Living the Dream: Offshore Trip to SLEEP on the Great Barrier Reef🎣😎 | NEW BOAT TOUR🤙

[Music] welcome back to another vid guys this one's going to be something quite different for us but also a bit of an introduction to you to a new member of the family and it's all mate behind me yep we've got a sailfish um so we can do some more overnight trips out to the reef and stuff now what we're going to do we're out here now we're going to do our first overnighter in in this new boat um so we're a bit of a mess we got stuff everywhere we don't really know what we need but it's going to open up heaps more opportunities for us to get out and explore and would you look at it mate have a look at this we're just anchored now we're going to have lunch swim around kids will play and then we'll pick up a moing over here tonight and we'll spend the night weather's supposed to be delicious for the next two days not too focused on fishing just having good family fun snorkeling I might dive in with a spear gun see what happens and let the kids jump off the um the roof and stuff right go how you going be big green I'm feeling a it was a little bit lumpy on the way over and I stopped to catch a tuna which I'll show you [Music] now go you're on it son what do you reckon tuna I don't know halfway out the reef we just stopped this throw slug at and birds and Billy straight on yeah buddy a Bary I think it's a Bary come away from the the back if you want Bell get him up mate I'm shying okay good job you got him going to swap give ja and go yeah you right you get him in all right up and one and Up Walk This Way over here there you go fighting over this side one down lift up one down read your fingers there we go one down lift up and one down up ready one down get that net bro can I try it yeah ready oh come on thr it around again just right right right you ready yep yep Ready yes how good's that Lads what is he that's a long tail tuna Sashimi Heaven mate this is what we had the other night with that Sashimi Lads really yeah all right grabing them Poes Ry yeah he your first longtail Juna bill look at it doing the dance all right we're going to bleed that up we'll cut up some fresh toimi tonight that's your first fish in this boat I'm actually pretty stoked with that nice long tail tuna but I'm going to have to um get back on me um secret um seasickness pills even though I didn't have one today cuz it's not rough but just Crooks the dog how you feeling R all right all right I just heard him say he's feeling a bit green too anyway we'll get going oh so happy long tail woo hey boo give some shotguns for your first fish in the boat have a look at her she's a big gr ow he has the color's M have a look at this what that happen Hy how did it work that's the reef baby good everyone happy except old Boo the back there there you go she so annoy oh look at it beautiful it is so beautiful yes I don't know if you can see them bommies but look M yeah look at that big one right ahead too it's that good dad there's a bom right ahead too anyway um yeah I'll give you a quick run through of this boat uh what we're going to do for the night and yeah look forward to more missions out here on this Big R all right so I'll tell you a little bit about this boat it's actually we bought it secondhand um it's only what is it four or 5 years old it's got about 400 hours on the motors it's a sailfish S8 so that's a aluminium like a plate alloy catamaran so tested a heap of boats and stuff between monoh hole plate boats and fiberglass cats and all this sort of stuff and anyway for me this one come out on top for ride quality layout and um suits our needs for what we're going to do right so here's a quick look sish S8 now um because it was secondhand there's a few things on it that we are going to modify to suit our own needs so so the first B we're going to do is actually put um some of the foam decking on we're going to get DC deck Co to um scan the boat and put the new um adhesive foam flooring all over the boat now that not only insulates it to stop it being hot but it provides you like soft under fooot and um it's also um cool to stand on that so that'll be good for the kids doing this so we're going to do this whole floor like it's got like an epoxy floor on it the black flake and it gets a bit hot under the foot as well so that's the first thing we're going to change and then the second uh we're going to up our game on the um offgrid batteries just a minute so we can do sort of these Reef Camp outs and reef SS and have plenty of battery power to run fridges and fans and um Sounders and all that and um the third one on the front cuz um once you start fishing with an electric motor and spot lock and anchor mode and all that I find it hard now I just love spot locking on me marks and fishing on them so we're going to put a big Lecky motor on the front of this thing still haven't decided yet whether it's the new incoder or the Kraken the gar Kraken but we'll see what's going to suit this cut front of this boat best roof anyway the plants rough plants pretty sick I he good the gber [Music] right SC send it oh my God that's so nice all right go rout 3 2 1 go how nice is it yeah it's nice all right Charlie can go quite deep down so I'm going to see how far yeah and Billy they're going to both go down water we got to go down and see how father can go there and grab some Zen okay go [Music] that's easier than I thought job here I'll give you a quick tour inside while I'm going to get lunch for the kids uh here's a cockpit area got jeel controls for the twins you got steering all these switch panels funo Sanders and gin gear and um autopilot how good's autopilot never had it before got a nice big roof hatch here for air um the um UHF or the Marine VHF UHF Fusion stereo I've put a couple of fans in I've got one in here