Sailing up the Albanian Riviera
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- čas přidán 18. 12. 2023
- We sail the Albanian Riviera, see a star-link satellite, find a turtle and ride in a hydrofoil ferry.
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"She's got potential here"- Yes, she does Sam, and you better not let her get away either.
"You did it- you're my hero". Sam- Saving the salmon, cheese and most importantly the beer matters.
It wouldn't be an official Sam Holmes Sailing video without- Sam drilling another hole in his boat.
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I am so relieved, I have been feening for Sam to drill a hole in his boat!
😂
Those hole drills are a pain. But they have slots on their sides that facilitate removal of chad. The guide bit has an allen screw to tighten it but more than likely his bit was too small (or he doesn't haven't an imperial allen set onboard.... can't have everything). Looks like a Milwaukee mandrel.
Nice to see your partner back Sam. 😊
The beautiful Aryan Queen. Sam you’re a lucky man!!
She's her own lady , well done she expand s to you tube🎉
What if Sam became a different person w his new arrival? Totally abrasive and critical 😅
I’m sure he is getting his needs taken care of.
You two make a great couple, and it’s great to see you so happy!
It’s never easy mate! But once it’s in…😎
Words of wisdom 🙌
Everything seems a bit brighter with Annaline along. You should write a song, Sam!
I adore her. I could not spend time with her like this without falling madly in love.
Definitely sailing in company is always best - good luck both enjoy your time together.
Merry Christmas Sam, have a couple of drinks on me for sharing your amazing life with us. Cheers
Thanks. Merry Christmas. Cheers
I was nearly welling up when you dropped Annaline back!..She's a keeper for sure you hero!
Thanks Sam.
Awesome as always. And I'm going to now join, and relate to, many previous commenters who've mentioned viewing one of your vids was the best part of their day. For a few moments i forgot everything else and smiled ear to ear. Thank you for that. I can't wait to see you guys. Counting the days.
14:46 - swimmin' Sam - being the hero, like Tarzan:
"Don't worry, Jane - I'll get the goods."
Cool spotting those Starlink deployments.
The folding in those rocks is awesome!! Indicates compression geologically. So cool.
Coolest hair style on CZcams boating by far !!
It keeps getting better!
Beautiful.....simply Beautiful.....and the sailing part was enjoyable as well
Yay! Sailing is best with your partner along ❤⛵️
Welcome back, Ann-Elin! Good to see you!
I agree she's adorable.
She’s a keeper Sam! The videos with you two together are so much fun!
Great sail sir
So much more fun to go exploring with a friend! This was a really fun video. Hope your holiday season is Merry and your Christmas stocking is flexible and contains a frying pan or two. Take care!🌲👍🤗🙏🏻🌟
Love how excited you were about the hydrofoil, that was your DisneyLand 🙌
Nice to add improvements along your way enjoy the sails!
The stretch provided by nylon sure makes it good for anchor rode. Dock lines too. Once bought a used boat in NZ that had a polypropylene anchor rode (and chain). The cool thing about the poly is that it floats. So when there was no wind, and the line went slack, it would float, keeping it off the bottom, which kept it from getting fouled on rocks.
I'm not sure how it gets any better than this video.
Nice to see you two sailing together
Dude. So cool. I think it's awesome you go everywhere on a sailboat. Experiencing things we only think about. Kudos!
Super video Sam. Thanks
I didn't know I wanted to visit Albania till i saw this. Thanks sam
I like the team work and equality and ladies strong voice and confidence in a nice way. He is very polite.
yea, went albania back in 2019 - lovely place!!! overlooked so much
The boat is definitely brighter when Ann-Elín is on board …😁👍🇨🇦
No doubt about that at all...
Albania is gorgeous!! a little bit more south is Ksamil but if you keep going north you got Vlora Durres, Divjake some awesome anchorages !!
Thanks for going over the mundane stuff for us with little or no sailing experience Sam. The life you are living is absolutely amazing, you definitely have things figured out.
