Sailing the Unexpected: Earthquakes, Tsunami Threats, in Tonga | Episode 281

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  • Опубликовано: 11 дек 2024

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  • @jeffbroome5192
    @jeffbroome5192 День назад +6

    Good morning guys! I just wanted to take a minute to say thanks for taking the time to post this video... It means a lot to us "land locked" cruisers to be included in your ongoing adventure.
    With Love From Oregon!

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад +1

      Wow thanks Oregon, very appreciated!!

  • @triciadaniel2786
    @triciadaniel2786 7 часов назад

    One of the hardest parts of cruising is managing frustration. Within yourself, yes, but also the frustration that your partner is experiencing when they’re the primary fixer of all things broken. Which in sailing, is more than one can imagine. For me, it was soooo hard to not take it personally, but I was younger and less wise. Keep being strong for each other, including your I Love You I Love You I Love You songs, Erica, hahaha. And Warren, you are an eternal optimist. This is one of the biggest endurance sports an athlete can do. So, good. On. YOU.

  • @CB-yv3ec
    @CB-yv3ec 2 часа назад

    Hi you guys, sorry I haven't been around for a while. We had 2 floods in 2 weeks here in Fl that took cars, house, boats and everything we own including computers. It is a life changing event. One thing for sure we are purged of stuff and we came to realize that is exactly what it was..... but it took a while to get to that realization. Interesting that my first episode back is about floods. Stay safe, it's good to see you guys again. Carl

  • @OurCabinInThewoods
    @OurCabinInThewoods День назад +4

    LOLOL no on the cutting board love it. Another great video have fun and be safe out there.

  • @davidgaudet2103
    @davidgaudet2103 День назад +4

    So glad I found you all, through delos I love your channel 😊

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад +1

      Awesome!! Glad you found us too!

  • @federicomaisch8019
    @federicomaisch8019 19 часов назад +1

    As always, great video!! Thank you for sharing

  • @buck_bacon
    @buck_bacon 21 час назад +1

    Glad you guys are safe.

  • @petesherliker
    @petesherliker 23 часа назад +1

    'Stress Baking', that's the second time you've made me spit my tea out with laughter, after your 'taking it in turns to be dead' comment. Entertaining but stressful, great stories, thank you.

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад +1

      Haha I remember that!! Well thank you!!

  • @lowellmccormick6991
    @lowellmccormick6991 22 часа назад +4

    The 1964 Alaskan earthquake was a very bad one. At the time, my dad was working at a Chevron Oil tank battery (CALCO at the time) on a bayou in south Louisiana. He said that the tsunami caused the water to rise 3 feet, twice. A couple of 65' shrimp boats that were docked in a marina in Galiano, La. sunk because of what was called, "the washing machine" effect as a result of the tsunami. Stay safe.

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад +1

      Jeeeez, crazy what can happen!

    • @icwicw6782
      @icwicw6782 12 часов назад

      Wow, I’m from Galliano born in 62. I’ve never heard of a tsunami here. I’m going to inquire, Interesting.

    • @lowellmccormick6991
      @lowellmccormick6991 11 часов назад

      @@icwicw6782 This is from Science News Reports: "Quake effects were felt in nearly every state. In Washington, Seattle’s Space Needle swayed like a tree in the wind. Lakes sloshed back and forth in Texas. Similar sloshing swamped fishing boats in Louisiana."

  • @Darcee-p9o
    @Darcee-p9o День назад +2

    well that was some big time excitement! Another notch in your belts/feather in your caps!

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад +1

      Yep it was quite the ride!

  • @bobram94
    @bobram94 День назад +2

    Having experienced earthquakes, it is definitely a nerve cringing feeling. Kind of experience 2 Volcanic eruptions of MT. St. Helen. The 1st one learned what Ash looked like, and my dad saw what it could do stuck on I-5 . I'm glad you're all safe. Have a great week, and hopefully no more of that.

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад +2

      Yeah, so not fun, but we are so grateful to be safe! Thanks for watching and sharing

    • @bobram94
      @bobram94 20 часов назад

      @WEsail A pssible educational video for other sailors of what do in this situation or heaven forbid a volcanic eruption. I know we land lovers have courses, kits, and even training available for it.

