Very nice video production! I love it that those who can afford it have no problem paying more than they should. Good on you for being generous and treating people with kindness. Enjoy your travels and be safe : Dan in Winnipeg Canada.
When they see the boat and the colour of your skin, they will try and scam you, I have had this done to me multiple times (just not in a boat) 0.25c while being trivial for westerners, in their community, no one would pay it.
@@snaecooceans8744 don't be dumb homes. They need money for the stuff they can't trade for. Besides if that man had spent the day selling his fruit he would have gone home with 5 bucks anyways, just like yesterday and the day before and yet here he is in his boat selling papayas. Bless him and the kids. Saw this on another sailing video in indonesia too and the kids asked for books! Now that's 200IQ play.
@@snaecooceans8744 Yea... I'll play too. If they're still charging 25¢ for that stuff and they've been selling like that to westerners for years, which surely they have, the initial price must've been like .025¢. Are you unable to understand that world travellers have been visiting the area for at least 60+ years? Hmm? Or, are you of the opinion that these guys are the first whiteys to ever travel the are?? Some people.. Supply and demand is responsible for increased prices, unless you know the area's people & economy. These people are some of the most generous on the planet, and while they may have just cut down the fruit from the abundance of the land, portioning it and their in-house home delivery service would surely require some compensation. Maybe you believe $1 is grossly overcharging? I don't know whether to insult your ignorance or to pity your ignorance
In 2009 I was cruising there and took the skipper of the shipwreck from the pub out to the yacht (anchored in villa). He told me that they arrived in a bay to the south illegally from abroad and the yacht was impounded due to a pending court case against the owner. First time I have seen her since 2009,(and like you all I'm sure) am sorry to see her lifeless like that. Nice video BTW. Stay happee. Stu
FYI: The yellow-lipped sea krait (Laticauda colubrina), also known as the banded sea krait, colubrine sea krait, is a species of venomous sea snake found in tropical Indo-Pacific oceanic waters. The snake has distinctive black stripes and a yellow snout, with a paddle-like tail for use in swimming. It spends much of its time underwater in order for it to hunt, but returns to land to digest, rest, and reproduce. It has very potent neurotoxic venom which it uses to prey on eels and small fish. Because of their affinity to land, yellow-lipped sea kraits often encounter humans, but the snakes are not aggressive and only attack when feeling threatened.
I'm no snake expert, but I am a diver, and I have seen a similar snake like that called the Yellow Lipped Sea Snake. As I understood it, they are venomous. Happy Anniversary! Been watching all of your vids since thanksgiving. You gave him $5 and I smiled super big! That's what I do! :D Today I'm subbing!
I have watched so many channels on RUclips. I know I could never do what you do. But it is awesome watching both of yalls journey. You both are special human beings. ❤️
Ashley’s laugh was so funny when dealing with the snake 😂 She’s so chill and laid back! I bet you were a great boss to work for back in your working days!
By the way, a 3foot length of plastic pipe with some doubled over cord pushed down thru the center can form a loop that you could place around the neck. By pulling on the cord you could tighten the loop and then lift the snake overboard. Much like the loops used by dog catchers. 1" PVC pipe would be sufficient.
@@thenarrator1984 - Using the plastic pipe and cord is the easiest way to ensure the snake *isn't* hurt or killed (and that nobody gets bitten) while getting it off the boat...
I live in S.E. TN and for years I've been trying to convince my partner to leave our land life behind and take to the sea. You can imagine all the little comments I've injected into conversations over the years, in an attempt to persuade him in this direction. Fast forward to last month, when for the first time in my life my greatest fear came true, a snake got into our house. Thankfully the cats took care of it in the middle of the night. I woke up and walked into the kitchen to find it already dealt with by 2 very proud cats, LOL. As he carted the dead thing out side I said "You know this would never happen if we were living on a boat!". Now I'm trying to make sure he never sees this video, otherwise I'll never hear the end of it. LMAO
@kimberly Vanderpool - I can't find a partner in crime either. They all complain about getting seasick. I have a bead on a Caliber 33 that is in great shape. The sea is calling, so let's go!! :)
No safety beer makes you hesitate and get bit. Safety beer, no hestitation you just swoop him up right behind his head real fast and say woooow look what I caught. Then you whirl about to toss him off the boat, slip, fall and break your nose lol
