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Sailing the Exumas: Island Life, Wildlife & Adventure | Ep 69 #svaguaazul #sailboat #boatlife
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May 17, 2025
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okay guys So we are leaving uh Wow Fal K
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No we're fine babe We got inches
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Actually we got feet meters but we're
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leaving uh Fal K where Foul Resort is
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Also Pig Beach over there We didn't
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actually go to the resort We passed the
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resort but it's probably above our price
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uh budget I'm going to turn in behind
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him And uh but now we're getting out and
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uh we're going to uh iguana K here in
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the Exumas So this is a great iguana K
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It's right next to the where the uh
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iguanas are the really big iguanas are
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on the island So if you're out here in
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the Exumas uh these are some nice places
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This is a nice place to stop Kind of
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nerve-wracking when you're going through
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an anchorage and you're talking It's a
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little crowded but uh might want to do
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that Get out of here We're going to get
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out here I'm I'mma hoist some sails up
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No but I'mma hoist some sails up and
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we're going to uh hopefully uh not have
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to motor a lot
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Nice Babe wanted to make breakfast
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before I pulled up the sails
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But now I'm going to pull up the headset
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at least Get us moving a little bit
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So we are silly Babe strapped in the dog
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She'll try to wander around the boat
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because she thinks that it's safe
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Yep And uh we're doing about four knots
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I've got everything reefed We got
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about I got two reefs in the main I
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think
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uh half a reef on my head sail and it's
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comfortable speed She We're only doing
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about 5° hill Keeping it
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slow We'll be uh just don't need to be
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sporty We'll be there in an hour and 30
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minutes So it's a short hop Really Yeah
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No point in rushing Oh wow At this speed
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so only an hour Yeah we'll be there at
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12:40 Oh wow
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So we can just do this No
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we're tasting like crazy Running through
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the outdoors Yeah we
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have Okay guys So we're about halfway
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there and uh we're about
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10° We're sailing with the wind So I've
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got the autopilot set for wind direction
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but my wife says the island's over there
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and we're going that way And I'm like
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but we ain't burning any diesel
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Eventually we have to go to that one
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Yeah So what's up Or else we're just I
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don't know sailing what Puerto Rico Yeah
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Usually sailing when you tack it
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basically you double the distance So
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we're about doubling the distance here
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for a day So we're going to make it
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twice as long So we're coming up our
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anchorage It's right there And you can
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hear we are motoring now
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The motor was just not working Was it
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baby
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Motor Yeah we were go I mean we the
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sailing wasn't working Not trying to go
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this way Basically we'd be in irons I'd
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have to go way far down and then come
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back and that would take a lot of time
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And uh so we did sell probably
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about two nautical miles and uh out of
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the whole trip which is not that much I
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thought it was five It was five but it
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was probably just two in nautical mile
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gains
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So yeah to actually do this as a full
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set we'd probably have to go instead of
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doing 11 nautical miles we'd have to do
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15 or 18 nautical
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miles So me and my babe we made it to
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Greater Guan K And uh yeah it's uh not
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as touristy as the spot we were just at
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Wow Pig Beach There was a boat that just
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actually it's not this wavy It's not
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this wavy But yeah it's not as touristy
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here cuz you don't have pig beach but
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you do have the iguanas over there So
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we're not on that beach but I'm sure
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we'll see the traffic coming through
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here to go see it Oh yay Yay But uh yeah
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we're going to go check out the town And
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we're leaving the puppy behind Yes She's
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griping at us right now
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Check out this dock This is government
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dock out here at greater uh iguana
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Pretty nice And oh yeah I got to see if
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I can see some sharks And there is
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sharks all around this
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dock And there's where you can drop your
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trash right from the public dock right
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there
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Okay we're going to check out the
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general store but you can get pizza
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right there
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Not everything's
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cash I know
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I babes always hitting up the veggie
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area So
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little store Pineapple Oh yeah
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Okay There were some nice uh Bohemian
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prices in
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there So canned goods $6 a can of soup
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You know not eggs $14 Not cheap
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So here is the restaurant and bar
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Are we going in here Yes I'm going to
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have me a margarita
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Look at that bar guys I like that But
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we're going out with the birthday girl
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over here I hope I hope the
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Oh this dude this dude was a fishing
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fool the other day Caught catching
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sharks and all kinds of crap
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Okay guys we have a dollar bill wall and
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this is the bar play playing playing
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custom music up in here
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So my babe has ordered the painkiller
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Here's the menu
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That is our look at this view from this
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bar Our boats are over there So this
