the world on wheels and keels since 2011. Why? Because curiosity is the key to unlocking life. It pushes us outside our comfort zone, softens our assumptions, and helps us embrace the great unknown. The more we let our curiosity lead the way, the more we discover about ourselves and the world around us.
Things We're Most Curious About...
GETTING OFF-GRID
Our home is also our transportation and we spend weeks away from civilization and sometimes land. So self-reliance and sustainable living are a must. We've learned heaps about renewable energy, managing waste, creating safe drinking water and foraging for food. We carefully manage our resources and we’re always looking for new and better ways to do so.
TALKING TO STRANGERS
People are busy (even on remote islands) and travelers are a dime a dozen. It takes time to talk to strangers, and even more time to have a real connection. Going the extra mile to get to know someone is a commitment.
Which is why these are our most treasured experiences. Setting off into the world with curiosity as our guide and nature as our compass. We talk to strangers and accept hospitality without fear or reservations. Both giving and receiving.
ALTERNATIVE LIVING
These are people who are doing things differently. Forgoing the mainstream, seeking freedom and living on the margins. Creative, unique and inspiring people who challenge our ideas of home and community.
Our journey is ever-evolving but the mission remains the same: #CultivateCuriosity
Timestamps if you like to Jump Around:
00:00 Filippino Sailing is (almost) Lost
01:08 Meet Gener Paduga & His Sailboat Balatik
02:22 Boat Name & Navigating by the Stars
03:51 Building a 1000 year old Sailboat
05:30 Behind the Scenes of This Story
07:20 Traditional Palawan Carvings
07:35 Converted Crew Quarters
08:51 Fully Recycled Helm Station & Engines
11:30 Navigation, Instruments & Communications
13:13 Custom Toilet Room, Shower & Unique Urinal
14:51 Sailing a Traditional Paraw: Sheets & Sails
16:34 Learning to Sail
16:59 Why Build a Sailboat from a 1000-year-old design?
19:11 Learning from a Disaster
19:53 Galley & Cooking for 30 people
21:32 Solar Panels and Electric Motor
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wow! this boat and the owner should be given an award. we should have more of this.
I am so tired of all the boring channels flaunting wealth; this channel is my happy place. The way you are focused on others is refreshing.
My favorite videos they have ever done are with local charities. Especially the animal rescue one.
@@Christian_Tango_Christ Yes and the ukelele school! That one was fun
You do know there boat was about a million dollars right.
Telling people's stories
@@leoncomar2038literally, I love them don’t get me wrong, but also flaunting wealth. Happy for them, but it is what it is
Thanks for meeting and recording his and communities work on this boat. Rad!
Filipinos have a reputation as the ultimate innovators. They can build anything with anything! I can't imagine all the skills the gentlemen has in his toolkit. Beautiful boat!! Respect!
This explains why, despite being a relatively small country, over 30% of the world's sailors are from the Philippines.
In an ocean of ‘content mediocrity’ the Wynn’s sail ahead with originality and grace. I love Gener’s resourcefulness and ingenuity!
Nikki and Jason- it's official! You guys now have THE BEST channel on UA-cam! This video was OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Que chupamedias!" In Argentina, we would comment on this and then just laugh about it together. I think the English equivalent would be "A$ $-kissing," haha. But of course, it's meant in a friendly manner, akin to a student who brings apples to the teacher in the morning... hehehe.
I agree by the way...
Sounds official…
Sailing brothers just pip them me thinks
You're behind..... I've been saying that for a LOOONG time now! 🙂
Ever watch Itchy Boots ?
That boat is absolutely outstanding!! What a great video. That guy was so resourceful and all those second hand parts he used and created such an amazing vessel. Kudos to him!!
Give this channel a FAMAS Award already... The level of documentary of this video was 👏👏👌👌👌👌
Filipinos are masters in improvisation. It's amazing how they can build something out of almost nothing. Thank you once again for your great educational video. I just love your Philippine series.
Thankyou Mr Gener Paduga for bringing your PINOY Traditional Sailboat to UA-cam and the tour of your awesome wood vessel sir. I really hope your boat brings you and young Philippine youth a idea to go back to more traditional Sail craft for getting around and help inspire others to take up the economical clean sailing culture.
