Eerily Calm Seas & Crazy Dinghy Adventures (Sailing Curiosity)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2024
- The seas are eerily calm as we await my brother's arrival into Freeport, Bahamas.
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It's just before Christmas and we've made our way back to Grand Bahama. We have two main tasks here: Pick up provisions and get my brother. Turns out picking up provisions was enough of an adventure so we had to share the experience.
As a full-time cruiser our sailboat is pretty well stocked, but the occasional grocery store run is a necessity. I think this video sums up pretty well one of the differences between life on a sailboat and that of a sticks-and-bricks life.
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To answer one of the questions I know we're going to get: Is this Christmas? Are you that behind?
Yes this video is from December 2016. I do know it is now early Feb 2017. Sadly, we can't film, travel, edit, sail, live and share all in the moment. If you didn't know before, consider this your official heads up that our videos are almost always a few weeks behind the current date. Thanks for watching and...Happy Christmas to everyone, enjoy. ;)
Gone with the Wynns far better than 12 months behind! Thanks for all the effort it takes to produce these so quickly!
u guys rock either way ...best of luck and thanks for the videos
That delay isn't bad at all. Not for a sailing channel.
Frank Sparks looks like navionics.
Hope you had a Merry Christmas, and looking forward to more adventures....
Prior to watching this, if someone had told me I'd LOVE a TH-cam video about a trip to a grocery store, I would not have believed them. Great work guys! Top notch. Beautiful.
I was just admiring your hat, planning to text you how adorable it is, when it flew off! So glad you rescued it.
You are right....crazy calm waters!!! I love "traveling" with you. I don't care how behind you get...it's understood that it's not as easy as before when "we" traveled by RV. Thanks for always entertaining me. Be safe.
When I saw "Life of Pi" I never thought the water bleeding into the sky was possible in the way they showed it. You guys proved me wrong...
right! We've also seen glowing seas like the movie, it's just impossible to capture on camera. It's amazing out here!
folks you ain't seen nothing yet. wait until you see the Green Flash in the evening. Check you copy of Bowditch for the reference. In seven years and a lot of sea miles we saw that phenomenon only about five or six times.
Jason and Nikki have you experienced The Green Flash yet.
@@davidleatherbarrow2640 I keep watching their videos for it, but so far I haven't seen it. very difficult to catch on camera!
I love it when it is that eerily calm and you can't even tell where the sea meets the sky.
This video brought back a ton of memories. I was in the marina at Port Lucaya when the island was evacuated during Hurricane Katrina. It was actually pretty awesome to be on an entirely empty island. I walked all over and explored for several days without seeing a single person. Thanks for sharing.
I have lived here for 40 years and we have never been evacuated for Hurricanes. What Island were you on?
the quality of your videos is amazing! it makes me feel like I'm there. so I certainly don't mind if they are behind. i'm happy to see them. Thanks for your videos. hopefully one day I'll get to explore some of these places.
I'm not sure which is more grand, your travel adventures, or the way you two seem to enjoy each other. Either way, bravo on sharing what fits so well with what my imagined cruiser life would/will/may be. :)
P.S. OMG that evening/sunset seascape was beautiful!!! Magnificent!!!
Extremely fun video. I understand not being wrong much, my wife and I have the exact same conversations. I always tell her, "I may not always be right, but Im never wrong..." It usually gets a chuckle, even after 16 years!
You guys always have so much fun together doing mundane things (grocery shopping). It's very refreshing to see.
The videos with the refections of the sky in ocean with you guys is so beautiful.
There is nothing better than a day on the water when it is that calm and peaceful:)
Thumbs up for the kill cord. Great vid as always.
...good thing they didn't connect it to their hats !! :)
your videos always make me smile. even going to the grocery store is fun when you go with the Wynn's!
In 1966 when traveling from San Diego to Okinawa onboard a troop transport (the USS Simon B. Buckner) I woke up one morning and the Pacific Ocean where we were was as calm and glassy looking as the waters in your video. I took a Polaroid photo of the glassy water and to this day am amazed at how calm the ocean looked. Loving your videos.
Best grocery trip ever! I love it. Thanks for sharing!!! You both do such a great job at sharing the fun with us, made me smile the whole time!
Thanks for another fun video.
You two made a tiresome chore seem like an adventure!
Happy Sailing
I knew you were going to lose your hat lol! Boy those are definitely eerily calm seas for sure. Waiting for Cthulu to pop up.
