You two sure catch awesome views of snorkeling and scuba diving....just awesome! Capt. Gary is a great spearfisherman! That was a nice haul of fish he speared for dinner for a few days!
Just binge watched Delos and Calico Sky’s and found you. Too bad you didn’t find the TTYC while you were in the Ragged’s. Looks like your timing was right. We’re enjoying your videos. Thanks
Hey Jim and Verda! Thank you for coming over and checking out our channel! We love Delos and Calico Skies, they are such great people! We were in the Raggeds at the same time but unfortunately we never crossed paths during that time. We look forward to sharing future adventures with you.
Luv the fish id! Gary had a still-alive grouper start flipping and I thought I would share this: after spearing a fish, as soon as possible, take a knife and mercifully end it (either on the surface or on the bottom) I use on hand to pin the fish to the bottom whilst the other does the necessary deed (For those who went to a northern college: I'm saying - don't try and stab a jerking fish, miss, and stab yourself) You may have noticed how the jerking of a wounded fish attracts the curiosity of sharks If the fish is dead as I head toward the surface, the sharks dont seemed to get as excited Luv your videos!
Solid advice! Those sharks in the Bahamas seemed to come flying in as soon as the sound of the polespear release. I always take the fish right back to the dinghy after spearing. Thanks for watching! 🤙
I want to do this so bad it hurts. You are writing some of my future here and so glad I found your channel. It has been fun going back to see your early videos and the beginning of your sailing adventure.
Thank you! We hope you can see some improvement as you follow along! Hope you can get out here one day soon! Feel free to email us with any questions you might have! sailingonelife@gmail.com
Great video. If.you dont have phone reception on a hill you can use a square of aluminum foil of a distance of half to a.foot on opposite.direction from where you think you might have a tower. It will act as a reflector and make the antenna in your phone act as a directional antenna and thereby give.you more gain in that direction.
@@SailingOneLife It kinds of makes the antenna part of your cell phone into a not only directional antenna (more gain) but as a parabolic/dish antenna. It creates more gain in the direction opposite of the reflector (foil) and on top of that lessen the reception on the back end as well as the side lobes..... Most people will have some aluminum foil in their galley but if you dont have that an aluminum plate, steel plate or even a piece of chicken fence will work quite well. Now, if going into the nitty gritty there is a certain amount of size and a certain amount of distance between the antenna part of your phone and the reflector but that also depends on which band of all the bands your phone is trying to use. Usually 4G data goies on the 1700-1900 MHz band which means between the wavelengths of 17.6-15.7cm which is not very big. If you make the reflector (foil) into a square of 5 wavelengths (105cm or 41" roughly) and keep the phone of a distance of about half a foot (in the middle of the dish you will create a pretty good gain, we are talking 20+ times. Now, it is important to not offset the phone too much. It will create your lobe go sideways, downwards or up in the sky. Keep your phone somewhat centered. I have made radio contacts on UHF (432Mhz) of over 600Km without any ionosperic or troposperic conditions to help on numerous times. 600Km is 372.8 miles, and that, with only 50 Watts. Marine VHF channel 16 is on 156.8MHz, almost 1/3 the frequency of 432MHz and you still only have 20-30 miles distance with 25 Watts (which is less). With this I want to show the difference in distance on radio communication using a omnidirectional vs directional antenna. As we all know, a cell phone is a form of a radio.
OMG you all made the correct decision. You would NOT have wanted to deal with the COVID Chaos. The US was maybe 5 minutes away from rounding people up and putting them in camps. Be glad you missed it.
Don't know why so many people knock barracuda, it's actually a really good eating fish if you prepare it correctly and one will give you a decent amount of fish for a while.
We really do need to try it one of these days! We were worried about ciguatera when we lived in Florida but seems like everyone we meet now eats it and says it's delicious. How do you cook it?
@@SailingOneLife First of all you can fillet it or cut it into steaks similar to Marlin steaks, there are many CZcams videos out there but check out this one with Kelly Young czcams.com/video/lUmWV-jz7RA/video.html she uses butter which is great but olive oil is also fantastic.
Thanks for labeling the fish 🐠🐟
Ah glad you like that! 🐡🐠
Your underwater scenery is spectacular! Your videos are making me wish I had taken up sailing and scuba diving! Love you!
Aww thanks Camille!! Miss and love you!!
Lovin’ the fish Id btw
Surprisingly rare value
Thanks, Dustin! We thought it would be a cool thing to do!
💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿🤘🏾😎 Lovely experience my friends
Finally a Sailing channel that includes fishing. New Sub.
Thanks Dane! We love to fish, haven't had much luck down here in the Eastern Carib but have managed to get a couple!
Love that you identified the fish!
Thanks, Tim!
You two sure catch awesome views of snorkeling and scuba diving....just awesome! Capt. Gary is a great spearfisherman! That was a nice haul of fish he speared for dinner for a few days!
We were so thankful for Gary's catches! We definitely ate well in the Bahamas!
