SAILING TO BOLLYWOOD - SwT 167 - FIJI IS SO FULL OF SURPRISES

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  • I'm so thankful for being able to visit amazing places like this and Fiji is definitely high up on my list so far in the entire Pacific. In fact, I'm questioning myself if I spent too much time in Polynesia. The friendliest people so far, and such serene and beautiful nature. And absolutely cruiser-friendly. I believe the local guy is right, and I could feel his worries for the future. I know the neighboring island also belonging to Fiji where most tourist goes is relatively destroyed by mass tourism.
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    Sailing around the world in a Bavaria 55 Cruiser, making videos whenever we have time for it.
    Even though this is season 6 on TH-cam I did not make that many videos in the beginning. Before full-time sailing, I sailed several seasons in the Mediterranean before, and obviously also in Scandinavia. I have been traveling the world before and have also been an active regatta sailor. I had my first sailboat at age 7 and have been sailing ever since. Also, more than 10 years of experience in Search and Rescue at sea in Norway.
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  • @bucklaquey1157
    @bucklaquey1157 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    For real sailor, not a rummy on a mooring in a harbor. That’s you Thomas.

  • @mosca3289
    @mosca3289 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Wonderful travel. Thanks Thomas.

  • @StemtoSternSailing
    @StemtoSternSailing 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is how a sailing channel should present its videos. Great stuff Thomas.
    Mvh Jarle

  • @scottg6799
    @scottg6799 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for another great video!!!!!

  • @evanjones1393
    @evanjones1393 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Love it mate……. that horizon looks so flat and beautiful 😊

  • @Andre-yu3qs
    @Andre-yu3qs 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fantastic, thanks for sharing.

  • @brownnoise357
    @brownnoise357 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you Thomas, and to all your Viewers. Bob in Wales. 🎄🎄🎄🧑‍🎄🧑‍🎄🧑‍🎄❤️❤️❤️

  • @MikeSantis
    @MikeSantis 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thomas, as always, I enjoy your honest insight and opinions about the places you visit. As a lover of raw nature my self, I guess I can relate to the idea of wanting to visit such places as well when one he is on a long journey and have the need to re-provision at times. Great to walk in such a grocery store. But no thanks for all their so called evolution. The financial earnings of tourism has ruined many paradises around the world. In a few years, normal sailors won't even be able to anchor around those islands without having to pay a high fee and who knows how many other sort of restrictions they will be implying to visiting sailors. Thanks for the nice video enjoy your trips

  • @mmartin2924
    @mmartin2924 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I love your videos. You always nail it with the cool music, and the great views off your Bavaria.

  • @hedleyjackson5131
    @hedleyjackson5131 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great video Thomas same smooth camera work.

  • @RNVOS
    @RNVOS 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Looking awesome dude keep it up ❤ from 🇨🇦

  • @MiQBohlin
    @MiQBohlin 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Man! You’re bringing all this into our attention, with just a few Patreons giving something back. This is just getting better and better 🙏🏽

  • @mememe5231
    @mememe5231 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ahh.. the big blue is where I want to be! Thanks for sharing

  • @gregsutton2400
    @gregsutton2400 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    great video

  • @dennisfromoz6436
    @dennisfromoz6436 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Ahhh ! Be Free did enjoy that placid cruise across tranquil waters. Made me envious to have been with her and really experienced the journey...Wow!
    But ones aging gallops too quick ahead of our thoughts..
    Thomas..thanks heaps mate with your explicated coverage. Only problem is i get no sea air of that motion of the ocean.
    I go away from comments for a time, but am still watching...so you had better look after your lady...she seems to always obey your direction, even with that occasional fine tune or service of her requirements. Love every episode so much, to make me dream..thanks heaps Thomas.👍

  • @leonasimmons162
    @leonasimmons162 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is beautiful Thomas enjoy🖐💙😊

  • @Marcel-J
    @Marcel-J 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Nice video Thomas.
    Wish you already a good X-mas 🎄and thanks for all the beautiful videos this year🙏🏻

  • @omarkn4371
    @omarkn4371 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful sailing in calm but narrow waters- - agree with you on saving Fiji for the future (when greed for more is checked!)

  • @marcgatto9675
    @marcgatto9675 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and lots of good luck.

  • @calvingarrett3245
    @calvingarrett3245 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    You realy go to some beautiful places Thomas Merry Christmas My friend.

  • @nooneanybodyknows7912
    @nooneanybodyknows7912 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Staring a crab in their eyes, holding tank foam, and the sounds of sailing.💨 ⛵️
    Thanks for sharing.