scko fans just like the Caravan and another one under here for the bunk room and down here you can see uh we've got all that stuff in here so it's a bit of a mess but that's where you're going to um sleep in here for three of us I got some infill cushions in that there there is a dunny up under there so you have got a Dy with a direct discharge so you just press a button and it chews it up and spits it out and over here we're about to have lunch it's got a little pie oven hey look at this yeah so that's us how good takes like an hour and a half 2 hours by the time you get on the ramp and get out of here so by the time you get here you got p and sausage rolls ready to go how good now I've got two fridges in at the moment cuz I didn't know how much stuff we're going to need I'm going to run just the one bigger fridge but anyway there you go that's a quick look around pretty sick he good Vision good flow there's heaps of Lights in here he keep of storage under the seats and everything come out here got another big fridge under here all me tackle in there couple of seats and then yeah stereo lights going guys you like it I love it it's that good hey so good oh man so good all right lunch [Music] time pie me me need to eat one o you do we have tomato sauce yeah of course you do all right let's get that Mommy I saw a yellow fish with lots of purple dots on it and it was really cute it was so small there's more in there the kids smashed all them so I'm going to load the rest of the Box up good thing about this man like we've never had one before but on the boat when you need to really simplify everything um this is bloody good so I'll be a load this up now we'll go snorkeling for the next few hours jumping try a few different bommies and then um when the kids are fanging for another feed this are they I just go ho hop into some of these hop hop hwk get get into some of these there go yeah pie of it done we just moved spots and uh I'm going to get the Drone up because it's if there was ever a time to use the phrase drone worthy this is it you should it's hectic mate ank it up in a sand patch I did it enough rope out just to hang the Outboards over the coral there's like 2 m under the back kids can dive in here and then that Reef there is like a meter and a half like perfect snorkeling stuff I just can you believe we're the only ones here I know this is like the middle of Easter School holiday Easter Wes yeah [Music] can have the go [Music] pleas L doesn't get much better I'll show you where I'm keeping the swag I just got it tied up on top here we got one of the double swags cuz there's three of us will sleep up the front here under this bth and I'll have to put a double swag on the back deck there it'll fit no worries but I think two of the kids are going to go in there and then at the top we've just been throwing we got some outdoor bean bags that the kids sit on and stuff but they get all wet so but we pull up or just Chuck them on the roof and they dry out Happy Days Hy told you it was good all right I'm going to take the ug and me and Jack are going to go for a swim and see if we can't get some there's a heap of um Spanish flag and also um some mother-in-law fish so pretty easy to shoot good for uh teaching the young fella good for me too cuz I'm not real good at it but anyways we'll go for a look i' love to get the boys into it a bit more you ready yeah you always got to swim in front of me I'll stay behind you yeah okay so come for a swim and then I'll load it for you hey flag fora all Hy you're right how did that hit you in the there it re um recoil recoil your hand I knew that would happen oh you got a fat lip fcid give me a look my pain still there smile oh you got the F sleep coming along finish you did that TR you got it oh well done Ry oh my God right next to the eye wow fat lip all oh I can feel it oh how did that hit you in the mouth wow I saw it right at my face anyway well done sweee think they're you're not all happy days we look that was quick we jumped in one way there was a shark one way so we swam the other wayt and I see Ry nailed his first Spanish flag guess a look and he also CED his first recoil on the lip a look your lip oh you splitt a bit too what stings touch it all right that was probably my fault should have told him to keep his arm straighter next time you still go again bang good shot though hey it was about probably 6 me away and it was ducking away and he followed it and boom there you go it was going like it was going down and it was like turning and I just and um Jack's going to fill it that up and eat that for dinner so even better they're bloody good eaten hey they call them stripies or Spanish flag and uh they're actually really good eatting super nice white reef fish flesh so that'll do I should give you a bit of info on this while I got you here Dad it was it is a aim right rail gun so it's an 1100 and it's got a a reel on it as well so I sort of I hit up the lads at a right and I said I'm like a very amateur spearfisher and I only need spear shallow water but I want something with enough punch to like get a trout or Cod or a spango or you know like stripies that sort of stuff but if there's something bigger comes along you want to be able to still have a shot as well anyway guys this is probably the ideal thing for you because it's got enough punch with the double rubbers and the length and the spear but it's also got the reel on it so if you do you know find a Spanish Mackle or something when you're in sort of 6 to 8 m of water and you do see them swim past on the flats out here um that you can have a shot at it and still have a chance of reeling it in so anyway I'll try and find the specs and put it down here but it seems um it's good apart from having a bit of recoil smacks Jacko in the lip which he he'll sort out yeah