Thank you so much!! We loved the time we spent at Great Guana Cay especially snorkeling the breathtaking reef. We also posted content about Great Guana Cay to our Instagram & FB. We’d be happy to send you some of the content.
I love that you guys are doing so much more research on reefs systems and their growth/livelihood patterns. You can learn a lot by joining a library of one of the world renown universities like, James Cook University's CRC Reef research centre here in QLD, Australia and read all their articles. It might cost you a small yearly sum but you will have first hand knowledge and access to all the scientific research as it is published and of course all historical papers on reef and fish life. James Cook Uni is the 2nd best research facility in the world, although our reef is much different to yours. The Great Barrier Reef tends to weather; storm, increased temperatures; and nutrient cycles a little better than previously thought, with reef and coral re-growth quite aggressively. Fabio (you probably already know this), if you look closely at the 'tell tale' tufts of wool in your sails (from this episode) you will see that the windward side of the sails your tufts are flowing freely. Whereas your leeward side tufts are curled up. This means you are 'pinched' a little high and tight to the wind. You ideally want tufts on both sides flowing freely. This is when your sails are performing at their best and will provide you with the greatest power and will lift your boat speed. You typically can do this two ways: firstly you can steer to leeward a little and then relax the sails a touch or just steer a little to leeward and wait to see if the leeward side resolve themselves. Don't forget when sailing in shallow water that you don't always have to have the dagger boards all the way down. having two dagger boards protruding just a couple of feet into the water should provide substantial lift to stop the boat from drifting of course. Plus you have the ability to raise you rudders as well, they don't always need to be running 100% down. You should still get reasonable steerage with them halfway down. A simple elastic strap around the boards should stop them from falling fully down whilst sailing. You could go to a sailing club and see how the smaller craft do this on their rudders. I Hope this helps and doesn't not come across as condescending. Fair winds and following seas to you both. Best of sailing as you head south away from the cyclone season. Cheers, from Cronulla, Sydney.
Thank you so much!! These comments are GOLD. We love having constructive advice from experienced sailors like you. We will definitely work on our sail trim and follow your leads.
@@HarborsUnknown 👍 Glad to help. Think of your sail as a big aircraft wing sticking straight up in the sky. It is actually the leeward side's curved surface that provides the 'lift' and the driving force to move the boat forwards. Yes, the sail does need to 'catch the wind', and you can see this happen when you turn a boat and the sail then 'flops' into shape, but even though the windward tufts are then flowing (although at times they may show themselves to be less than horizontal), IF it was an aircraft wing, you could picture both tufts flowing even on both sides (could you not?), and so this is what you are going for, leeward tufts flowing horizontal too. Many sailors just love setting a course (between two points) and then just playing or adjusting the sails till they have it just right and hence pick up the maximum boat speed for any given course. This is what racing is all about. Anyway I hope I was helpful. Depending on rigging, there is a lot more that can be done and learnt, but with a $1M dollar boat, I can't imagine you would want to be playing around too much with rigging set ups and the like. But it can help/be interesting to discuss these things if you ever get a chance to take a sailor on board to races a boat, they can provide heap of advice. Fair winds...
Happy Easter! I hope that you had a wonderful day, filled with stunning vistas, superb exploring and finishing with an incredible dinner with lamb, potatoes and vegetables, followed by Cassata Siciliana and some fantastic wine. Thank you for sharing, as always, and bringing smiles to everyone. Buona fortuna, con amore e auguri.
Such beautiful dive footage. Very nicely edited. I am a huge fan of underwater films. Brooke and Gary have captured some amazing underwater stuff in their past videos. Do you guys SCUBA? I'm looking forward to catching up on your other diving footage. We're planning to get SCUBA certified in the near future.
@@HarborsUnknown when I find a really good channel, I like to binge from the start to get all the way up to speed. It is odd to me that RUclips viewers seem to be fixated on the most recent stuff. If folks are watching older videos, they don't seem to comment much. I comment because the material is good regardless of when it was put out, and in part to bring the creator back to their earlier stuff. I'd imagine it might be fun for you to touch on and recall prior experiences you documented?
Hurricane Dorian damaged most of the reefs where you were diving at Great Guana Cay, the seas were 30' and destroyed most of the islands in that area also. Be safe!
