One Month & One Thousand Nautical Miles. Are we there yet?
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- Опубликовано: 2 дек 2023
- We left our home and our pets for over a month, and spent that month at sea getting our Diesel Duck 462 from Taiwan to Japan. In this video we carry on from the last, which was in Okinawa at the Yonabaru Marina.
In this month we would travel 1,000 NM in the open ocean, battling strong headwinds and unfavourable seas for most of it. Half way through the trip I caught a Japanese Plague and was really quite ill for the remainder of the trip (and am still suffering side effects today). You know when you're deathly ill and all you wanna do is be home alone, away from people and comfortable in bed with your pets? I dreamt of that a lot, but never ever got it. Haha. I kinda lost my focus on filming and documenting this trip with my heart and soul as I really just needed to focus on the tasks at hand, do my best to prevent the others on board from getting sick, stay as rested as possible so that I could do my watches during both the day and night, and also just try and enjoy the journey as much as possible. I also don't love, or really enjoy 'travel vlogging' and filming in front of people, or in public, so that was a continual struggle for me. But, I hope that I was able to put this together in somewhat of a cohesive and informative format, although I'd never be able to really describe or show you what this journey was REALLY like. It was hard, it was no Club Med, but I pulled through and was there to do this for Steve and his love of the sea, boats, and his dream of being just like Jaques Cousteau on the Calypso.
We are home now, for only a day though, and I am just so grateful to be home with the pets. I really struggled, missing them so much this time being away. In the last 24 hours I think I've kissed them all 1,000 times 🤭💕
I have some news to share with you all, so I will see you in the next video for that!
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Incredible hospitality and kindness from the Japanese people
What an adventure! You all are brave 😊 I am amazed how you are able to fix anything that goes wrong on your yacht, Steve! Bummer that you got so sick, Michelle. Lot's of beautiful scenery you videoed. Thank you for taking us along and sharing with us! I am glad you made it home safely!
Mitch I wanted to thank you for the time and effort it took to make this video. it was so beautiful and inspiring to be taking the journey with the both of you. I was incredible just how much with a new boat that the issues arise. You all seem to really work together on the boat. I also loved the home coming too. so nice to see the fur babies and the greetings they give you. Welcome Back Home Steve and Mitch :)
As many troubles that you guys have endured I’m sure it’s been quite the adventure too. Glad to see you two made it back home safe and sound.
I grew up with a boat always there. My father’s last boat was a 65 foot motor sailor - he would have loved Steve’s boat! I found this video made me miss my dad so much. You’re right repairs and maintenance are constant. His last huge trip was, Vancouver, Long Beach, Marqueses Islands, Tahiti, Hawaii, home. I was on part of that trip and like you suffered from sea sickness. Anyway, I love your boat and envy your adventures to come!
Awesome how friendly the people of Japan were for you.
Having fished offshore most of my life , I fortunately do not get seasick , Michy you are a trooper !! I’ve seen grown men threaten to swim home they where so sick , i really enjoy you sharing you adventure!
Hi Michelle and Steve 👋🏻Hope you're doing well my friends 🤞🏻Stay safe and take care 🙏🏻God Bless
Appreciate you
What a wonderful adventure, and what an amazing couple you two make. Such great memories you'll remember. Thank you for sharing your life with all of us. Hope you're feeling better now that you two are home safe with the doggies ❤. Best wishes, great video.
I was ready to ask you to tie the anchor around my neck and throw me overboard. I’m up for an adventure but your endurance to get through this month is nothing shy of heroic. So glad you’re all home safe.
Wow on so many levels. For me, the boat series was just enough and I learned so much about how beautiful boating can be and how much work it is. It isn't for me,but I can see the allure for so many. With all the trials and issues and sea sickness and expense and so on, boating is like life itself. Smooth sailing (pun intended), until it isn't, and then cinch up the boot straps and dig deep to get back to the beauty of the life you make. What an adventure and thank you and Steve for sharing it with the rest of us.
I was stationed in Okinawa when I was in the Marines twice. In 1979 and 1984. Loved the island and the people. Got my dive certification there and made a couple good friends with the locals. Always wanted to go back someday.
Good thing the Captain is great at troubleshooting. With your assistance of course. Not surprised that the Japanese people treated you with kindness and respect. Good things happen to good people! In spite of all the issues and your seasickness it was quite an adventure. Thanks for sharing Michele. Take care and welcome home lady!
P.S. Good to see the fur babies managed well!
That "mushroom" Thing , kinda made me.. HUNGRY!
Hi Michelle and Steve. Glad to see you made it home safe. What an adventure and challenge, with all the issues to fix. Your pets were so happy to see you both. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us. GOD bless and keep you safe.