Happy Anniversary! What a beautiful place to have it! I think that Blue Gold ran aground when the crew was distracted by a sea snake that slithered up a non-screened scupper! :-P
According to my scources (1), "According to the database SuperYacht, Blue Gold was owned by Joep van den Nieuwenhuyzen, a Dutch investor. In the 1980’s he bought bankrupt companies and turned them around to profitability. In 1985, he acquired the Royal Begemann Group and it grew into a company with 140 subsidiaries and a value of $1.35 billion. Van den Nieuwenhuyzen was accused of insider trading. In 2006, he was convicted of fraud. Joep van den Nieuwenhuyzen sailed Blue Gold to the South Pacific but in 2012 when the yacht arrived in Port Vila it was seized by the Vanuatu government for unpaid taxes, according to a report in the Vanuatu Daily Post." "Then, on Friday the 13th of March, 2015, Cyclone Pam ripped through the islands of Vanuatu. The storm caused unprecedented devastation. Classified as Category 5, Port Vila recorded wind speeds of 116 knots gusting to 185 knots. The anchors on Blue Gold dragged. When the wind stopped the yacht was lying wrecked in a bed of pristine coral near the Sunae village on the island of Moso." If the ship was still seized by the Vanuatu government at the time of the cyclone,, the Vanatu goverment made this problem by itself. 1) flyingfishsail.wordpress.com/2019/06/06/the-last-voyage-of-blue-gold/
Joep van den Nieuwenhuyzen sailed Blue Gold to the South Pacific but in 2012 when the yacht arrived in Port Vila it was seized by the Vanuatu government for unpaid taxes, according to a report in the Vanuatu Daily Post. Today Blue Gold lies abandoned on a remote shoreline in Vanuatu. The yacht has not been vandalized or looted. Lol I just looked up the name of it and found all the info on that boat and its last voyage
Phoenix Franks they taught him that next time he can charge $5. So,If someone wanted $100,000 for a Ferrari ,you’d be ok with giving them $500,000. Yous a foo!
@@hennarkilsen1389 (not about this case) but yes in general this is exactly how our system works.. we literally do not pay what things are worth for the most part, but what has been determined by surveys, experience and other consumer data, to be the amount of money we would shell out to get the item ( sustainability level / pain limit )... and competition does only slightly mitigate this.
So next time instead of 1 dollar, they charge 5 dollars. They were happy with one. I `ve seen this in Thailand, where yanks overtip, then the people expect it.
Ya well I went to work in the snow today in -2 degrees with overcast skys.... so dont be jealous ....and Happy anniversary. Sorry you couldn't be here in Canada enjoying this nice weather . Cheers
Blue Gold was anchored in Havannah Harbour to sit out TC Pam in 2015. Vanuatu Navy Patrol boat collided with Blue Gold, breaking one of its anchor chains and both boats ended on the coral. Navy boat had its rudder and prop removed and was dragged back into the water. Blue Gold has a swing keel that is stuck fast to the bottom.. Waves at the time in Havannah Harbour were said to be 4 metres which is why she is pushed up so far. Nixon told me The story of the night it went aground and it can be found on my channel..
Ken Coker probably not very well and it's outdated any way, but the hull it's self is extremely valuable and I am pretty sure I could get it off the reef without any damage to it or the reef
Scott Mitchell its has been beached for a few years this is abandoned also from the research I did on the internet the man who owns it is in jail and the ship was seized by the government
Thank you for all the Positive Vibrations!!! Question; where have been your favorite recommended Kiteboarding spots so far? Im headed to La Ventana, Baja next week! All the best to you!
Sad to see such a fine craft wasting away like that. She's more stuck in legal limbo than by the keel in the sand. Nice vid, thanks and happy anniversary. :)
Happy Anniversary, you two! That shipwreck is pretty impressive. The water there is beautiful, but that snake was seriously freaky. I am with Ben. No thank you and no snakes allowed. Ashley, more power to you if you can successfully wrangle a snake with kitchen tongs. Yikes! Stay safe and happy sailing. Rachel
Sooo are those abandoned yachts a free for all?? On another note, sounds like your getting better at free diving. I hear the more you do it, the longer you can hold your breath. Bravo
You just use a long section of tube and loop a string or small rope through one and have the two rope ends out the other end of the tube. Get the snake to go through the loop and pull the rope ends to tighten the loop. Not too hard though. You don't want to hurt it. Then just release it over the side or make it walk the plank.
Very kind of you to give 5 💵 I thought that was really nice and generous the Fisher man didn't look like he had much money so I bet he was glad of that well done 👍
Happy anniversary!!!!! Love that Buffett shirt! We are huge Parrott Heads by the way.....Lol Great video as always. Ashley was funny during that snake video!!!!