Grenada is of course a very popular spot to assure your boat is safe during the storm season, but Bonaire is much more interesting... and even less costly (and expert inexpensive boat work is available too). After Grenada, you can even continue to explore the islands of Venezuela (Los Roques), Curacao, Aruba off the coast of Colombia and maybe even as far as the San Juan Islands of Panama (check with your insurance broker about them). Check it out. Y'all have fun.
Thank you Steven, we plan to visit the Bonaire, Aruba and Curacao and get some work done. We heard that los Roques is beautiful and a possible stopping point. We will be sailing down between Cuba and Haiti and probably end up skipping Grenada. Thank you for your comment and for watching our videos
@@HarborsUnknown The Windward Passage is a great way to reach all of the islands off the North coast of South America and Los Roques is a perfect way to start your adventure in that area. They are diverse and beautiful, have many well protected anchorages, interesting places to dive and the people there are just wonderful. The idea that Los Roques might be a dangerous area to sail is preposterous thanks to the Venezuelan Coast Guard. They are accommodating and very professional. Then the shot towards Bonaire/Curacao/Aruba is a breeze with the right weather windows. Sounds like you guys have a great plan.
Cat7/8 dorian sept 2019. 39 hrs sustained 220mph...gusts to 285mph. Imagine that reef before dorian. Its actually encouraging to see the reef recovering at all.
I wish, you would invite someone like "Sam Holmes Sailing" on your cat for ocean crossing. Also Martin from "M Jambo" YT channel, who will complete his second Atlantic circuit soon, emitts such positive vibes, that would make a perfect skipper towards Europe. Fabio would surely thrive, when approaching Italian shoreline. But as you enjoyed Maine shoreline, a turn towards the Baltic Sea seems to be inevitable, too. Great spots to visit in summertime with plenty of anchorages. Folding E-Bikes don't take much space and will become your most precious leisure items there to explore the countryside and even cities in by combining well connected public transportation as folding bikes are charged like a suitcase with no extra fee often. You can leave for the Med in August by using the Kiel channel. To avoid the predominant westerly winds in the North Sea, you can next use the fixed mast route, an inland waterway through the Nertherlands, before heading to the south again. Off-season Mediterranean marina rates are significantly lower than at crowded summer season.
it would be excellent; that you could put different preset languages; to be able to watch your translated channel directly from the TV; in my case it would be in Spanish; Ej :living hakuna and sailing Jupiter
Please consider NOT hunting the fish. Over many years I've been diving in these waters (& others like Belize) and seen that where there were once thriving populations of large fish and lobster . . . they are now becoming rare. Personally I quit hunting fish & lobster long ago because I came to feel it was an 'unfair contest' because it was just too easy to catch and kill them. Now I've come to realize that the fish on these reefs are being hunted out of existence and that we should do what we can to help prevent that. As a producer of media seen by thousands you have a great opportunity to show others how we can be responsible stewards of these reefs by not killing off their inhabitants.
You are completely correct! There is little to no fish out there and we are certainly not responsible for it because we have not caught any, not even one 😂😂. Our diet, however, is inclusive of fish, and that has to come from somewhere. The fish we eat is probably coming from a large dragnet scraping the ocean floor somewhere in the world destroying all sorts of living creatures and producing a lot of bycatch and with a high carbon footprint from refrigeration and transportation. Is fish farming a better alternative? Albeit an attractive idea there are a number of criticisms on the way fish is farmed, feeds, use of antibiotics and chemicals. Are we to go plant based and forget fish? Possibly an easy solution for land based people, but harder on a boat where carrying fresh fruits and vegetables can be cumbersome. We really appreciate your thought provoking comment and share your concerns with the ocean on a very broad basis. When we are out there on a distant reef with nobody in sight we wonder if it was a lonely fisherman with a spear pole who killed all the fish. Please let us know more of your thoughts! Do you have a plant based diet?