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restaurant was pretty
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good Of course it's uh not cheap but I
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don't think anything is in the Bahamas
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So we're at the liquor store The girls
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are kind of getting I think it's like
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shady here or something They're locked
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It's locked They're closed
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Oh well This is the flower I guess from
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Hawaii Plumeriia Plumeriia
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Wow
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I'm back on day two I'm watching the dog
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And
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my the girls they went in there to check
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out this pizza joint It's probably some
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great pizza that I I don't get to
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experience
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Yeah
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that's one thing when you come to this
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dock over here
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guys Sharks and rays all around because
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they they cleaning up the fish over here
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Here's another Nerf Nerf shark right
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there So yeah just all around here We're
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going to go check out the beach in
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Greater Guano
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Okay and my babe right there And uh if
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you want to you can actually go around
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that that corner over there and go to
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see the the big old lizards You want to
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see the big lizard
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I don't know if it's a little rough
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today for a little
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slow But we're just going to have some
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beach time watch some friends skateboard
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and uh yeah that's about it for
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us Looks like pool water huh babe
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Zoom out on the beach
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there Yeah but we are really shallow
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here Okay our dog tangled herself all
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up There's a little gazebo here
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And
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uh yeah some nice calm
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beach A
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boat stuck on the rocks over
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there That look like a good seating area
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babe
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Okay Seating area Little bit high on the
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legs for her
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Yeah I might have to scoot back
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But yeah cassipo's nice We can actually
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back up and get probably get in shade
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for a little
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bit And uh yeah but when no CMS come out
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I'm out of here Those things chewed on
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me Yes And I have scars now So
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yeah I don't like Well not scars He had
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Well red dots I still have like little
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red dots You can't see them cuz I'm
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tanned But yeah the no seems eat her up
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They might get me a couple times But
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they eat her up She's yummy I understand
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that
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But yeah here comes our friends So I
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guess I'll do a little kiteboard filming
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here soon Where are they Right over
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there Oh okay
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I come in a go fast dingy My feet
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hanging off this is cause me to have
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swirled ankles
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Okay guys There's our friends This is
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how they relax on the
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beach That's doesn't look relaxing This
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is how we relax on the beach
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We're going to watch some kite surfer
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Yeah but you can see the difference
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Well it's in the evening Yeah this is
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Yeah but this is We already walked
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around town today We got our extra Oh
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yeah Plus I I cleaned one side of the
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hole of the boat I got to do the other
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side But yeah it's got a few barnacles
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on there I didn't clean since the ICW so
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it's not doing bad No no you did gent
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mirror
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Oh I You just didn't go all the way down
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No I didn't go that far down Just did
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like the I just I just did the beard Now
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I'm I'm getting kind of underneath And
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uh Oh that impact we did in uh what was
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that Uh Palm Beach No Portier Port
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Pierce Yeah we still have a kill down
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there so we're good Didn't do much I
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think what' you say it scraped off It
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scraped It scraped some paint off the
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lead kill but it's a lead kill where it
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scraped off Ain't nothing growing there
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Yeah So so we're good Yeah Screw it out
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Okay He's got his K up there flying
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Let's go fly a
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kite up to the very heights So she's uh
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I don't know if we're going to see some
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kite boarding today house hoping to see
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some professional action out here So
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they didn't have enough wind to kite
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board and we got to get to the boat
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We had to be in it It looks like it's
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started raining but uh yeah they're
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putting up stuff
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and it's still a good beach experience
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Now I got to get her to the the boat
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Okay guys We are now leaving Greater
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Guana K We are going to Hefties which is
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near White Point We're leaving
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Blackpoint So and all in the same island
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We're just moving about seven uh miles
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down And I just got to keep our boat on
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track because it is pretty shallow in
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here So
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7.8
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And there's our anko
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alarm So yeah Uh chasing some friends
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already heading that way And uh we
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should be there shortly Apparently
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there's a big storm last night Yeah we
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slept through it Well we woke up but
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then it wasn't really that we didn't
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think it was that big of a deal but our
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friends were saying it was big We were
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like wow We Yeah we didn't we were like
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this is this is not anything to worry
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about Wasn't even rocking that bad
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So yeah we've been through hurricanes So
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I guess our what we expect a little bit
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more when you say a storm we're like
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"Well that wasn't a storm That's not a
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storm This is a storm That's nothing."