Man, I worked on that boat!! In 2008, cruising French Polynesia. Know the owner and his family very good. Not amazed this happened, if the captain of then was still in charge when this happened. Not amazed to hear crew didn't got paid. I had a lot of trouble to get my wages in that time from them. They paid in the end, the financial situation was not so bad apparently then. The sons were dealing with the management of the boat, but were not really interested in it. It was a dream thing of the father, the sons didn't share that dream, clearly. The captain was a total drunk, all day all night. Couldn't walk the plank at times to get back on board, we had to drag him in. The boat was heavily modified by the owner to make it longer and higher. Sails and rigging was in terrible state, regular, things just snapped with light winds. We also had some horrible guests on board at the time that to our relief finally left ship in Bora Bora. Nobody accepted their shitty tip money and we turned our back to them when they left, except of course the drunk captain who took the tip for himself. However, it was fun to see something of French Polynesia this way. Accept for the captain, the rest of the crew were nice people to work with. It is sad to see it wrecked like that. If they would have the budget, I would take it out and get it back in shape again. The ship is worth it.
So heart warming how the two little boys row the old man around so he can ply his trade. I probably would have bought every fruit and veggie on his boat.
I would have given him $5 too. I’m not at all surprised you did. Bless you. I’m an American expat living in the Philippines with my Filipina wife and 2 children. When US Immigration gets around to signing off on our paperwork we will be going to the USA. I love it here but I can make such a difference in my family’s life I must do it. The children are too young to understand how it will change their lives but it is the greatest gift I can ever give. It’s the extra large size of overpaying for Mangoes. Lol.
So you need to have a long handled pincher clipper do dad. Don't know what you call them but they are for reaching things in high places. You could have picked it up and thrown it over board. Yikes I would have been sketchy with a snake on my boat! Aww it made me so happy to see you give him $5 instead of the $1 that he charged. You made his day. You give it out in slices and it will come back to you in loaves. That's how the universe works. LOVE YOU GUYS! If you come to Huntington Beach, CA USA (1 hr south of Los Angeles, look me up if I'm in town you can stay with me and we can do a show and have you share your story.)
New to the channel and can't remember how I came across it, but I really like it! You guys are great, anyways may the wind be at your back and the sun on your face, safe passage!!
It was certainly meant to be nice, but her and others like her might wreck the local economy by overpaying this extremely. Just think about what it does to your neighbourhood when richer outsiders come in and pay too much for things. Prices go up as a result.
@@martialme84 Yeah right they're just a poor island nation, don't spoil them with an extra 4 dollars. They're not schooled in the art of wasting 4 dollars like the western world, people who have every opportunity and advantage and still fail. I guess you need them to be desperately scratching around for a living to make this youtube sailing video authentic for you. You've never had an unexpected windfall then? Meanwhile the guys chilling on the beach are guarding a superyacht. How do they know about the owners financial troubles, smoke signals? How are they getting paid by the son, carrier pidgeon? Big iron bird drop green paper from sky. How do you know what they will spend the money on, I guess they would have spent it on fishing line and hooks had they not been given them and how much would they have got for 4 dollars. Maybe they're saving for grandma's knee replacement op. The answer is we don't know how that money will affect the community so why make assumptions.
@@munhl Hehe, easy now, friend. You get several things mixed up there pretty badly. Nobody "spoiled an island nation with 4 dollars". What somebody did was: pay a fruit vendor 500% of the asking price. Now imagine a second citizen of that island, say the neighbour of that fruit vendor. Say this neighbour is considered poor even by the standards of that island. Now this neighbour wants to buy fruit for their family but the fruit vendor has raised his prices because he has realized that he can. Do you see where this is going? This is a mechanism that happens constantly around the world. I am surprised that you are unaware of this. There is a difference between a) making yourself *feel* good and b) doing some *actual* good for sombody else. Cheers, m8.
That snake in the boat would make me crazy- how did it get in?Thru the cockpit drain? I'd put a screen over it while there is a risk of snakes ending up in your bed! And the free diving for the anchor was impressive to say the least. Thx for the video!
Those sea snakes avoid people at all cost. I used to see them plenty while diving off of Okinawa, Japan. If you grab them by the tail and squeeze the air out, they shoot to the surface for more - and sometimes come back down pissed and bite the diver.
That yacht was built in Viareggio, called white gull a 46 m benetti. Second owner rebuild her 49 m n 3 years around the world. Long time ago, I think it was 1987 when I worked as a deckhand.
Just like that I'm caught up! Cool snake, kind of reminded me of a King Snake I kept for a while. What magnificent creatures. Happy Anniversary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
good to see you kids are still madly in love and having fun together after all these years. Congrats on your 13 years. God sure has blessed you kids... I was happy to hear you say that you gave that man five dollars for all that fruit. If we'd try to buy that much fruit here in the states it would have been more than five dollars and no where as fresh. I'm sure that man really appreciated that extra four dollars you blessed him with. My heart goes out to them type of people. Growing up we didn't always know when we were going to see our next meal. But God always supplied to where we never went to bed without something in our tummies. And buy you blessing him with the extra cash his family won't have to go without their needs meant. God used you kids to bless his family... BBE....
