Sailing alone to remote islands and taking my kayak for a spin - UNTIE THE LINES S4E05
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- A leaky fuel tank is not stopping my sailboat Karl and me from exploring our surroundings. I lift up the anchor and sail away by myself, leaving Boca Chica behind and heading east, topping along the coast and at some pretty little remote islands on the way. The first stop is Isla Secas.
The island is super pretty and it's time to try out my new kayak for real and circumnavigate Isla Secas with my kayak. And look who made it to the anchorage as well: Gypsea Jim!
Ahoy, Nike & Karl
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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 :).
I have great admiration for your skill, attitude, will and courage. Beautiful 😀
More about that next week is trademark. we all wait for it. Just like Jeft Probst "get back to camp, i got nothing for you" in the TV serives Survivor ...your "More about that next week"... is you. And we love it.
Niki, so glad you are back for a new season.
Diesel engines do not use all the fuel pumped to the injectors. What they do not use is returned to the fuel tank. If you are not collecting the returned diesel, it is being sent to the boat's defective main fuel tank. Perhaps you could send the return diesel to a container to be captured and then poured into your fresh cans so you can get 100% use of your fuel.
TheMusicrox4 no worries, the return line is in the jerry can, too, so all is safe ☺️
Jim is the coolest guy ever. Say hi from me when you see him.
Thank you for sharing Nike , watching and dreaming of following you in your travels. I hope Karl is behaving and treating you well.
Love it when you put your co-ordinates in....I put them in google earth to see where you are and check out the site. Be safe, and greetings from Australia. Been following your adventures from day one!
Brilliant that you have a new kayak, it looks great and wishing you a wonderful time on the water. The trip around the Isla Secas seemed pretty idyllic at least compared to a kayak around Ireland's Eye, ........... especially on an out going tide with an easterly wind . . . yikes , my heart has been in mouth, more than once !! But the marine and bird life usually make worth it worth it !!!
Always fun to watch your vlog. This time I enjoyed a lot your drone footage!!! Love it as always
Armando Lazo that’s great to hear, thank you. I love the addition of the drone shots. Definitely gives the videos a little improvement.
Drone footage very lovely...much needed
Love you videos...up there with the best, UMA, RAN, BORA BORA and a few others
Cheers
the life and I love your blog you are quite the engineer and yes duct-taped is a wondrous thing LOL looking forward to many more videos Reef Runner out
What a wonderful anchorage - and lovely weather to enjoy it. Thanks for sharing
It is a very beautiful anchorage and you can easily stay there for a week and not run out of things to do. Snorkling is really good and if you are lucky you see turtles and whales cruising by. And the anchorage in the north east of the island is even rather protected and the holding is quite good.
@@WhiteSpotPirates I hope the diesel fumes are not too strong given your leak.
Paul Clarke oh, the tank is totally empty. I had emptied it out and cleaned it and now just running out of a canister, so no fumes at all 👍
Love Jim, what a character!
Trevor Ward I think you mean Keith Richards
Glad to see you back on track. great vid, great smile!
That was Awesome! Thank You.
Agreed , nice video
Appreciate you craftsmanship.
Love Jim's paddling headgear!
Gracias! Wundervoll anzusehen....Lg
I haven't watched one of your videos for a year or so (I've been busy) and man, listening to you now there were some sizable sections where you sound like a native english speaker.
Your finally in your element and the drone footage is a nice touch. You seem happy to be back in touch with nature and getting comfortable on Karl too. Cheers
John Archard yes, you are totally right. Connecting with nature always lifts my spirit and puts a big smile on my face.
Happy you like the new drone shots! I think they are a nice ad, as well.
That place looks absolutely amazing . Salty Sailors have to treat themselves 😃
Glad to see you picked up another kayak. That seems to be a great vessel to explore with, and a healthy way of getting a little physical activity.
BirdDog Mason oh definitely such a great way to move around and stay fit!
Ahhhh so glad you are back! I love Karl!
Great to see you kayaking again.
Always good to get some major muscle motion going on a sail boat, as there is a wee bit too much sitting around after boat chores .
Lovely as always ... so pleased the voyage continues. 🤞
Beautiful videography! Looks like paradise.