  • @billyabroad8057
    @billyabroad8057 День назад +2

    Thanks!

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад +2

      Whoa thanks Billy, man that’s huge, very appreciated!!

  • @robinstepanek1345
    @robinstepanek1345 День назад +2

    A few days ago, we had an earthquake on the northern ca and Oregon coast. We luckily were south in Ensenada but a tsunami warning was issued. Being a marina is dangerous and you were correct, you want to leave and go to deeper water immediately. Glad it turned out to not be an emergency! Fair winds and following seas! SV Dulcinea

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад +1

      Ya crazy, but thanks for watching and commenting!!

  • @billyabroad8057
    @billyabroad8057 День назад +2

    Wow, I was binge-watching your other episodes for hours when this one popped up. I guess another 33 minutes won't hurt 😂

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад +2

      Haha ya go on, settle in LOL

  • @freedomwanderer
    @freedomwanderer День назад +2

    Wow. Thats crazy.

  • @peterasacker5948
    @peterasacker5948 18 часов назад +2

    maybe a learning experience...what to do in an earthquake, who to contact, how to get info....how to prepare for a possible big wave event...etc...glad you kids are safe

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  8 часов назад

      Oh for sure! something we never really thought we needed to know what to do, but one thing is for sure, glad we are on the water, where we can quickly get into deeper waters and away from land. That is key!

  • @robertlemoine3500
    @robertlemoine3500 11 часов назад

    Thankyou 😊

  • @DXB711
    @DXB711 14 часов назад

    I saw you for the first time when Warren and Brian helped a fellow cruiser with a rudder issue. Just impressed there was someone who (almost 😉) kept up with OG Delos in terms of skills and likability. Been watching ever since. Always quality content and great editing! Safe travels to Greece then the US and beyond. Thanks you two!

  • @markpearce911
    @markpearce911 12 часов назад

    We Luv ya..! Glad UR Safe..!

  • @barroosa
    @barroosa 22 часа назад +2

    You guys are great! Thanks again for another exciting episode. Boat work, good cutting board, Mars like landscape and cherry on top a Tsunami!?!?!? Wow. Never contemplated what an earthquake would do to a boat. If there had been a tsunami warning, would you head offshore? As I understand it in deeper waters it's just a wave........

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад +3

      Yep exactly, we were very ready to pull up anchor and motor straight to deep water!!

  • @jamielyons7054
    @jamielyons7054 23 часа назад +1

    Whoa, so much action lol that was scary seeing the boat shake like that. I think it's awesome to live in the big blue yonder where your pet whales can just follow you around and swim freely 😂😂
    Erica, you have the voice of an angel 🥰
    God bless and safe travels y'all
    With love from Michigan,
    Jamie ❤

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад +1

      Thanks for the love and support Jamie! Yeah the earthquakes can be a bit unnerving, but we're hanging in there, we'll keep you posted!

  • @leehoffman3604
    @leehoffman3604 14 часов назад

    I have been through several earthquakes, having been raised in Southern California. I never thought about being able to feel it while on the water. Having seen it happen on your boat, it makes sense. The energy has to go somewhere, and water is a great conductor of electricity, sound, and, apparently, the movement of an earthquake! Thank God there was no Tsunami. Thanks for the video and fair winds.

    • @laurence9695
      @laurence9695 4 часа назад

      Most likely they heard it rather than feel it.

  • @robertscranton8293
    @robertscranton8293 День назад +3

    Great whale drone shots.

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад +2

      Yeah we were pretty stoked to get those!

  • @chrisnielsen4241
    @chrisnielsen4241 22 часа назад +1

    GOOD JOB

  • @The71Percent
    @The71Percent 13 часов назад

    Crazy! Glad you guys are ok. See you in April

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  8 часов назад

      Yeah amazing! Sea you then. Going to be a good time!

  • @cncarstens
    @cncarstens День назад +1

    ood vid....we have never taken a wave that far up the front windows - wow! I would have nver thought that you go change the brushes insitu - good to know. Dreading that day. Also we put these Amazon large silicone mats on countertops and desktops for antipslip.

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад +1

      It really is a big job to replace those brushes. Glad you found the mats, those things are a life saver! Thanks for watching and commenting!!

