- [Brian] This is a sailor's best friend, a heavy chunk of metal
designed to not let your house and everything you own
unintentionally float away. It's set good, it's pretty shallow though. And yet here I am, staring
at our spiffy new backyard wondering, did we just
make a huge mistake? I think we're a little bit aground. (Brian laughing) (dramatic music) All right I'm gonna put
the bow thruster down. - Just to see if he can like
wiggle us loose a little bit. (upbeat rock music) I don't know if that did anything. (boat whirring) (upbeat rock music) Like the whole back of the keel is buried. - [Brian] Let's put up the sails see if we can heel the
boat over a few degrees. We're basically straight
into the wind now. - Well we are hard aground. Ah. (upbeat rock music) (water splashing) (wind whistling) - We decided to do drift
snorkel this morning, it's our first morning here in Tahuata. (upbeat music) Look at the water! (upbeat music) And the tide is now flooding, which means it's coming into the lagoon. And you can see the current on the water, so the idea is we're
gonna drop ourselves here, and we should end up back
there or something like that. At least that's the plan. We have no idea. We heard that their
might be manta rays here. - Maybe. - [Brian] And other than
that, we're just looking for fishy sharks, corals, whatever. Let's be honest, we really, really, really wanted to swim with mantas. Especially Kazza, she's nuts for 'em. (playful music) (water warbling) (playful music) - This spot is really nice. (playful music) - The currents here are no joke, and we are flying along. And there's no way to put on the brakes, so even if we wanted to
stop and look at something, well, you just can't swim
fast enough up current. So when we did eventually spot the mantas, we didn't have much of a
chance to stick with 'em. (playful music) (water bubbling) We needed another plan. I saw the manta rays, I saw one, big. The current was too strong,
like it's so graceful into the water, and even
though I was kicking I couldn't, I couldn't stay
in the current with it. But I think maybe go up a
little bit more and drop again, we'll see if we can find it. For our second attempt, we opted for a more creative approach. All right, so here's the situation, we found the mantas again,
but the current is too strong. And so we're attempting to
tow Kazza into the current. (Brian laughing) God, look at there. Let's see if she can see the mantas. (water bubbling) (playful music) (water bubbling) (playful music) Is Mommy crazy or what? - Yeah. - [Brian] She's crazy for mantas. (water bubbling) (playful music) (bell dinging) (playful music) Is it working? - [Kazza] No! - [Brian] No? Tell Mom it's ripping out here. - Mom it's ripping out here. - [Brian] Yeah, it's ripping. Let's come back when
there's less currents. - Yeah. (Kazza laughing) - [Brian] Okay. Come back when there's less currents? - Yeah. - [Brian] Okay, good idea. (air whooshing) (water splashing) - So instead of fighting the current, we're back on the boat and waiting for it to calm down a little bit. And Brian, do you feel
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swim with the manta rays and I think Warren and Erica
are gonna come with us, too. (water splashing) (wind whistling) - [Brian] Oh, where are they? Oh there they are, I'm going in. - [Kazza] Okay. (water splashing) (water bubbling) (bright music) (water warbling) (bright music) - [Brian] These incredible creatures are reef mantas, they can grow
to span almost five meters, or about 16 feet, and
weigh up to 700 kilos, which is nearly 1,500 pounds. - Woohoo! - [Brian] And they do
it all by filter feeding on huge volumes of plankton-rich water right through their mouths, which filters out the plankton and
passes the filtered water out through their gills. (bright music) They're absolutely amazing creatures, and can be very curious approaching and even playing with you in the water. (bright music) - [Kazza] Woohoo! (Kazza and Erica cheering) - [Brian] Wow. - That was amazing, so freaking cool. They were just chilling, swimming around. I think everybody saw them, right? - [Brian] Did you see the mantas, Sierra? - Yeah. - [Brian] How cool were they? - [Sierra] Super cool. - [Brian] Pretty amazing experience. - Yeah, so cool, this is
exactly what I wanted. Ah! - [Brian] Whoa! (water splashing) Kazza never jumps in like that. She must be super excited to see mantas. - So excited! - [Brian] Or maybe it's
the three sips of beer that she had. And then before excitement
had even subsided (phone chiming) we receive an email
from a manta researcher that had actually watched