Looks fantastic! Awesome video as usual. Keep enjoying yourself and show the rest of us still waiting to set sail what life is all about!
Wow - finally - nach viel arbeit auch mal etwas spass für Dich !
Martin Seitz ja, endlich. War auch echt nötig!
Nike persönlich? Boat work, Filmen, mails checken und bearbeiten...... und dabei bei jeder Folge vor allem eines: SPASS haben - zumindest habe ich am anderen Ende das Gefühl, das ist das was Du rüberbringst! Nicht unterkriegen lassen, jede Aufgabe meistern. Echt stark.
Gruss aus Irland....
Like the new canoe! About your tank, a fireman once told me that a temporary fix can be done by rubbing a bar of soap into the crack or hole in an emergency, I tried it and low and behold it works
Andy Penny Brown wow seriously??? Or are you pulling my leg? Guess it depends on the hole size possibly 🤣
@@WhiteSpotPirates the fire service hold bars of soap in the fire engine stores for this reason to temporarily stop petrol and diesel leaks with vehicles in accidents, I tried it on a leaking petrol tank on my car and it worked, I then used grp over the area and it has never leaked
Lindo video, me gusta mucho esa área tan tranquila y remota. Gracias , saludos, suerte.
So enjoy new episodes.
mel still I am very happy to hear that, thanks a lot! We put a lot of effort into filming and editing and it is always nice to hear that someone enjoys the result!
You've come a long way Baby, a long way from Shelter Bay. Keep up the Dream, your determination is quite impressive.
Tom Paulsen maybe not in miles but in experience for sure 🤣
Awesome drone footage.
great inspiring video it will go a long way in reminding me to not fix everything and keep sailing!
Encore une excellente vidéo Nike , merci !!
I love your videos! I hope you continue for a long long time.
Great video again thank you
Another awesome video Nike , thanks for sharing :)
She is always doing something.
Congrats on the new kayak.
Khy Chapman thank you, I love it!
Great video!
thank you for this lovely video.I'll be waiting for more...next week.
Great drone footage! It really adds to your videos. I love to watch you work on your projects. Was really impressed with Karl's repower episodes. I have assisted and watched friends work on boats and can say that you do some amazing work with far less tools and resources. A question Nike... From all your travels and encounters, do you find that people are naturally good?
grant kiba i would say so, yes. Most people that I come across are naturally good by heart and longing for connecting with others and being seen for who they are and wishing others good.
This could start a very long philosophical discussion...but in order to keep it short and simple, i won’t say more than that ☺️
Great video, you are amazing, and it sounds like either your phone or your editor's phone were near the computer during recording! Its not a big deal, but I heard the sound. Keep up the great work! Girl Power!
When my buddy and I go flying we hear the tones in our headsets. The first time I heard it I didn't know what it was!
@@pdutube Yup, its the phone!
Neil Shubert yes, it was during recording. But I had not checked the filming until way later so I could not re-record it. I usually put my phone in airplane mode when I record but I forgot that time, sorryyyyy 🤭😬
@@WhiteSpotPirates Its ok, Do not worry about that little stuff! I love everything you are doing and we are all here for you, some of us would even get on a plane to help if you need us to!
An awesome Vid. very cool and enjoyable to watch.
Ich beneide dich ein wenig :-)
I discovered your channel a few weeks ago as your boat shows up on the adventures of an old seadog. I then started watching with season 1 and try to catch up with the episodes, this is far better than any tv program! Fair winds (und die Handbreit natürlich auch ;-) )
Tom Err Danke, Tom. Happy to hear that Untie The Lines got you hooked!
You should use a ltr an hour make sure you get some out board motor tanks there perfect for diesel in lew of steel tanks
thanks
Captn talkative as usual I always await your input
I was concerned about the leak but read through the comments and saw you had repaired it with Splash Zone. So that worry is low level now. But I am still a little worried about the times it seems you are sailing/motoring without safety equipment on. Please be safe. Anyway, I enjoyed the glimpse into your adventure and wish you fair winds.
