The important thing was to get money to that family without denting their pride. I'm still pondering when to put the shell back in a reef, but I'm not ready to let it go yet. ☺️ Liz
Another fine video great work!! Rev that motor up mate I worked my tractor Perkins diesel hard for years and it hard been worked hard years before me and it’s still Working hard for its fourth owner and it’s still going strong because we all worked it so hard , and all the farmers agree work them hard , so I’ve been Working the yanmar as hard too and they’re doing fine. Rev em up mate! You’re a terrific master of the ship mate, keeping it safe and exploring without fear mate you’re doing just terrific.
Cheers, John. The Beta/Kabota gets a good workout, though I'm often sensitive to fuel availability. I work it hard when I know there's fuel just around the corner 😉 Thanks for the great comment.
You were right Jamie the scenery has got better (after my pod cast shout out…im famous now 😂👍🏻). another sterling location despite the difficult entry, what a find! I see no harm in buying the shell 🐚 your well off the beaten tourist path to be encouraging environmental vandalism and considering the locals will have gone through hell over the last two years throwing some money at them to help them get buy is hardly a crime is it?
Why didn't you just linger for a while, and go in during slack tide? Why fight against this 5 knot current? You entered during very good light, you could have waited an hour?
With no local or chart knowledge none of us realised the current would be that vicious until we got in it. Once we were in, we were committed. We've been through similar channels that weren't as bad as this at all! Another hour wouldn't have made any difference, we would have had to wait until the tide turned and that was a long way off. 🙏 Liz
Hello my dears! I would like to truly thank you for your vlogs! I've been following you for years, and we've had 'chats' ( as far as possible on UA-cam) in the past about cats, Mums, and goodness knows what else! I've been rather quiet on commenting, since Mum died last year. I remember your gief, Liz, when your Mum passed away, and also 'Captain Millie'😔 I truly suffered with you😔 My beloved Mum passed away last year, when I couldn't even get to visit her because of fu..ing Covid restrictions! Sally, my beloved companion of 14 years had to be put to sleep on 7.3. Thanks to your vlogs, I managed to 'keep my head above water', and now have an interesting black rescue dog from Poland! He can't ever replace Sally, but is slowly adjusting to his new life here in Berlin, with me and cat Lucy! All love and best wishes to you both, Claire, Tommi and Lucy, Berlin 😘😘😘❤️
Oh no... 😔 We understand your grief, as you know. It never leaves, but you get better at handling it. It's an honour to know we're able to help in any small way. ♥️🙏 Liz
We seldom sail with other cruisers, but on this occasion we sailed with the other boats because ESSCOM escorted us through dangerous eastern Sabah. In the next weeks you will see us peel off and go our own ways. To be on your own, you need to find remote places, even here in SE Asia. There are cruisers everywhere, but most don't have UA-cam channels. 😁 Liz
I wish they would knock it off with the resort building in places like these. The island is supposedly a nature and marine conservation area. It doesn't seem like it's being observed very well. Next year there may be another fifty resorts there. And soon the island will be a low rise Cancun. It is my pet peeve that developing nations swear they're developing ecotourism, but then turn around and subject what should be a protected area to excessive resort construction. Beautiful as maratua is now you have to wonder if it will soon be another overbuilt commercial zone like too many other supposed "ecotourism" destinations.
After looking through a variety of sources, I think I've come to the conclusion that a) conch are a very important part of a shoreline's ecosystem; b) there are species that are currently on the ESA list (e.g., Queen conch); c) research institutes (e.g., Shedd) don't seem to have a problem with harvests of conch itself, but with the lack of sustainable practices, especially in heavily touristed areas (which, it seems doesn't really apply in your case); and, d) sales and purchases of conch have been made illegal in quite a few countries because of the over-harvesting problems those countries have experienced. Just FYI - never any judgment. It's nice to see you guys back out on open water and exploring these great place.
