Sailing Around the World

so we sailed over 40,000 nautical miles we've touched around 30 countries we've had a brilliant freaking time doing it like what what an adventure this has been 8 years some crazy amount of nautical miles and we've sailed around the world we're no longer sailing around the world we are actually circumnavigators that s so pretentious doesn't it it sounds pretentious but it's really cool I think it's it is so cool you guys um like who puts it on the resume circum Navigator I was doing past T I guess it's still continuous it is continuous you know you think that sailing around the world is a risky Affair but I think what you'll find out here is that most Sailors are actually quite risk averse which is really interesting because it seems like a dangerous thing to do it doesn't feel dangerous when you're out here after you've kind of like set foot on the boat and stepped away from Land the danger aspect of things kind of steps away we worry about random people coming aboard at night uh we worry about Cyclones hurricanes typhoons same thing and that's about it like maybe a little bit of Hull intrusions in terms of like taking on water and hitting a whale or hitting a submerged object but but that's out of your control so you're looking for things like in your control that you can worry about it's not about the sailing all the time it's about the systems and the I I would add to I would add to Ashley and actually say the easiest part is the sailing the hardest part is everything else from customs and immigration to Logistics Logistics to uh boat maintenance repairs and those kind of things yeah provisioning even can be a challenge Sailing sailing you put up a piece of cloth and the wind catches it that's the easy part right there you go he said it guys so we'll get to the best parts in a second but what was some of the worst Parts breakdowns boat breakdowns yeah boat breakdowns I would say so too I mean this boat is a 2005 so she's 20 18 years old so we took possession of her at 10 years old and you know at 10 years the boat is nearing the end of its kind of cycle in terms of needing a massive refit and by Massive refit we mean the wire holding up the mass the standing rigging the sails the lines uh any kind of equipment on board such as water makers dingy engines yeah most everything was redone over the course of our circum navigation was that a smart way to go about it um probably not but it was the only way we could make it work because we didn't have the money up front to do a full refit before we set sale and this boat has great bones is what we love we love the platform form if you want the boat you take on what comes with it yeah right and this is one of the biggest 40ft boats we've stepped on um so we're really you know we still love NOA we think it's a fantastic boat more more stats how many pirate encounters one pirate encounter sort of I mean it was a boarding in the St shells but that is an act piracy at Sea yep but he wasn't really a pirate he was a pirate on a kayak a drug addict on a kayak I heard the alarm go off this is the alarm and I thought it was a false alarm yeah I thought it was false alarm too so I stick my head up over here cuz I always look up first to see if you know they have a gun or something I see them right there in the corner I go it's like a split-second decision to go at them I rip open the door I go rip go what are you doing and then I hear splash splash and then I shine my flashlight over there it's like Rastafarians with their you know Bob Marley hats all soak and wet trying to get back into their kayak like I don't know even what they're saying what they were saying Ash you out by then you're out there on Deck naked he said they didn't take anything man they didn't get anything man so I think they were coming for things obviously but they didn't get anything they said what did they get what did they get and they said they didn't get anything so yeah it's it's scary hello boys and girls we are 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you have another drink so what was your worst part about sailing around the world some countries are really well you you know greased in terms of having a process for coming into country but what you have to remember is that we're arriving with our home it has all sorts of gear on it that could be sold in that country so officials are always leery in terms of customs and duties and and you know making sure that you leave with the same equipment that you came in with so that you're taxed appropriately um but there were a few instances where officials were heavy-handed I would say and um that was yeah well that was one of the trickier parts that said now again now that we're in the Caribbean we arrived here in Grenada and it was just one of the easiest easiest entries we've ever had yeah and I feel like for me it's more of and and you have to do this guys like this is something that if you sail around the world it's like even in the Caribbean country to Country you have to go check out check in and um it's it's sometimes I think it's like the times suck and it's like you're hot you're bothered you're tired cuz youve just arrived and then you have to go and do this like official them and it's sometimes you know it's not it's just not the funnest part of doing it but it is part of it and sometimes you have the most hilarious experiences we told them we were famous YouTubers