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Not really Not really We'll uh we'll get
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over there and we'll just we're going to
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show you a little bit Uh it's supposed
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to just be a beach Uh about a 20 uh
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minute path to the Atlantic site and
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nothing else So should be a lot calmer
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stores or restaurants which we need to
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get away from the restaurants We're
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speeding boats So we're we're spending
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too much money Yeah we are So our
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vacation is not this is not a vacation
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cuz uh it can't be every day can be a
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vacation Yeah we've got to go Yes
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ma'am Tell you what this in here is
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shallow We are at 7 7 ft and our draft
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is
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6.4 So we just scraping the bottom I
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imagine these boat waves you know
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probably just bouncing off Just scraping
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the baracles off the bottom of the kill
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What do you think there babe I don't
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feel any bouncing Well I feel bouncing
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but I don't feel any bouncing off or
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anything
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Yeah some sudden slowdowns
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Okay guys so that's a white
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point This is
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uh HDI and uh looks like there's a lot
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of rocks in
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here So look on the chart here You'll
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see got a lot of rocks here So we're
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going to try to escape through these
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without hitting them What's it looking
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like babe
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Yeah
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That one we passed though it looked uh
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not flat It looked like a big high
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rock Well they look on the
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nose Babe's got the anchor all set
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or drop down We're on top of it Yeah I
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got it in reverse We'll We'll start
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slowly start backing up
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But there's a lot of rocks we went
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through Oh yeah There was a ton They
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were They were flat I could see the um
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the sand on top of them Well some of
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them weren't Yeah we're I don't think
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they were tall enough that we would ever
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hit them Well we were in uh some of that
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was 10 foot water and so I was getting
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kind of nervous But yeah we're to our
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anchorage and uh Yeah How's how's it
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look babe You liking it You like that
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beach over there
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Yeah It looks nice
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Yeah And uh yeah so going to get settled
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in here and uh I'm not in here and have
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a got it way on my face and have you
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know maybe we'll walk over the there's a
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trail that goes over to the elac Maybe
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we'll go check that out But uh yeah in
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the heat of the day though Yeah our
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anchor is about to tighten up So Oh
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there we are Yeah So we're stretching
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out and then I get the stubber on it
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Okay guys So we're going to get off the
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beach and we're going to check out I
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mean we're going to get off the boat and
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check out the beach and uh got
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the
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bucket But yeah it should be a uh you
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know just a normal
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beach But guys my babes already left
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me My dingy's right there And this beach
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is so soft
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Oh my gosh Supposedly there's a uh you
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can walk a trail all the way to the
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lack but uh this train may
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be to go over that hill Oh hell
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no You see that hill over there No
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that's the other island
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babe But uh I don't hear it though I
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don't either Let's walk up here and see
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what it looks like
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So we are walking and she's like
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struggling because of the sand She's
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just sinking It's very soft
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It could have been because it rained
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last night Yep And then here's a fire
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pit They're talking about a fire tonight
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on the beach So that may be it Okay My
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babes stopped right there You can hear
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the ocean back over
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there Okay guys So our boat is right
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over
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there and my babe is right there And our
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dog is choking herself She wants to go
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Hey babe Turn
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around Look at
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that And that view right there
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Well we did enough
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exploring Market
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Well you're going to have to do that a
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little bit earlier in the day or else
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we're going to get eaten alive by noiums
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and mosquitoes cuz it's like
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5:30 and that's when they come out Yeah
