Discovering the Society Islands by Boat WHSE98
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I am a 28-year-old solo sailor working on my circumnavigation. My boat is a 27-foot-long sloop named Gecko. Follow me on my journey as I learn about heavy weather sailing, the trials of being solo, and my adventures in paradise.
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Sailing off anchor was always one of my favorites. Love it that you are a true sailor and adventurer. You have my total respect and admiration for your ability, your resourcefulness (incredible), and your courage! I would never hesitate to sail with you as my captain and that's saying alot. Fair winds you marvelous woman!
Thank you so much! 😊
Hey Holly! Enjoyed your video (as I do all of them) very much. Due to health issues I'm not able to sail any more and your videos allow me to live that life vicariously once again. For years I sailed a 40' Hunter but had to sell her due to mounting medical bills. Fair winds and following seas to you. Stay safe. Love you much! 💖💖💖
Thanks so much for your kind words. And I'm glad my videos remind me of your happy times sailing
Thanks for the adventures. You make it look easy. Been there, I know it’s not. Particularly singlehanding. Great job.
Holly gives me hope for the youth and humans
Your boat seems much cleaner and better organized than your earlier episodes. Love the lee cloth addition, looks very sturdy!
I was in Maupiti in 1992, surfed through the pass in a big swell, barely made it, engine couldn't do it, threw up more sail and made it over the edge. When we looked up once we made it through, there were people on shore cheering us through, it was the scariest thing that I have ever done
Amazing story! That sounds similar to my experience getting in too. What a beautiful place though
Hi Holly! Huahine was our first trip to the South Pacific! We spent two weeks there at a pension before returning to Burlington VT in April 1985 (Brrrr). We later traveled to both Cook Islands and Fiji. We dove the Great Astrolabe Reef off Kadavu. Soft coral is amazing! I hope you get to dive it. Be safe, and have fun!
I absolutely love your videos! Today I sit in my sailboat on the hard On a rainy day in Saco Maine Eating a bowl of soup. You have brightened my day once again bravo!
Ahhh hello to Maine! I'm glad to hve brought some sunshien
Safe travels Holly your an amazing young woman! Your parents did a great job!
THANK YOU HOLLY!
You are living my dream.
Please keep posting and making us all so very fulfilled watching you succeed.
It is OK, the occasional failure or setback is to be expected!
It is the "cost of doing business".
I admire your freedom. I live the life I want but can't have, through your videos. Thanks.
When you share your journey i am encouraged that the better way can be with less gadgets/electrónico. Sailing is better i believe...blessings...m
Thanks! We don't need much gear to get out on the water. That's the beauty
Solar powered small electric outboard for in and out of creeks and harbours weather permitting..
Love your videos 👍
Totally jealous!🙂
Thank you for all the content you share with us and remaining a true sailing channel.
Thanks!
Fiji was nice, my first time there was 1982, have you a spinnaker sail on board?
Hey Holly ⚓️ can you show a map of your route over all the islands you visit in the Pacific plsssss…🙏🙏 sooo many beautiful places 🤩 greetings from Norway 🇳🇴😊⛵️
Hello and thanks! I'll see if I can come up with something to put in one of my next videos. It's a good idea
How did you manage to stay in FP for as long as you did? Did you have to keep renewing your tourist visa on a regular basis, or were you granted some special kind of stay/status due to the C19 situation? Would 3 months on a normal tourist visa be enough time in the area otherwise?
I just binge watched all your videos from the start….. I tip my hat and bow my head in admiration of your abilities, keep living the good life 🍻
So love that fact that your dingy is a sailboat! Learned to sail on one of those. Grew up on a great lake to learn to sail on and thought I would be retired and doing costal cruising, however, wife hates small boats! So, I will sail vicariously through you now that I found you! Be well and be Safe!!
If a saltine cracker is eaten while sailing in salt water is it just a cracker ?