and so they checked out our Channel on YouTube sing Thea we're watching your movie watching you watching a movie the two handsome and lovely thank you thank you what's another one for you uh probably the always on lifestyle so you're at anchor and you're always aware of the wind and the squalls coming through and the rain and it's hot so the windows are open so if it starts raining at night you have to wake up and close all the windows your burger is going to be wet you're always on and uh it's not like you crawl into your bed lock your door and shut down for the night it's it's one year is always open um so that's definitely a a pronic h in terms of like you know you're also really in touch with nature you can tell when there's a colder Breeze and a downdraft from a cloud or you know certain noise on the boat you know you're aware of that so it's kind of really in touch with nature but um on the other hand it's it can be exhausting and we do like to take breaks okay do you want a soggy bun or a uh guaranteed dry bun yeah I mean sleeping on land wa that's exciting or tied up to a dog sometimes tied up to a dog is the most amazing thing it's like you just you just kind of turn off and you're like oh yeah we're safe we're good it's a weird feeling where you just feel like okay we can like close our eyes and sleep all night long yeah like you can do R yeah sleep big time another one of my favorite things about living out here is that we are living off grid like we are self-reliant um we can in many many places we can catch our own food uh I can grow my own herbs but I'm really poor at gardening there isn't a lot of space for that we're very self-sufficient out here we catch our own fish we make our own power we make our own water it's quite a unique you know way of living really um and it and it's it's brilliant it feels really good to kind of be able to live in your own little island floating island and create everything you need you're in charge of your own destiny and we have everything on board basically to repair anything so if the dingy gets a hole in it we we have a patch get for that you know in engine brakes we typically have that spare part available or can Jerry rig something we're here in Pala and uh we have a problem underwater uh one of the through hols is leaking so this is the first time we're going to do this in the water I we have a a newfound friend down here helping us out where is he there he is hi dorson we're going to pull the real out and then put in a new one hopefully we'll see how it goes kind of nervous we're going to have an inch and a half hole in our boat spitting water from the outside to the inside you want to see it yeah let's see it oh my [Laughter] gosh that's pretty awesome it's unlike living on land where you then call the mechanic and you know slotted time in for a repair it's on us to repair that and to get that done because there may be no mechanic around most of the time that's the case there may be no spare part around if there is a spare part that can be shipped in uh there is customs and duties and time that get wasted sometimes months to receive that part so you are very much in control of your own destiny and are fully responsible for your action or your inaction in terms of preventative maintenance and you love that yeah I like the best part yeah I think I like that because it just when it's a challenge I guess it's a challenge and the buck stops with me you know like it there's there's no excuse you can't blame anyone else you can't have those negative emotions because oh it is my fault you know I should have could be my fault yeah it could be your fault too but uh you you you often also are confronted with these breakdowns in places that are remote and you have to come together as a team and just like Co marriages either blossomed or or failed there was rarely anything in between boat relationships either Blossom or fail because you either come together and solve the problem or you go your separate ways and sell the boat hey we're still here I guess that's a good thing for now we'll see you on the next we love each other um yeah it's been it's been a hell of a ride I guess is what we're saying there's been so many really good things it's been a hell of a ride and if you think about it eight years is a long time um we came home with two little stowaways which have enriched our lives and made our lives also very busy uh we have a thriving YouTube channel uh thanks to you guys for watching we have amazing support on patreon which is where we get the bulk of our revenue and and and make this happen and we're looking to the Future to build a new vessel that will take us and you guys to even cooler places places that very few people get to go we've been talking about a thing that's called Summit syndrome and uh oh you're going there I'm going there and it's basically when you summoned at Everest or some big mountain and you get to the bottom and it's like what's next right like what what can you do to get that adrenaline back to get that those emotions back and and it's a it's a real thing and sometimes it happens when you have achieved a certain position in a job or a certain bought a certain car or bought a certain house or basically you have had a giant goal your whole entire life and then all of a sudden you've achieved it so what is next uh we we've done that it's amazing like this was our Dream this was our goal