Sam.... take the hole saw off the bit... then pop the wood that gets stuck right out... easy peasy... great video,.. the food in those restaurants looks awesome.....stay out of the way of the hydrofoil ferries(lol),.... great to see you sailing with the wonderful crew. Merry Christmas and Happy New from Hebron and Mystic Connecticut.... Preston
❤❤ is in the air❤❤. You two belong together, that’s for sure.
Hey sam Nice place there and your lady friend has the most beautiful smiles. Merry Christmas to all of You God bless You.
Yea, she's back.
Albania is Beautiful. A visit to the old Fort at the Top off the Island is worth it.
You two are adorable. :)
Yep she's nothing but class as well.
Keep at it, Sam! Albania! Who woild have thought!?
Have been following u since Hawaii (your boat was moored 2 down from mine at the Ala Wai). Particularly love the tour of Europe . .. . Yikes, over the top adventure!
I've seen some of this before. Its interesting for me as I went on a mates holiday to Corfu in 1988 where did did windsurfing lessons. We were told not to go beyond a buoy because we would be shot by the Albanian fortifications (15:37)! Its great things have opened up and you can freely travel to Albania now.
76th subscriber LIKE, 723rd tag-along view... let's go sailing with Sam...
10:13 "...sunrise is comin' up..." Well, I'm certainly glad sunrise isn't going down!"
Hee Hee Hee.
Always good to have extra anchors lol sorry Ryobi joke, good job Captain ✌️
Thanks!
That's pretty excited
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She is so adorable ❤
From an old "Cheers" episode (to the tune of "When The Saints Go Marching In"):
Albania, Albania,
You border on the Adriatic
Your terrain is very mountainous
And your chief export is chrome.
Merry Christmas Sam and Arlene, all the best regards from here on the West Coast side of Australia 🌏 Batavia Coast 🙏🖖🤟🇦🇺🐨👽
Love this
I was just thinking I hope Sam post the video and look!!
Greece has some sick local ferries. I've recently been to the south-eastern aegean and Dodekanisos Seaways is operating some 30kt non-fioling cat-ferries there. Booked a trip from Rohdes to Kalymnos - a very pleasant and scenic journey. Kinda regretted to not have gotten off at the 1st stop Chalki which looked like an awesome little harbor town.
Return to you guys a merry Christmas thank god for a/c a heartfelt cheers n beers Marty and Suzy Australia
Man, this looks like such a chill lifestyle...
Amazing awesome
Yea I was thinking the quick change of plans in Turkey had to do with lady Elin. Be nice to her!
those slots down the sides if the hole saw are for a screwdriver to poke plugs out. :)
One of the first times I've watched your video and been there before you, ha. I took the ferry from Sarande to Corfu about a year ago. Those bunkers are very much Albanian, there are 750,000 of them in the country. When you sail down to the Canary Islands you're going to see so many banana plantations, all weirdly fortified with twenty foot brick walls.
Good stuff
enjoyed this video while wearing my brand new SAM HOLMES SAILING tee shirt👕
Great video.if you put a piece of cardboard on your hole saw while making the pilot hole you wont break bits.after pilot hole is made simply remove cardboard .grind hard had the same problem 😊
NE Corfu is simply stunning.
Awesome
Cheetos and coffee for breakfast! You guys are living the life! Youth!
Glad to see your first mate back on board. Those rocks look like they've been carved. Nice variety of activities on board & shore. Good video Sam. BTW these adds you have to watch now before you see the video I'm not liking. Some you can skip but most you can't. Just saying.
You inspire me dude. I just want to take my boat and hit the high seas.
A Tomking TK140FC is a 36 CC 18 LB four cycle outboard motor. On shore, you can carry it around like an umbrella. It comes in 16 and 20 length transum reach. With modification, it can troll slowly, and should consume 5 oz of gas per hour. $200 USA price. The gasoline pours back in your bottle in a snap.
.49 seconds in. Best innuendo I've heard in a while.
