ISOLATED in the Ocean | A REMOTE British Outpost | Sailing Florence Ep.139
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- 1200 MILES FROM ANYWHERE, the remote isolated island of St Helena lies in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. This tiny island is the first British territory we have reached with Florence since we left England over 6 years ago at the start of this voyage, but the reception we received was not what we expected. Join us as we explore this remote British outpost.
We have been sailing around the world for 6 years after setting off from England in 2016 on board our 37ft sail boat Florence. Join us as we share the highs, lows, and challenges of travelling around the world by boat, Sailing offshore across the Oceans and exploring remote locations with our own little tiny house. Boat life out at sea on the ocean and off the grid.
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00:00 - Intro
01:05 - Checking in to St Helena Island
06:10 - Life on a remote island
09:20 - The post box walks of St Helena
14:23 - Uncomfortable anchorage in St Helena
15:45 - The Oldest living animal
17:42 - Hiking on St Helena
19:52 - Diving with a Devil Ray on St Helena Island
22:42 - Next Time, Sailing to Fernando de Noronha
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Music in order as played:
End of an Era - www.hooksounds.com - Licenced
Keep Walking - www.hooksounds.com - Creative Commons - Attribution Creative Commons 4.0 license
Running Clouds - www.hooksounds.com - Licenced
Symphonic War - www.hooksounds.com - Licenced
Emotional Strings - www.hooksounds.com - Licenced
Absolutely lovely. I hope you’ll still sail the seas when you finally get back to England, because I’ll desperately miss you if you don’t!
You episodes just get better and better. I think you should go around the world one more time. Thanks for taking us on your journey. You guys are Rockstars.
Only one more time? ;-) The second lap is always being planned, we just don't know when!
Your videos are a tonic I look forward to watching every couple of weeks. I was at St. Helena in 2014 and; the weather was just as wet as you have experienced. The highlight of our trip there was visiting the stately, Longwood House, Napoleon Bonaparte’s residence for 5 years until his death in 1821. You tell a great story. Safe passage to the UK.
One thing that I love about remote islands is how many well maintained older cars there are. I have so many buddies who are constantly leasing new electric or hybrid cars rather than just buying and keeping for 25 years one Corolla
Your ability to earn so much vertical after sailing a boat is inspiring.
@@andrewt8116 Hiking up a hill.
This is how I felt the first time in the UK in 1969. I was starting a motorcycle tour of Europe and was told "You have 30 days to leave our shores!"
Woo Hoo! Beautiful. Matt and Amy, I've been waiting for this one, it seems like longer than two weeks. Wonderful shots of your hikes and you were so lucky with the manta on your dive. I've sat and watched 20 of them swirling over my head in the Maldives, it's so, so magical... Fair winds to Brazil!
Wonderful video production quality. Having such photogenic material helps, but it take a lot of skill and exceptional talent to capture it so well. Many thanks. All the top YT sailing couples are obviously skilled at creating sailing videos, but you have the eyes and and feeling and the wide range of shots required to convey the reality of a small yacht interacting with the wind, the waves.
Truly incredible ,quality of production 1st class.I’d no idea the terrain of the Falklands was so varied.Thank you.
I fell asleep watching this last night. I'm rewatching. Thanks for taking my mind away to beautiful scenery.
Wait a minute!
That tortoise was alive before Queen Victoria came to the thrown?
Wow!
Interesting St Helena fact!
Napoleon Bonaparte was imprisoned there.
What a great adventure! Thanks for taking us along ❤
As usual you guys smash it
Great video Amy and Matt
When I saw you both standing on the side of the rocky mountain, my legs went to jelly, but what an adventure you are having! Exciting times. :)
Utterly breathtaking. What a sensational place to pull in.
The Devil Ray would have been mind blowing I am sure.
Safe sailing.
Wow. A spectacular video. Beautiful photography.
This was one of the most interesting videos I’ve seen in a long time, it was better than any documentary I’ve seen on the island. So many informative facts and idiosyncrasies that aren’t common knowledge & make it somewhere anyone would want to visit or put on their bucket list. Thanks!❤
As usual, the videography is astounding.
The best St. Helena video from all sailing channels I’ve seen till now!