Don't Know what your sailing plan is but you should get up to Micronesia, Some of the best and my favourite ship wreck diving in the world is in a place called Chuuk lagoon or truck lagoon as the Americans call it. It was an old Japanese Naval base where 100's of ships and planes sunk during world war 2 after America bombed the islands.
Here is a google link to see the shipwreck "Blue Gold". www.google.ca/maps/@-17.5318797,168.2853291,74m/data=!3m1!1e3 If possible, please put link in the description so that people can find it easier. www.superyachtfan.com/yacht-blue-gold.html
Just FYI because you mentioned it, the coral is dying because of rising ocean temps, and most scientists believe this is due to global warming. The coral has a pretty narrow temp range in which it can thrive.
Ok, you got me. I subbed. Did you say you got married in 1999 or you met then? Love your light-hearted attitude to life. The snake probably came up that drain pipe you wanted it to go down. Maybe a mesh plug to stop that happening again. Great vids - Regards
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Wow $1, I’m very happy you gave the man $5
Made his week probably
@Mr. X They guy didn't demad more than $1. He didn't try to rip them off so why not giving him enough so maybe his children can visit school?
Mr. X that’s a very poor view on the situation
Mr. X how the hell u managed to turn this into a negative vibe I’ll never know. U got problems kid! Go get help
And made me happy you over paid.
@Mr. XWhat goes around comes around! Treat others the way you would like to be treated :D
Very nice video production! I love it that those who can afford it have no problem paying more than they should. Good on you for being generous and treating people with kindness. Enjoy your travels and be safe : Dan in Winnipeg Canada.
Thank u for giving the old guy a 5 ... it was very nice of u both. Happy sailing 2 u both.
Sad to see Blue Gold just sitting there for three years! Thank You for allocating the time to share your journey! Genuinely inspiring! Take Care
Especially with the hatches open.. who knows how it looks inside!
When they try to make you pay too much .. refuse .. when they give you an awfull low price like this cool guy .. oierpay them .. always.
David Niquot Overpaying them gives them the idea they can charge more next time, well, if they are even a little bit intelligent, it does.
When they see the boat and the colour of your skin, they will try and scam you, I have had this done to me multiple times (just not in a boat) 0.25c while being trivial for westerners, in their community, no one would pay it.
Also, I would of traded fish for fruit - why would you want to carry cash? That could be a tempting target if word got around. Food for thought.
@@snaecooceans8744 don't be dumb homes. They need money for the stuff they can't trade for. Besides if that man had spent the day selling his fruit he would have gone home with 5 bucks anyways, just like yesterday and the day before and yet here he is in his boat selling papayas.
Bless him and the kids. Saw this on another sailing video in indonesia too and the kids asked for books! Now that's 200IQ play.
@@snaecooceans8744 Yea... I'll play too.
If they're still charging 25¢ for that stuff and they've been selling like that to westerners for years, which surely they have, the initial price must've been like .025¢.
Are you unable to understand that world travellers have been visiting the area for at least 60+ years? Hmm? Or, are you of the opinion that these guys are the first whiteys to ever travel the are?? Some people..
Supply and demand is responsible for increased prices, unless you know the area's people & economy. These people are some of the most generous on the planet, and while they may have just cut down the fruit from the abundance of the land, portioning it and their in-house home delivery service would surely require some compensation. Maybe you believe $1 is grossly overcharging?
I don't know whether to insult your ignorance or to pity your ignorance
You always go to the coolest places, and see the most interesting things. Happy anniversary Ben and Ashley.
In 2009 I was cruising there and took the skipper of the shipwreck from the pub out to the yacht (anchored in villa). He told me that they arrived in a bay to the south illegally from abroad and the yacht was impounded due to a pending court case against the owner.
First time I have seen her since 2009,(and like you all I'm sure) am sorry to see her lifeless like that. Nice video BTW. Stay happee. Stu
Stu McCreadie thank you for the update because I was wondering my self because that really is not a cheap rig way out of my price range definitely
owner is Joep van den Nieuwenhuyzen from holland, he's in jail for another couple of years for business fraud
Great update... Breaks my heart to see a beautiful boat beached. Holding my breath, I'm lucky to get 30 seconds!
FYI: The yellow-lipped sea krait (Laticauda colubrina), also known as the banded sea krait, colubrine sea krait, is a species of venomous sea snake found in tropical Indo-Pacific oceanic waters. The snake has distinctive black stripes and a yellow snout, with a paddle-like tail for use in swimming. It spends much of its time underwater in order for it to hunt, but returns to land to digest, rest, and reproduce. It has very potent neurotoxic venom which it uses to prey on eels and small fish. Because of their affinity to land, yellow-lipped sea kraits often encounter humans, but the snakes are not aggressive and only attack when feeling threatened.
