Sailing to remote islands in VENEZUELA. Life at an angle of 20 degrees - UNTIE THE LINES IV #70
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- We explore the small island Little Curacao and set sails to Los Aves Sotavento, the western Los Aves island group in Venezuela.
Marlin is sailing upwind for some 24 hours, tacking along constantly heeled over some 20 degrees. The conditions are perfect and the crew is enjoying the ride!
Enjoy and Ahoy,
Nike c/o SY Marlin
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This is NOT a live documentary! There is a time difference between filming and publishing due to the time it takes to send data home, to edit the episodes and to internet not always being awailable on those little remote palm tree islands :)
The sense of contentment in your soul is a true delight, when you’re near the sea. Time fades quickly away, leaving only desire for more!
"More about that next week." Words that both devastate me (this episode is over) and fills me with longing (can't wait until next week!!!!). Thanks, Nike. You're videos keep me going through these crazy times (and I live in the US, where it is DEFINITELY crazy!). ;-)
I am happy to hear that the videos help you to go through the current crazy, it sure is an intense kind of crazy right now. Hang in there!!!!
So glad to seeing you out sailing!! Let us know if you ever come back to the PNW! Great video!!
Thanks for posting and sharing. Glad to see little Curaçao.
Awesome to see you back in warm water country. Looking forward to more videos Nike.
Well well, one more to go for now 😢
Very pleasing to watch this episode..Thanks for taking us along..xx
You are welcome ☺️
Love that will be going to Los Roques, having lived in Venezuela for 5+ years, I'm looking forward to seeing the islands again . Please be careful in those waters
Los Aves and Los Roques were indeed very pretty, the water was just amazing and the people really friendly. Karl has actually been to Venezuela with his precious owners, I think they spent quite a while there. It seemed that the waters around the island were fairly safe, as long as you keep a decent distant from the mainland 🤞🏼
Always good to see you in your element, on the water.
It was great to feel the wind in my hair and the boat parting the waves. After all the motoring we did up north it was awesome to get some decent sailing in! And the boat is a gem, so I was happy as a clam ☺️
Ah, so much different than your trip up the West Coast of BC. The beauty of the different areas are awsome in their own right.
Yes, I totally agree, Doug. I personally love the variety and the change, so for me the trip up north was a very beautiful experience since it was different to my experiences sailing closer to the equator. But it was great to be back in the Caribbean and explore and area that I had not seen yet, too!
Thanks Patrice, for the edit at 05:55 - the entertainment is endless 😀
I have had a couple of sailboats. That is a show room clean engine room! Wonderful job.
Yep, it surly is!
Great video as always hope you come back to BC again
Love it!!!
Thanks for posting.
Cheers, S/V Good Karma
I add my voice to the chorus. Good to have you back Caribbean way. Ready for another nautical poem - Captain, oh my Captain?
"My soul is full of longing
for the secret of the sea,
and the heart of the great
ocean sends a thrilling pulse
through me." H.W.Longfellow - I tend to favor the Golden Oldies. I am, after all, a child of the 60's.
Nice to see you on the water again. Albeit 8 months ago. Cheers!
Yeah, sorry, we did fall behind a tiny bit 😇🙈 In case we do start a new season, we will try to go back to 3 to 4 months delay 🤞🏼
@@WhiteSpotPirates Regardless, we all love seeing and hearing from you. Please keep it up!
Nike, very good !!! Thank you
really enjoyed this video
Happy to hear that, Eddie
I see Klein to the east... I saw one piece where Venezuelans were trying to get out, they would boat to St Grenada as refugees, and then go all the way hopping the Islands to Martinique and beyond.
Seeing you change the water filters reminds me of the time my elderly father accidently confused a paint roller for a filter. We couldn't figure out why he had no pressure...lol
😂 now that is quite funny!
That's an impressive boat, could we have a tour please?
Great video Nike !
Thanks, John.
Another great episode, thanks for sharing with us. Hopefully one day you can sail the Mediterranean
I sailed some of the Med with my parents when I was a teenager. The Balearic Islands and some of Greece and Turkey. Good memories!