Jerry S hey Jerry, i usually always wear my harness that connects me to the boat. Sometimes I put a shirt or rain jacket above it and then you won’t see it. The only times I don’t wear it is when I am traveling on rivers for example or when I am just navigating out of a bay / reef passage. But apart from that I usually always have it on.
I find myself grinning through out this vlog. S/V ...Waves
wieder ein super video: Profi paradise living
Nike, you forgot the ending line, "But more about that, next week" it's just not the same without that : )
Gene Berry ahhh you can’t have it every time, otherwise you don’t even notice it anymore 😜🤣
WhiteSpotPirates oh yes we can :-) and oh yes we will :-)⛵️
@@WhiteSpotPirates You have to do it everytime for us OCD people
You need to do it for us CDO people as well!
CDO is like OCD but it's in alphabetical order like it should be.
@@SawdustAndNoise42 I love you.
I´m not even gay, but i still love you all the same.
Thanks for posting. beautiful fish... the drone ! Mentioned you on Chuffed about InMocean(sp?)
Where was the "more about that, next time"!?!? I miss it.
When will you fix the fuel tank? Nice vid , glad to see you under sail again
Lk M 🤣 well, honestly...I just fixed it yesterday...and this video was recorded in July O think 🤣☺️🤣 it took me a while to take a decision on how to fix it.
Where in Northwest Australia buy broom tides are huge in this area but with our tiki 38 cat no worries but we are Beach for a bit, what draft do you on karl ? We have a little over 2 meters
4wheeling through West Virginia. Stopped to watch you're video. Very nice😀😉😙
Larry Outdoors that sounds like fun, too 👍☺️
Oh yes, the leaves peaked a bit late this year. It's quite gorgeous now here.
⛵️ Yeah Keith Richards is back!! ⛵️
Nearly half a gallon of fuel pr hr. Well Karl certainly is not bashful about his feeding habits. I looked up his specs quite some time back and totally understand. Rugby players eat a lot too. He's no skinny minnie. No doubt a rather comfy sea motion for his length and draft. Have you decided on the fuel tank fix yet?
spencer marshall I just fixed it yesterday 🤣. We had tried to weld it but the metal would not take it. I talked to the lab of PettitPaint and after their green light I used Splash Zone to fix the holes. The tank is full of water now and so far it’s holding. Will do a little 40nm run to see if it’s still holding the water and then fill up with diesel 🤞
@@WhiteSpotPirates All right! I had the feeling it was going to come down to something aside from welding. There are lot of issues in play with welding that sort thing and doing so can turn into a great chase because the thermal loading on those old the welds can incite more issues. Just keep a few jerry with you in the event of further problems. But then, most do that anyway regardless. And of course you will be keeping some more Splash Zone aboard too. I would probably keep a few empty jerry cans in the engine compartment too to fill in case of another leak. Between those 4 you should get 40+ hours of motoring in should another problem arise. Hopefully this will be the end of it. It not then another probably plastic replacement tank might end up being the order of the day.
You can get fuel tanks professionally coated, but that would probably be as much if not more than a replacement tank of plastic.
Is this splash zone supposed to just get you to a better place for building a new tank??
@@kevincostner9734 I would think that would depend on how it goes from here. Aluminum does well until it is trapped without oxygen just does 316l stainless. Here she had corrosion open a weld in the bottom of the tank. Generally this happens in the very bottom where the condensation lies around and the sea snot with it. If you get one leak you are most likely on your way to seeing others in the near vicinity in the not too distant future. If she ran fillets on the bottom inside corner welds coming up an inch or two and ran a bead over any flat welds at the bottom of the tank she could see 20 years or more go by without any further issues. If she is still chasing down leaks after that is done I think it would be time to start sizing up for new tank that can fit into the existing one. I am not sure if the tank is aluminum or steel but the hull is aluminum so my guess is that the tank is too. I would apply the same methodology to the tank regardless of it being aluminum or steel myself.
@@melee401 its a old boat. A new tank is the only way to go from here. Patches are just bandaids. Crossing oceans will see right through any weak link.
But not everywhere welds aluminum tanks.