I had several of my hats go in the drink while boating. I even tried to rig some sort of chin strap and it looked exactly like it what is was, a jury rigged chin strap. Then, I found Tilley hats (choir and music in the background now). They are perfect for sailing. They come in multiple styles. They have a chin strap and an optional strap that goes around the back of your head. Sometimes I tuck them both away and sometimes when it is really blowing I use both. This is helpful on top of the Empire State Building and on the water when the wind is blowing hard. Their hats even have a foam pad in the top to keep them floating if they do end up in the drink. I've already had one bout with skin cancer so I also like the full brim for protection from the sun. They come in real hat sizes, not a generic small, medium, or large so I can get a good fit.
Nikki,You still didn't admit that you were wrong.That was so cute!! LOVE the videos111
Oh my, I can't believe Jason had the audacity to challenge Nikki! And when the dust settled he won even! Although he sure was in a hurry to end the video...you know something something was coming his way right?
Yep, you know how to read in-between the lines :)
It NEVER pays for a husband to win an argument. NEVER.
If a man is alone in a forest and there is no woman in sight, is he still wrong, Of course he is. lmao
haha - I knew someone was going to loose a hat! This was great fun I smiled the whole way with you zoom zoom Nikki!
What a refreshing sight. Now that was a glassy sea. Was showing Kayla a bunch of heavy seas videos earlier today to show her what she'd have to prepare for (always be prepared for the worst), with the caveat that very few cruisers ever get caught in those, and that EVERYONE tries to avoid those conditions in the first place.
Hey, your day at the grocery store beats my quick 10 minute drive any day. Beautiful glass seas!Amazing lives you lead 😊.
You're on island time!! LOL Enjoy the pace and we will enjoy the videos. Thanks and look forward to the next one.
just finished shoveling out from a snowstorm. this video made me feel like I was in the Bahamas with you! Love it.. keep them coming guys!
and that blouse is PERFECT for island weather! you need a dozen in all different colors!
Woohoooo! The power of 20 horses speeding them across the creepy calm! History in the making!
Well, the hat is now heavier, and will stay on better... :D
And Barbancourt. An excellent selection...
As always, it was a pleasure to watch your adventure. Nikki .... your hat is adorable! Safe travels to you 😃
You two are just like my hubby and me... The Wife is always "right", until the world goes "left"! I hate to be wrong and my husband enjoys it a little too much when I am, making it even more painful to live with :) Anyway, just wanted to share that with you so you know your fans understands those currents.
Jason, Remember you said "Happy Wife= Happy life" in one of your RV videos. Don't mess it up now, after you made all think you are brilliant in understanding your better half! LOL.
Also, another thing Nikki does that my Mom always did, was serve her man a beautiful plate/bowl of wonderful food. And just like Jason, that would make my Dad smile so big and brilliantly- it could light up the earth. I miss my Mom and Dad every day. Nikki, every time you serve Jason a meal, it touches my heart in such a special way, knowing that gesture of love still is a standard that lives on through out time.
Thank you!
The calm reminds me of my time in the Navy in the early sixties. We would sail to a spot halfway between Midway island and Adak Alaska. One month we would have 70 foot seas and 100mph winds and another month, usually April, the sea would be just like glass. Even smoother than in your video. I was truely an eery feeling.
I love the becalmed sea. If it remained that way at night it can make for some awesome views, especially on a clear night when the stars reflect off the ocean.
You are both simply adorable. And strong, brave, curious, loving, funny, and smart. Movie star looks with big brains and crazy courage. Fantastic footage. Fantastic everything. Keep on keeping on!
Instant thumb up for dinghy ride! )))))
Just crazy great visuals as usual from you 2. Great video!!
Wow that pic of Jason getting on the dinghy in the beginning was stunning!!! What a fun day...Thx for sharing guys XO
Thanks for the great video! Brings back memories from 40 yrs ago in the beautiful Bahamas.
wow, what a video, what an amazing life you guys lead and at such a young age. I have enjoyed your videos that started with rv's for me and then you took me to burning man and the Bahamas! I wish you safe travels and more videos!
Your videos inspire me to have a much more adventurous heart! Love watching!
17:16 one of those views where there the sea and sky become one. Very beautiful and beautiful things don't ask for attention.
Hey Guys! Writing you from Georgia as I am taking a break from working at my kitchen table on a very boring assignment for a client. Good to clear the mind with one of your videos! Thank you for posting!
It's amazing how much I enjoyed two people just going to the shops and back. In just over 8 weeks, we pickup our charter Cat in the Abacos.
I have made so many trips to Freeport.... my favorite stop is rum runners, fun bar staff and great drinks...
We are headed to Freeport in September and October. Staying in those resorts where you dock your dingy. Nice to see the area again. Only wish we were sailing there rather than taking a plane.
Calm seas are never eerie for me... love that horizon line it creates, or lack thereof.