Oooo I like it
Selamlar Türkçe altyazıya açar mısınız 🇹🇷👍👍👍
Go girl, onwards an upwards, I think you are amazing and wish you all the luck in the world
The wind Hippie is following up the lifestyle we had in the 60's, when everything was Rock and roll. Why not recreate it at sea? U are a real Hippie and i am 72, long live this lifestyle. Got my sailboat roaming the Norwegian coast...
Thank you so much! You made my morning
Loved your thoughts part I do wonder if you ever feel lonely or board at sea so it's interesting to have a reenactment of some of your thoughts.
Great to catch up with you videos again after a summer of sailing myself! Love the "sailing thoughts" bit!
Well done Holly, I bet French Polynesia misses you also! I really enjoyed watching that swell rip over the reefs!
Damn, prolly got a boatload of weed.. Kidding. Ever see any weird lights in the sky or ufos out there?
Sometimes right at sunset it looks like there are lights blinking on and off on the horizon. Happens a lot but I know it's just my brain creating its own lightshow
The thoughts are called 'free association' - one of my favorite things. However here on land it typically takes a float tank or some solid meditation to get it done. At least for me.
Being at sea definitely puts you into the same meditative state as intentional meditation on land. I've always wanted to try a float tank
I love that you learned something new about your boat after 3 years! You are so amazing and inspirational. I will never be able to do what you are doing in my lifetime, but in my next life I'm using your example as my template! Keep on sailing!
Great to see your subscriber # going UP!!!! Great videos!! Keep having fun!
Hi Holly, When you attached the payee to the post for the lee cloth it would have been better to attach it to the side 180 degree so that there would be no way it would ever pull out the screws. You would then attach a loop of rope to attach the lee cloth line. Cheers André in Sydney. I hope you get to see our wonderful Great Barrier Reef, Lord How Islands etc.
I spent two weeks there had tears in my eyes when I left couldn’t imagine after two yrs
Thank you Holly
Yay Holly! Gorgeous video - the waters are majestic - and happy sails to you!
Thank you so very much that I can follow you on your sailing adventure.. You are a inspiration to me when I go sailing ⛵️ with my Hunter 33 .. BeachboyAndy
Hellooooo! I'm a new subscriber. I'm really impressed that you can sail and work on your own mechanical engineering by yourself. You're young! 😆. How did you get involved with sailing? Was it your dad? I'm in love with watching sailing videos and vlogs people make. My uncle was going to become a sailor, but then decided not to because unfortunately, my whole immediate family including myself has become so ill. My parents have already passed away, and I'm dealing with cancer. Yeah. 🤮🤮🤮
That ocean is just GORGEOUS!!!! I can never seem to get enough of the RUclips videos having anything to do with the waters! I can't wait to see you in Fiji. I've seen other Fiji videos and vlogs and it's gorgeous out there too. Hope to seeyou out there! Cheers for now!!! 🍻🍻🍻
As a spectator on your amazing adventure it is very exciting to be taking the next great leap! Thank you so much for doing the sailing and taking me along! Your amazing! Your the best. And best wishes to you! Let's go!
Holly your the most inspiring person.love your channel, stay safe.Will.x,
Bravo! on your preventer with just a small modification. You see a proper preventer is rigged only one way, and that is from the boom end to as far forward as you can get it on the bow, and then back to a winch in the cockpit. It is all about physics; example, a proper preventer would be about 1200 pounds (540 kg) as against some 7,000 pounds (3300 kg) or more on an amidships attached alternative! Of course, on a smaller boat like yours the loads will be lower, but the strength of the gear will be lower too, so the dangers will remain. I have enjoyed your channel immensely, be safe Bo S/Y Aurora
I love watching your progress and the places you are visiting. Memories of the old wartime films, and now I see it all again from your little gecko, in better ti.es, at least for now. You are a inspiration. Take care for now, and safe passage. Xx
Happy Labor Day Captain Holly! May your sails be full and your horizon be clear! ⛵😎
Happy Labor Day to you too! (well it's late now so happy late labor day)
@@WindHippieSailing 😊
cannot wait to see your cook islands videos :-) fair winds and following seas Holly !