@@HarborsUnknown Thanks for your thoughtful reply! Yes, we all have to eat and fish is certainly a healthy protein source. My solution is not perfect by any means, but I'll troll and catch free swimming ocean type fish but not spear reef fish. My theory is that the reef fishes are just too few and more vulnerable to over fishing. As I mentioned above, I've personally witnessed a huge decline in the large reef fish and lobster during my years of diving. When I first began diving the Bahamian waters I would see small ledges and caves so full of lobster that you could hardly fit anymore into that space. Now they've almost become a rarity. I think that the Bahamians themselves are largely responsible for this, but we divers are also a significant factor. It's the same thing with the large fish such as Grouper & Snapper. Years ago they were everywhere and now they're almost all gone. A main concern is that these reefs w/o the large fish seem so empty and I hate that other future divers won't be able to see what I used to see. When I gave up spearfishing I turned my 'hunters drive' to photography instead. It turned out that the challenge of photographing these fish can really change your perspective. Whereas I would once view a large Grouper as prey I came to see them as companions and it leaves me with a much more satisfying feeling! BTW, getting a good photograph is much more of a challenge than spearing them. Lastly, we've found that it's really no problem at all to have a fully stocked galley on board and so we don't really need to hunt the fish for a food source.
I think that you make a great point about concentrating on pelagic fish rather that reef fish. I Also have memories of 20 years ago where lobster and hog fish were every where here in the Bahamas. Now even grunts and chubs are rare and conks seem to hide. Something has happen to these reefs that is really sad and concerning. I find it interesting that in Florida we still have a large population of lobster and fish despite the large number of fishermen and the ability to fish with scuba equipment. I think that reef management and enforcement of limits and seasons has a lot to do with that. I am thinking about bringing this stimulating conversation to instagram to involve some other RUclipsrs to see what their thought bring to light. Thank for starting it!
Cool video. I love how you show the helm wind/speed instrument at 11:30. Well done.
Thanks for the feedback! It’s always great to hear specifics about what you like.
I love how vibrant colors are in this video.Such a scenic view looks great....thank you so much for a wonderful sharing!!!🥰😍
Thank you! We're so glad you enjoyed the video!
I manage the Great Guana Cay social media. This is absolutely beautiful!
Thank you so much!! We loved the time we spent at Great Guana Cay especially snorkeling the breathtaking reef. We also posted content about Great Guana Cay to our Instagram & FB. We’d be happy to send you some of the content.
That was a delight to watch. Thank you for sharing it.
We’re so glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching!
Great video, editing,sound over, knowledge sharing and location
Thanks so much Brian! We’re glad you enjoyed the video!!
Great video
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I thought the translation would be automatic.
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I look forward to your videos. Love the blue water the sailing makes me wish I was there 😀
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I love that you guys are doing so much more research on reefs systems and their growth/livelihood patterns. You can learn a lot by joining a library of one of the world renown universities like, James Cook University's CRC Reef research centre here in QLD, Australia and read all their articles. It might cost you a small yearly sum but you will have first hand knowledge and access to all the scientific research as it is published and of course all historical papers on reef and fish life. James Cook Uni is the 2nd best research facility in the world, although our reef is much different to yours. The Great Barrier Reef tends to weather; storm, increased temperatures; and nutrient cycles a little better than previously thought, with reef and coral re-growth quite aggressively.
Fabio (you probably already know this), if you look closely at the 'tell tale' tufts of wool in your sails (from this episode) you will see that the windward side of the sails your tufts are flowing freely. Whereas your leeward side tufts are curled up. This means you are 'pinched' a little high and tight to the wind. You ideally want tufts on both sides flowing freely. This is when your sails are performing at their best and will provide you with the greatest power and will lift your boat speed. You typically can do this two ways: firstly you can steer to leeward a little and then relax the sails a touch or just steer a little to leeward and wait to see if the leeward side resolve themselves. Don't forget when sailing in shallow water that you don't always have to have the dagger boards all the way down. having two dagger boards protruding just a couple of feet into the water should provide substantial lift to stop the boat from drifting of course. Plus you have the ability to raise you rudders as well, they don't always need to be running 100% down. You should still get reasonable steerage with them halfway down. A simple elastic strap around the boards should stop them from falling fully down whilst sailing. You could go to a sailing club and see how the smaller craft do this on their rudders.
I Hope this helps and doesn't not come across as condescending. Fair winds and following seas to you both. Best of sailing as you head south away from the cyclone season. Cheers, from Cronulla, Sydney.
Thank you so much!! These comments are GOLD. We love having constructive advice from experienced sailors like you.
We will definitely work on our sail trim and follow your leads.