Saw the Lucaya sign, a casino I once worked for had a casino on Lucaya, hope that abandoned hotel was the old abandoned place. Another great video, glad you have the GPS to find your way back to your home on the waves.
wow! 1st video I've watched of you guys, I been watching a canal boaters channel who did like a recommended viewing list of what he watches so I thought I'd check you guys out. One word ........Paradise! I've been to the Caribbean and it is just gorgeous. But to be living this every day with that scenery! I'm so jealous lol! I can't wait to watch the rest of your videos, life is one beautiful big adventure and you guys are living this in abundance.
Beautiful video and brilliantly edited. And you guys look such a together couple too, this adds to the quality! Thank you!
+Chris Cole welcome aboard! We do love our narrowboaters! We follow a few channels and enjoy how different the lifestyle is. Such unique challenges.
Didnt find the calm sea creepy one bit! I would live and sail even just for thoose calm moments of mirror-like water. Sick shots at the beginning of the vid, amazing picture quality! Give the kitties a smooch from me would ya ;D
+HalloweenMilk thanks...and kitties smooches.
Gone with the Wynns - Can you guys film stormy weathers in the open sea? For viewers who have never been out in the open sea, seeing all aspects of the open sea would be a treat. I bet it's beautiful seeing lightning majestically flashes across that unobstructed sky, or the roaring of thunder.
We fillm the adventures as they happen. You'll get to see it when it happens!
Hi, again another good video, i have been waching all of your videos loved them all. I work in a mediocre job never will have the chance to do what you are doing, so keep making our dream a reality.
Jason looks sinatra-cool in his hat, glasses, and shirt. We're almost always a few weeks behind too. Those sunsets would be a bit distracting though. Thanks for another glimpse into your lifestyle.
great shot of the boat on those flat calm seas! very nice looking vessel! and you work very hard to keep her ship shape!
congratulations and you are starting off on the adventure of a life time following the wake of SV Tire Swing a Westsail 42. Hopefully and with luck follow our wake all the way to St. Lucia but pause a while in the BVI Cane Garden Bay and in memory of Walt and Linda, have a rum punch at Quito's gazebo.
Fair winds and following seas
Walt of Tire Swing
Great weather for your longest dingy ride.
Always good to lose the hat on a calm sea day. Makes the retrieval easy compared to choppy waves.
Knowing you had a long dinghy ride, you should appreciate the eerie calm seas. Second, when you guys switched places in the Dinghy, my first thought was, "Jason, your hat." Then Nikki took off with her hat on and I thought, "Someone's losing a hat."
As always, you both make me smile. Thanks for sharing your adventure. I wish I could do the same.... maybe one day, but for now, I just live the dream through you guys.
inserting a Google map really helps us to understand where you are and appreciate the area - thanks for sharing
Rule #1 The wife is always right
Rule #2 If the wife is ever wrong see rule #1
LOL.
Love the videos keep up the good work
so true :)
Double Nickle --- If a man alone in the woods speaks and his wife cannot hear him, is he still wrong?
As a wedding photographer I hear this all the time..That is really giving one person way too much power!!
Hence the LOL. Its called HUMOR. You should learn to recognize and enjoy it. Life is too short to be too serious all the time. Stop and smell the roses occasionally. It'll do you good.
hbrookes
The wedding photographer listens to the check writer.
That sunset was beautiful!
One of your prettiest sunsets!
I have several different sized backpacks, to haul stuff, much easier and hands are free then, freighter frames are awesome since they will take the load off your shoulders and put it down low on your hips, you can also mount gopro cameras on them. just get one that is well vented between the pack and your back and a easy removable bag, really good padding is a must
That was some adventure and I loved every minute of it, thank you so much for sharing.
right, who knew a trip to the store would be so much fun :)
Good to practise hat overboard techniques.
BTW, David Beaupre in his book Quest and Crew, the first in the series of liveaboard sailing adventures, describes nicely the land and resort development deals that the Bahamas became famous for at one point.
Lots of hat overboard practice on this trip :)
Yes the ebb and flow of tourism in the Bahamas is wildly interesting.
That dead calm was beautiful! Thanks for the footage. You brought back memories. I used to live in FL and we made the crossing once and stayed at that marina at Port Lucaya. I got my PADI Open Water certification there. Really great dive operation there. You can dive with sharks if you are so inclined. True story: We ran into O.J. Simpson there at the Pelican Bay resort. I didn't really know how to handle that so like an idiot I asked if I could take a picture with him. The community was so small there that we kept seeing him after that. You guys are living the dream. I live in Germany now. The water looks so good right now.
Barbencourt -great selection on Rum!
I heard that "have you not learned?" Buddy I have been there. It is OK, happy wife happy life. I love you both. Sail till you drop.
Thanks for the explanation and map at the video end.....I was thinking you two may have lost it until that point. I guess I should have remembered that one of you is never wrong ;). That dingy moves right along on super smooth water!