Hi Nike. Just a note on diesels. By not running your engine near it's optimum rev range (somewhere around 2200 - 2500rpm for your engine, I believe) you're carrying out a process called glazing the bores. Maria may know about it, so worth getting her opinion too, but what happens is that the engine isn't being worked hard enough to fully burn and exhaust the soot and byproducts created by fuel combustion, and these byproducts then flash-burn onto the cylinder bores, creating a hard, enamel like coating which leads to inefficient combustion, which exacerbates into a vicious cycle of degrading performance which can eventually lead to the engine becoming unusable. There's a better explanation here : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine_problems . Don't be mislead by the references to generators, this applies to all diesel engines. Diesel engines actually last longer if they're used a bit harder. Hope the tank repair is holding up. Lovely to see you back out on the water and getting around.
ted renard hey Ted, yes, I have heard of this and from what I heard it’s worse for Turbos. It’s always a problem with cruising engines because u don’t usually run them that hard. When I have my tank, I do sometimes run it on higher rpms. But mostly between 1500 and 2000 I would say. But every once in a while I do throttle up a bit. Right now I run from jerry cans and my goal is to use as little fuel as possible, that’s why I am running such low rpms.
Thank you for the suggestion, though!
Hey it's Gypsy Jim!
Sublime existence
And more about that next week.
Wow ! More extra fuel tanks might be a good idea ?
californiakayaker N6GRG I have five 5 gallon ones and one 17 gallon one...that’s quite a bit. Just have to refill the one that I am running from all the time...and I wanted to get there without having to refill the jerry can. I did have more diesel...maybe I did not communicate that correctly ☺️
@@WhiteSpotPirates Oh, maybe I missed that. I was just worried you could end up on the rocks. When I drove a small truck for the post office here, a contract truck, they had these square fuel tanks that might be easy to get on board and hook up. In fact, since they were fuel tanks, they had the fitting lines already even. You could find pretty much all sizes. Maybe over in that town you drove to ? I think the answer ends up in David. I see you continued to a place near there. Suspense, but I know I'll find out an a month or two. So far haven't found on Facebook. lol.
@@WhiteSpotPirates Great news. Well, its been a while, lots of Jerry Cans for you. I guess you epoxied it from the outside ? I hope you do not have any further problems. Also, I see a little action re Zinc on the INSIDE of the hull for a boat like yours, but I still haven't found a guide for that. I saw that map on facebook and looks like you might be somewhere nearThe inlet that goes up to david, a river, but shows some action to the west and cuts that off. Have fun .
californiakayaker N6GRG I put the epoxy into the hole and then faired it out on the inside and outside.
The hole happens close to David, yes, in Boca Chica. But I moved the boat around to San Carlos and then Panama City, the Pearl Islands and back to San Carlos just with jerry cans and then repaired the tank here in San Carlos. And yes, always have some Splash Zone with me!!! 👍🤞🤞🤞
hey where are your new adventures?
Wonderful... ;-)
I can't find any word,...you are realy ,and thrully sea wolf woman!!!!!
A nice circumpaddle adventure,did you have much current to deal with?
How hard is it to repair the hole in your diesel tank?
All the best,see you next week😊
Wayne Doeblin the current was alright but it can get fairly Strom around there, so it’s good to time your adventure with the tidal current if you can.
I did not fix the tank for a while but now I just did...just put splash zone epoxy and it seems to work pretty good
Nike,I’m glad you’ve been able to get your tank fixed,that’s excellent,and a lot more convenient 👍😊
I feel for you Nike. From personal experience, it really sucks when you can't just trust the autopilot and it's a whole lot worst when it puts you right in the s??t. Hope you give it a good, hard talking too.
HAH...all that plywood cutting by hand is paying off. ; )
Hi, where are you now??
Just curious but how do you get out and back into your kayak to snorkel? I love your channel, because everything is so basic. Your videography is great and Karl is wonderful.
Mike Mayfield I just jump out and then back in. You just have to make sure you don’t tip it over... and I am sure it does not look too elegant 🤣
I am happy to hear you enjoy the “basic” stuff. In comparison to season 1 and 2 I feel that I am living like a queen 🤣. But I know that there is plenty of room upwards considering comfort. If you don’t have much, there is less to lose and less to repair 🤣🤣🤣🤓
Could you put a bladder tank inside the current aluminum tank?