Welcome back it is good to see you two home again with your babies. We missed you. That sea adventure is not my cup-of-tea but I sure appreciate Steve's love of sailing and your loving support. It was nice to see how friendly so many folsk were on your stops. Good You for suggesting that battery fix. Huzzah.
I loved the look on the dogs face taking it all in at the barbers. That fruit was a dragon fruit, it's a type of cacti which I'm growing loads of 🌵
All I could feel was love radiating from Japan ❤
I think having someone you can rely on with your pets and home is priceless 💓
You're a straight-up trooper Michy !! Sea sickness is no joke... I lived on Okinawa for 6 years, and have to say that the Japanese are some of the best people on this planet !!! Glad you and Steve are home safe with the kids 🙂
Hmm dude must have been other Japanese who committed all the atrocities in WWII .
@@alexs3447 .....and what did we do in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan? What did all those wars accomplish!! We do our own share of atrocities.
WW2 was almost A HUNDRED YEARS AGO! A CENTURY! you still eating that sandwich? did it even affect you? my Grandfather was in the S.Pacific and we are both over it. Thank goddness both of our societies have made giant leaps of social progress since then. Except for a few people like you that is.@@alexs3447
Humans have proven to be so amazing at times, yet so SO horrendous.
So well spoken.@@michygoss7148
Thank you so much for taking us with you.
Life on the waves is no joke, you proved as a crew you could cope and give as good as you got.
It was lovely to see the kindness of Japanese people toward you, I like to think its a repay in that great scheme for kindnesses you’ve given.
I just told my wife that I’m packing my bags, heading to Western Canada, buying a dog costume & pretending to be a stray until you guys take me in.
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Very beautiful, glad you all made it back. There's no place like home 😊. Sea Sick ugh, can only imagine. Thanks for sharing.
Good morning and Welcome home.. It was so wonderful to see your Fur Baby welcome you home…
I was to thank you for sharing your life’s adventures with us..
God Bless you and Steve for the love you have for your Fur Family..
Can’t wait for your next adventures..
Cheers from NH..
Take as long as you need…it’s not getting any warmer here! Looks like a great adventure!
Great video lots of travel by boat and sea sorry you got sick good to see you home bet the animals were so happy to see you 😊
That was a busy passage! Hope you're fully recovered from the plague. Good to see you guys polishing your Karaoke skills. Yes it's always good to be home. Happy dogs for sure. Cheers!
Michelle and Steve, thanks for taking us on this adventure. I really appreciate your efforts to show us different parts of the world and appreciate the people and personal experiences you've shown us. Certainly glad you're safely Home. I hope you're reading this wrapped in your favorite comforter, in your favorite chair, surrounded by fur puppies, sipping pn your favorite beverage. Thanks for Sharing!
Yep, puppies are having their peanut butter post walk and I’m on the couch with my coffee!! 😁
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What a wonderful adventure Michelle and Steve. I have a deep desire to visit Japan one day, hopefully in the near future. Thanks so much for sharing your journey and welcome home back to BC. Now, back to work on the cliff cabin. Haha. Cheers from northeastern Vermont!
Thanks Michelle for keeping us updated on your trip, I’m glad you made it home safely, you and Steve take care. Have a wonderful week.
I love the way the dogs were excited and happy when you walked in through the door but your cat just didn’t care and was like “whatever”
Lol. At first, yes. But it didn’t take long for him to be all over us! ❤️
Thank you so much for taking us with you on your adventure Japan is a very beautiful place I've never been there but now I have thanks to you and Steve I'm glad that you got home safely ❤ your family loves you so much and that look on Clyde's face is priceless❤❤😂 see you on the next one😂
thnxs Michelle for sharing this with me, this adventure was badass . glad your home and safe and well.
👍👌👏 Great video again. It's quite sad that you got so seasick again and additionally caught a severe flue. Fortunately you are a very strong and healthy woman. And yes, of course, extremely beautiful too. 2) I'm very shocked how many problems a brand new boat has to offer. I'm also very shocked about your experience with the American hotline for the engine. Unfortunately service is something that is dying out all over the world. Especially therefore it's great to see Steve staying cool and concentrated working on all the different issues. You two complement each other really well. 3) I absolutely loved to see how friendly and respectful Japanese people are.
Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards, luck and especially health to all involved life forms (humans and animals).
Beautiful video, thanks for the take the time to put it together. Looks like you, Steve and friends had a great time. Sorry you guys were sea sick, no fun. Love the Japanese people, have been to Japan twice. Looking forward to vids for your home area. The dogs were so happy to se you guys. Stay safe & well.
I work for a major airline and I think almost every employee that has visited Japan have all had good things to say about how nice the people in Japan are to outsiders. Being hospitable sure increases your tourism to your country so its a win win situation.
Incredible adventure! The pets are ecstatic that you are home!
Glad you made it home safe.