@@WhiteSpotPirates cool. Hopefully we will be getting out of the med soon
Hi ,This was a really nice video thanks for sharing the exact concordats of the locations as aye future reference. Roberto s, montreal ,Canada guy
I don’t take any responsibility for those, though 😂🙈😜, so don’t just drop ur anchor right there 🤪. On this trip, I did not have my own nav Software running so I don’t have the tracks anymore so these ones are just a rough indication on where we were, not the exact anchor point that I usually take from my old tracks 😬 Just a warning 🤓
@@WhiteSpotPirates OWW..gush now you avoided a disaster thanks for the update enjoy your stay 😎
Great video! That guy made you work hard and you still got a video done!
😂 Multitasking at its best 😂 apparently us women are good at it 🤓
I like the ship on the reef You could make a nice waterfront hotel out of that!
up to 7.2 knots ground speed ... Muy Bueno! ...
2:59 wow. Looks like a old steamer. Well half of one at least. Lol
Hmmm. Same drive coupler as on a jet ski. 🤔 gives me an idea of how to improve my boat. Sure would solve any misalignment vibration issues.
Nike ... like you do when you change an oil filter ... putting a 'charge' of fluid [in this case, water] in a new filter before remounting it will help avoid cavitation upon start up ... Know-It-All Bart
Sounds like a good advise, thx 🙃
We did that trip but in the opposite direction almost 10 years ago. Interested to see what has changed in Los Rocques. I hope you do stop in Bonaire on the way back.
No, we did not stop in Bonaire unfortunately. I did not get to Film too much of los Roques, though, u will see why next week 😜
Be careful with the kite surfing next week. I hear it can be hard on ankles. Love this weeks episode.
😂🙈 if only it had only been the ankle.....😢 that would have been cured in no time.
danke!
2:17 - that Naiad is a long way from home
Nice to finally hear you speak your mother tongue. :-)
I was searching for sailing to Venezuela and came across your channel.
I already watch:
Sailing UMA
Sailing SV Delos
Sailing Nahoa
Sailing Nanji
Sailing Magic Carpet
Sailing La Vagabonde (new to me)
Do I subscribe to your channel too??
I searched the comments for "lanyard" and nothing came up.
SO... how about a lanyard on everything and over your wrist it goes! Might save some equipment... like fish gaffs!
I live in BC and have lived on the coast as well. I will be backtracking to view your trip there.
Ok. Will be watching some more of your videos... Thank you.
That's my baby, making people happy.
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Bonjour je voulais vous dire avez vous connaissance de Sailing SV Delos qui et suédoise aussi et qui navigue avec son mari depuit pas mal de temp .Vraiment a voir .
Oh my, a little coffee in your milk Nike. 😀
😂😂 yeah if you give me too strong of a coffee, I go walking on the ceiling upside down 😂😂
@@WhiteSpotPirates It almost looked like you were walking on the walls when the boat was heeled over.
David Stephens I was 😂😂😂
That engine room is so big it can fit 2 adults and store bikes in it
Two adults even moving around! It is quite the nice engine room, I always appreciate it when the engine room is a bit more spacious, makes it easier to hang out and do stuff 👍
I am glad to see you back in the part of the world that made you popular. That Canadian non sense was not worth watching which I didn't. Lots of sailing shows show that area, but few of south America of which yours is the best.
The cutter jib is called a staysail.
Ah true, thanks!
@@WhiteSpotPirates, I've been watching your channel from the beginning and just thought I'd pass that along. Thanks for all your hard work Nike!
Hey Niki, hows Carl doing? I see you on other boats alot now.
slim pickins hi there, Karl is doing super well. Yes, last year I had decided to sail on some other people’s boats to see some other parts of the world and learn from other skippers, it was a fun experience. I am back on Karl since the beginning Of this year and happy to be back on my floating home
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"Allerlei" = "pot of wonder" -> großartig
Well, it’s not the literal translation obviously...but it was not a typical Leipziger Allerlei but more a pot with mixed ingredients, aka not any specific dish, so I translated it with “one pot wonder”, a bit of a free translation 😂😜
How many languages do you speak? You really seemed to be as happy as I have seen you in some time. You are blessed.