@@HarborsUnknown 👍 Glad to help. Think of your sail as a big aircraft wing sticking straight up in the sky. It is actually the leeward side's curved surface that provides the 'lift' and the driving force to move the boat forwards. Yes, the sail does need to 'catch the wind', and you can see this happen when you turn a boat and the sail then 'flops' into shape, but even though the windward tufts are then flowing (although at times they may show themselves to be less than horizontal), IF it was an aircraft wing, you could picture both tufts flowing even on both sides (could you not?), and so this is what you are going for, leeward tufts flowing horizontal too. Many sailors just love setting a course (between two points) and then just playing or adjusting the sails till they have it just right and hence pick up the maximum boat speed for any given course. This is what racing is all about.
Anyway I hope I was helpful. Depending on rigging, there is a lot more that can be done and learnt, but with a $1M dollar boat, I can't imagine you would want to be playing around too much with rigging set ups and the like. But it can help/be interesting to discuss these things if you ever get a chance to take a sailor on board to races a boat, they can provide heap of advice.
Fair winds...
Thank you!
Happy Easter! I hope that you had a wonderful day, filled with stunning vistas, superb exploring and finishing with an incredible dinner with lamb, potatoes and vegetables, followed by Cassata Siciliana and some fantastic wine.
Thank you for sharing, as always, and bringing smiles to everyone.
Buona fortuna, con amore e auguri.
Grazie Leon! Buona Pasqua anche a te. We did have a wonderful day. Thanks so much for your well wishes! We hope you had a fantastic day as well. ❤️
Such beautiful dive footage. Very nicely edited. I am a huge fan of underwater films. Brooke and Gary have captured some amazing underwater stuff in their past videos. Do you guys SCUBA? I'm looking forward to catching up on your other diving footage. We're planning to get SCUBA certified in the near future.
We do!! There will be some diving footage coming up in our videos. Thank you for watching in order!! 😊😊🤩
@@HarborsUnknown when I find a really good channel, I like to binge from the start to get all the way up to speed. It is odd to me that RUclips viewers seem to be fixated on the most recent stuff. If folks are watching older videos, they don't seem to comment much. I comment because the material is good regardless of when it was put out, and in part to bring the creator back to their earlier stuff. I'd imagine it might be fun for you to touch on and recall prior experiences you documented?
You are so right!! And hopefully you will have a chance to see the evolution of our characters, filming, editing. Thank you 😊
Hurricane Dorian damaged most of the reefs where you were diving at Great Guana Cay, the seas were 30' and destroyed most of the islands in that area also. Be safe!
So sad to see! We can't imagine what the storm and its aftermath were like. Thankfully the area is on its way to recovery! Thanks for watching!
Grenada is of course a very popular spot to assure your boat is safe during the storm season, but Bonaire is much more interesting... and even less costly (and expert inexpensive boat work is available too). After Grenada, you can even continue to explore the islands of Venezuela (Los Roques), Curacao, Aruba off the coast of Colombia and maybe even as far as the San Juan Islands of Panama (check with your insurance broker about them). Check it out. Y'all have fun.
Thank you Steven, we plan to visit the Bonaire, Aruba and Curacao and get some work done. We heard that los Roques is beautiful and a possible stopping point. We will be sailing down between Cuba and Haiti and probably end up skipping Grenada. Thank you for your comment and for watching our videos
@@HarborsUnknown The Windward Passage is a great way to reach all of the islands off the North coast of South America and Los Roques is a perfect way to start your adventure in that area. They are diverse and beautiful, have many well protected anchorages, interesting places to dive and the people there are just wonderful. The idea that Los Roques might be a dangerous area to sail is preposterous thanks to the Venezuelan Coast Guard. They are accommodating and very professional. Then the shot towards Bonaire/Curacao/Aruba is a breeze with the right weather windows.
Sounds like you guys have a great plan.
That’s awesome to hear! We have friends from Venezuela and they assured us Los Roques are amazing and very safe. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
@@HarborsUnknown I lived and sailed in the Caribbean for 40 years and am happy to share the experience.
Fair winds...
Thank you, having experienced cruisers among our followers is fantastic and an honor. We treasure your comments
Cat7/8 dorian sept 2019. 39 hrs sustained 220mph...gusts to 285mph. Imagine that reef before dorian. Its actually encouraging to see the reef recovering at all.
That is so insane to think about. We were happy to see the soft coral in pretty good condition!
What's the plan for the wholly sail?
We're going to fix it soon, lol.