Glad you made it home safe. What a journey. Love seeing the other side of the world and the nice people of Japan. That was truly a test for the boat and the both of you. Wow! Looked peaceful and beautiful at times but scary with the break downs and terrible high seas and sea sickness. I thought you put together a nice collaboration for this story. You both have made some wonderful memories with your boat adventure. Cheers you are home with your pets!😍
A surprise? Gotta be not one, but two new dogs. That would be so so you guys. Great series, by the way.
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AWESOME!.... Always something on a boat!.... OMG! HOME AGAIN!
Thank you for being so kind to the animals🙏
I absolutely love your videos!!! It amazes me that you have done so many things that have always interested me. I love watching you build, and the puppies and the duck, which caught my eye years ago as the perfect boat to have when a sailboat gets to be too much. You and Steve are awesome in the true sense of the word and I thank you for sharing your lives with us!! ❤❤
What a wonderful life you two are living. Would love to be there doing what you’re doing. Keep the videos coming. We all enjoy them very much
Michelle even though you don’t know any of us, it feels as if we have become friends. Thru the cabin building and the tools that took a header off of the cliff. The tears and the funny bits. The boat travels and sea sickness. You have a way of making us feel we were right there with you.
Best time of leaving is coming home to your dogs. You can get so much love from them.
YAY! for sails! 😁
Aww, Michy-san. I am so sorry that you got so sick, and for so long, especially with the plague! You're so good to Steve, going through all the hassles, troubles, sickness and inconveniences, doing something you really don't care for much, but that he absolutely loves. You're a trooper, and Steve's got the best woman he could possibly have.
You two rock! I'm glad that you guys are home, safe, and with your little furballs. 😊
Thanks for sharing! 😁
Welcome Home 👍🏼☕️☕️🙏😊. Hope y’all are well , safe and resting. I love a boat for a day or two, then the thrill is gone lol. Glad you didn’t need the no show coast guard . Love you ❤
Hi 👋, that sounded like a very stressful holiday, what with being unwell/seasick , and probably with your boat, it sounds like it needs a lot of money spent on it, servicing, it’s probably like a lot of things if they’re not use constantly, Things dry up, and then things start to failed as same as humans, a shame about losing your drone, it did look like you had some grate people on your voyage, around the region of Japan, And it looks like they were very hospitable, friendly and welcoming, and at least now you can rest, and get ready to plough on with your next adventure, I presume it’s going to be snow on the ground soon if not already, I had one of the coldest nights here -5°, Stay safe, look forward to seeing and hearing your journey, Phil from the moulin,
wow, that was great.
I've stumbled onto your channel and have watched a few vides now. You are a delight "humble charm" are words that comes to mind. I've felt a beautiful sense of peace and contentment watching them. I'm not sure where this is coming from but... Thank You.
No motion sickness at the cabin! I enjoyed this video a lot so your suffering was worthwhile! 😊
Oh how good you all are fine. 🥰
Darn it Michy, your video brought tears to my eyes. You are the only RUclipsr that does that.
What a true honor to be a part of your journey. I absolutely love the boat. Its really too bad all the issues youve had, and unfortunately, you are 100% right, its what happens with all new things, especially something so complex as the vessel you have. But it really is an amazing boat. I live on the north shore of Lake Superior, that would be amazing to sail here.
Japan looks like a true gem to visit. I'm not much of a traveler, but thats one place I sure would like to see one day.
I sure have missed your videos, so I'm super glad youre finally back home.
Love to watch something real. They aren't trying to impress anyone. Just living their lives.
I enjoy watching what you guys , and what all the different things you do, God Bless
WOW! What a story!
I'm sorry for all the problems with the boat, and various levels of illness and sickness you all dealt with, but whatever doesn't kill you, just makes you stronger. I'll bet you're all the better now for sticking with it and working through the challenges.
What an amazing adventure y'all have had, one I wish I could have experienced! Maybe one day.
Keep posting, and keep having fun! Take care.
Multi million $$$ boat, fixed it with maxi-pads...OK 😅
Michele don't worry about not doing enough of the videos for us my goodness that was so amazing and beautiful to see all those wonderful places most all of us will never get to see if not for you and Steve and buying this wonderful boat and trekking the seas to someday bring it all the way home.
The sights and Japanese people and others you've met along the way have been so gracious in helping yall with whatever you needed. The karaoke night was so fun to see yall just relaxing and having so much fun singing and laughing just an awesome experience for yall and for us to see.
I just hate you've had to endure so much sea sickness and whatever the flu was you came down with.To take such a wonderful month of sea travel and seeing places so beautiful and to have to be nauseous through much of it is just a shame but your one tough girl as well all know and you pushed through like always. The life you two are living is so wonderful and a dream for most of us but love taking the journey with you through video so thank you so much for doing what you could for all of us.