Pretty decent German 😂, pretty fluent in English, all right fluent in Spanish and just able to have a slow and basic conversation in French 😂
WhiteSpotPirates You responded to such as me. A thousand thanks for taking time from you busy and exciting life. You are doing what everyone wishes that they could be doing . When I was young I wanted to do the same thing but before I knew it age had picked my pocket. Thankfully you left long before that time. You will have many years to see beautiful boats and places. I envy you so much. If ever there is anything or part, call on me. I have missed Karl and hope to see him soon. He is going to need some serious cleaning.
Tommy Cheshire actually I have a fair amount of time at hand at the moment due to the covid19 situation.
For Karl: the only thing that needed cleaning was the deck since a couple of birds had used him as a toilet 😂. The inside stays pretty decent actually. And Ecuador is not as wet as Panama. There isn’t any more mold problems since I he resealed the windows and put in some solar vents, which is great! He did need a bit of airing out, though 😂
WhiteSpotPirates Whole darn ocean and they elect to poop on our boats. I had boats for 30 years on a lake here in NC. I moved up and then moved down in size. The smaller the boat, the more the fun. We have a condo at the NC coast and I kayak in the ocean. I am getting into surfing a regular SeaKayak. I have had my share of face plants, but for that modest price I get a few good rides. I am the oldest old fart out there. You should try to surf your kayak. Big fun! I have nine kayaks, from a sit on top to an 18 ft Kevlar that I used to race. It is narrow and quick.
Nice one Nike👍
Thanks, Wayne!
I like this girl
Wow, is 30 miles I 5 hours typical?
That’s 6 knots average...so not very atypical for a monohull that size I would say...depends on the boat and the conditions obviously...😬
Well done put us in the picture, who’s boat , , again, , , or have I lost something good experence , keep going your happy , why do some boates sail close To making the boat hauled up , ease the maim stand the boat up an every body has fun
😂 well, if the wind is on your nose you don’t have much other chance than sailing closed hauled...otherwise you never get to where you want to go. This is Michael’s boat, he had hired me as a co-skipper for a charter trip in Curacao it Los Roques on his Boat Marlin. You find more info on the boat in the last episode.👍
Aluminium.... is an alloy and sheet aluminium is usually made with slightly different alloys in layers, like a laminate, with the upper layer often a corrosion resistant layer. If you sand, grind or acid treat this surface too aggressively, you can accidentally remove the top protective layer. Also, with Aluminium, rust is known as corrosion... electrolysis is a bigger problem with this material as it can literally 'fizz' away quite quickly. You are actually better off not painting an aluminium boat, unless it's a very carefully prepared surface, etch prime with alumi-prep, rinse with fresh water, Alodine treatment, rinse with fresh water, then paint with a good quality epoxy primer. There are some excellent aluminium anti corrosion products such as AV-8 which actually coat the aluminium with a wax like substance, for areas that are not exposed to sun and rarely get disturbed, bildges etc.... with untreated/unpainted aluminium you get to see corrosion clearly and can deal with it immediately rather than when you see it bubbling under the paint. It's a great boat building material, but requires a little more careful inspection, maintenance and care than steel.
Is it then save to sail around that Coast? Venezuela with its broken system, Columbia with the Drugslords and Fishermen who follow Sailboats? When looking at the international Webpage about Piracy and such, it shows that that must be a very dangerous Coast? Don't give me wrong, I am no Fear-Mongerer, I was a Special Force Operator. I am asking because we planned before to sail Venezuela Waters all the Way to Panama, outside of the Hurrikanes, during Hurricane Season. What is your experience? Thank you, Rover
Hi Rover, the captain of Marlin has sailed this trip a few times and never had any trouble. For me, it was the first time, so I don’t have a ton of first hand experience. We made sure to stay a safe distance from the mainland and the islands seem pretty safe and from what I have heard from the few locals and sailors I talked to, they said the same. But then I have cruised up and down the pacific coast of Colombia and found it okay, so maybe I am not a good reference 😂
@@WhiteSpotPirates Thank you for this Information✌ TV brings in Europe currently that US Forces started to fight Druglords again in Columbia. I know how they operate. Keep your eyes open and make sure that you guys have absolutely no Gangy- or Weed or such on Board. They don't really care about international waters. Just in case😎
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So is this after your foot injury? or on the way to it?
