“This is the Best, Sailing’s the BEST!” | Sailing Soulianis - Ep. 73
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
- Since falling in love with the idea of cruising years ago, Lauren has had one dream: Go sailing aboard our own boat to clear turquoise waters - just the two of us - before having kids.
After two years aboard, sailing Lake Michigan, motoring down the rivers, sailing the Gulf of Mexico through the Keys, with several long stops at boatyards along the way to prep Soulianis for off-grid living & remote working, we’ve arrived in the crystal clear waters of the Bahamas - a real dream come true.
Music in this episode is by Johnzo West from his brand new album “WAVES” dropping today 8.28.20! 🌊
Hope you enjoy!
Lauren & Kirk
FILMED: April 2019
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THE ABACO ISLANDS, POST-HURRICANE DORIAN:
This footage was filmed prior to the utter devastation wreaked by Hurricane Dorian in September 2019. Dorian hit the Abaco Islands as a category 5 hurricane, with sustained winds of 185 mph, flattening most structures and leaving 70,000 people homeless. They are still rebuilding - and will be for a long time.
If you’d like to help the Abacos, check out PERC - www.percabaco.org/ This is a 503c organization which supports a number of Abaco-based charities and is tax-deductible for U.S. residents.
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MUSIC
This episode features music from Johnzo West’s new album “WAVES” released 8.28.20! 🌊 linktr.ee/johnzowest
0:00 Johnzo West - Dawn Patrol
5:30 Johnzo West - Tropicali
10:31 Johnzo West - Sundaze
14:32 Johnzo West - Waves
16:34 Johnzo West - Loose
19:16 Johnzo West - Waves
19:42 A Himitsu - Adventures
We’re always looking for music! If you, or a friend, relative or acquaintance makes original music and would like to feature it on our channel, give us a shout at hello@sailingsoulianis.com.
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I saw your boarding ladder on the railing and I recalled that I had a line tied onto it and dangling over the side as a JUST IN CASE. Just in case your alone and slip off the deck, you then just swim to the ladder, give the line a tug and it unfolds and you get back on board without having to holler, "OOPS HELP". Just some of the things you can do to make your life aboard safer.
After that late-February, Northern Michigan snowstorm, I needed a moment with you guys, Soulianis and the Bahamas. Thanks for the sunshine!
I spent my 20th in Turks and Caicos with my wife last September. Coming up in 21 next month and we’re stuck land side :( . I know some folks complain about the time lag of your content but I honestly find it refreshing to see new content that isn’t in the middle of COVID. Helps me look forward to better times. Thanks for sharing and happy belated anniversary!
That’s awesome
The trick with meeting up with people on a sailboat. Tell them I will be sailing in tomorrow. When you are already moored and there.
Wow.........just wow ! So peaceful and so blue. xx
This is probably the most inspirational video yet. It is an absolute dream of mine to get a boat and sail to the Bahamas with my family. The reason I asked in the past how you guys get income is because I need to figure out how to get there myself. Currently working on getting out of debt. After that will come a practice boat (17-28') to raise my son sailing, and then within the next 5-10 years I will get a big ol' boat like yours and sail out to sea.
Just beautiful guys. The stress is fading away, superb.
You two are fun to watch as you discover the cruising world. We were once a green as you guys are. We sailed our O'day 25' with a 10 HP outboard, from Charleston, SC to Nassau and back thru the Abacos. My wife and I lived on our second boat (Endeavour 37') for 10 years. Most of that was spent in the Bahamas with several trips all the way back north to Lake Champlain northern NY. I wish we had the technology cruising boats have now (complete with Go-Pros and Drones). We did our video on VHS big tapes at a time when no-one had home video. We settled in the Norfolk, VA area as we sailed through many times and always felt good being here. We now have a 29 year old daughter and have gotten back into flying. We now own two aircraft (Cessna 170 and a Bonanza F33A). We flew the Bonanza to the Exumas for our 40th wedding anniversary. Keep posting your clips as we enjoy seeing and re-living cruising through your lens. Gary and Val of the SV Destiny.
My kids are 4 and 7 and we are sailing champlain on a Tanzer 22. Looking for a bigger boat!
@@symphonyfarm2009 Lake Champlain is a great place in the summer. However, it freezes solid in the winter and that's the time to be in the Bahamas. We used to land our Cessna 140 on the ice in winter and taxi to the McDonalds in Plattsburgh for a hot coffee. Love the lake, but...... we went from a 25' to a 37' and really enjoyed the cruising life for 10 years aboard.
I teared up at your excitement over your sisters engagement! The excitement you displayed also shows the genuine love you have for your sister! Nice to see so much family love! ❤️
Always waiting to see ya'lls great videos, and Happy Anniversary!
Johnzo West. Nice touch.
I am glad ya’ll reached your goal of sailing to the Bahamas. My town just went through the hurricane, after several days they got our electricity turned back on and I am so thankful to have air conditioning, it gets too hot in Louisiana to live without it. The storm reminded me life is short, have fun, stay safe, get the heck out of wherever you are if they say a hurricane is coming. GOD bless ya’ll.