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And uh no really love her Yeah I'm not I
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don't like it So going to have to do
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that earlier Okay
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Hey guys today the wind has been
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insane We get up to 40ish knots and it's
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just said over Let me see the phone's
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just blowing out of my hand But then
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over there they said we're getting Okay
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there we go We're getting 15 15t
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waves So that's on the Atlantic though
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Yeah that's only like No that's on just
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on the other side of that hill over
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there So but let me show you what what
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No this is like um once a
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week Um got one more month in Bahamas
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We're going to enjoy that and then we're
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heading Yeah we are heading I don't know
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what it is with Bahamas right now but it
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it's it's constant
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Yeah So let me show you what this uh
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wind speed look like right here So
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hopefully you can see
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this Well that that
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doesn't So this is the current wind
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speed This is actually low This This is
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uh But let me show you what the gusts
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look like here Let me hit
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this That was our
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gust 43.4 four This has been a sucky
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weather
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day Okay guys My babe is making some
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homemade flour tortillas I'm trying
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to It's kind of the pan's too
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small I kind of messed up on this one Oh
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it looks perfect baby But it's not it's
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not crispy enough on that side It's fine
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But uh yeah this is uh we're in the
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where the heck are
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we We're well we're in the Exumas for
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sure but we're in near White Kai Yeah So
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yeah white Yeah
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white But yeah that's a rolling pin now
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Don't know why I got rid of
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my know why I got rid of my muffin pan
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Look down there and I have my muff pan
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down there and I'm like that would have
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totally fit in there Unless
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it's Yep I did laundry and showers and
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uh making a little juice on the
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generator
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and going to leave out here
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tomorrow Okay guys We're leaving Hetty K
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We're going to
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uh cave cave
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K Yeah it's too many caves K's whatever
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But uh yeah it's uh little windy and we
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only have a 3day window to get to
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Georgetown Today being the worst one So
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I'm trying to hit this high tide so we
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can make there's some shallows up here
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that we couldn't make on low tide So but
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hopefully we hit him in time And yeah So
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what do you think of all this
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babe Really
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Yeah
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It's weird because a few days ago
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Oh yeah Well we This was where we were
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going to hide from this weather And
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these east winds are now turning into uh
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more southeast winds which are kind of
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kicking up some dust here And no we're
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not sailing through this area It's all
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too shallow So I don't want the power of
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a sail you know negating my uh ability
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to steer So you know it may look like
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it's wide open but down below it's
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not Okay guys So we've been going for
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about an hour and right now we've gotten
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to Little Farm K right here There's an
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airport and a restaurant there and
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that's about it And then that's to our
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port and then straight ahead is shallow
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as And I'm talking uh it's charts
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say it's about 5 foot deep Our draft is
22:50
64 but I'm hoping with high tide we get
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a 3ft boost And uh that's looking good
22:58
So and then my babe is just coming
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upstairs She was making some dinner uh
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lunch up there with her flour tortilla
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she made last last night All right Steak
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and cabbage
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So I'm going to get concentrating on
23:13
this because uh yeah we're at 9 It says
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seven and we're at 9 ft right now So
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there is little farmer's K and uh you
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get great sail signal here and uh right
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here on the charts you'll see we're
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coming up to shallow as area and uh
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hopefully we are on high tide and we can
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do this Yeah we made it through this one
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We got one more to go and we're still
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creeping up on uh high tide So let me
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show you what our route look like here
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So there's our route going through We're
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still It says it's like 6'4 right there
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Right now it's saying 9 foot The lowest