You are a remarkable woman. and an inspiration to all,. Blessings on your journeys!
Horrible Today: Tsunami wave hits capital city of Tonga, after Exclusive Explosion of Tonga volcano - RUclips
Are you going to visit COOK ISLANDS...did you get approval...
Dear Dear Holly,
Your passage thoughts touch home, that safe comfortable place when boat, weather, and mind run in synchronous with the wave train and we have a space and a bit of time to ourselves in this wonderful place available for pleasant introspection. Nestled in the cockpit sole, sky for a roof, and a cracker. Thanks for sharing and helping me to remember and touch again my own sea memories. You capture it well in your videos, Cheers! Marty
I am really enjoying your videos. But I am wondering, how dis you end up with a grinde? It's one of my favorite boats, being from denmark there are quite a few of them here.
I think my boat found me. It was the only small boat I found that seemed solid enough for hard ocean sailing. And it was only about three hours away in a boat yard
@@WindHippieSailing how lucky. Its a really good boat
I am wishing I am a fly on the wall in the boat...so I can experience life with you without interfering with you exuberance for sailing and life. This was an excellent episode. Left me feeling really enriched..
Ahh thanks!
Loving your videos! I always feel excited and challenged to get out a f the box after watching you! We own a 24’ Proline flatback that only goes off shore on a perfect day! I haven’t sailed in years however me and hubs talk about going it all the time. Safe travels as always! 🙏🏼. Love your humor and real self! Thanks for sharing your amazing life with us! ♥️
You are so amazing baby girl, I started watching your videos and really admired what you are doing specially in bad weather situation, your such a girl without fear, I loved what you are doing alone and realized that a girl can do what the men's do,always take care and GOD BLESS
really lovely sailing. I am also preparing to leave for solo sailing from Finland to the Atlantic and wherever Jesus leads. God bless you there too. Eric
If the average wind speed was 50kts we would have been flying much sooner!
Yes I am sad also to be leaving French Polynesia, but of course looking forward to new things. Hopefully we can return one day
I hope so too
Cant wait to see you sail across the ditch (Tasman sea) TO New Zealand ... if you are coming this way??.... oh you are stunning to bye the way ..hehe happy sailing Peace ...
You are very special living a very special way on this planet. Infinite Loving Blessings SeaStar
I'm sure I'm not alone when I say I envy your lifestyle. The closest I have come to your adventure is riding my bike across country and sleeping on the ground. Not the same, I know. But, an adventure, just the same. Now, I'm off to see your next adventure.
I absolutely love the new intro!!! This one is one of your best by far.
I always try and sail off the moring unless it's just not possible.... looks way cooler.
Much respect to you Miss Holly
thank you for posting your videos, I like watching them, you mention Cook Islands, please do come and visit.
Imagine if you had glow in the dark skin and you left the light on, assuming you would glow yellow would you see yellow? What about when you close your eyes and the darkness mixes with the "squiggly lines in the eye fluid" and it looks like a mini firework display you can chase with them would the primary colour be yellow? would it mix with only other yellows? - I think it would be cool if you could specify where the glowing was but I think it would be a hindrance for sure :(
I know you are leaving this freaking so called paradise. How is the so called nono biting you? I left the so called paradise so long a life time away, but the love hate relationship regarding this place of the world has scared me to this day. I has left somewhat some family behind, but it is not making my love-hate relationship easier to live with. I left in the seventies.... your thoughts.
You’re clearly incredibly expert and utterly competent, but as others have said before, it’s so alarming to see you that you don’t secure yourself all of the time in the event that you fall in other than when it’s stormy. I can’t stop thinking about that when I watch your excellent videos. Is it something you worry about or just accept the risk for the freedom it gives you on the boat?