Even the introduction was fantastic! I don’t know how many re-writes you do, but you deliver so much information without wasting words. You honor our time, and show the content “main event” is what you want to share. You are so comfortable directing and encouraging each person you interview to their benefit and, of course, to ours! Thank you
Comparison between your super modern hand made boat and his hand made boat is fascinating
I absolutely love the Waterworld vibe that boat gives off
That man is such a piece of history. He has a wealth of knowledge that cannot be passed down to others like minded sailors. WTG!
I work at one of the few real wooden boat yards left in the US, and as much as I love the boats we make, you can hardly even tell their timber hulls by the time we’re done. I’ll always love this slightly more rough/traditional aesthetic, it just makes my heart sing whenever I see a beautiful boat like this afloat
Right! The raw and exposed wood, beams and hardware is what gives the vessel it's character. Well, that and it's captain.
What a fantastic story, he had ambition, a dream and he succeeded.
His brain must be turning nonstop after seeing curiosity 2.
Great catamaran!
Wow, Gener seems like a really cool guy. If you guys happened to video your tour with him on your boat, I'd love to see how excited he was to learn about solar, electric engines, etc. All these Philippine videos are making me want to visit, you're running into so many wonderful people.
This man is an international treasure, his enthusiasm and passion for all that is shown translates so well. My cheeks began to ache from smiling for 23 minutes straight. And his ship is more of a piece of art than anything in today's modern art museums. Growing up in Bahrain I always took the bowaneesh sailing around the bays for granted, and up until just 10 years ago that sight of them navigating the shallows under the city bridges, was as normal as the sight of car traffic atop said bridges.
(bowaneesh is plural for [banoosh/بانوش], the Bahraini type of sailboat mentioned 17:00, used to this day for pearling and some fishing)
However, they too have been now plagued by the unstoppable wave of internal combustion, I'm sure there are still some ships raising their sails around the islands. Still, I so wish that someone like Mr. Gener would emerge with such passion and determination out here in Bahrain and offer not only tourists, but us the people of Bahrain, the opportunity to really feel what our grandfathers did, sailing the gulf without the drone of diesel and gearboxes.
So funny how a UA-cam channel produced by two people is so much better quality than documentaries, TV shows, and specials put on by major networks.
I agree they are super talented .
I just got back from 10 days in the Virgin Islands and now all I want to do is sell everything I own and buy a catamaran. I’ve struggled with drug addiction and depression in the past. But for some reason being on or by the ocean is the happiest I ever am. The joy I get from being on a boat is unlike anything else. I hope one day I make make my dream into a reality.
If there's a will, there's a way they say. I believe you can have your dream someday my friend, if you work for it. See you when time comes.❤
Hi Nikki and Jason, thank you for this video. I used to go to the Philippines 35 years ago and I absolutely love it there we used to go out onto the reef on that out rigger bunker boats and we used to have a fantastic time. A lot of the Reeves are damage because of the people dynamite on them
Admiration and Salutation for Gener. He is so happy and contended with what he has and achieved.
The man had a dream and made it come true and what a boat. Thank the two of you for bringing this story to us all.
This is a wonderful video. Finding and showing us the person that has so much love of sailing that he and his crew built a large, traditional, homemade sailboat. Thank you so much for showing this.
Wow! This was a really good episode. I thoroughly enjoyed the tour, and I loved the personality of the owner. Your videos are always amazing.
Thanks for letting me tag along virtually again 😊
I love it! It's about time someone featured the old and new (potential) ways of sailing in the Philippines. And no one could've done it better than "Gone with the Wynns."
True Filipino ingenuity at its core. Thats how we are we make do of what we have and still make things work and deliver the same result.👏
It was wonderful meeting Gener and touring his boat. Thank you! Safe travels. ❤
Great video! What a great story on how Balatik came to be and how Gener Paduga uses the stars for navigation and his low tech approach with a traditional build. Once again 23 minutes just flew by and I’m still hoping next video is an hour long. Safe travels Wynns.