*The man with the Perma-smile.* 😁
Sam. The village's name with cows where you stayed overnight is Qeparo. Vey nice and calm.
Sam you never stop wish I could do that.
sam...the baddest boy
I'm having déjà vu watching this 14:32🤔 Ah... yes... I saw it before on the Ann-Elin Synes channel 😊
2:00 it's old sovet union vessel "Метеор" (Meteor), many of them were sold when the soviet union broke up
Back to drilling holes into your boat. I missed it.
Your friend is adorable, hands on. What’s not to like.
That coastline is absolutely beautiful.
He's been doing it all along, just not videoing it.
20:26 - "More cowbell... I gotta have more cowbell!"
Nice to see Ann-Elin again but too briefly! 😢
Nice
Annaline does sterling work but please lead your mainsail hoist down to an ergonomic level via a block or winch.
I have to say. I just bought my first sailboat and there's no doubt it's because I've been watching your vids for two years now. Thank you! But one thing that cracked me up on this video is how you cracked up being called captain. And I've noticed other sailors laughing when called captain on the radio. And then my buddy who's a fire boat captain hates to be called skipper. In my humble opinion, any person in control of a vessel is the captain. Do you agree Captain Holmes? ;)
Was just in Ft Pierce Fl and someone brought up your name .. I’m like yeah I watch him!😂
I think I travelled on a Flying Dolphin back in the 1980s, from Piraeus to Spetses. It was more expensive back then than a regular ferry, and allegedly supplied to the Greeks by the Soviets. But this may not be true. All I know is, hydrofoil boats are not as common as they should be. And, by the way, that lady is a gem and v special. Look after her, as my mother once said to me of my lovely wife.
Hole drilling doesn’t look familiar so assume you and Annaline are sharing some content of the same trip! Great vids!
Oh what pleasant companeee! (Beatles)
Great adventure. Thank you for sharing as always. I’m interested in learning to sail after watching years of your videos, but don’t know where to start. Any good books to read or recommended start points? I have watched your how to sail video / sailing theory, and they are great, but where do I go from there? Buy a boat and send it?
Maybe you have to unscrew or twist the paddles of the ez dingy before pulling out? Usually it works like this...
Happy Christmas sam
I’m 65 but in 1970 my parents took us to Europe and we went from Gibraltar to Morocco on a Russian hydrofoil . Was cool
I think Greece uses them as well. I have seen lots of them when i was island hopping there back in 2000
Heroic food rescue
Lovely to see your lady
Very kool! More tips and tricks for dreamers like me, pls?
What would you like?
Fiberglass and cheese is a delicacy 🍽️
As we say on Cape Cod she's a keeper Sam be smart.
This seems to be a rerun?... Seen you have to swim back to the motel for your stuff, seen you see Starlink satellites, and seen those cool rocks in the morning. Oh, and seen the turtle before.
So many people who can’t use seen correctly🤦🏻♂️
It was written that way intentionally, as in rerun, rerun, rerun...ad infinitum. (So many people who don't understand sarcasm as a form of humour.) 😲@@Autobahn4537
Enjoy watching your videos, I have just recently found your channel,😊 I have kind of jumped around on your videos and know that you have a few different boats throughout your sailing experience. Is this boat the Cape Dory 28? I am looking at one ⛵️😎
Pulling out that trim for the viewers. Nice. 😎
An Agent is excellent idea.
I used one in Tahiti and it was superb - especially as my French is not fluent.
try and keep Ann-Elin on your boat's Sam, much nicer with her around :)
Count ur fingers Sam! (after dropping the anchor) LOL
There was most definitely treasure in that cave.
Hi Sam, another very enjoyable video! its great watching them at this time of the year when its rather cold in the UK. Can you tell me exactly where you stopped in Corfu, on your last night, before crossing to Albania please? and was it a good anchorage? Thanks in advance. cheers
maps.app.goo.gl/Fw2puWS8ojUCxmjf8?g_st=ic. Yes it was a good anchorage the night we stayed there.
Cooking bananas !