one of our recent videos. "Hi Brian and Karen, I'm in
charge of a research program" "on manta rays in French Polynesia," "and I'm using the
manta rays' belly spots" "to identify them." "This allows us to know
how many manta rays" "there are per island, if they
move from island to island" "and most importantly, if the population" "is increasing or decreasing." "I've been following
your channel for awhile," "and I'm very excited to
see that you've been seeing" "quite a lot of our floppy
friends in your adventures here." "Would you be okay if I
added the manta rays you saw" "in our database?" "I would just need the
exact times and dates" "of the films if possible,
and the GPS points" "where you saw them." "If the mantas are already
known, I can give you" "their histories, and if they are newbies" "you can pick a name a Tahitian,
Marquesan, or Paumotu." And so I went ahead and I put together a little video. (upbeat music) (keys clicking) (mouse clicking) (upbeat rock music) - [Kazza] Moving anchorages in a casual- - 30 knot squall. Great. Yep, sounds about right. (upbeat rock music) (water splashing) (upbeat rock music) Navigation sucks in here
because you can't see anything. We'll just go slow and I've got the phone with the sonar on. I might want you to watch
this laptop downstairs. - So I'm down here watching
this, like you can see these little things, that's
a bommie right there. And right now we're
about, yeah, oh point two nautical miles away. Point one eight away. (boat whirring) - [Brian] Is that better? - [Kazza] Yeah, it's kinda correcting now. - [Brian] Yeah you can see it right there. (wind whistling) - It is gnarly out here. (upbeat rock music) - [Brian] But eventually, we made it to a more protected spot. And when the squall passed (upbeat music) it is time to play. (upbeat music) (Kazza laughing) - We haven't done a bonfire in so long. I'm really excited. And we're gonna have food. - [Brian] We've got food. - [Kazza] Yes. - [Brian] Oh, here come
our friends, hi friends. What's he wearing? (upbeat music) (boat engine humming) Are they wearing costumes? - [Sierra] Hi! - [Erica] Ar! (upbeat music) - [Brian] Oh. (lighter flicking) Got any more. (Kazza laughing) - [Kazza] That little stick. - Yeah, it's the little sticks that count. (Kazza laughing) - [Brian] But it was bittersweet, because it was actually our last evening with our buddy boating
friends, Lauren and Warren. (bright upbeat music) - All right, go, okay, go. - [Brian] It looks so
cool in this camera, too. (bright upbeat music) - Okay, stop, come here. (Brian and Kazza laughing) (bright music) (wind whistling) Our friends are leaving us. Warren and Erica are gonna sail up to the Marquesas and haul out, so it's time for them to go. (gentle acoustic music) It's been such a good time
buddy boating with them for the last couple of months. Yeah, it's been amazing,
we've had so many good times, they're such good people,
and we will miss them a lot. Bye, friends! I'll never forget you! - [Erica] You too! (Kazza laughing) - It's interesting too how I feel like it never gets easier to
say goodbye to people. Bye, guys. - [Brian] Bye! - [Sierra] Bye! - [Warren] Miss you! - [Erica] Miss you guys! - [Brian] Miss you! - [Kazza] Miss you, love you, bye! - [Sierra] Miss you! - It just sucks to say goodbye to people, it's definitely the hardest part about this lifestyle I think. Gonna miss them a lot. (gentle acoustic music) (water splashing) We're gonna move the
boat to get a bit closer to a super sweet beach
that is a little bit farther down here, so. - [Brian] We picked up the hook and made our way to an
anchorage whose proximity to an incredible beach looked
too tempting to resist. Not knowing that later that night, it would come to bite us right in the ass. But we'll get to that in just a bit. (bright upbeat music) If you're gonna have
something heavy on your boat, it might as well be an anchor. This is a Mantus anchor, and
I can say from experience, it sets like a beast. A good anchor set give
you one of the best gifts in return, a great night's sleep, even when the breeze pipes up. But without a decent length of chain, the anchor is pretty much useless. So for every foot of depth
measured from the bottom all the way up to the bow of Delos, we put out five feet of
chain, for a scope ratio of five to one. What this means, is there's
about a 75 foot circle around your anchor that
needs to be clear of bommies and deep enough to accommodate the boat, even at low tide. And if it's a full or a new moon where the tide is a little
bit bigger than normal, well, you better be on