It makes my Sunday when I see that you have posted a new video. I have been following your adventure for a long time and I love it. Thank you both for making my Sunday perfect!
A beautiful boat and a beautiful lifestyle
"Resourceful improvisation" is one of the very first engineering lessons the ocean teaches any sailor and maritime community. The Balatik and her makers surely demonstrate that. Nicely done. Thanks for bringing this, Wynns!
Blessings, S/V Windwalker
So I just caught that Gener brought someone in to carve the intricate designs in his boat, well that person did a Masterful job, the design is Gorgeous.
Unexpected pleasure today when I opened your channel. Real Filipino there, it is so good to see him embracing the sailing life. Happy Trails.
Having been stationed in the Philippines for a year I am really enjoying your video's even more than usual. The Philippine people are absolutely wonderful. You are bringing back some wonderful memories for this old sailor.
Wow! Amazing vessel! He really built a truly authentic and natural boat :)
You two always seem to find the most interesting people, keep up the great work, it is a joy to so many of us. Thank you for sharing.
I thought this wonderful!😊 What a great interview you did with him and such an interesting person he is! I love his dream and his purpose. Thank you so much for sharing this!😊
Thank u for fantastic interviews/editing/sharing others lives & experiences. This mans’ “soul” boat is awesome 🇨🇦 ❤
Gener did a Wonderful job, Balatik is an Unbelievably Beautiful boat!!.
that is a great boat and a great story of how got started sailing to building his boat and chartering the boat
That was so cool. That thing looks like something from one of those post apocalyptic movies.
Gener is a very resourceful man. What an incredible boat he was able to build with second hand parts.
What a beautiful boat! I always appreciate the inginuity of the island folk. Thanks for sharing 🙏💯🌞👋🌻
What a great interview, this man is so inspiring. Thank you for sharing
This is so great you decided to explore and learn from others. Look at those baskets and weaved matted floorings, all hand weaved, got to apricate that. Thank you for the tour!
This is worth sharing.... I enjoyed watching the whole video, My brother is living the life that I always dream... So humble, May he sail safe always.❤️
As a Filipino American it’s really great to learn about my country from your pov. My blood is from Cebu. I hope to see some of the places you’ve visited. Your cat is so gorgeous. Luv you two! 😍
❤ It's an amazing video. You guys do such a great job. Meeting Gener was awesome!
Have always loved the Filipino resourcefulness
That's a cool boat with a cool captain.
That was a real amazing experience with a traditional filipino boat! Built with ingenuity some even from junk scraps unbelievable!
Incredible story, filming and that lunch looked amazing! Thank you for sharing your stories with us Nikki and Jason!❤
Incredible video...true way to experience the Philippines!!!
I admire Gener he had a vision and creatively accomplished it. Thank you for sharing. Really enjoyed this.
What an Awesome boat, with an awesome owner.. Thankyou.
Thank you, once again, for introducing me to someone’s dream. ❤❤
Wow this guys an absolute legend, and I never say that lightly. Love how he connects our seafaring culture with educating people of our past.
Mabuhay ka!
Thank you, again, for introducing us to another amazing person. What an inspiration. I’m really am loving your off-the-boat explorations and look forward to your next one. Until then, stay safe and stay well. 😎🤙🏻✌🏻🤟🏻🖖🏻
Great video, the time spent over the couple months with local folks have been awesome. Thank you for the sharing these experiences.
What a clever man - that boat is extraordinary. Another great vlog, loved it.
the outrigger wood he said its flexible wood to absurd the wave impact. that is amazing
This is a beautiful piece of art. Thank you guys for your documentaries! Just beautiful!
Shows what determination dose.
Thank you for an interesting insite in to life in the Philippines. loved the outrigger and trying to teach the locals about their history. awesome
Nikki and Jason, I have seen you do this time and again. You are true Ambassador's between the modern and traditional worlds. Inspiring.
Aaaaahhhh! How much I love this boat! Everything is so beautiful and tasteful. I love the lay-out and the space. Everything wood, analogue, simple and natural! To live in this boat would be a dream!