I wish, you would invite someone like "Sam Holmes Sailing" on your cat for ocean crossing. Also Martin from "M Jambo" YT channel, who will complete his second Atlantic circuit soon, emitts such positive vibes, that would make a perfect skipper towards Europe. Fabio would surely thrive, when approaching Italian shoreline. But as you enjoyed Maine shoreline, a turn towards the Baltic Sea seems to be inevitable, too. Great spots to visit in summertime with plenty of anchorages. Folding E-Bikes don't take much space and will become your most precious leisure items there to explore the countryside and even cities in by combining well connected public transportation as folding bikes are charged like a suitcase with no extra fee often. You can leave for the Med in August by using the Kiel channel. To avoid the predominant westerly winds in the North Sea, you can next use the fixed mast route, an inland waterway through the Nertherlands, before heading to the south again. Off-season Mediterranean marina rates are significantly lower than at crowded summer season.
it would be excellent; that you could put different preset languages; to be able to watch your translated channel directly from the TV; in my case it would be in Spanish; Ej :living hakuna and sailing Jupiter
We’ll look into this! Thanks for the recommendation!
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Please consider NOT hunting the fish. Over many years I've been diving in these waters (& others like Belize) and seen that where there were once thriving populations of large fish and lobster . . . they are now becoming rare. Personally I quit hunting fish & lobster long ago because I came to feel it was an 'unfair contest' because it was just too easy to catch and kill them. Now I've come to realize that the fish on these reefs are being hunted out of existence and that we should do what we can to help prevent that. As a producer of media seen by thousands you have a great opportunity to show others how we can be responsible stewards of these reefs by not killing off their inhabitants.
You are completely correct! There is little to no fish out there and we are certainly not responsible for it because we have not caught any, not even one 😂😂.
Our diet, however, is inclusive of fish, and that has to come from somewhere. The fish we eat is probably coming from a large dragnet scraping the ocean floor somewhere in the world destroying all sorts of living creatures and producing a lot of bycatch and with a high carbon footprint from refrigeration and transportation.
Is fish farming a better alternative? Albeit an attractive idea there are a number of criticisms on the way fish is farmed, feeds, use of antibiotics and chemicals.
Are we to go plant based and forget fish? Possibly an easy solution for land based people, but harder on a boat where carrying fresh fruits and vegetables can be cumbersome.
We really appreciate your thought provoking comment and share your concerns with the ocean on a very broad basis.
When we are out there on a distant reef with nobody in sight we wonder if it was a lonely fisherman with a spear pole who killed all the fish.
Please let us know more of your thoughts! Do you have a plant based diet?
@@HarborsUnknown Thanks for your thoughtful reply!
Yes, we all have to eat and fish is certainly a healthy protein source. My solution is not perfect by any means, but I'll troll and catch free swimming ocean type fish but not spear reef fish. My theory is that the reef fishes are just too few and more vulnerable to over fishing. As I mentioned above, I've personally witnessed a huge decline in the large reef fish and lobster during my years of diving.
When I first began diving the Bahamian waters I would see small ledges and caves so full of lobster that you could hardly fit anymore into that space. Now they've almost become a rarity. I think that the Bahamians themselves are largely responsible for this, but we divers are also a significant factor.
It's the same thing with the large fish such as Grouper & Snapper. Years ago they were everywhere and now they're almost all gone.
A main concern is that these reefs w/o the large fish seem so empty and I hate that other future divers won't be able to see what I used to see.
When I gave up spearfishing I turned my 'hunters drive' to photography instead. It turned out that the challenge of photographing these fish can really change your perspective. Whereas I would once view a large Grouper as prey I came to see them as companions and it leaves me with a much more satisfying feeling! BTW, getting a good photograph is much more of a challenge than spearing them.
Lastly, we've found that it's really no problem at all to have a fully stocked galley on board and so we don't really need to hunt the fish for a food source.
I think that you make a great point about concentrating on pelagic fish rather that reef fish. I Also have memories of 20 years ago where lobster and hog fish were every where here in the Bahamas. Now even grunts and chubs are rare and conks seem to hide.
Something has happen to these reefs that is really sad and concerning.
I find it interesting that in Florida we still have a large population of lobster and fish despite the large number of fishermen and the ability to fish with scuba equipment.
I think that reef management and enforcement of limits and seasons has a lot to do with that.
I am thinking about bringing this stimulating conversation to instagram to involve some other RUclipsrs to see what their thought bring to light.
Thank for starting it!