And that swim with the ray was a remarkable experience. I once had a similar experience with a Manta, as interested in me as I was in it, but then others joined and one went to touch it … and it was gone. Other occasions with dolphins coming to introduce their young to these awkward bubbling creatures attempting to swim under the surf as they guided past. Wonderful
With yet another cinematic adventure under your belt: it's time to cast some shade. The Annapolis Sailboat Show hosted a YCA awards ceremony. Winners pale in comparison to yours. IMHO, YCA is more of a popularity contest. The more T&A shows, the more views. The who's shagging who, for some. If ever there were a more deserving channel, it would be yours. Thank you for the hard work and effort you deliver. You're reaping your rewards by living life to the fullest. 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆A mantle full of awards. 👏
perfect music in support of the great story!
Absolutely wonderful footage above and below water!
I rigged a hammock on eye bolts between bulkheads--only used it when in a seaway or rolly anchorage. HUGE improvement to sleep--and CHEAP. Those old sailing ship systems had some stowable advantages.
You make wonderful videos. Thank you. Its such a disappointment when your video comes to an end , it really is worth every minute.
If you stop sail when you get home I for one am really going to miss you both and your wonderful sailing and videos.hoping you buy a larger boat and continue sailing at some point . love to you both❤️
Fair winds ⛵️
Very interesting to hear about the money situation. Believe it or not, it's similar on the Isle of Man. You can pay in GB sterling but get any notes back in Manx Sterling - and can't use it anywhere else :)
very interesting , St. Helena is a place that you don´t see every day . I like this friendly couple . To add a litle info , Napoleon spent a time there and died there as well .
Congratulations guys on your circumnavigation! We will be doing the Cape Town to USA leg in May next year so it’s nice to see what’s in store. We have been quietly watching you for years and your resilience and calm problem solving is a great example for everyone! John and Eli
A volcano in the middle of an ocean. A small island in a temperate zone of an ocean, typically it rains often. What ever blows over the ocean just continues on through and there is no tempering of that due to a continental land mass. No doubt it is very green, at least where there’s soil and not scoria, in your case. I live in Auckland, New Zealand. It’s very green here as well. It rains often in winter and spring, most days in fact, at least at some point in the day. This is the home of “four seasons in one day” as is St Helena I expect.
Thanks for a wonderful look at St Helena.The locals are doing a great job of revegating the landscape the last that I heard. Bureaucracy in English speaking country's all seem to be on a power trip,even here in Australia. I suppose if all countries were the same there would be no need to go exploring. Stay safe on your trip to Brazil.
Solid intro, can already see the quality of this channel and it's exactly what I'd like to watch! Subbed
Awesome episode guys, thank you!
Great video, you guys are so fit, to do those hikes after being at sea for 2 weeks, makes me tired watching you guys hiking. Looking forward to the next episode 😀
That’s was a cool view with the camera behind the boat.
Amy’s hair always looks so nice in every episode.
"Manta Rays" enjoy the feeling of divers bubbles on their skin, they like to swoop through your bubble stream and will do backflips to feel the bubbles on their backs if you let out a long stream for them.
The quality of your presentations and stories continue to astound me….including the marine life and cultures. If ever a couple bring value to living a life…it is you two. Simply wonderful! ⛵️ The music for the under water filming was exquisite and that “ray” was something else. I can’t get my mind around how much hiking you did, especially as you spend so much time at sea.
Thanks Hugh, glad you enjoyed it.
What a Wdonderful shot of the Ray
Fascinating episode, you missed the most truly famous resident/prisoner to ever grace the Island. It would have been interesting to see where he spent his final years, after reeking havoc across Europe most of his adult life. 😊
What a great episode. The local accent is probably what South Coast english people sounded like 300 years ago
- and possibly wider afield. If you look at why 'dart' and 'part' are spelled with a letter 'r' - pronounce it like that, and suddenly we are all west-country.
Yes, the Harbour Master's accent at the beginning of the vid I couldn't place. In the beginning he sounded American, but by the end he sounded British!
Thank you very much for the epic scenes from this isolated island. Do you know if there is a museum or some information about the time Napoleon was living there?
Stones are to keep eggs dry. Stone Curlews use them too--nesting in my gravel garden. I live in Wet Tropics--nest drainage essential to good avian parentage.
Thanks Mike :-)
As always……. Outstanding!
It must feel very strange to land in England only to find your not home, yet! All the best to both of you.
Wow! St Helena looks like an amazing place! Wonderful video!