  • @brucerhodes8197
    @brucerhodes8197 21 час назад

    Some scary stuff, just this past week there was an earthquake off the coast of Northern California, a Tsunami warning was issued and people started evacuating the coastal areas. Fortunately for them, high ground isn't that far away, even more fortunate, the warning was canceled after an hour or so. Most of that part of the coast is cliffs and highlands, but San Francisco Bay surely would have been devastated. Glad you are ok and for your own sanity I'm sure glad you have that Starlink, the ability to have minute to minute update information at your fingertips is way better than going back and forth on the vhf radio to get trustworthy info, I suspect most of what you'd get would be hearsay...

  • @ray6659
    @ray6659 День назад +3

    Very surprised you guys felt it on the boat. I wonder if you heard it more than felt???

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад +1

      That’s the crazy thing, we felt it way more than heard it! Never would have thought

    • @ray6659
      @ray6659 21 час назад

      @WEsail interesting. How did you actually feel it?

  • @floathi
    @floathi День назад +3

    You need to get offshore. The waves could carry the boat onshore.

  • @steveking6204
    @steveking6204 16 часов назад

    Great video and edit. Your set up in the beginning was perfect.

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  8 часов назад

      Thank you so much! A little drama for once and it played well!

  • @robstubbs2772
    @robstubbs2772 23 часа назад +1

    Yeh Come back to New Zealand 💚 welcome

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад +2

      Hey we are here now- up in whangarei!

    • @robstubbs2772
      @robstubbs2772 21 час назад

      ​@@WEsailawesome where else are you visiting in New Zealand

  • @catherineb6561
    @catherineb6561 15 часов назад

    thanks you for laughs 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 "honey, are you using my good cutting board?? ahhhhhhh NO. " 😂😂

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  8 часов назад

      I have no dedicated 3 of my cutting boards to Warren for work projects, I get new ones all the time now.

  • @robbnutter4665
    @robbnutter4665 21 час назад

    Erica's song sounded like a line from "Michelle" by The Beatles. I laughed out loud when Warren switched cutting boards! The local supermarket used to sell Cowrie shells that had been made into air fresheners. The scent wore off, but I kept the shells.

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  8 часов назад

      Well thank you! Glad you like my singing, someone appreciates the effort out there! hahah. It funny, warren has all the tools, yet he still manages to use what I have in the kitchen. Come on man!

  • @eddiekemp6630
    @eddiekemp6630 21 час назад

    i absolutely love your adventures

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  8 часов назад

      Thank you so much for following and coming along!

  • @jackechan1311
    @jackechan1311 18 часов назад

    1k thumbs up. now I will watch intently!

    • @jackechan1311
      @jackechan1311 18 часов назад

      .....just missed being the 69th comment too..... lol

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  8 часов назад

      Oh darn! next time:)

  • @laurence9695
    @laurence9695 4 часа назад

    They likely couldn't feel it on the boat, but they would have heard it. Earthquakes are (not) surprisingly incredibly loud.

  • @jjfore0921
    @jjfore0921 День назад +3

    I have a question. If in this situation, would you want to make for deep water to avoid a tsunami? My first reaction would have been to get out to sea.

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад +1

      Yep you’re absolutely correct, and we were seriously just about to do that, and we got the notification that there was no tsunami warning, pretty crazy stuff though

  • @JosePedroEspinosa
    @JosePedroEspinosa 15 часов назад

    Something unimportant but nice: I use the same yellow Dewalt measuring tape, I have two in my workshop. 😁😁😁

  • @kptbillburkett8735
    @kptbillburkett8735 21 час назад

    Lol! I remember when we had earthquakes in San Diego on our boat we never felt them on the the boat 🚢. But I did take our boat to sea when we had the tsunami warning.
    But that was so weird. That you felt the earthquake on the boat 🚢. I guess because ya'll was anchored shallow. But we have ben thou 7.7 earthquakes in California. And the ones here on the Big Island are totally different. Here they are very shallow and quick. But when we get a bunch of earthquakes it most of the time it is followed by Lava.
    You do have to be very careful where you are because they tend to explode. Unlike here on the Big Island where it flows out slowly to the Ocean.
    Ok ya'll be careful out there.
    Until next time, Aloha from your friends on the Big Island of Hawaii!
    Aloha and cheers 🍻
    P.s. Injoy the "E" Ticket 🎟 ride"
    And I believe the volcano 🌋 eruption, you are referring to happened in July. The 15th 2022. That's the one that you can see from a satellite exploding