I'm no snake expert, but I am a diver, and I have seen a similar snake like that called the Yellow Lipped Sea Snake. As I understood it, they are
venomous. Happy Anniversary! Been watching all of your vids since thanksgiving. You gave him $5 and I smiled super big! That's what I do! :D Today I'm subbing!
I have watched so many channels on RUclips. I know I could never do what you do. But it is awesome watching both of yalls journey. You both are special human beings. ❤️
Bar none, one of the best sailing channels out there....keep up the great work!!!!
Ashley’s laugh was so funny when dealing with the snake 😂 She’s so chill and laid back! I bet you were a great boss to work for back in your working days!
10:47 he is right behind you 🤣🤣🤣
Loool
HA! GOT EM'!
yeah i saw that lool
By the way, a 3foot length of plastic pipe with some doubled over cord pushed down thru the center can form a loop that you could place around the neck. By pulling on the cord you could tighten the loop and then lift the snake overboard. Much like the loops used by dog catchers. 1" PVC pipe would be sufficient.
@@Aron-ru5zk dont kill these snakes.
@@thenarrator1984 - Using the plastic pipe and cord is the easiest way to ensure the snake *isn't* hurt or killed (and that nobody gets bitten) while getting it off the boat...
Absolutely gorgeous sea snake, they’re so docile you can just pick them up gently and put them overboard no need to stress them out.
Glad someone said it!!! They are much maligned simply because of that very nasty bite and years of misinformation by the mass media!!!
I live in S.E. TN and for years I've been trying to convince my partner to leave our land life behind and take to the sea. You can imagine all the little comments I've injected into conversations over the years, in an attempt to persuade him in this direction. Fast forward to last month, when for the first time in my life my greatest fear came true, a snake got into our house. Thankfully the cats took care of it in the middle of the night. I woke up and walked into the kitchen to find it already dealt with by 2 very proud cats, LOL. As he carted the dead thing out side I said "You know this would never happen if we were living on a boat!". Now I'm trying to make sure he never sees this video, otherwise I'll never hear the end of it. LMAO
@kimberly Vanderpool - I can't find a partner in crime either. They all complain about getting seasick. I have a bead on a Caliber 33 that is in great shape. The sea is calling, so let's go!! :)
Wow, you're such an amazing couple. 13 years married! Congrats.
Fighting venomous snakes with no safety beer?
Definitely need a safety beer! 🍺
falconeaterf15 wa
Several safety beers but they are all inside with two safety pins for the retro diaper.
No safety beer makes you hesitate and get bit. Safety beer, no hestitation you just swoop him up right behind his head real fast and say woooow look what I caught. Then you whirl about to toss him off the boat, slip, fall and break your nose lol
Safety is the number two Vodka is number one
Happy Anniversary! What a beautiful place to have it!
I think that Blue Gold ran aground when the crew was distracted by a sea snake that slithered up a non-screened scupper! :-P
Hi, thanks for the video. You are a kind of guy I really understand. Sail around the world, with an amazing woman! Congrats on the anniversary!
Blue Gold was seized by the Vanuatu govt for failure to pay taxes. The owner was convicted of fraud too. Happy anniversary!
Looks seized to me. Seized up on shore and never to be salvaged!
@@timothyshaw2360 - The seizure was in 2012.. in 2015 she was washed ashore by a cyclone.
Looks like a nice little teak farm
Yeah, seized by pirates
Earmin, More like a nice little money pit!
According to my scources (1), "According to the database SuperYacht, Blue Gold was owned by Joep van den Nieuwenhuyzen, a Dutch investor. In the 1980’s he bought bankrupt companies and turned them around to profitability. In 1985, he acquired the Royal Begemann Group and it grew into a company with 140 subsidiaries and a value of $1.35 billion. Van den Nieuwenhuyzen was accused of insider trading. In 2006, he was convicted of fraud.
Joep van den Nieuwenhuyzen sailed Blue Gold to the South Pacific but in 2012 when the yacht arrived in Port Vila it was seized by the Vanuatu government for unpaid taxes, according to a report in the Vanuatu Daily Post."
"Then, on Friday the 13th of March, 2015, Cyclone Pam ripped through the islands of Vanuatu. The storm caused unprecedented devastation. Classified as Category 5, Port Vila recorded wind speeds of 116 knots gusting to 185 knots. The anchors on Blue Gold dragged. When the wind stopped the yacht was lying wrecked in a bed of pristine coral near the Sunae village on the island of Moso."
If the ship was still seized by the Vanuatu government at the time of the cyclone,, the Vanatu goverment made this problem by itself.
1) flyingfishsail.wordpress.com/2019/06/06/the-last-voyage-of-blue-gold/
these clowns have a ... goverment??? for what???