Just binge watched Delos and Calico Sky’s and found you. Too bad you didn’t find the TTYC while you were in the Ragged’s. Looks like your timing was right. We’re enjoying your videos. Thanks
Hey Jim and Verda! Thank you for coming over and checking out our channel! We love Delos and Calico Skies, they are such great people! We were in the Raggeds at the same time but unfortunately we never crossed paths during that time. We look forward to sharing future adventures with you.
Luv the fish id!
Gary had a still-alive grouper start flipping and I thought I would share this:
after spearing a fish, as soon as possible, take a knife and mercifully end it (either on the surface or on the bottom)
I use on hand to pin the fish to the bottom whilst the other does the necessary deed
(For those who went to a northern college: I'm saying - don't try and stab a jerking fish, miss, and stab yourself)
You may have noticed how the jerking of a wounded fish attracts the curiosity of sharks
If the fish is dead as I head toward the surface, the sharks dont seemed to get as excited
Luv your videos!
Solid advice! Those sharks in the Bahamas seemed to come flying in as soon as the sound of the polespear release. I always take the fish right back to the dinghy after spearing. Thanks for watching! 🤙
You guys are doing great on the videos
Thanks Brian! We appreciate the positive feedback!
What a great video guys,beautiful place
Thank you for watching! It is so beautiful there!!
I want to do this so bad it hurts. You are writing some of my future here and so glad I found your channel. It has been fun going back to see your early videos and the beginning of your sailing adventure.
Thank you! We hope you can see some improvement as you follow along! Hope you can get out here one day soon! Feel free to email us with any questions you might have! sailingonelife@gmail.com
Amazeballs! Love these :)
Thanks Molly! So cool you are watching and following along! 💞
Sv delos fun drinking large life
The plastic sitch is obscene! Globally. Nice vid.
It is heartbreaking to see such beautiful places so far from humans that are absolutely covered in our waste. Thanks for watching!
Awesome!!!
Thanks Don!
Nice Fish
Thanks! They were delicious! Grouper is Gary's favorite but I'm a huge fan of Hog fish.
Great video.
If.you dont have phone reception on a hill you can use a square of aluminum foil of a distance of half to a.foot on opposite.direction from where you think you might have a tower. It will act as a reflector and make the antenna in your phone act as a directional antenna and thereby give.you more gain in that direction.
Ah good trick to know! We will try that the next time!
@@SailingOneLife It kinds of makes the antenna part of your cell phone into a not only directional antenna (more gain) but as a parabolic/dish antenna. It creates more gain in the direction opposite of the reflector (foil) and on top of that lessen the reception on the back end as well as the side lobes..... Most people will have some aluminum foil in their galley but if you dont have that an aluminum plate, steel plate or even a piece of chicken fence will work quite well.
Now, if going into the nitty gritty there is a certain amount of size and a certain amount of distance between the antenna part of your phone and the reflector but that also depends on which band of all the bands your phone is trying to use.
Usually 4G data goies on the 1700-1900 MHz band which means between the wavelengths of 17.6-15.7cm which is not very big.
If you make the reflector (foil) into a square of 5 wavelengths (105cm or 41" roughly) and keep the phone of a distance of about half a foot (in the middle of the dish you will create a pretty good gain, we are talking 20+ times. Now, it is important to not offset the phone too much. It will create your lobe go sideways, downwards or up in the sky. Keep your phone somewhat centered.
I have made radio contacts on UHF (432Mhz) of over 600Km without any ionosperic or troposperic conditions to help on numerous times. 600Km is 372.8 miles, and that, with only 50 Watts.
Marine VHF channel 16 is on 156.8MHz, almost 1/3 the frequency of 432MHz and you still only have 20-30 miles distance with 25 Watts (which is less). With this I want to show the difference in distance on radio communication using a omnidirectional vs directional antenna. As we all know, a cell phone is a form of a radio.
Be safe I can’t wait until we can be out there
Make it happen! You won't regret it! Tough times for international travel but we are making it work 👍
🙏🏻...
OMG you all made the correct decision. You would NOT have wanted to deal with the COVID Chaos.
The US was maybe 5 minutes away from rounding people up and putting them in camps.
Be glad you missed it.
Thanks, Judman! Yes we are extremely grateful we decided to keep going and not turn back. Our lives would be much different now if we had.
Your supposed to eat crayfish
Don't know why so many people knock barracuda, it's actually a really good eating fish if you prepare it correctly and one will give you a decent amount of fish for a while.
We really do need to try it one of these days! We were worried about ciguatera when we lived in Florida but seems like everyone we meet now eats it and says it's delicious. How do you cook it?
@@SailingOneLife First of all you can fillet it or cut it into steaks similar to Marlin steaks, there are many CZcams videos out there but check out this one with Kelly Young czcams.com/video/lUmWV-jz7RA/video.html she uses butter which is great but olive oil is also fantastic.
Awesome, thanks Sebastian! We will report back!
It's all good until you get that Ciguatera.
Please it's an assault on my hears hearing you mispronounce the islands in my country... it's pronounced "KEY" - Cay
Yes, we figured this out after our arrival.