That tortoise saw Napoleon. Holly Molly. If she/he could say something!!!!
An amazingly interesting episode for an amazingly interesting island! Can’t wait for the next one, and great work as always.
Fair winds and Godspeed,
-J
One of my favorite videos you’re shared! Thanks you, and fair seas.
I miss this little island, but not the weather or mooring field... Great video!
What an amazing video! Thank you so much for sharing. Love you guys so much.
Wow!! What an amazing place you’ve shared with us all. Thank you both. Cheers 🎉😊
Your videos are absolutely awesome!
That was great timing for the clouds to lift on Diana’s peak! Looked stunning! Great camera work guys!
You guys should consider making a movie; by far the best sailing channel and travel guide! 👍👌👌
Matt & Amy. Just love to watch anything you both both do. Two more weeks. UUUUUUUH.
Magnificent !! 🎉
St Helena is still on my go-to list
Blown away by your vid’ again; what am I gonna do for inspiration when your journey ends!?
Answer. You’re gonna have to go again.
I assert this while being stuck in Largs, held back by the chaos of the conveyor belt of lows ripping up the west coast of Scotland.
Can I come with you next time 😂
Another Brilliant Vid! Can't imagine living a more brilliant life.
Fair Winds, Following Seas!
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Absolutely amazing!!! Thank You so so much !!!!!
Once again Amazing.❤
Yet another awesome episode, thank you!
Another fabulous video. I look forward to seeing videos every 2 weeks
Love to watch your videos!!
I've seen a few documentaries about St. Helena, but yours blows them away!
Brilliant episode. Thx for that. I so want to visit St Helena someday.
Beautiful! Thank you so much.
Brilliant!
Adding my thanks; terrific video. Fair seas ahead!
Absolutely fantastic episode. Stunning captures, the dive was spectacular. Attenborough class, even better…🙌👍
I so look forward to seeing these videos .
No mention of St-Helena’s most famous unwilling former resident? Napoleon Bonaparte.
What a fabulous video brilliant shots.so glad you enjoyed St. Helena and Banana tree lodge.Thank you👍
Yet another superb video - thanks
NIce. But you didn't even mention Napoleon. Maybe it's because I just finished a biography of him, but I would have at least wanted to see where he lived his last few years of life.
Another awesome video. Thanks very much for sharing your trip with us.
What a great video look forward to the nxt one
Thank You for your wonderful trip and videos🙂
Brilliant video as always. Thanks
Wonderful and beautiful, thank you for sharing.
Excellent episode!
Hi Matt and Amy, its good to see you again, I didnt even know St Helena exist, to be quite honest with you. As beautiful as the tiny island is I myself would be a bit scared of living Off Grid on this remote location. beautiful under water scene from the lovely manta ray fluttering through the water, I love those sea creatures. I ve heard of a very old tortoise living on the island of Mauritus, prettty much the same age as the tortoise you found on St Helena. But dont get me wrong I still think Jonathan is the oldest living being on earth. As always stunning views from the exotic island of St Helena. I wish you the best for the balance of your trip on your way back to England, bear hugs to you guys, hope to see you soon, rgs
Hey, Folks. As a Brazilian, I was waiting for this moment. Watch you guys coming to Brazil! Even thou Fernando de Noronha is a "piece of candy", I was hoping to see you guys either on Angra dos Reis or Paraty, in Rio de Janeiro. Hope you have enough time to be there. Thanks for showing Santa Helena. Safe sail and my best regards.
Wow! What a beautiful island!
Fascinating. Really enjoyed your video and hope you have safe and pleasant onward voyage.
Brilliant😊🎉
Great edition, thanks
Amazing beautiful views. Thank you for sharing. Love all you're videos
Fantastic episode
Very beautiful. Enjoy each of your amazing video's. Happy sailing ahead.
Thank you. Beautiful
Fascinating
Beautiful episode!!! My compliments!!!!
You guys do an amazing job making the videos.
Glad you guys are doing good and safe ...good luck all the way ...😎
That’s such a cool looking place. Have fun 🤙🤙✌️
Great video again guys...
Like being circled by a Vulcan jet, awesome! love your videos, safe passage.
What a truely unique place! Beautiful scenery and lots of steps! Those last images taken underwater were a complete suprise! Tons of life it seems. Again a beautiful video!
Best sailing channel around!