San Blas is disappearing! Sailing Bohemia Ep.179

We saw recently how San Blas was under threat from plastic pollution, now it's time to show you other big problem manifesting here first: Rising sea levels. With each year that passes, these fragile sandbar islands, often no more than a foot above the water, are washed away and simply disappear. We saw this change first hand with one of our favourite islands, in the year which we have been visiting the area. It's alarming how quickly the change is taking place.
Also in this episode, an amazing visit from five curious eagle rays, and the arrival of our fun new guests, Christine and Marsha!
If you like our videos and want to support Bohemia's bar tab, you can make a contribution at / sailingbohemia .
Peter and Tom are gay sailors who learned to sail relatively recently in the San Francisco Bay, before casting off the lines to cruise Mexico, Central America and beyond!
More info at www.sailingbohemia.com.
Thank you for watching!

[@thomashughes2]

Thanks

[@SailingBohemia]

Thank you so much! 😊🙏

[@SVDonnaJune]

Hi, you guys deserve a drink on us! Great channel! Holly and I really started watching you guys while we were dating 3 years ago! Now we're married and are cruising Baja with our 9 year old Bodhi and our fur baby Wooly! ⛵️ 🇲🇽

[@SailingBohemia]

That is awesome! Super thanks for the donation, we'll spend it on some nice mexican tequila and toast to your cruising success! Cheers to you both!

[@sebrofseven]

Lovely video guys. And new lovely crew! That food delivery service is amazing. How cool

[@SailingBohemia]

It's easy cruising in San Blas sometimes... We could get used to it!

[@hata5428]

It was sooo lovely to see the beautiful eagle rays in clear blue water! But such a shame that the small sandbars are drowning. Rather sad that paradise is slowly disappearing..

[@SailingBohemia]

We agree, sad to see it change so quickly!

[@michaelmiller6062]

Hell yeah boys!!!

[@SailingBohemia]

Thanks Michael 😁

[@philippe-sw5dg]

“Marsha, Marsha, Marsha” (Jan from Brady Bunch)

[@SailingBohemia]

😂

[@guruuDev]

Thanks!

[@SailingBohemia]

Thank you so much for the cerveza 🍺😘

[@jlmbradshaw3619]

Island sand shifts with each new storm. Where no island once existed a new one is now formed by the shifting sandbars. It is the ecosystem at work.

[@SailingBohemia]

Some of the time for sure. Sometimes the islands are just being engulfed, e.g. here www.wsj.com/articles/rising-caribbean-sea-pushes-indigenous-group-off-island-11667649604

[@junewatkins9891]

Beautiful stingrays but stark reality on islands disappearing due to climate change. J&R x

[@kenc2707]

So class what did we learn today?
1 - some things can be too big.
2 - the captain just lies there.
3 - Marsha, Marsha, Marsha.

[@SailingBohemia]

😅😅 we try to keep it educational

[@philippe-sw5dg]

Wow! That’s tough to see, just 11 months ago ,so much gone. Do y’all have a place you receive snail mail?

[@SailingBohemia]

I know, heartbreaking! Sadly we don't have anywhere for snail mail 📬 😞

[@phedrob3735]

Guys, can you please let me know what the guitar music was.

[@SailingBohemia]

Sorry we don't have it to hand anymore but will let you know

[@wespease9713]

Question?
If you guys don't mind answering..
How much $ for you guys need per month for everything??
Love you 2!!
Wes in Washington state

[@SailingBohemia]

Hey Wes, sorry it's too big a question to do justice to in a comment and it really depends on exactly where you are cruising / how well maintained your boat is. Maybe we'll do an episode on it sometime though... Love you back 😘

[@sachamo100]

I have heard that your lure is to big!

[@SailingBohemia]

It's always been his problem 🤷😅

[@user-bc7gc5wr3n]

My God Peter we know you need food at least help with sailing!!

[@SailingBohemia]

Hahaha thanks for your support El Capitán

[@user-bc7gc5wr3n]

Realistically you can not tow a dingy across the Pacific ocean!!!

[@SailingBohemia]

While I agree, I'm not sure I understand?