Joep van den Nieuwenhuyzen sailed Blue Gold to the South Pacific but in 2012 when the yacht arrived in Port Vila it was seized by the Vanuatu government for unpaid taxes, according to a report in the Vanuatu Daily Post. Today Blue Gold lies abandoned on a remote shoreline in Vanuatu. The yacht has not been vandalized or looted.
Lol I just looked up the name of it and found all the info on that boat and its last voyage
I like watching your videos
Because you blokes are real down to earth people
Great video 📹
Thanks for sharing
Australia 🌏
OMG! CONGRATULATIONS YOU TWO! You seem like such nice people. Cheers to another 13 years! 💜🌈🌏🌴⛵️🐢🐙
You didn't overpay, I mean he picked all that stuff and paddled out to your boat, and it was fresh food you could use. Great video.
Phoenix Franks they taught him that next time he can charge $5.
So,If someone wanted $100,000 for a Ferrari ,you’d be ok with giving them $500,000. Yous a foo!
Keith Rowe thats definitely not how economics work
@@hennarkilsen1389 (not about this case) but yes in general this is exactly how our system works.. we literally do not pay what things are worth for the most part, but what has been determined by surveys, experience and other consumer data, to be the amount of money we would shell out to get the item ( sustainability level / pain limit )... and competition does only slightly mitigate this.
So next time instead of 1 dollar, they charge 5 dollars. They were happy with one.
I `ve seen this in Thailand, where yanks overtip, then the people expect it.
Wow, sea snakes and yachts, the excitement never ends! Sad to see that yacht begin to rust away... Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍👍👍👍😊⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵
YOUR GREAT. YOU LIVE THE LIVES WE WISH WE COULD LIVE. GOOD LUCK
Aw the little fella is so cute I'd adopt it.
This was surprisingly fun to watch!
Ya well I went to work in the snow today in -2 degrees with overcast skys.... so dont be jealous ....and Happy anniversary. Sorry you couldn't be here in Canada enjoying this nice weather . Cheers
Saw this boat in June 2015 so 3/4 months after the hurricane. It was obviously looking a lot better than it does now !! It was a great looking boat.
Blue Gold was anchored in Havannah Harbour to sit out TC Pam in 2015.
Vanuatu Navy Patrol boat collided with Blue Gold, breaking one of its anchor chains and both boats ended on the coral.
Navy boat had its rudder and prop removed and was dragged back into the water.
Blue Gold has a swing keel that is stuck fast to the bottom..
Waves at the time in Havannah Harbour were said to be 4 metres which is why she is pushed up so far.
Nixon told me The story of the night it went aground and it can be found on my channel..
Brett Hodder here in the states boats like this can be salvaged if deemed abandoned is that the case over there in Australia
Ken Coker I am pretty sure that this vessel is in peril
Ken Coker probably not very well and it's outdated any way, but the hull it's self is extremely valuable and I am pretty sure I could get it off the reef without any damage to it or the reef
The owner clearly has not abondoned ownership of this vessel and intends to return so it is therefore not salvagable.
Scott Mitchell its has been beached for a few years this is abandoned also from the research I did on the internet the man who owns it is in jail and the ship was seized by the government
Thank you for all the Positive Vibrations!!!
Question; where have been your favorite recommended Kiteboarding spots so far?
Im headed to La Ventana, Baja next week!
All the best to you!
John Lyons Hannover Germany has a super large lake where kite boarders come from around the world. No sharks or 🐊 gators!
Happy anniversary guys. Sad to see such a beautiful vessel stuck high and dry.
Sad to see such a fine craft wasting away like that. She's more stuck in legal limbo than by the keel in the sand. Nice vid, thanks and happy anniversary. :)
You have very good comunication in happy videos I like
I'm hooked on your series.
I'm so glad you gave him $5
Enjoyed another adventure with you both 👍☘️
Even with snakes on board you still have a sense of humor.
...all your soundtracks give my speakers a workout
Thumbs up for supporting their local economy and families, and even paying $5 for their goods... in fact I am subscribing too....
Happy Anniversary, you two! That shipwreck is pretty impressive. The water there is beautiful, but that snake was seriously freaky. I am with Ben. No thank you and no snakes allowed. Ashley, more power to you if you can successfully wrangle a snake with kitchen tongs. Yikes! Stay safe and happy sailing. Rachel
At 10:12 when he jumped in I got a shark tank add 😂
MattPlayz! But you didn’t did you be honest
Lohag Hhsbd y would he b lying?....
Love your videos, I am from the independent country of Samoa.
Enjoying your video's. Safe travels guys!
Sooo are those abandoned yachts a free for all??
On another note, sounds like your getting better at free diving. I hear the more you do it, the longer you can hold your breath. Bravo
Good work with freeing the anchor. Thanks for another cool video.
"cockroach and spiders but me I have snakes.."