Wake for Me yeah you could...but there are ribs inside it so I would lose a lot of volume. I just splash zoned it and testing it with water right now. Seems to be holding so far...🤞
Do you ever fish for meals??
Great video and it looks like a great place to be! How is the charts over there? Are they accurate or do you always sail "careful"?
Pb Nn i use navionics and the c-map charts and between the two you can navigate fairly safely. Obviously always do eyeball navigation as well. And those spots that are marked 1-3 meters at low tide...those you want to be extra careful and maybe take a look at low tide first before you head over. But apart from that it’s pretty good 👍
@@WhiteSpotPirates That's nice, is it lots of reefs between the islands or is it "easy" to navigate with deep water and nothing to be worried about? Do you do some fishing or is your main foodsource from the shops? It looks so nice with the weather and blue water, here in Sweden its late autumn and I just took my boat up on land for the winter.... :-(
So it puts a smile on my face to see you have a good time! Thanks for the videos!! /Peter
Pb Nn it’s Deep between the Islands. And sometimes it’s a bit rocky to go in and out of a bay, but most of it is fairly smooth. Not so much coral reefs here but more rocks. It’s more the logs that you have to watch out for in between 😅.
HELLO ,COULD YOU GET A GAS TANK OUT OF A JUNK CAR OR TRUCK ?
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
You have not had a plan or goal for a while.. any ideas? Just curious.
trying to be happy and to go with the flow. Usually it's Karl who decides on our destination and how I get to spend my time anyhow. So it's best to quit plans and take what life has to offer. But if you are wondering if I will ever leave Panama...yes, it's not that I don't want to...let's say I am constantly working on it.
At the time of the video I was headed towards San Carlos, Vista Mar Marina to have Maria try and weld my fuel tank shut. And that's about all that I am going to say for now. You will have to keep on watching to find out what happens next ;)
Ahoy, Nike & Karl
You seem to be a very nice person.
Sounds like the motor is running purrrrfectly. One less...
süper
😎
Jim's cool az
Обожаю тебя!)
Is this a new kayak or the one that was stolen?
Super Wag this is a “new to me” one, the old one was yellow and I never got it back 😢
@@WhiteSpotPirates sorry, too bad. the new one looks nice and goes fast
great vid
❤️👍🏻🍻
Like no bear sprear..
There isn't very much that Nike cannot make/fix!
Poor Karl he is coming apart at the seams ...Bermuda triangle is getting ever so closer .....
wrong ocean.
Wake for Me 🤣🤣🤣
like these videos? Let's see those thumbs people👍👍👍👍👍👍
Welcher Vollidiot gibt so einem super Video nen Daumen runter ? Gruß von der S/Y Moana, Ouistreham Normandie France. Ellen+Thomas
Der od. die haben sich wohl in der Windoof-Tastatur vertan...
Wait...did she say she also creates videos in German?
jb hann ruclips.net/channel/UCSHh2-eFk0Ipg2CeA7UQ4fw
jb hann yes, that’s what I said. It’s the same episodes but dubbed into German
WhiteSpotPirates ...sweet! I want to learn German, so this might help.
jb hann great! Good luck 👍
How did you get the black eyes?
Its 82° not 83° as you write. 8°12.9454'N 82°12.4328'W where you are lying for anker 👨🦰
You look tired. The reality is we don’t live for ever and cruisers rarely cruise for very long. You are an outlier, but if you will ever leave Panama you need to seize the day at some point.
Slow Boat Sailing ah there are many moments where I seize the day. But it would be nice if there were longer time spans to do so, you are right. There is always hope! ☺️
Why does she need to seize the day to leave today. She is very young still. 4 years in panama has brought her very far and she has not just sat in panama.. The world is not that big. You can go really hard and sail around it in a year. Or you can take youre time and do so in 10 years. Or take a life time. 30 years now and i am just half way round. To each there own.
No .we don't live for ever . And poor karl is on his last legs ..and very soon will be sailing towards the white light in the Bermuda triangle ....👽
that boat is a money pit .....UGGGh..its painful seeing you strugle