Sipping tea in my new Sailing Soulianis mug and enjoying every moment of this beautiful episode! My thought is you get there when you arrive. It’s all about the journey.
Kids are the most wonderful thing in life. Have as many as possible. I like Kirk’s reaction to Lauren’s catching the drone.
OMGosh, some great shots and happy laughter . Lovin it. Hope you're safe .
Another lovely video. Wonderful to see pre-Dorian images. Hopefully they are on their way to recovery. Thanks for turning me onto this wonderful album!! ❤️⛵️
You did it! It’s been a pleasure following you both in your journey to this point. I can’t wait to watch your future adventures.
Congratulations one the best thumbnail ever!
Happy Anniversary to you both. I feel that you have both worked so hard to achieve your ultimate goals. But they are realistic ones as well. Continue to enjoy life to the full. Congratulations also to your sister and her partner.
Thank you also for the link to the music to this one, I have purchased it to enjoy later.
The best way to begin my day is to see you guys and beautiful places. Be well, stay safe.
Congratulations, you have enter the looking glass and now all is possible. You guys look so relaxed and isn't that what it's all about. PARTY TIME!
Happy anniversary, and congratulations to your sister and new in law.
Your camera work and editing get better and better.
As to the sailing....I am so jealous! But in a good way. You kids have the time of your lives. Fair winds.
I have been following since you guys started.
I'm so happy to see you guys finally collect the fruit of your work! It's been a long way and hard work from you too.
Enjoy the Bahamas, well deserved!!!!
Your Videos are a piece of ART. Congrats and Great Job & thanks for sharing!!!!!!!!!
they really are!
Love your cinematography! Can't wait for your next episode!
🙏
It's very cool to see you guys reap the rewards for all your hard work. Definitely well deserved.
Thank you for a wonderful journey once again. I felt like I was back in the Calif. Delta. Thanks for the memories.
Fun! Fun! Fun! It looks so beautiful there so much to see and do!! Congrats to your sister and future brother in law.
You guys are Cheeky!! Stay Safe.
Godspeed
Such a great video! Keep them coming.
Great video guys,congratulations to your sister and new brother in law.Sailing is about kicking back,not rushing back and forth,I know it's hard not to rush when you have stuff to do.I guess you can ease into it as you learn to relax.Thanks for sharing🙂
You two are So Great! Thank you❤️😀
Gorgeous footage guys and congrats on the anniversary. Ours (9th) wasn't spent anywhere as nice, but we could pretend that CV wasn't a thing in a cute little restaurant with a room all to ourselves. We would have swapped...
Have fun, and congrats also to your sister 🌅
So beautiful there and you two captured it really well. i always look forward to your videos. thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hey guys! It's Bryan, the guy that married your former college roommate, Melissa! We have been loving your videos. Melissa has watched the one on food about 20 times now. I just watched the episode where the storm was chasing you down. Really awesome stuff! It looks like you guys have had an absolute blast together. Keep the videos coming and congrats on the little one! Catch you on the next video!
Bryan! That’s so funny - I was just today wondering how you guys were doing! Glad you like the videos ☺️ We’re just heading back to FL this week, but when we’re back again it would be awesome to catch up. Give my love to Mel! -L
@@SailingSoulianis hope you guys have a good trip and soak up some sun for us. I miss living south this time of year...
Don't care how long you guys take to make a video. Worth the wait
Indeed the music is good and highlights the wonderful ocean views. Cheers, Richard
Even 14 months behind your episodes are awesome. Keep it up, luv yas.
Thank you! Will do!
So so glad for you guys. Whole hell of a lot of work and time to get where you are. Stay well.
Thanks so much!
I love you guys. (That from a 74-year-old sometime-sailor.) It's great to see your world opening up. You have many more adventures awaiting you--keep sailing!
What a very nice view from your steering position 😍😍
We didn’t decide to have kids till we were out cruising and thought it would be a wonderful life to share with a little one. About the same age as you guys...enjoy it as a couple and then get to re-experience through little eyes. :)
Exactly! We can’t wait to share everything with her.
Love the bluesy riffs.
Happy anniversary love watching u guys great videos
Another awesome video you guys ! Greatly appreciate all of your hard work, I know it’s not easy as you make it look.
Great videos! Great adventures ! Great life !
I know that we’re off by over a year, but...
You can place a large zip tie on the drone, it makes it so much easier to make the first catch and prevent it from flying away from your hand.
From there you can carefully work your hand up and grab it so the pilot can shut it down (or quickly turn it sideways to kills the engines)
Looks great, keep em coming.
Great work, I've been watching a lot of youtubers, that video ranks up there with the best! Great editing! Thanks for showing Soulianis on the lean, reminded me why I love sailing. Looking foward to the next episode.
Great stuff. Thanks for showing some boat handling, interesting for this landlubber.
Love GTC! We have been there 3 times by sailboat and power boat. It is just beautiful as are the people
Yessss! This video made my Friday! Just look at that beautiful blue waters. Keep up the great work and happy anniversary! ~ Vancouver, BC.
Thank you!