You are just wonderful and so inspiring. Much love and greetings from germany
Great video young lady!! Wow you make that sailing look easy all I can say is you're one tough beautiful girl. Thanks for sharing be safe have fun
Seeing your mirrorball reminds of the Artic Monkeys song. There better be a mirrorball.
Thrilled to finally be seeing the sailing dinghy that you mention in the intro -- and no engine repairs!
As I make my way through all the videos at Gecko speed, I adore this new intro❤️
You amaze me. You know your shit. I don’t know a lot of what you explain what you do but admire your gutsy attitude. 😊
That was a great video . Good camera quality and sound and editing Best yet.
Hey you’re nominated you need to let people know that you’re nominated for the best RUclips I went in and voted for you
Hello, why don’t u sail with a friend? Seams like that would be more fun. Plus what do u like to read?
I learn a lot from you saving money for my next boat watching your videos all the time safe sailing chuck
Idk why but your vary attractive to me . Nuthing to do with looks but rather your skill uses its refreshing to me as a do it all mechanical guy 35yo that there are others out there that push the limits of what is expected
I know the videos are a ways in the past but if you haven't left the Cook Islands already, an island night food and dance in Aitutaki is awesome! 😎
I admire your commitment to sailing. To my mind, using a fuel powered as opposed to wind powered device to move around, is kind of cheating. Obviously they are sometimes necessary but not always! I was surprised to see that your dinghy is wind powered - how green of you! As a teen, I and my 2 brothers owned a tiny dinghy that had NO attachment for a motor - not that school boys could afford a motor or the fuel to drive one, so we disliked speed boats and the wash they created. We did have a paddle for emergency use, but seldom used it!
You are amazing. I pray for your happy sailing life and saftey
OMG! 'Passage thoughts?" There's a name for it?!?!
Great video with fantastic music-Thank you ☮☀️🌴
Please!... The guitar music??? This music is Magic!! Thanks!!
I've said it before - I wish I could 'like' your vids more than once! 😃
Fantastic journey. These islands look great.
you need to run your motor it is very important to keep it in good mechanically health. regards Pete
Another great vid... Please don't rush through Fiji.... The Yasawa group is stunning and great anchorages. (French polanisia anchorages sucks)
And Groceries are cheap in Suva..
I might just have to come back to Fiji again next year. I can't get enough of these Pacific islands
Never been sailing but find you a fascinating person so sail on ⛵️☺️
Oh my gosh that was it that was a really well done episode it was fabulous
Isn’t a good idea to run the engine regularly for both safety and operational upkeep?
Another great video thanks 😊🙏 if you plan to continue towards the Philippines I would like to offer a bit of employment teaching some sailing near the island of Cebu.
Nailed the French accent, along with sailing off the anchor lol.
Awesome - thank you for posting!
Blown away by how effectively you maintain your own true north.
Such a pleasure to watch your⛵⛵ videos,
Vero Beach ⛱️🏖️ FLORIDA
Great video. The Society Islands are something I will never forget.
Thank you for sharing your life with us. Hope to meet you on the water one day. Much love and great sailing!
Hi Holy,I haven’t made a comment for a while,good luck on the next leg of your journey.Looking forward to seeing you here in NZ✌️❤️
Thanks! I can't wait to explore NZ by boat
@@WindHippieSailing my wife and I live in Whitianga,a small fishing town in Mercury Bay.Might see you here👍
Hay. I got first comment..
LMFAO. 😎 ⛵ 🙏
En España a esas malas noches en la mar las llamamos " noches de perros".:)
Glow in the dark eyelids would suck.
Love following your journey ❤️
We heard your in Musket Cove, hope we see ya.
S/V MUSKOKA
LAGOON L400
I sure am! Come say hi! :)
Almost all of the fruit that we eat today is highly GENETICALLY MODIFIED over many years to make it sweet and juicy and large.
So most prehistoric and now extinct fruit would not have been very palatable to us.
Fun fact: lemons - very sour! are not natural. They are a human created hybrid!
Good to have dreams though.
Great episode Holly ! Safe Saling ❤