This is a beautiful triton shell, not a conch. 😉 I'd say all marine creatures, including shells, are an important part of any shoreline's eco-system. After buying the shell, I looked it up, and it seems that in Australia trading in tritons is banned because they eat Crown of Thorns starfish (known reef-destroyers). I believe getting money to the family without denting their pride was the right decision. I have the shell on board, and will put it back in the sea at some point. Liz 🙏
Fascinating and difficult dilemma, with many complexities. A huge kudos to FTB for raising the issue, lesser sailing/crusing channels seem to avoid this sort of question. As you note, Crown of Thorns can destroy entire reef structures when left unchecked. they are a ruthless and horrifying army to behold. IMHO, if this mollusk was harvested for it's shell for 'commercial' use or otherwise - then the high and right road is to dent the pride in order to slow the practice. We as visitors and patrons should find some other trinket to buy in order to induce 'green' commerce. Most commonly, perfect large shell like the one you have do not wash up on the beach, but are harvested but presented as found. But easy for me to go on... I was not in your position, which was complex.
the shell situation might seem conflicting. But: you can help them with 25p without keeping the shell. Will it make a difference? Look at it from the Work/Doesnt work perspective: it works for them, the planet, and for you, given that you are helping them. if it works for all involved, then it works, thus benefits all.
@@followtheboat Asking only because I'm a drone pilot in the US (400' limit) and some video seemed higher than what I can fly. Spectacular video above AND below!
Seems C*v*d is dead... This is the Follow The Boat of yore: sailing and landing and meeting people and by all means buying shells! I loved the congruent friendliness and shyness of the girls, seeing houses painted light green and magenta and not understanding a single word of the dive school owner! Thank you Jamie and Elizabeth III.... Regards.
Haha, yes you have to tune your ear to the different accents and pronunciation as you travel. Jamie's generally better at it than I am, but he's not hampered by poor hearing like me. "What?!" 😁🙏 Liz
The pour conch coming back to its magnificent home to find it gone …and to learn from the coral it was sold for 25 cents just doesn’t seem fair!… very nice shell 🐚 though🙏🤭
Watching this video was like reliving our "everyday life" around here with tidal gates, overfalls and tides setting against the boat. The difference is that yours is warmer and sunnier than many of ours 😄
I used to collect shells when we started off, but I've stopped now. Every sea creature, plant and rock has a role to play even if they're dead. In this case I took the shell as a way to get money to the family without denting their pride and still believe it was the right decision. 🙏 Liz
Right, Derawan islands are on our list now! Thanks both for providing us with some great inspiration -N&T
Yes, do it. Do it on your new cat! Hope you guys are keeping well 😎⛵
The shell purchase was a good deed...no need to question it. 😉👍
The important thing was to get money to that family without denting their pride. I'm still pondering when to put the shell back in a reef, but I'm not ready to let it go yet. ☺️ Liz
Let the non shell buyers pontificate away, let them eat lentils and live without beauty .
We do like lentils though 😉
Queen Elizabeth 👑🐚
🤓😁🙏 Liz
Now i see Maratua from You both. Big island. Thankyou for sharing..
Pleasure, Hendra. We're off to Tolitoli in our videos in a couple of weeks! Hope you are keeping well.
Well done guys, what a fantastic location. You both looked so happy 👍🏻 Stay safe 🇬🇧⛵
Yes, an incredible place and we were the happiest we've been for a while. 👍🙏 Liz
Another fine video great work!! Rev that motor up mate I worked my tractor Perkins diesel hard for years and it hard been worked hard years before me and it’s still
Working hard for its fourth owner and it’s still going strong because we all worked it so hard , and all the farmers agree work them hard , so I’ve been Working the yanmar as hard too and they’re doing fine. Rev em up mate! You’re a terrific master of the ship mate, keeping it safe and exploring without fear mate you’re doing just terrific.
Cheers, John. The Beta/Kabota gets a good workout, though I'm often sensitive to fuel availability. I work it hard when I know there's fuel just around the corner 😉 Thanks for the great comment.