your anchoring game. It's set good, it's
pretty shallow, though. - [Kazza] Is it? - I mean in the back of
the keel there's like maybe that much water right now. - [Kazza] Ooh. - Yeah, if it's not low
tide then we might have to move a little bit, but there's
just sand around us, so. (gentle acoustic music) (water splashing) (gentle acoustic music) (mouse clicking) (bell dinging) - Start to found ourselves (Kazza laughing) it's absolutely incredible! And Delos is just fricking
anchored right there. This is an incredible spot to anchor, and the water is so clear,
and it's warm and sunny, and it's something very
special to have Delos this close to shore. Our home is just right there. I don't know if you get much
closer to paradise than this. (Kazza laughing) Love it. Love it! (gentle acoustic music) (water splashing) This is possibly the clearest
water I have ever seen. (Kazza laughing) It's fricking incredible. - [Sierra] Go down! (playful music) (water warbling) (playful music) (water warbling) (water warbling) (playful music) (water warbling) (playful music) - I wanna show you my new
method, check this out. (coconuts thumping) (drill buzzing) (drill buzzing) - [Kazza] Oh, there he goes. No way- - [Brian] So much easier. (Kazza laughing) - [Kazza] Instead of
using the shitty machete. - Forget the machete,
we've got a power drill. (Kazza laughing) Look at this. (machete thumping) We need to up our machete game. Tell me you're not impressed. - I'm so impressed. (Brian laughing) So impressed right now. Wow- - Well let's fill it up, we'll freeze it. - [Kazza] Yeah. - [Brian] Get ready for
some coconut water there. - [Kazza] Yes, I love coconut water! - [Sierra] Whoa! - [Brian] Whoa! - [Sierra] You're amazing, Dad! (Brian laughing) - Thanks, Sierra. Oh look at all these coconuts up here. - [Kazza] Oh. (leaves rustling) - [Sierra] Mommy, Mommy, look! (playful music) I can go up there too, see? (playful music) (coconuts thudding) - Nice we got some more fresh coconuts, or young ones, which
has nicer water in them. (drill buzzing) (coconut water dripping) - [Kazza] Here it comes. (coconut water dripping) (Kazza laughing) (playful music) - [Brian] Doesn't get any
fresher than that, Kaz. - I love that, that's so good. Ooh, I love coconut water. - [Sierra] Me too, Mom! - [Brian] You too, do
you wanna have a taste? - [Kazza] Here. - Ah! - [Brian] What do you think? - Good. - [Brian] Is it good? - Yep. - [Brian] Sierra likes coconut water? - Yep. - [Kazza] Me too. - My daddy, too. - [Brian] Everybody likes coconut water. - Yep. Not Mommy. - [Kazza] What? - [Brian] Mommy likes
it more than anybody. - I'm pretty much a
coconut water connoisseur. - Not Warren. (Brian laughing) Not Warren, no way. - While we were totally distracted in our coconut debates,
trouble was brewing back on Delos. Blissfully unaware, we returned to find. I think we're a little bit aground. (Brian laughing) It's low, low, low tide. And the funny thing is
we were just coming back to move the boat, like, "Ah
we should move the boat out" "a little bit further." And now I don't know if we
can because we're aground. First, we tried to anchor
in hopes that it would nudge us off the bottom. - Okay, let's see if we
can get the anchor up. - Okay. - Right? - [Brian] Yeah, let's try it. (boat whirring) I don't know if we are moving? - No, I don't think so. (boat whirring) It's like all the way stretched. - [Brian] Is the bow moving at all? - I don't see the chain slacking at all. Well we are hard aground. (playful music) - All right I'm gonna put
the bow thruster down, and just wiggle the bow
back and forth a little bit. Sometimes doing that you
can get a little bit of forward momentum. - So Brian is running the bow thruster back and forth. Just to see if he can like
wiggle us loose a little bit. (boat whirring) (boat whirring) (playful music) I don't know if that did anything. - [Brian] And as if we didn't
have enough to deal with. (Sierra crying) - [Kazza] What's going on, Sierra, please. - [Sierra] Mommy. - [Kazza] Yeah but Sierra I
need to be out here, I'm sorry. Yeah you can see how far
the water line is out, and it's pretty far out, so I'm guessing we're like hard, hard on the ground. (boat whirring) - [Brian] I tried to motor us forward, but even at full power, we
couldn't get it to budge an inch. (boat whirring) (wind whistling) One of those times when
Sierra's just freaking out and we're trying to do something. - I'm just trying to figure this out- - [Brian] I don't know,
we just closed her in. - And she's just going mental and I need to be in the