I'm pretty stoked with it it's nice and light tucks way down there it's not too hard to load just need to get I do have a suit like a top too with a chest plate in it but forgot to bloody bring it but I can still load it off me hip so I like it that's dinner for the rooster the bit that hit me was the bit back here this bit that right in the face ah there you go you'll be able to teach people how to do it here so don't hold that in front of your face good story when you go I should have held it back here so n you got to yeah but I think lock your elbow cuz I would like that and good story when go back he got Square in the middle too hey story for school so weird all right it's time to more up got old love on the job how do you reckon you go babe yeah I'll be right don't drop that she's done it before on the cat huh said you've done it before on the caman any what you do is you motor up to these moing boys and there's a big big rope in the water and you use this hook here just to hook it up drag it up through your B bit and then throw your own moing rope on there so we'll do that and then we'll be set for the night hey well done round two on the party PES Becky boo just mored us up we're tied off and you should seen as soon as we got here and picked up that moing boy big shark swim around so I reckon obviously people are coming in here and cleaning fish and whatever chucking it out so this big shark come up straight away so I'll see if I can put this Strone up and showers but um means no swimming for the rest of the RVA PA's a good butt jeez this thing is min you we have to put one of these in the you B bit Hot D oh my God so as soon as we pulled up here we had bull sharks sniffing around the back of the boat swimming underneath and then so I put the Drone up and he just taken off to do a bit of a a cruise around the reef like a patrol and then he starts coming back I'm pretty sure uh from the top down these look like bull sharks but let me know in the comments if I'm wrong but uh yeah there was a couple of honk that started cruising around in here and they just sniffed around the back of the boat all the time so it really didn't feel comfortable having a swim at Sunset so I wouldn't recommend doing that if you pull up a moing out here in the bunker group but then um I managed to get the GoPro in uh and just get a sneak peek of him but I didn't do a real good job but yeah you'll see it's quite a big shark well I'll show you something else this boat's got got a fresh water pump so we can have a fresh water shower before we go to bed how good have a shower now Charlie's having the first one so sick I can't go to sleep all salty and stuff uh so yeah this be so nice just to have a fresh water shower on board it's like I think it's like 80 L tank under the front pretty good and it's got a saltwater one too you got saltwater deck wash and saltwater wash there for your cutting board and you got fresh water here and then you've got a little sink over this side and it's um it's fresh water as well in here so you can do your do your dishes and wash your hands and stuff I like it old [Music] all right here's that Juna we are going to um well I'm going to cut some of this up nice and fine like just like this ready that's a shimi fresh tuna fresh longtail tuna don't get much better than that well it does you need a bit of like Wasabi soy aoli goes better but anyway bring everything we do we need to start leaving at the boat that is delicious try some look creepy yeah come back yeah don't like it Chuck it over stop for [Laughter] me can I try a bit of fresh I sort have to try it now that Jack's tried it and he doesn't like it I'm like it's okay I think I'd like it if we had soy sauce Ella smashing it together I know I one I think oh it's good I like it you had like an inch of it I had like this I think the soy sauce and stuff [Laughter] would oh that sun start will look good me first fish of the sunset arvo session mate it's a little stripy I reckon they going to get bigger I think we'll go right that'll be a good fish oh mind r or maybe it is a shark what' you have on bit of tuna yep oh yeah get him up son you get some line on him you're doing all right go go go oh no you lost him again what he doing that's three times for you Jacko the that was must be a big gummy bear shark or something what's a Gummy so annoying oh my lip gmy bear you did it to me I'm that what her name is m how is that Sunset that is ridiculous hey showers on the back deck about to get the cooker out I just got me a little cooker that I've used on the other boat we got snags Chicken Kebabs couple of cold beers flick the lights on oh not doing too good fishing we've caught a couple of little things Jack's been sharked again and um so many times so many times he reckons but yeah we're just going to chill out and we'll start packing our beds and we're setting up our beds setting up the bed for the night and chill out I reckon once the sun goes down we've had dinner we downloaded some movies on an iPad so the kids might have a like quiet little movie night inside and me and the Miss can sit outside here and have a squid hope I get some squid never had an underwater light in my boat before I've got one on this so hopefully that's the turning point but how's that can't complain with that bloody [Music] hell o dinner time check this out a perfect spot for the cooker on the back deck yeah going to do snags and Chicken Kebabs and look I found another spot to hang me little Navigator kitchen it's got me tongs and spices and knives and forks and everything in it we're going to keep it simple this was be request I wanted to go like Grand your and cook up a big five course meal on here but she's like keep it simple all I I had to argue with her to get some salad can you believe that anyway look snaggles put them