*Ten seconds later*
"Let me just get some more footage."
😂😂😂😂
Yup
Koodos to you for giving them $5.
Those would cost you around $40 even more where I live.
Interesting World kudos*
Norway? Switzerland?
In London it would cost in excess of £50 , even is supermarket
Great videos. You guys are amazing. I think everyone who saw that yacht wanted to own it!
My favorite episode ever!!! Love snakes. What an honor to be able to see the incredible sea snake. Wow. Thanks for not chopping it in half. Lol
You just use a long section of tube and loop a string or small rope through one and have the two rope ends out the other end of the tube. Get the snake to go through the loop and pull the rope ends to tighten the loop. Not too hard though. You don't want to hurt it. Then just release it over the side or make it walk the plank.
I'm so happy you give him 5 bucks!!!
Super cool video again guys
what a beautiful old ship it needs love bad, be nice to see it sailing again! great video guys,this one made me subscribe lol
Can’t think of better music to play while on a boat, than Jimmy Buffett.
The locals coming to you was really cool
What beautiful lines that boat has
very cool video and sailing guys!! thanks 4 sharing!
Very kind of you to give 5 💵 I thought that was really nice and generous the Fisher man didn't look like he had much money so I bet he was glad of that well done 👍
Happy anniversary!!!!! Love that Buffett shirt! We are huge Parrott Heads by the way.....Lol Great video as always. Ashley was funny during that snake video!!!!
Ben is a parrot head...
that drone footage is so nice of the boat
Man, I worked on that boat!! In 2008, cruising French Polynesia. Know the owner and his family very good. Not amazed this happened, if the captain of then was still in charge when this happened. Not amazed to hear crew didn't got paid. I had a lot of trouble to get my wages in that time from them. They paid in the end, the financial situation was not so bad apparently then. The sons were dealing with the management of the boat, but were not really interested in it. It was a dream thing of the father, the sons didn't share that dream, clearly. The captain was a total drunk, all day all night. Couldn't walk the plank at times to get back on board, we had to drag him in.
The boat was heavily modified by the owner to make it longer and higher. Sails and rigging was in terrible state, regular, things just snapped with light winds. We also had some horrible guests on board at the time that to our relief finally left ship in Bora Bora. Nobody accepted their shitty tip money and we turned our back to them when they left, except of course the drunk captain who took the tip for himself. However, it was fun to see something of French Polynesia this way. Accept for the captain, the rest of the crew were nice people to work with.
It is sad to see it wrecked like that. If they would have the budget, I would take it out and get it back in shape again. The ship is worth it.
So heart warming how the two little boys row the old man around so he can ply his trade. I probably would have bought every fruit and veggie on his boat.
Subbed! so great to see good humans. I gave gas to a guy yesterday, he ran out.
I would have given him $5 too. I’m not at all surprised you did. Bless you. I’m an American expat living in the Philippines with my Filipina wife and 2 children. When US Immigration gets around to signing off on our paperwork we will be going to the USA. I love it here but I can make such a difference in my family’s life I must do it. The children are too young to understand how it will change their lives but it is the greatest gift I can ever give. It’s the extra large size of overpaying for Mangoes. Lol.
He is the captive of this boat now
So you need to have a long handled pincher clipper do dad. Don't know what you call them but they are for reaching things in high places. You could have picked it up and thrown it over board. Yikes I would have been sketchy with a snake on my boat! Aww it made me so happy to see you give him $5 instead of the $1 that he charged. You made his day. You give it out in slices and it will come back to you in loaves. That's how the universe works. LOVE YOU GUYS! If you come to Huntington Beach, CA USA (1 hr south of Los Angeles, look me up if I'm in town you can stay with me and we can do a show and have you share your story.)
I wonder if that wreck is still there
Anyone who made a thumbs down has no heart 💔 at all, really look at the old man together with the two young children didn't have but you see!!
S you guys are so funny....the whole snake thing was great. Ben you act the same way as my hubby when it comes to snakes!
New to the channel and can't remember how I came across it, but I really like it! You guys are great, anyways may the wind be at your back and the sun on your face, safe passage!!
What a gorgeous shipwreck!
You guys do great!
snake just comes aboard wow. Happy anniversary . produce delivered well worth $5. thanks for the video.
wasn't possible to visit the inside of this mega yacht or more of it history, despite that, i am a new follower andi like wath you do
www.superyachtfan.com/yacht-blue-gold.html
@@cityline1082 thanks a lot :)
Here's another.... www.charterworld.com/index.html?sub=yacht-charter&charter=charter-yacht-blue-gold-1374
@@fbrodeur44 www.charterworld.com/index.html?sub=yacht-charter&charter=charter-yacht-blue-gold-1374 some pics from the inside.
Very nice of you giving the guy $5 for the fruit!