water, and it's just like, ah. Like the whole back of the keel is buried, so it's like that much under- - [Brian] Oh, okay. - Into the sand. The front is like kind
of bouncing up and down a little bit, but the
whole back is dug in. - [Brian] I was thinking
let's put up the sails, see if we can heel the
boat over a few degrees, and if that doesn't work
then we'll just wait. - [Kazza] Kay. (wind whistling) - [Brian] We're basically
straight into the wind now. - [Kazza] I don't think it's gonna work. - [Brian] No. - No. There's no luck, I think it's
like low, low tide right now. So. - I'm gonna go set a
little marker, so that, the tide's gonna come
up in a little while, we're just gonna wait. But then it's gonna get
dark, so I'm just gonna go set a marker where there's
a good place to anchor in the pearl. We'll just kick it right on that. So after setting up the
marker, there was only one thing to do in a situation like this. (upbeat music) (Brian laughing) (upbeat music) (Brian laughing) Chak de Phatte! (mugs clinking) Ah, you wanna taste? - [Kazza] No. - [Brian] Come on, it's
a Irish coffee, Kaz, have a little taste. - Dang. (playful music) - [Brian] It's got
lactose free cream in it. (Kazza coughing) (Brian laughing) - No, I'm sorry. (Brian laughing) It is. Ugh. - [Brian] What are you
talking about, it's amazing. - That is not me. - [Brian] Oh, it's me. (Kazza laughing) (playful music) - Kay, so Brian has just
put a light on that fender that we had that's like
good space to anchor, 'cause it's gonna be very
hard to see all the bommies and stuff now when it's dark, so. (upbeat music) (water splashing) - [Brian] Should be a clear shot. - [Kazza] Okay. (boat whirring) - [Brian] All right, Kaz,
whenever you're ready. - Okay. (boat whirring) - [Brian] Can I go? - Yeah. (boat whirring) (bright music) How deep is it here? - [Brian] We got one meter under us. - [Kazza] Okay. Okay, you're coming up
on it now, do you see it? - [Brian] Yeah. (bright upbeat music) I'm gonna go ahead and
drop here I think, okay? - [Kazza] Okay. (boat whirring) (bright upbeat music) Stretching out. (bright upbeat music) You can probably go and
have a look at the anchor you're near the dinghy I think. Just to see where it kinda set. (bright music) - It's not cruising if there isn't a little excitement every now and then. - Oh, I know. - You gotta push, you
gotta be adventurous. - Yeah. - We were just tryna anchor
it in really shallow water, we were overzealous. - I know. - Anyway, no harm done except to our egos, our anchor egos. - And no we're in one
point six meters of water. - We've got one point six
meters under us, which is good, that's five feet. - Oh I can't hold this
camera, it's so heavy. - Okay. - Ugh. - That's it. - Jeez. - Good night. - Okay. (upbeat music) (phone chiming) - "Hi Brian, thanks so much
for the video, it's perfect." "I checked the two mantas
and both are new ones." "The first one from Tahuata is a male," "and becomes the 13th manta
identified in Tahuata." "He seemed very curious towards you." "The second one from
Raroia is a male as well," "and he is the 91st reef
manta identified in Raroia." That's a lot- - [Kazza] 91st, that's a lot- - 91st. He says, "Since they're
new in our database," "you get the honor of picking
names for both these mantas"- - [Kazza] Oh! - "In Tahitian, Paumotu,
or Marquesan if possible." I don't know any of those languages. (Brian laughing) But I'm sure we can find something. (chill upbeat music) So I decided to name the
first manta that we saw in the Marquesas, and I picked
a word called, it's called Nuihau, N-U-I-H-A-U. Nuihau means "great peace". - [Kazza] Oh, that's awesome. - Nuihau, I deem you. (Kazza laughing) In the database. - So I picked a name
too, and I picked Vaihau. - Oh. - And it means "calm water",
because that day we had the- - [Brian] It was so calm. - Calmest day. - I think you named the folder that we put the videos in just like
"the calmest day ever". - Yeah. (Kazza laughing) That's amazing. - Okay, that's awesome. - That's really fun. - We named two mantas. - Yay! - Yay! (hands clapping) (Kazza laughing) (upbeat music) - [Kazza] I'm like really
zoomed in on your face. - Don't do that, don't ever do that. - [Kazza] Two showers? - No. - [Kazza] No, just one shower. - Yeah. (Kazza laughing) Okay. I wanna see your best sultry face. - I don't know how to do that. (Kazza and Brian laughing) Get outta here. Now we sit and wait, oh
we got chocolate cake too. - [Kazza] Yay. - [Brian] Living the life here. - I know, getting all fancy. (Brian laughing) (chill acoustic music) (Brian laughing) - Woohoo! (Brian and Kazza laughing) (chill acoustic music)