on there and then uh kids are having sausage and bread me and Beck are just having these they are like a marinated chicken kebab anyways we Chuck them on throw them up and then um yeah kick back here is this not one of the meat most picturesque can I speak picturesque spots you've ever ever had dinner it's pretty good swing around here Jack come around the back side here look at that cooker Sunset Great Barrier goes your [Music] boy come and check out the kids here we go going set them up with a movie what he's watching volon Voltron you turn that light on R up above you press that one y push it ready and oh there you go how good when I red Consciousness is it nice in there comfy yeah it's comfy we not spping in here though it looks massive there you go back at oh the sunset is still [Music] gone dinut is served is this mine yeah we're not going to have enough sauce sorry quick eat um cuz I forgot about the party cars that's right [Music] Bon Petit it is Bon of Petit de there you go he couple of chicken snags no chicken skewers for me and the Miss thank you keep it simple she reckons reckon it goes too fine what are you recking about our first overnighter in the bat other than my SE Sea sness on the way out um I love it it'll be a different story once we've actually slept on the boat tonight yeah I think it's going to take a bit of experience to like get comfortable with um like sleeping and whatnot and the noises I'm super lucky or I'm glad we're on a moing I'd be a bit more worried if we on anchor but yeah the noises are just the water slapping against the boat I think that's going to be a bit different but other than that we're warm we're dry we got full belly got comfy beds it's very convenient it's great everything yeah and when we turn these lights off wow the Stars mate I'd love to take some photos but like the boat's constantly swinging around so you're never going to be able to take a good star night the Milky Way is just here and it's so nice anyway I think we'll call well can't really call it till the morning but first trips of success m a couple of things we've been rting NS yeah we probably weren't sleep that well tonight but yeah need a few extra things bit of storage few things to leave in the boat but yeah yeah I think we've done pretty well happy day all right we'll see you at Sunrise Cheers kab Cheers oh yeah okay this is the first [Music] Lads double swag set up on the boat that what's this small in mom can't figure it out H that's a small the one that says on it is a small in this end down here is a small here she is it's a little bit too big de what is the swag yeah that's all right we just give another option I think we need a couple of single mattresses or something down each side that thing is huge in here I made it fresh water nighty night I'll show you a quick little um sleeping setup got me the bear the Boo bgy Boo and then uh the lipad hanging out from under the uh little roof hatch there anyway it's so early it's like 8:00 I know but it's um hello I'm naked big day in the sun yeah yeah excuse me I can sleep a right if I can get past um I need earplugs I think the water knocking against the hole gets a bit loud how do you reckon you'll sleep all right I I'll not off go to sleep yeah I just don't want to have to get up and go to the toilet yeah cuz she's going to have to move me cu the toilet's right under me which is going to be really annoying if she wakes me up you right we'll figure it out um we'll see you in the morning Sunrise I did see the stars yeah it's pretty good hey oh Sunrise did you finish the movie how is it well I've been this tired for a long time far out did not sleep well at all I had a good sleep I the kids did all right did you sleep not very good no it's a bit rough oh man it wasn't supposed to be this rough supposed to be like no wind but this wind [Music] anyway we'll get this swag packed away out the back here when we can um have some Brey and Chu off well we're going to send it home we were going to have Brey here but um it's a little bit Yeah the weather forecast is not as good as what it says it is so it's quite uncomfortable um sitting out here and normally it's nicer in the morning and then the wind picks up so I'm picking the wind's going to get worse but anyway it's nice and early we're just going to shoot back and then hide inside a creek for a bit and um probably cook up breakfast there but yeah we did make coffee before we left we did make coffee but that is that's your first over itate in the new boat and I um I like it we learned a few things learn a few things to do learn a few things not to do and uh what to do for next time but um anyway all right 66 km away we go at least the winds come with us it's always a lot easier when the wind behind you yeah let's get into it far out that took a little bit longer than expected this was about a 2hour run I'm glad we left early cuz that wind's only picking up I need to start learning how to read the wind charts a bit better everyone's a bit green everyone's a bit off out at the moment cuz it was my idea to go out I didn't check the weather well enough like what are you talking about we're home sweet us check out the lip check out the lip today yeah next day have a look at it and you're swinging closer look at the fat lip they call that the SGL it's the spear gun lip really hit me it did hit him hey we didn't eat that fish yet no you going to eat that tonight yeah fish tacos maybe fish tacos punch it R go [Music] oh [Music]

Channel: TRIP IN A VAN

Views: 131,093

Keywords: offshore, travel, family, fishing, boating, nomads, reef, great barrier reef, qld, sailfish boats, catamaran, reef sleep, trip in a van, big lap

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Length: 32min 9sec (1929 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 13 2024