That meal you cooked from scratch was amazing and I could tell that the guy helping with the trip really loved it along with Steve diving onto that bowl of soup. LSteves humble comment about the Japanese lady checking him out was so funny. WHY WOULD SHE. HES ONE OF A KIND THATS FOR SURE AND ALL YOURS MICHY.
Glad you made it home safe and sound with all your pups and cat.
Can't wait for the next one.
Thanks 👍 😊
WOW what a journey..... Glad you were greeted with the kindness of the people you met along the way..... Kinda makes it all worthwhile.... Glad youre safe & at home....
Seems like a Great time in spite of the boat issues .I got to give you guys a lot of credit . Enjoying your adventures thanks for taking us along.
Gotta say I was a little worried when you didn't upload last week, sorry you guys were ill while away and lost your drone ASWELL! 🤦🏻 You did well, especially all things considered!
Have a great week!
I do hope that you are feeling 100% now Michy. Take care 😊
Thanks so much for sharing! I love the boating adventures. Love you mean it. ❤
Hello from the Netherlands.
thanks for the video Michelle❤ and Steve👍.
Kind regards, Hollandduck
Thank you for bringing us along on your journey 🙏
I almost got sea sick watching the video 😅
I got the biggest smile 😃 seeing you coming home, greeting your puppies 🐶
Welcome back ! Missed all you Steve you and the pups 😁
"So happy to be home again", that says a lot. Never had a ship, this isn't a boat, but looks like a maintenance nightmare. Leaving it would be hard and upkeep will be even harder when you come back. Surely you guys will make up your mind on the next chapter or if there is one? Howdy from Texas.
Quite the experience. Thanx for sharing 😊
I will watch anything in as much detail as you have on the systems. That stuff is always fascinating.
I would skip over it all myself, or click off the video! 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for sharing all of your adventures!!
Oh wooooow! What an adventure. Hope you are feeling much better now, together with your big family (Cat was playing very cool as you guys walked into the house!!). Welcome back home. Nothing like it.
You are so lucky. I loved Japan, and did not want to leave, that was in the 1980's. I still regret leaving Japan. Such wonderful people and culture. Glad you guys are doing well.
This was a wonderful video! Thank you so much. From London ON
Sweet. Thank you for sharing.
I was stationed in Japan for two years and loved it!
Soooo glad to see this. Grateful all are safe. Missed you on Sunday mornings.
I was in the Coast Guard for 5 years and luckily, as a pharmacist, I did mostly shore duty……I get deathly sea sick! You’re a trooper Michelle!
So glad you are all home safe MLR
Absolutely fantastic video, Michelle and Steve. Glad you're home safe and sound just the look with you and Your babies made it all worthwhile
Sad to see the boat season draw to a close again, I really enjoy it so much. I'm sure that you are both happy to be back home though, there is always a sense of relief when you finally arrive home after a long trip!!!
Welcome home & thanks for your videos
Awesome! What an adventure you guys have been on. Thank you
That was an awesome trip ,blessings to the three of you on board, home safe,
The boat is a beauty! I am sure Steve at least is smitten with her by now but not sure you are yet lol. The folks in Japan seem incredibly nice, I am are the say the same thing about you guys too.
They say a good life is full of experiences. Thank you for this video, as I do not need these trials and tribulations, thank you very much. ;-) Welcome home.
Love all your animals ..... They are such a beautiful delight.
Welcome home! Lovely little episode. Nice job and it was touching to see them dogs so happy to see you!!
The boat is awesome looking! What an adventure! Thank you for taking us along
Wonderful video. Very enjoyable to watch. Thank you from Hanover Pennsylvania.
I love watching your videos.
I'm so glad you are home I missed you
a superb adventure, a few issues , but no one hurt so all good , great to see your journey
❤ Thank you again for bringing us along on trip.
Great mix of what it takes to travel.
Amazing video. Incredible journey. Thank you for sharing. Glad you guys are safe and sound back home!
I really enjoy the boat vids, and especially the insights into the systems on the boat, I can live vicariously through your adventures!
Your videos are amazing and I early await each one. This one in particular seemed like a labor of love for you. Thank you.
Welcome back to this side of the ocean. Looks like quite a memorable adventure for you both. Thanks for sharing it with us. Have a merry Christmas!
Thanks for sharing your Adventure with us!!!!
Thanks for sharing the good and not so good parts of your sailing. That's real life. It isn't easy as you have documented. You can be proud of your perseverance to solve problems. Take care.
Well it's good too hear your safe and now back on dry land. Have better week and God bless amen.
Welcome home! Happy that you’re both safe back home.
Great trip guys thanks for sharing with us.
Glad your both having fun and enjoying yourselves!! Stay safe n live life.