  • @andymarr7610
    @andymarr7610 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Passionate sailor and follower of many channels. You are the bomb Thomas. So knowledgable but not at all full of your own steam. Great insight to your amazing adventure, off on another of mine to Hobart racing on a tp52. #Denali. Fair winds, not expecting the same😂

    • @SailingwithThomas
      @SailingwithThomas  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much for your kind words 🙏🏻 I really love to know real sailors also enjoy this channel. A TP52 in NZ sounds epic! Lots of wind and a fast and funny boat to sail! Enjoy ⛵️

  • @philipwright7186
    @philipwright7186 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Scary how quickly some places change! Enjoyed the open water passages - did you use a separate microphone to pick up the sound of the waves? The sound of the water is wonderful, like a tonic for the soul.

  • @l8knight845
    @l8knight845 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey Thomas,
    Your video just came into my feed. First time in 6 weeks. Just looked and you've been posting videos the whole time. Just wanted you to know if engagement seems down there may be an algorithm reason.
    Anyway now I have something to watch for the morning in order to catch up. Stay safe, happy sailing!

  • @MiQBohlin
    @MiQBohlin 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    C’mon folks and give it a thumbs up 👍🏽

  • @bishopkinlyside8477
    @bishopkinlyside8477 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hi Thomas, the bread in Latoka is made about four times a day. You can buy fresh very cheap. The supermarkets are always well-stocked. The ice cream is one of the best in the world if you like ice cream. I even have cream buns at the bakery which are very good if you get a chance try some chicken curry and rice with roti once you’ve had it, you always remember the taste it is fantastic. I live on that when I’m in Fiji on the mission trip Keep up the good work , Cliff from Logan City Queensland Australia 🇦🇺🧑🏾‍🦽

  • @danoalex2977
    @danoalex2977 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fantastic, more beautiful sailing in paradise.I really enjoy the educational aspect also, and including past/current situation of each place you visit.

  • @garyevans5905
    @garyevans5905 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    pity you didnt want to go to Vanua Balavu Island. Have only seen pictures of it but it seems like no other paradise on earth will match your expectations of this. You make such good videos it would be nice to have seen this with you.

  • @boatMatthias
    @boatMatthias 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Why is downwind sailing more heavy on the equipment than beam reaches etc..? What are the key points?

  • @MiQBohlin
    @MiQBohlin 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Nice Wharram at 16:20 👌🏽

    • @SailingwithThomas
      @SailingwithThomas  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I actually had you in my mind filming it. Happy you noticed 👍🏻 Cheers 🍻

  • @bullshoalsblues
    @bullshoalsblues 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If you were looking for a boat all over again, would you go for a Bavaria again or something else? Asking for a landlocked friend.

  • @malkie638
    @malkie638 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Hej Thomas, Love your show in the tropics, a great contrast to the adventures of Alluring Arctic channel in Alaska, thos two Finns have Sisu😎

  • @kyrreknive9816
    @kyrreknive9816 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Thomas, Thanks for the wonderful content! You keep saying that the water is cold. What are the temperatures like in that area of the Pacific?

  • @niklasweckman7093
    @niklasweckman7093 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Thomas, you strike me as a super analytical sailor. How much time do you spend on the work of predicting weather and currents? I only sail in the Baltic Sea but tend to spent quite some time on “Windy”.

    • @SailingwithThomas
      @SailingwithThomas  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You are spot on in your analysis of me as a sailor. I do lots of research and look at weather predictions every day. Not only at my current location but even far ahead of where I’m going. This to learn and analyze what to expect as it’s many places local phenomena that could effect me. It’s also a nerdy interest I have had since young. Trying to understand what’s going on with the weather.
      All the best

  • @tonyhalsall3170
    @tonyhalsall3170 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great, great video again ! I was in Tahiti, Fiji, New Caledonia, The Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinean on and off between 1979 and 1984 as a Merchant mariner. We also visited some locations
    off the regular routes like Tarawa and New Britain. In those days, Fiji (Suva in particular) was the most promiscuous place we ever visited at sea. All of the places east of New Caledonia and New Britain/PNG were incredibly safe and friendly. It’s a shame that you have to move on as there is so much to see in that part of the world.

  • @brownnoise357
    @brownnoise357 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Don't tell the World ? Yep Thomas, in the late 1960's, Ibiza was still a Real Gem, that was only spoiled by the presence of some Dippy Hippies, and like the rest of the Mediterranean today, a place to avoid imho. I was lucky enough to experience so many olaces around the Mediterranean before they got turned into Sh*>*holes. Bob. 🤔