Sailing through The Kingdom of Tonga - Sailing the Pacific Episode 28
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
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Our Tongan adventure started with an introduction to remote village life before heading to the sheltered waters of of Vavau to explore caves and enter a race.
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Music in order as played:
Inspiring Future Bass - Nick Petrov - www.hooksounds.com - Creative Commons - Attribution Creative Commons 4.0 license
Summer Journey - Paul Werner - www.hooksounds.com - Creative Commons - Attribution Creative Commons 4.0 license
Atlantis - Purple Sound - Music: www.purple-plan...
Last Night - Nicolai Heidlas - www.hooksounds.com - Creative Commons - Attribution Creative Commons 4.0 license
Thanks for your lovely video about Tonga. I am now in Bora Bora, sailing solo around the world in my 27 ft sailboat, heading directly for Tonga. Cheers, Jacqueline Evers - Sailing Loveworkx
Being at leisure time, I like returning to the videos realised two years ago. Thank you for this film production.
Enjoy the videos! Thank you. One helpful hint- if you like your dinghy, tie a second painter from a second point so you don't loose it.
Sorry to hear about the sea sickness,that's the worst thing,but in the end,it's worth the temporary discomfort for the rewarding lifestyle.
Another superb episode,thanks for letting us tag along 😊
So grateful for your videos... It's a dream come true for some in situation that will not have an opportunity to experience the adventure your sharing with us.
Great video and very inspiring. Thank you 😊
i live in a small town in michigan usa. kalamazoo specifically. i noted the book you referenced by tom neale called” an island to myself”
and my library service actually found it in an even smaller town called escanaba in the upper penninsula of michigan.
it is an amazing book and i just wanted to thank you for mentioning it. a delightful read. take care!
brian moore it's great you managed to track a copy down. Glad you enjoyed it. Amy & Matt
As always, great content and quality. I just wish there were more. Thank you.
glad you visited the beautiful Puatalefusi (Port-of-Refuge), my home...I hope you enjoyed your stay!
Thanks, we loved Tonga. It's one of the places we hope to make it back to one day.
You guys are DEFINITELY an inspiration. Love your experiences!!! If ever in the Chesapeake Bay, swing into Rock Hall, MD and stay at North Point Marina -on the house 😃
Good yachties. Love the shot (12.15) of the jib sheet outside the rails for a better sheeting angle for the reach.
Love the racing shots and story. 😀
The cave diving was epic!
Oh wow, that singing practice would have been fantastic, what an experience.
I've watched all, the best narrative so far is this episode at 11:00
I love you guys we plan on sailing the world when we retire here in Houston, TX. We’d like a 44’ Hardin Voyager and do it in a classic old school yacht. Y’all have a beautiful yacht what is Florence ? Fair winds and we think y’all are a handsome couple ! Fair winds will be watching love Y’all !
Hi, Florence is an Oyster Heritage 37, built in 1985. Good luck with your adventures, the hardest bit is actually setting off, from there on it just gets better. M&A
thanks for making me mis my home country guys hha hope yous have a blast in the kingdom:)
Catching up...
Superb!
ii enjoyed your vidio i watch a few and yours is honest and informative i fish the world and tonga and its steep drop offs from shore is a target you may like free range sailing a couple from australia doing a lap[
Thanks Richard Green. We are heading to Aus later this year so will check them out when we get some good wifi.
you guys are good at editing because I'm usually pissed off with the choice and sound level of the music. It looks like you are using the copyright free stuff and thats a good idea, CZcams is cracking down on borrowed music. Thanks for the series, I'm in Australia and I want to get out into the Pacific as well.
Naw, they missed the opportunity to use local music. Filizi does that, the island music is wonderful and heartfelt.
Just discovered your channel as I have boat and still kind of breaking newbie title 4000 miles and on boat with just slightly worse numbers for ocean crossing.new Zealand from Fiji is concern to me.sad u did make video of that .well.could u be so kind on telling me bit about it.anyway I am curious to watch rest of your vids as I just discovered it I have lot to watch 🤗
How do you haul out and do the work yourselves in marinas? Like where do you get all the gear needed to do the work? Do they rent them out there?
Great videos thanks for sharing... Where were you guys at during the hurricane around the Hawaiian Islands Hurricane Lane
Looks like the gave in H2O!!!
Loving the videos, only recently came across your channel so playing catch-up. Do you need to contact a country before arriving for visas or is it different when sailing into a new location?
Hi Alan, It is different in different countries. We are lucky that with British passports we can often just turn up (we have to arrive at an official port of entry), but sometimes we have to send documentation ahead. It is one of a long list of things to research before we set off for a new country.
What about your friends with the boat taking in water? Hope they are safe
Hi Chuk, They managed to contain the leak and get to the Marquesas where they hauled the boat out of the water and made a proper repair. All fixed now.
What type/brand is your decking forward? I am mid refit on my sailboat and debating what to do for the non-skid forward. Yours looks like it would be great underfoot. How is the durability? Great video! Love the cave diving, very neat
Davis Donnell it's a brand called treadmaster. It's available in a few different colours. We think it's been on Florence since new in 1985 so very durable! We thought it would be hot underfoot in the tropics buts it's no worse than the teak in the cockpit. Great grip and comfortable enough barefoot. We have never slipped.
Great, thanks!
could you please make a video how much it costs and how do you afford all this? love your videos!!
Hi Saar, We live on £14K per year total for both of us. That includes everything from the big expenses like Insurance and Maintenance down the ice-creams we eat. We worked hard and saved hard for 12 years before we left to make this happen. You can save a lot of money if you don't smoke, don't drink and never own anything made by Apple...