Coming up, coming up....😱😢😢😢😱
@@WhiteSpotPirates Ouch!! :((
Very nice.
I'm trying to learn German (this RUclips channel is not my source of learning), but it is nice to have a little German here and there. 6:06 I didn't know "manual" in English could also be "manual" in German I thought it hat to be "handbuch" good to know.
How is it going with the German? Surely not an easy one to learn...you are right, manual would be translated correctly to Handbuch. But it’s one of the English terms that kinda found its way into the German language and some people use it like that. But Handbuch would be correct, so better stick with that. On top of that, when you speak a lot of English in your daily life, then some English terms sneak their way into your German language at times, so better don’t listen to us for some good pure German 😂 I wish you great progress and fun with learning German! Maybe you should write your comments in German instead to practice 😋
@@WhiteSpotPirates When I first started learning German I would try to say just one word to a German person on a few different occasions.
They would look confused and ask me to repeat, after repeating a couple of times the German person would ask what is was in English and then their face would light up with the realisation that they finally understood what I was trying to say.
This was a few years ago I have now progressed to the point where I can pronounce words well enough for people to understand which word I just said. Unfortunately it's usually the wrong word.
My tandem partner said I've improved but I need to work on my grammar. I know nothing about grammar.
Both me and my tandem partner have dyslexia so languages have always been a challenge. But he understands most of what I say.
That was sad loosing the gaff hook and what a fish meal, booo hoooo
Wo und wie ist KARL?
Karl geht es gut, er war zu der Zeit in a Ekuador und ist mittlerweile wieder in Panama, wo er und ich Die Corona Zeit aussitzen.
Could that angle of heel not have been reduced by easing the mainsheet? Works for my boat with no loss of speed, but hull/keel/ballast design on that boat likely made a difference. Not armchair skippering -- just curious from Canada.
I have not played much with sail trim on Marlin since Micha hs sailed it extensively and I believe that he has found all the sweet spots for her...So I don’t know 😊 Karl for sure does not like his main too closed sheeted one, he starts more side dragging instead of going forward. But as u said, each boat is different. Karl with his tiny keels just does not do well with too much sheeted in main sail.
I'll send a message on your live chat and it left off video
You sent a message to my live chat? Was it during the chat or in a comment afterwards and which one was it? I cannot Aves the comments from the chat during the live feed once it is not live anymore...would you mind just posting your message again maybe?
Got to love a German, cleaning the engine so you could eat your dinner off it.
Right? I was pretty amazed. I mean my engine room is usually pretty clean, too, but since it is not painted, it never looks THAT clean. It does help a lot to spot oil or fuel drips, though
What sailor has hands too weak to hold a gaff? Does he have electric winches? :p
you look great. too bad they lost the Mahi Mahi.
Yeah, what a shame shame shame, he was a big one and would have made some great sashimi and steaks and much more ☺️ But he won the fight, good for him!
The fish would later die through Complete incompetence Save The World
Time to throw out those Turbo Charger Diesel engines if you really like the blue waters IMHO
Disgusted by trump ad
Trump 2020
Alone on a boat with two old men. You better not let your mother know. Its disgusting.
Well, that must be your fantasy, so much that you did not see the other woman even though she appears 5 times in this video and has speaking parts in the previous two.
@@blueboats7530 so its a four some. What do you expect her mother to do, bake them a cake. I suggest you stop left handed surfing as i reckon your loving the thought of all this disgusting debauchery.