we we did it so I am so looking forward to this next coming season of chill out that is my goal yeah and then we have a new long-term goal and we are so stoked um and it's all brought around because of the NOOA 55 and um that is our long-term goal we are so excited and thrilled to have this like for this new goal this new these new dreams of like taking the boat North and taking the boat South with that boat comes incredible opportunities for exploration and uh going into cold is always hard but I'm looking forward to it and uh we want to do like the Northwest Passage and it allows us to dream further a field and we're really excited about that opportunity um yeah to to look further and uh things that we probably could do on NOOA but might not be ideal and and like the Northwest Passage I probably wouldn't when do that on no so basically what we've done now is we circumnavigated around the world in the Tradewind belt which is more or less tropical sometimes you have to go down to New Zealand to get out of the Tradewind belt due to Cyclones and sometimes you have to go around the cape a good hope like Africa to well get around that continent but for the most part we've been sailing in the tropics we don't need insulation we don't need heat we are generally really well off with solar power and all those kind of things the NOOA 55 is a different Beast it allows us to go to places where where it's colder obviously uh there's more danger in terms of icebergs for example those kind of qualities require a different boat so I guess that's our next Summit yeah it'll be interesting yeah I I don't know and i' I have like all these like micro goals like I want to go um I want to go back to the South Pacific and explore some of the islands we didn't see I mean Micronesia would be really interesting to go and check out because we didn't think that this lifestyle would would last we kind of rush through a lot of things because most people's circumnavigation takes about 3 to 5 years and uh some people do it in 18 months the world Arc if you stay on their schedule and do it all a lot of people take a break um from the world Arc but then join up again but if you stay on the schedule and do it within their time frame it's 18 months to sail around the whole entire world that's incredible yeah that's pretty quick it's pretty quick so what we have found is that um a lot of a lot of the sort of short-term goals are to go and see some of our favorite places again and to go to some of the places we didn't sail to on the first circum navigation what are the best parts ooh there's so many amazing Parts about this lifestyle the People You Meet yeah both both Cruisers and locals I'd say yeah yeah absolutely uh in terms of locals you know you're interacting with them trading with then learning about their lifestyle they're friendly we're friendly and then in terms of other Cruisers there's a lot of overlap in terms of views of the world and and lifestyle and you know yeah I mean you've chosen to be out here as sailing so it's um that in itself is a lifestyle and it's really really kind of neat to meet other people with the same sort of goals and um life choices that you've made it turn I wanted to add to the the people that you meet too one of the really cool things and one of the best things about sailing around the world I think is that you can take your vessel into some of the more remote places and places that are really really difficult to do if you don't have a vessel like and you get to arrive there like kind of in comfort and you're not staying in a Hut on land with no running water and no toilet and you know whatever it might be and I I think of some of those places like in Papu and guini um in Vanuatu it's it's it's different traveling on water um both good and bad I mean sometimes it's like you miss things when you're traveling on the water but at the same time your home's there um and you get to take yourselves into some really really amazing places so it's it's a pretty cool and uh really neat opportunity um and one of the best things I think about sailing around the world in terms of going to those remote places um it's quite reasonable given that you're able to stay there for a long time because typically you know if if you're a tourist and you're on a on a tour you're able to go there for you know a few hours or a few days uh we are able to Anchor up and just chill and really get the vibe of the place really explore underwater above water kiteboard whatever surf um and and that's really where the costs start to come down if you if you take it on a day-by-day uh basis for me diving some of the most epic spots were really memorable uh Pala comes to mind uh vanatu uh we Dove the coolage you know and an Old World War II wreck which still have ammunitions on it and uh they took us down really deep into enclosed spaces uh which honestly we didn't have the certification for but you know it it was really really memorable um to go to those places so yeah underwater the wildlife was really neat and and some of the atols that you got to stop out in the middle of the ocean you like you can't get there unless you're on your own boat um the the wildlife the Sharks the fish the amazing things that you get to see in the passes and the areas surrounding the passes on those tiny little islands are freaking incredible so there's a lot of really really really neat underwater things I mean you are