You were right Jamie the scenery has got better (after my pod cast shout out…im famous now 😂👍🏻). another sterling location despite the difficult entry, what a find! I see no harm in buying the shell 🐚 your well off the beaten tourist path to be encouraging environmental vandalism and considering the locals will have gone through hell over the last two years throwing some money at them to help them get buy is hardly a crime is it?
Nicely put, that's what was going through my head at the time, getting money to them without wounding their pride. And it is a gorgeous shell. 🤓🙏 Liz
Why didn't you just linger for a while, and go in during slack tide? Why fight against this 5 knot current? You entered during very good light, you could have waited an hour?
With no local or chart knowledge none of us realised the current would be that vicious until we got in it. Once we were in, we were committed. We've been through similar channels that weren't as bad as this at all!
Another hour wouldn't have made any difference, we would have had to wait until the tide turned and that was a long way off. 🙏 Liz
Hello my dears!
I would like to truly thank you for your vlogs!
I've been following you for years, and we've had 'chats' ( as far as possible on UA-cam) in the past about cats, Mums, and goodness knows what else!
I've been rather quiet on commenting, since Mum died last year.
I remember your gief, Liz, when your Mum passed away, and also 'Captain Millie'😔
I truly suffered with you😔
My beloved Mum passed away last year, when I couldn't even get to visit her because of fu..ing Covid restrictions!
Sally, my beloved companion of 14 years had to be put to sleep on 7.3.
Thanks to your vlogs, I managed to 'keep my head above water', and now have an interesting black rescue dog from Poland!
He can't ever replace Sally, but is slowly adjusting to his new life here in Berlin, with me and cat Lucy!
All love and best wishes to you both, Claire, Tommi and Lucy, Berlin 😘😘😘❤️
Oh no... 😔
We understand your grief, as you know. It never leaves, but you get better at handling it.
It's an honour to know we're able to help in any small way. ♥️🙏 Liz
Thank you, my darlings!
😘😘😘❤️
how did you meet the other cruisers boats and do you always cruise with other boaters? or do you prefer cruising alone?
We seldom sail with other cruisers, but on this occasion we sailed with the other boats because ESSCOM escorted us through dangerous eastern Sabah. In the next weeks you will see us peel off and go our own ways.
To be on your own, you need to find remote places, even here in SE Asia. There are cruisers everywhere, but most don't have UA-cam channels. 😁 Liz
This morming while watching your video my son who is 14 said your video footage is better than the others as its more stable and professional.
Brilliant! Thank you for that feedback. Please say hello to your son!
The shell is a Triton's Trumpet. I have seen them while diving.
Yes, indeed. 👌 Liz
Fantastic journeys m8s!
😉
I love to see local people expression 😊
So do we, it's such an important part of travel. 🙏🤓👍🛵 Liz
I wish they would knock it off with the resort building in places like these. The island is supposedly a nature and marine conservation area. It doesn't seem like it's being observed very well.
Next year there may be another fifty resorts there. And soon the island will be a low rise Cancun.
It is my pet peeve that developing nations swear they're developing ecotourism, but then turn around and subject what should be a protected area to excessive resort construction.
Beautiful as maratua is now you have to wonder if it will soon be another overbuilt commercial zone like too many other supposed "ecotourism" destinations.
What??? They still print magazines.... huh
I Enjoyed. Have fun
Cheers, you too! 🙏 Liz
Wow!…Seems a bit Dangerous getting there…Probably Unnerving…But once there, a Pleasant Surprise…Continue to Stay Safe & Enjoy😎
Yes, it was very well worth the stress-levels of that scary ride in! 😁 Liz
Fantastic journeys m8s!
Cheers! 🙏 Liz
After looking through a variety of sources, I think I've come to the conclusion that a) conch are a very important part of a shoreline's ecosystem; b) there are species that are currently on the ESA list (e.g., Queen conch); c) research institutes (e.g., Shedd) don't seem to have a problem with harvests of conch itself, but with the lack of sustainable practices, especially in heavily touristed areas (which, it seems doesn't really apply in your case); and, d) sales and purchases of conch have been made illegal in quite a few countries because of the over-harvesting problems those countries have experienced. Just FYI - never any judgment.