  • @Shibalvr
    @Shibalvr 13 часов назад

    My GF from here on Maui was also on Tongo there during the earthquake you experienced. I texted her and asked and she was there scuba diving and she felt nothing. You guys were all so lucky. I was really worried and good thing you had Starlink. 😅😅

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  8 часов назад

      NO WAY! Wow that's really amazing, I have always wonderer that, well more so now honestly, but that's really crazy she felt nothing, that eruption
      was massive.

  • @-hopskinny5865
    @-hopskinny5865 17 часов назад

    A Kiwi watching others experience their first earthquake is like an Aussie watching a Kiwi come across their first snake! Regard this as your apprenticeship for coming to Aotearoa New Zealand!

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  8 часов назад +1

      Oh great! That's really good to know, we will then secure VA a little better while we are on the hard!

  • @californiakayaker
    @californiakayaker 16 часов назад

    That seemed more like a Tsunami. Technically, it was the wave from the earthquake. The waves from an earthquake, sometimes called Tsunamis are amazingly fast. If your within 50 miles of one, it would seem like a shock wave especially if your on the water. Tsunamis can move at speeds of over 500 miles per hour (mph), which is as fast as a jet plane. In the deepest parts of the ocean, they can travel at speeds of over 700 mph. So, within 50 miles, its pretty instantaneous . We just had a 7 here in my part of California. It was in my home town, Near Eureka and Humboldt Bay. Earthquakes are a constant threat there. One of the sailing channels actually had a Tsunami Warning where they were, in a bay reminding me of Morena. I remember when Delos was in India , the officials freaked out. They only had the equivalent of a sat phone but they were forced to hide it in a cabinet and use some partially irremovable tape,. it was a funny episode. I wonder what they do now with Star-link on boats ?

  • @rosiegreddogyachts4135
    @rosiegreddogyachts4135 21 час назад

    Palm and needle with heavy waxed thread is an easy fix for the luff that looks like it has failed because UV has killed the normal stitching. A quick job, no sharp things. If you don't have a high quality palm, get one. It's a tool that has been around in the same form for at least 600 years. Use william smith needles, triangular, softened edges, super sharp. Another highly evolved tool. I pushed them through so many layers for sixty years. Still do. The sewing machine is for light work such as seaming and awnings etc.
    And the flying stuff? I think that comes from becoming too 'catamaran casual' with shit left just laying around. That was in the sales brochure but i'mm sure you have already had many other little lessons from same.
    Minerva reef if you can.
    Wednesdaays are good

  • @thomasthornton5737
    @thomasthornton5737 День назад +1

    😀😀😀👍👍👍❤❤❤

  • @waltervanderboor
    @waltervanderboor День назад

    Spooky, you’d think the water doesn’t give it through like that. Imagine if you’d been closer. And thinks start falling apart from the vibration.. brrr
    Have experienced a few earthquakes in LA where it’s common. Scary like hell. But good you’re okay. Great sail repair. Btw

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад

      Hey thank you!! Ya it was crazy, we always thought that it would not be like that if we were in the water… we were wrong

  • @johnmagnan759
    @johnmagnan759 День назад

    Earthquakes pack a lot of energy. Glad you didn’t get a tsunami because you would not of had time to get to deeper water as close as it was.

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад

      I know, while new fear unlocked!!

  • @markkluepfel
    @markkluepfel День назад +2

    When did the honga tonga volcano erupt ?

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад

      2022!! So recent!!

  • @ginabrown3018
    @ginabrown3018 16 часов назад

    Wow I would think of it as something you know now that you didnt.

  • @roadrunner6081
    @roadrunner6081 5 часов назад

    If I felt that while scuba diving I would feel like I was going to be run over by a huge submarine or something!