Johnzo West - Loose music ..... wow love it ..... thank you Lauren
Awesome!!!
The music was a perfect with the video. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the music recommendation!
Congratulations on your first voyage. I love the guitar music. Your tone is awesome yaw have really done a greater job.
Dude you stuff is high quality, I’ll wait!
Was looking forward to this Ep. Great music and beautiful water. I'm glad you guys aren't chronologically up to date. More so today then previously. I needed some calm.
Very nice video quality and enjoyable music! Thanks for sharing. Glad you are sailing your dream!
whoa! spicey! happy about good sailing for sure . fair winds
Nice! Finally!
Another lovely episode!
Looking forward to seeing more! Nice drone work, per usual.😊
Excellent video! Stay safe out there!
ooooooooo! Im so PUMPED! (big smile)
I flew to GTK after the hurricane to help with rebuilding/clean up . this GTK islanders are resilient. God keep those people safe this hurricane season.
Good shake down cruise gets you in the mood ha
Love the video and thank you for the intro to Johnzo West; great album.
I have had no desire to cruise the Bahamas until I saw this video. The drone footage is amazing - you do such a great job at telling a story and capturing the beauty of the places you visit. Thank you 😊👍
I almost always download your music recommendations. Another good one.
Oh dear, when your most important decision of the day is to choose the right beach, you know your living well. Nice video and great views.
Just damn beautiful water !!!
I love your camera work very cool. Your story is also very cool, You explained a lot tonight. Do what you want and we love watching you adventure! When sail we will get there we we get there and we will learn more then you getting there. Thanks
Oh, the change in his expression, even with the shades, when she mentioned kids, lol.
another quality episode! I know this was all done a while ago, but if you keep holding 'down' on the stick once it is over your hand, it will go into landing mode and drop back down to land on your hand and turn off. (tbh it might be worthwhile disabling the obstacle avoidance sensors since you're generally flying at higher altitude and in bright sun. Bright sun can confuse the obstacle sensors and they 'see' the sun as a blockage it can't get around - not great if it loses contact and goes into RTH while facing the sun and just sits there)
Excellent editing. A pleasurable video. Thanks
Thanks so much -L
Looks like a nice little racing maneuver at 8:20 well coordinated! Looks like such great sailing!
Great episode as always!
Great music too!
Great looking episode.
Nice episode guys! Well done!
Great episode. Well produced. Good job!!
binged em all in the last 2 days.
It's good showing handling the boat
When we were full time cruisers would often set sail, then once the boat was on a comfortable fast tack we would look at the chart to see where we were headed, sometimes it was a day away, other times 3 or 4 days away... hahaha
Awesome 👍👍
Happy Anniversary guys! Hugs
Congrats! You made it! Such a long road but you are sailing in paradise! (Bahamas are still on my bucket list, but I'm not complaining having chartered for 25 years up and down the BVI's, Windwards and Leewards). But Bahamas still look REALLY, REALLY NICE! Have fun! I'm sure mother nature chased you out of the Bahamas too soon.....
French Polynesia is the best.
wow, great vid! your content just keeps getting better and better...thanks for sharing!
Very nice video, well shot, very good comentaries, good music..bravo.. more please
I'll be in the boat yard, here at J&R...for awhile. But
..catt wait to get over there as well. That's the goal. 😁😁 looks amazing over there!!
That was an awesome episode nice sailing nice drone work a funny quack all the good stuff. Really enjoyed the tunes also. WELL DONE!
It was nice to see around GTC once again. We met you in Mcintosh’s restaraunt and then later at your boat at the dock . You had been looking for fresh water . Unfortunately we lost our boat , there in hurricane Dorian. Love watching your videos! Keep it up!
If you ever sail into the Chesapeake Bay (Deltaville) dinner is on us. Being in my early 70's, our sailing aboard Good Choice, a '79 Pearson 323, is enjoying gunkholing in the Bay. We love seeing your videos!
You should title this - “It’s all worth it”
After the long river slog, re-stepping, re-rigging, the metal work disappointments and all the hard work the smiles on your faces in this episode we’re hard won and we’ll deserved.
We’re a family of 4 under contract on a Tartan 37 and have so enjoyed watching ever episode, even the nerdy ones about batteries, sail design, windlass installations etc.
We feel way more equipped to DIY improvements on our future boat and seeing the crystal clear Bahamian waters got us so excited to follow in your footsteps....errr follow in your wake.
Thank you so much for sharing all of it from the gorgeous moments of cinematography to the tearful and frustrating ones.
Keep up the great work.
Hey John, we almost made the title exactly that! Other contenders were: "THIS is Why We Did all that Boat Work" and "All the Hours in the Boatyard Led Us Here"... Either way, it's true, it was worth all the effort.
Great stuff guys
When scrape you boat cover your ears (by using ear plugs), it could cause you to have ear infection from the stuff that you are scraping.
Good luck😀
Ty for sharing
Perfect sail set !!! I am sooooo wanna be with you guys !!! 🖖👏⛵️👍🏼
Love your videos! Look who’s posting a cheeky thumbnail! 😜