living on the water so you should enjoy the underwater part too yes I I agree but also every Cruiser will take something every circum Navigator every sailor out here will take something different away from their sale around the world and it is so diverse the cruising Community some people will for example not interact with the locals and that's totally fine you know um they are just on a mission to sail around the world and they're more into the sailing and the performance aspect of the sail BOS other people are more into culture like we are and you know other people are more into the diving and the nature so everyone takes something completely different away from their circum navigation but everyone also comes away from the circum navigation I'd say as a changed person with a different world view a more broadened worldview not to put us on a pedestal it's just you've been exposed to a lot of stimuli a lot of different cultures and it it can't help but change your view of the world so how much does it cost to sell around the world most asked question we get that asked a lot so most of the money uh goes goes towards boat maintenance honestly uh and that's a big variable because you know the bigger the boat you have the more money it's going to cost to maintain an upgrade uh we say 15 to 20% of your boat value every year goes towards maintenance and repairs I think that's a great number uh that's a pretty industry standard number a lot of people bulk at that number thinking it's way too high um but you know you have to realize that you are moving a lot you're using all the systems and they do wear out unlike those that go for a sale on Saturday and Sunday and then Park their boat for the rest of the week um and I can add to that too I mean I think if we'd only been sailing 3 years if we had bought a boat sailed it you know done some work to it got it ready to go sailed for 3 years and then sold it it would have been the next person's problem exactly and that's kind of what I kind of want to say that's kind of what we inherited in this boat uh but not in a malicious way or anything like that it's just you know that's the state of life that that boat was in yeah now we always try to do things as cheap as possible when I say cheap it's not necessarily the least cost way uh we tried to pay the least amount in the long run so it's often that meant paying more up front so that was for example lithium batteries or getting a good dinghy or getting a good engine doing the solar Arch on the back and putting proper panels on uh getting a proper hard top to shade us and from from the Sun and the rain um so those were big big expenses but uh because they were solid strong and high quality we were able to not have to redo those compared to if it was a cloth hard top or shitty dingy or shitty engine uh those kind of things so paying more money up front definitely saves you money in the long run yeah so a lot of people want to know what sort of it costs day to day to live on a boat and I think that there's the the food is is a big one and sometimes it's a lot less money than at home and other times it's more money than at home because you want the western food because if you eat like a local in some of these areas it's very inexpensive but then if you want some sort of treats that you're used to from your home country then it's like way more money than what you you would be paying at home uh so what I say about food is that it typically costs exactly the same as you pay at home like if you want to eat like you do now it's the same all around the world that averages out and it's weird I you never expect it to average out and then you look at the food at the end of the food cost at the end of the year and you're like well yeah that was a lot yeah I I mean the thing is the food costs more to refrigerate in these Tropics so if you like Feta on your salad you're going to pay more um if you like salad you're going to pay more locals typically just eat for example roow tea or you know in the Caribbean or uh whatever half a chicken or you noodles in Thailand I don't know well if you want the imported things like berries or whatever you're going to be paying a small fortune for them in most countries um that are out that are in the tropics so if you eat like uh eat eat what the locals eat you'll you'll get it you'll find it um fairly inexpensively at local markets if you want um treats that are like from home you're going to pay more and so the cost overall average is out to be the same and what I'm finding it's I feel like it's getting more expensive I think inflation has hit the world and um it's not just Canada or the US um that is experiencing this I think across the world cost of goods has gone up food has gone up and uh it's no different like it's expensive it's expensive here in Grenada I spent $180 on like a small shopping cart of food yeah so to sort of finish up the cost cuz our last major area of I think expense out here well there's a couple more there's the cost of flying home but that's up to you so we'll leave that for you to figure out and then there's the um cost of uh generally like parking your boat and um there's hul outs which we've already talked about um and those can be expensive and then there's other things like anchoring right is anchoring free yeah well most of the time most of the time not always so lots of places have what they call Parks and the parks are taxes