It's nice to see you guys back out on open water and exploring these great place.
This is a beautiful triton shell, not a conch. 😉
I'd say all marine creatures, including shells, are an important part of any shoreline's eco-system. After buying the shell, I looked it up, and it seems that in Australia trading in tritons is banned because they eat Crown of Thorns starfish (known reef-destroyers).
I believe getting money to the family without denting their pride was the right decision. I have the shell on board, and will put it back in the sea at some point. Liz 🙏
Fascinating and difficult dilemma, with many complexities. A huge kudos to FTB for raising the issue, lesser sailing/crusing channels seem to avoid this sort of question. As you note, Crown of Thorns can destroy entire reef structures when left unchecked. they are a ruthless and horrifying army to behold. IMHO, if this mollusk was harvested for it's shell for 'commercial' use or otherwise - then the high and right road is to dent the pride in order to slow the practice. We as visitors and patrons should find some other trinket to buy in order to induce 'green' commerce. Most commonly, perfect large shell like the one you have do not wash up on the beach, but are harvested but presented as found. But easy for me to go on... I was not in your position, which was complex.
the shell situation might seem conflicting. But: you can help them with 25p without keeping the shell. Will it make a difference? Look at it from the Work/Doesnt work perspective: it works for them, the planet, and for you, given that you are helping them. if it works for all involved, then it works, thus benefits all.
Good point. 👌 Liz
The only current I've seen like that is in the Georgia Straight north of Vancouver, BC, Canada.
It was fierce, but coming the other way at the right tide is fun. 🤓😁 Liz
Give her $2.00 US for the shell and don't feel bad about it! Altitude restriction for drones?
Generic restrictions are 150m, set by DJi, but I think they differ country to country.
@@followtheboat Asking only because I'm a drone pilot in the US (400' limit) and some video seemed higher than what I can fly. Spectacular video above AND below!
Seems C*v*d is dead... This is the Follow The Boat of yore: sailing and landing and meeting people and by all means buying shells! I loved the congruent friendliness and shyness of the girls, seeing houses painted light green and magenta and not understanding a single word of the dive school owner! Thank you Jamie and Elizabeth III.... Regards.
No…Wrong…Covid is not Dead
Haha, yes you have to tune your ear to the different accents and pronunciation as you travel. Jamie's generally better at it than I am, but he's not hampered by poor hearing like me. "What?!" 😁🙏 Liz
Time for Liz to catch a Fish?
She never stops trying, Bruce!
I'll add this to the to do list.
Can't recommend it enough! 😁🙏 Liz
Nice journey
Thanks, Yaya! 🙏 Liz
The pour conch coming back to its magnificent home to find it gone …and to learn from the coral it was sold for 25 cents just doesn’t seem fair!… very nice shell 🐚 though🙏🤭
Ehhh the conch would have been eaten as it doesn't leave it's shell
@@milkoberben2963 yes I know…I was just having my 25cents worth!…but thanks anyway!
It's a triton, not a conch, but same difference, they're both molluscs. 👍😁 Liz
@@followtheboat Liz … you excel yourself…thank you!😘
Watching this video was like reliving our "everyday life" around here with tidal gates, overfalls and tides setting against the boat. The difference is that yours is warmer and sunnier than many of ours 😄
"Many" or "all"? 😉
@@followtheboat - "All" I suspect 😄
The colors between the sky and the water! So Dreamy!
That's what it really looks like. Amazing, isn't it?! Liz
Nice shell, environmentalist's do a good job but the 'ultras' go a bit too far. What a location wow!
It’s definitely a skill to see how the micro and macro elements interplay and create this intensely complicated reality.
I used to collect shells when we started off, but I've stopped now. Every sea creature, plant and rock has a role to play even if they're dead. In this case I took the shell as a way to get money to the family without denting their pride and still believe it was the right decision. 🙏 Liz