My first thought was, and excuse the landlubber technical jargon, "Why'd ya park so far from the door!?" Scoured the comment section and found my answer in your website. Ty. :) Enjoying your videos very much, a little delay in posting is no biggie. We're in the midst of a howling, raging snowstorm here - that weirdly calm sea looks wonderful.
quite jealous of you right now in New England from the middle of winter storm Niko. keep up the good work, be safe, be well. (sighs and puts gloves back on and heads back out to the driveway again, that was plowed back in, again)
BAHAHAHA!
Love those last few minutes. Well, loved the whole video too!
Crazy, I was in Lucaya when I was 8 (in 1993) - still remember some of the spots you guys went.
beautiful calm n sunset!
Omg how excited am I! It was there that I fell in love with Coconut pancakes and first time I tried ghost pepper! And the conch, omg not sure I’ve had it so good anywhere else. It was Christmas so I heard that music too lol. But the one thing , THE thing that made me really want to cruise were the boats that were there. One was named after me. I knew it was a sign! After that stay we cruised back to Palm Springs and the marina in front of Peanut Island and also through the ICW and that was that. It’s been a mission ever since! Now I’m just collecting all the info I can so I can make an informed purchase. Learning from you has been so much fun! Can’t wait !
Jason awesome job on the editing we will be taking notes. See you in an anchorage soon hopefully and will show you that conch is awesome if prepared correctly.
and they sell the shells to the tourists!
Awesome vlogs! I just put out my New Years vlog from Tobago Cays so I feel your pain on getting behind on editing. Question: Can you guys include song names in description? I know you usually use Andrew Applepie but I'd love to see song names also. Cheers!
It may not seem like much, but it's great that you included the prices, such as fuel and lunch prices. Thank you.
Phenomenal video guys! Wonderful sunset and boat shots. Would have also been a great opportunity for some excellent flat water SUP paddling. What a great 'ADVENTCHA'!!!
loved the Instagram photo of the water from this video. so beautiful!
Thanks :)
One trick I do with my hat when I boat is I have two clips tied together with a bit of line. Nothing fancy, just two half hitches. I clip one end to the bad of my hat and then clip the other to the collar of my shirt. It makes recovery SO much easier and it doesn't cost much.
That sun really takes it out of you!
another great vid, guys! keep up the good work...don't change a thing!
So happy to see more of your videos!! 😀👍
I actually like when I know when the video was filmed. I know that the time for uploading, editing time, and actual living, takes time. I j ust like to know if I'm commenting on something that can affect the outcome, or if it's so far in the past I can't say "STOP! You're going to drown Nikki!!", will have any real effect. Love the vids and the editing. Keep it up!
It looks like a swimming pool it's so calm!
Was half tempted to see you do a bit of a foray into UrbEx with that abandoned neighbourhood and the hotel !!
My God, I used to live in Fortune Bay, where the canal comes out on the southern side of the island. All long, I am hoping you were not headed to the dreaded City Market for provisioning. It was the most depressing experience. Buy what's not smelling bad, then work out what you can make with it! All that effort just to go to City Market - you guys deserve a medal!!!!
Love it! ❤️ That really made me laugh out loud. I’m never wrong either! 😂 hahaha
Thanks for the link to the Dinghy ! I kept looking at the engine wondering if it was a Honda ( black ? Not so common ) or the Yamaha. I've never heard of Tohatsu. 2 stroke ? Yuck.... oily, messy, but yeah you get more power. Always a trade off somewhere. Great video with the beautiful sunrise and sunset.
get a food dehydrator and prep fruit and vegetables before you sail, you can also dry fish. very stable.
Always like your videos! Not sure I would have done that dinghy ride but hopefully it saved time in the long run ;)
and money!!!!
Can you imagine how people did this 20-25 years ago without ipads or affordable hand held GPS? I'd be afraid of losing my boat!
SERIOUSLY!!!! The portable tracking devices make a world of difference.
Do you have a COMPASS on your dinghy ??
All phones got a build in compass. :)
not the Bat Phone
instagram.com/p/Bjhq0EIhPRB/ Did it in 1972....
calm before the storm..as they say
omg you guys are so tan!!! it look slike your having fun!! cant wait tell i can go on an adventure like this either by rv or boat!!
Great video, will continue to follow you on your adventures.
I've been playing catchup on your vids and enjoying them immensely. It's like I'm on the trip with you. After seeing this vid, I doubt I'd enjoy living in the Bahamas. Did you ever find out why so many places were abandoned? I wonder especially about that huge hotel! So sad.
I was watching Going RV the other day and started laughing when you guys were on it buying a RV....
Can't wait to see where/how you guys picked up Jason's brother! I subscribed this past week and I'm loving your content! Keep up the great work =D
+rodrigokita welcome aboard!