Love seeing were Nikki & J bring us on places & people we will meet along the way. The Wynns find a life story in everyone along the way, meeting amazing people and how a dream,hard work making us realize we are the same simple and honest way of living out one place at a time.
The Wynns always make good vlogs, it is worth the time watching
Thanks for showing us another "VIP" (Very Interesting Person). Doubt I'd ever want to go on a sail on it, but love seeing what dreamers can do.
Edit: Love the dishwasher throwback to Jason.
I really love these semi-documentary-style videos about things you've seen or peopleyouve met. They're my favorite videos you make. But font worry I do love the rest of your videos also😊.
Nikki & Jason that was so interesting! I have so enjoyed meeting all the 'special guests' you have met along your journeys. Thanks for sharing!
THIS is by far your very best video Nikki and Jason. It is very well done, the videos and integrated stills, the storyline, and especially the choice of subject matter. This is why we all love sailing. I will use your wonderful video to initiate friends and the unfamiliar to the wonders of sailing the world. Excellent job! Thank you for sharing this lovely adventure. 🎉
This is what i am planning to do going back to the Philippines for stay. I have started research, designing and planning of the boat i wanna build. THank you for sharing this, at least i got more solid ideas on my plan. Keep sailing KAbayan.
Thank you, Hir. Your boat is fascinating. Using your resources well. Thanks for sharing.
I adore your curiosity, Jason and Nikki. Thanks for consistently producing such quality content! You guys are great storytellers/editors/producers!
Wow! How great are Gener Paduga, Balatik, and @SidMaderazo ! Gener has such a great soul! And, what a beautiful boat! Thanks for sharing!
You both tell such good stories in your videos and this was one of the best 🌊🌞🤩👍🏻
you really make good documentaries. Cinematic and well made.
Thanks for inspiring by letting people tell their stories! What an incredible project and soul.
Proud as a Filipino👊👊👊💚💚💚 old subscriber during van life if yours
Looks like a neat boat and I think it would make a fantastic voyage. Keep the good stuff coming guys.
You keep bringing up some amazing characters from time to time and I really love that. Thanks for showing this guy :) Keep it like this. Fair winds guys
You guys are really nailing the thumbnails! Especially this one. 😍
Simply Inspiring!
Will be visiting that Paraw soon!
Thank you Wynns for this 👁opener!
You guys have inspired me since your RV days! and following your footsteps....👍
Nikki & Jason, OUTSTANDING episode!!!! You are producing the best travel/sailing content on YT. Thanks for being so authentic. Cheers!
You always manage to find the most fascinating people. Thank you for sharing :D
Mabuhay ka Gener! Ang ganda ng ginawa mo! Thelast sailboat i saw was in the mid-60s. It had a massive sail made of woven banig.
So amazing, so beautiful and of course, groovy. This boat is magic, so romantic. The Captain is such a lovely spirit.
Woww 🍀🕊️💞I have had been sailing yacht ⛵ about 14 years in my life ! I missed really so much 🇵🇭
You always meet the most fascinating people!
that was a fantastic interview/ show. thankyou for your time and effort.
great video! Thank you so much! This man is incredible and I very love his boat! God bless you.
I just love your niche in filming! Every one of your videos is a real life history or food (ie coffee bean farm) or tech learning opportunity!i love your styles and how open and honest every show is..never ever do you shy away from the difficult lessons ie leprosy.. gosh uour channel is better than national geographic lol!well done. I loved learning ab5his boat and history
I have kept track of you guys since the RV days. Your delivery has become superb! Thank you for creating such great content!
Trully inspiring story. What a beautiful boat. Love the energy and creativity that went into building it. Thx for sharing!
Incredible! Thanks for showing us this amazing piece of art.
I was sad because I didn't get to watch your video last Sunday, but today, I am happy with my coffee and a new video with you guys. It's a great story; sometimes, we take life for granted. When you see how other people live, they are so excited. We have all the amenities we could ask for, and still live a stressful life.
As always, loving the informative posts you guys are uploading. Keep 'em coming. You guys are "Wynners" in my book.