basically sometimes they maintain the the nature around them sometimes it's just a tax and you you have to pay for anchoring sometimes like the SE shells when you go to check out there's like a daily fee for having your boat in that country and it's basically like an anchoring fee for living in their country like you never like there's jees yeah each country is so different the wind is always free uh but everything else costs money so the interesting part though was that in our whole circumnavigation we were at anchor about 80 85% of the time and it really made us think about the NOOA 55 or next bow which is well what do you design you know the ultimate World Cruiser to is it speed so Crossing oceans quicker or is it towards livability living at anchor more and it really is a compromise between the two um I think if you go speed it's a two-edged sword because one you're going to have less Comfort cuz smaller faster um and two you're going to get there quicker so you're going to be sitting at anchor longer we want to go faster but we want the Comfort still yeah so there's I think always a compromise and we're hoping that NOOA 55 is that ultimate compromise um but we have yet to see we're we're looking forward to trying her out in a couple years yeah that's kind of our key takeaway you know you move around the world with your home you always feel rushed because there's so much to see and there's so much Beauty and so many great people to interact with um but yeah you also have to move from country to Country and and you have to do that efficiently with the seasons and the and your visas and the laws of the countries what is your biggest takeaway from the circum navigation for the next circum navigation what would you change I think I'd take more more time in a lot of areas um and slow it down a little bit you want the Best of Both Worlds you want to see everything there is to see but also see the next thing on the list so it's it's a tricky one what's your biggest takeaway um for the next circum well my job is mostly been maintaining this boat and video editing and I think definitely after talking actually to some Cruisers here in Grenada as well that are long term Cruisers it's less about the shine Factor on the boat less about you know having pretty polished gel coat and more about uh making sure all the systems work so that's really where my mind goes this utilitarian functional boat don't care what it looks like so much less work you mean less less boat maintenance to take away from the experience yeah yeah yeah I could see that for you I'm still going to have to cook and clean and take care of children no I think um I look forward to checking out more of this world like we've we've seen a lot that there is so much more to see in this world and I look forward to arriving in the places that we've already being and just kind of looking at it with a different light like sometimes you have a certain experience the first time and having a different experience the next time and you know what's also really cool is that um I think I mentioned this when we were coming in on the videos that the world seems not smaller but closer you know what I mean um we were talking about how we'd love to go back to the Bahamas again and Ben goes to me it's only 7day sale and I'm like no you're totally wrong so I went and checked from Grenada to the Bahamas the southern Bahamas is only a 7-Day sale at 6 knots and I was like that's incredible that's not far at all so what it feels like I I think now is things are close and there's opportunity to do whatever you want because nothing seems unachievable or too far really or too much effort yeah what do you think is that yeah no I agree I agree and I mean I think the next circum navigation we're going to see a lot of different things again because we're going to go to different places but um or maybe we'll like do a loop and then not finish circum navigation for a while we'll like do a loop of the North and then we'll go and around the world and then we'll do another loop of the sou or something even if we see the same places I think it'll be through a different lens which will'll be through that's what I think I was trying to say the lens of our kids as well so yeah um it'll be interesting in that sense so anyways we hope you guys uh enjoyed that episode and stay tuned for the next episode and the next decade because we're not going anywhere um even though this circumnavigation is complete we just see it as a little test of what's possible and we plan to uh sail the world backwards next time around to unwind this first lap I don't think so I thought I'd test that one out I don't know no I'm not going up wind uh we'll leave it here I am so sorry to all the flat earthers out there we have proven that we was round it's pretty exciting that it's exciting no it's pretty exciting that we're here I've just ignored you I'm like this is great this has been a what a wonderful cool thing hello circumnavigator circum na is that what you say I have no idea it's a really terrible word we're going to modern day circumnavigator that's a big word yeah we should just start a new word like what could be a better word modern day explorers that's a lot of words that's even more words I don't know maybe you guys can come up with a tagline for us we need to come up with like a new word for circumnavigate her

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