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we saw was 7.4 foot So yeah high tide
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you can make it around the the backside
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of Little Farmer's K with a uh well we
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have a 6.4 draft So I guess 7T you could
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squeeze on through Okay guys we just
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made it through another area Still on
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Little Farmer's Kay I think or just past
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it But we got we are at 9 foot We got
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down to eight and it's 5'4 So yeah we
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still got a little tide left and we're
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going to make the best of it Okay guys
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We got the last of the shallow here and
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this gets down to uh it says 5 foot
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Right now we're showing 13 So doing
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good You can see on the charts there we
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are We're making our way through there
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And what are you thinking babe
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[Music]
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Yeah Well we're almost through this one
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I didn't even slow down for this one I'm
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like we we were good on the other ones
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The tide's still rising So we coming on
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through And our buddy's uh wrist bit
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anchored right over there They're
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pulling up anchor right
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now Look at what my wife has made These
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are the flour tortillas from
25:14
yesterday Oh that looks good Onion Oh
25:17
yeah And leftover steak
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Yeah Got big old I know Look at that one
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over there That's an anchorage right
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over
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there You can anchor right there at the
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uh at the sand beach right there Oh wow
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Yeah How do your scenery changed Yeah I
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was only down here for a minute
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Okay Okay we're experiencing a few of
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the waves of the
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Elect And that's is why uh came this way
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cuz it's still a little rough from all
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them winds we had
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[Music]
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See if they lack out there That's what
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we're avoiding It's a little rolly in
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here but we're not getting too bad a
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swell It's still very comfortable but uh
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we are about 16 minutes to our
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anchorage And here is K cave We were
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going to anchor here but uh we're going
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to Rudder K That's where the piano is
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The underwater piano You look at that
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little beach tucked off in there That'd
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be pretty nice What do you think Yeah I
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think so
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My babe thinks it's a little rough
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Probably is Yeah it's like really hard
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to So there's right now we have the wind
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we have we have no protection here
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Okay straight ahead is Moosh K and
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through here is some pretty shallow
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areas we have to go and that that is a
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resort right there So they say watch out
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for swimmers So we're not flying We're
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going to settle them But yeah probably
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get our dive on to go see uh piano
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underwater with the mermaid
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And there's the waves on the array So
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looks a little rough out
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there And we're going to try to stay in
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as long as we can Really close to this
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dock Squeeze out through
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here And uh yeah we have a very tight
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Look at the map That's our very tight
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through here
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I'm guessing that's the the swimmers
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they're talking about in Lucia
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Cave Nice little beach there Jet skis
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and all that Probably too rich for us
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Okay guys we're navigating the deep and
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it is shallow on both sides of us
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That is real Yeah but really shallow It
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is pretty but really shallow
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Oh wait guys This is crazy shallow in
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here We're at like 7.4 We got down to 7
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foot
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and uh yeah now we're uh back to 7.6 but
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yeah we are a 6.4 draft
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But yeah wrist bit on that catamaran
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They're going to go across that 3-FFT
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section We could not do that And uh so
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we have to go to the south
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anchorage and that's where we're heading
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And uh yeah course correcting here But
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uh yeah we have 7.6T under our kill
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right now I'm glad there's no coral
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heads or anything That would have been
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exciting So what do you think babe
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Well I mean the anchorage you're going
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to is it deep enough Oh yeah Plenty deep
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But uh when the tide goes down Yeah it's
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just getting through here This was what
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I was worried about Cuz you see we made
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it through this section here and that's
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what it shows on the charts which is way
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too shallow for us
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