It was certainly meant to be nice, but her and others like her might wreck the local economy by overpaying this extremely.
Just think about what it does to your neighbourhood when richer outsiders come in and pay too much for things. Prices go up as a result.
@@martialme84 That can/does happen. Doubt it for the local community. Chill.
@@martialme84 Yeah right they're just a poor island nation, don't spoil them with an extra 4 dollars. They're not schooled in the art of wasting 4 dollars like the western world, people who have every opportunity and advantage and still fail. I guess you need them to be desperately scratching around for a living to make this youtube sailing video authentic for you. You've never had an unexpected windfall then?
Meanwhile the guys chilling on the beach are guarding a superyacht. How do they know about the owners financial troubles, smoke signals? How are they getting paid by the son, carrier pidgeon? Big iron bird drop green paper from sky.
How do you know what they will spend the money on, I guess they would have spent it on fishing line and hooks had they not been given them and how much would they have got for 4 dollars. Maybe they're saving for grandma's knee replacement op. The answer is we don't know how that money will affect the community so why make assumptions.
@@martialme84 You doing understand financial management I see.
@@munhl Hehe, easy now, friend.
You get several things mixed up there pretty badly. Nobody "spoiled an island nation with 4 dollars". What somebody did was: pay a fruit vendor 500% of the asking price.
Now imagine a second citizen of that island, say the neighbour of that fruit vendor. Say this neighbour is considered poor even by the standards of that island. Now this neighbour wants to buy fruit for their family but the fruit vendor has raised his prices because he has realized that he can. Do you see where this is going?
This is a mechanism that happens constantly around the world. I am surprised that you are unaware of this. There is a difference between
a) making yourself *feel* good and
b) doing some *actual* good for sombody else. Cheers, m8.
Awesome video as always!
What if the snakes going in to the the bedroom with that open window
Exactly
That snake in the boat would make me crazy- how did it get in?Thru the cockpit drain? I'd put a screen over it while there is a risk of snakes ending up in your bed! And the free diving for the anchor was impressive to say the least. Thx for the video!
Those sea snakes avoid people at all cost. I used to see them plenty while diving off of Okinawa, Japan. If you grab them by the tail and squeeze the air out, they shoot to the surface for more - and sometimes come back down pissed and bite the diver.
That was very kind that u gave the locals $5.00 instead of 1.
That yacht was built in Viareggio, called white gull a 46 m benetti. Second owner rebuild her 49 m n 3 years around the world. Long time ago, I think it was 1987 when I worked as a deckhand.
Just like that I'm caught up! Cool snake, kind of reminded me of a King Snake I kept for a while. What magnificent creatures. Happy Anniversary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are living my dream!!
How did the snake get into the boat??
What happened with the huge boat at the beginning of the video?
good to see you kids are still madly in love and having fun together after all these years. Congrats on your 13 years. God sure has blessed you kids...
I was happy to hear you say that you gave that man five dollars for all that fruit. If we'd try to buy that much fruit here in the states it would have been more than five dollars and no where as fresh. I'm sure that man really appreciated that extra four dollars you blessed him with. My heart goes out to them type of people. Growing up we didn't always know when we were going to see our next meal. But God always supplied to where we never went to bed without something in our tummies. And buy you blessing him with the extra cash his family won't have to go without their needs meant. God used you kids to bless his family... BBE....
Happy Anniversary guys. Celebrating such date is cool and chilling out at sea. Take care, stay safe and healthy. God bless 🙏
Don't Know what your sailing plan is but you should get up to Micronesia, Some of the best and my favourite ship wreck diving in the world is in a place called Chuuk lagoon or truck lagoon as the Americans call it. It was an old Japanese Naval base where 100's of ships and planes sunk during world war 2 after America bombed the islands.
Shame to see this yacht aground for so long now. I crewed on her under a previous owner back in the early 90's when it was called White Gull
Here is a google link to see the shipwreck "Blue Gold".
www.google.ca/maps/@-17.5318797,168.2853291,74m/data=!3m1!1e3
If possible, please put link in the description so that people can find it easier.
www.superyachtfan.com/yacht-blue-gold.html
Greetings from Vanuatu. Nice videos.
Happy Anniversary to both of you! Our 30 th. Anniversary is just before Christmas.
Great video as always. Love your channel!!!
Just FYI because you mentioned it, the coral is dying because of rising ocean temps, and most scientists believe this is due to global warming. The coral has a pretty narrow temp range in which it can thrive.
Ok, you got me. I subbed. Did you say you got married in 1999 or you met then? Love your light-hearted attitude to life. The snake probably came up that drain pipe you wanted it to go down. Maybe a mesh plug to stop that happening again. Great vids - Regards
Those villigers shredding her up
gotta love these guys
Happy anniversary guys