  • @MrFroglips69
    @MrFroglips69 День назад +1

    Boy, an earthquake on your boat. Now that makes for a groovy episode. Thank God Elon Musk and his amazing Starlink. I've been through two pretty bad earthquakes myself in California. The one in my home could of been very scary but I was to busy running with my son through a kitchen covered in glass to get him out the front door. Amazingly even with bare feet I didn't cut myself. Perhaps I was flying through the air.

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад

      Haha ya I bet you were!! Yep they are crazy scary!!

  • @Stevie6962
    @Stevie6962 21 час назад

    Hot glue over the bolt ends to save on chaffing

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад +1

      Oh man super idea!!!

  • @gadiantonx8474
    @gadiantonx8474 День назад +1

    wooden it be circum aviating

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад

      Haha DAMN IT!! Missed that one, but good on ya!!

  • @johnnyjr38
    @johnnyjr38 12 часов назад

    Remember, H2O is jot compressable. Therefore any motion regardless of it's origin is transfered in it's entirety without loss of energy by compression. With regard to Volcanos, in the ocean, you just don't want to be there. Seismic activity in the ocean can be lethal. Good luck and god bless.

  • @stephenhise2470
    @stephenhise2470 18 часов назад

    Slow cool to watch everything move so fast and ask what just happened?
    Any which way but loss? Left turn! Clyde?

  • @cncarstens
    @cncarstens День назад

    You should change your name to Whale Whisperers. IMO I would have pulled anchor and went deeper at first tremor of the earthquake.

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад

      Yep we were very close to doing just that!!

  • @mford9029
    @mford9029 18 часов назад

    Hopefully that vibration doesn’t impact the winless cause we couldn’t bare watching a 3rd repair episode

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  8 часов назад

      Seriously, Warren is very over that thing!

  • @Rob-r2s
    @Rob-r2s 12 часов назад

    Question: How were you able to stay so long in French Polynesia? I've heard that Americans only get six weeks. You stayed there for about a year.

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  8 часов назад

      We applied for the long stay visa actually, giving us another year, and you can generally reapply for another year after that. But I (Erica) actually have dual nationality as French so I can stay as long as I want. I definitely will be back

    • @Rob-r2s
      @Rob-r2s 6 часов назад

      @@WEsail Thank you Erica! Do you recommend applying for that long stay vise before you get there? I'm about to start a Cyber 48 build most likely this summer and plan on staying in French Polynesia for as long as possible to see all the islands like you did. That's the dream location for me in the world to spend a long time. It sounds like you might want to settle down there once you quit sailing. I don't blame you if you do that because of how beautiful it is. As for me, I'll probably sail till I die of old age because of the adventures. I've already sailed 1/3rd around the world aboard a 165 ft. long gaff rigged schooner called TeVega that is now called DEVA. I also grew up sailing and racing but have never cruised like what your doing. Cruising like what your doing has always been a dream of mine to do and I've been saving up to be able to do it.

  • @deerfootnz
    @deerfootnz 13 часов назад

    The Hunga Tonga eruption and tsunsmi was 2022, not 2011....

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  8 часов назад

      OH yes you are right! Wow I have no idea why I said 2011! Whoopsie

  • @juliazentner681
    @juliazentner681 16 часов назад

    Your friends left, weather was shit, the sail wasn't fun, shit broke.... Sounds like shit day. We all have them!

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  8 часов назад

      I know right! Just one of those days. But we are blessed with so many good ones that these ones slip by the wayside!

  • @RonaldAnderson-z9b
    @RonaldAnderson-z9b 6 часов назад

    You're doing a fantastic job! Could you help me with something unrelated: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?

  • @DanielTiffany-o8i
    @DanielTiffany-o8i 19 часов назад

    I can’t get the video to play. 🤷🏻‍♀️
    Everyone else plays fine.

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  8 часов назад

      Oh no!!!! wonder why?

  • @pimspropertysolutions3170
    @pimspropertysolutions3170 День назад

    We love you guys and your voice Erica, however I think your inspiration came from Buddy the Elf.
    ruclips.net/video/B2uJoVEwbmc/видео.htmlsi=ZxZ7vNx9LM91A1sU

    • @WEsail
      @WEsail  21 час назад

      Haha FOR SURE!! She had copyright infringement on that one!!