Trouble on the High Seas? Tongan Navy vs Sailboat (Ep 121)

[Music] [Music] you 24 for AR for you have to live on the captain of this vessel is a New Zealand registered ship and I'm in charge and I will not leave this Anchorage until the weather to suitable you hear me I won't leave the Anchorage till the way that suitable [Music] [Music] now we got our Kovac tests in took a while to download them over the Iridium but we got them so we are coronavirus free Rachel Berry baby we want to say thank you for getting these to us yeah we really appreciate it you did a good job for us so yeah we've got a great sale quick easy passage nothing major to hit a great weather window we sailed most of the way we're probably only motored for five hours of the total passage we're dead about eight and a half knots we stayed east a long ways because I wanted to be east to hit the stay in the winds and that plan so far has worked out we just kicked into the trades about an hour ago and the trades are coming at us from the south southeast now and they'll be gone farther around and the temp should be getting warmer outside water temperatures 21 point seven degrees Celsius which is 71 degrees Fahrenheit I just do that math in my head I just know that yeah that's not sure I told it to in beforehand well anyway it's you have the script he never reads it it's good to be back on the water out on the blue I'm out on the water surrounded by the blue you don't even know the words I don't even know the thing you don't know the words anymore but the hoodies fiction they do guys another day probably in the hoodies out come out on the hoodie and my long johns are going so we are excited of the opportunities that are coming our way situated 400 miles south of Fiji and 300 miles southwest of Tonga the boner briefs are a set of two submerged eight holes and are a protected anchorage for private yachts traveling between New Zealand and Tonga Fiji the ownership of the reefs has been an unresolved issue between Fiji and Tonga for decades our route to Fiji included a stopover at the North Island known as - Leckie took allow to relax after five days of passage to assess equipment and review the weather for the rest of our sail to Fiji Minerva reef man every Finny vessel at Minerva reef this is sailing vessel Zatara anybody read me maybe that's just so annoying no no that's a that's a vessel any vessel that Minerva reef any vessel in the Nerva region or this is sailing vessel with Farah how do you read 30 little dog this go on patrol boat may Yahoo so much patrol boat lay up read you loud and clear Roger that we'll go to channel 1 2 for sailing vessels guitar Yahoo Yahoo sailing vessels with ARF is it me a foo in the office go ahead and Yafo we are about six miles south of Minerva reef North we're leaning to stop in there for some weather and on our way to Fiji I saw you guys I saw somebody was there on the radar I just wanted to see what the past conditions were like there saying this all started over yes we are aware that Tonga is closed and we are not allowed into Tonga we we're not going to Tonga we're just going to Minerva reef and we have to wait on some weather and then we're heading on to Fiji where we have permission to enter future in seven days failing little dattara in this moment territorial water correctly Tokelau over my radius now the this is sailing vessels Vitara how do you read now we did not realize that nerve Arif was the part of the Ezz of Tongan waters we were just coming here to wait out some weather and then we're heading on to Fiji we have need to rest for a couple of days and while we're quarantine we are co-ed free we have Kovac free chess we are not planning on entering Tonga the main Tonga at all anymore or leaving our boat for any matter sell media or Cola we have five onboard two adults and three children [Applause] Roger that what channel do you want us to stand by on and we'll just tread water we're about six miles out now we'll just tread water outside to pass - sailings ATAR will be standing by on one two I hope you enjoy your time with the silicate okay we get it I know you said we can stay till the weather pass mr. four days enjoy our read have fun enjoy it have a good I know I don't know where you're at I was down there look at the shirts dad said that we have shirts and men's we go so he said we can stay yeah so we just got to Minerva reef was a rough night I Barry got lost sleep neither did dad this is what it looks like it's just a reef that's all it is okay we're gonna put the main down [Music] [Music] we're going right inside this little protected circle it's rainy out here are you gonna Maui you made of sugar I'm going in where's dry waters pretty goodness what are you working on there captain yeah well we've been letting water get in here forever running down in the air and it's kind of caused some problems now there's a still oh it run back here in the stove because the wind will be left open it run down here to this plug this plug this plug is it I don't think it's from the window it is I don't think it is I think it's from the sink because everybody makes the big wet mess and it splashes all over here what could be we don't leave that open if it's raining degree we don't leave it open if we're on passage because water would come in I think it's from the counter could be this is salt water though yeah this is also work well they're smoking spars right here not a good connection I may have to eventually take these two wires why I'm directly into this well not like what you do outdoor sports anyway okay can't get no satisfactory one that's way okay go back to class or do you guys know this song no I don't did you pick that can you seal the edges better maybe or something [Music] [Music] I haven't shaved my head in a long time it's gotta go it's right now I gotta go Wow that's a lot of hair holy crap you can see how oily it is the razor blade died on me almost the way through so now I look like myself [Applause] [Music] filling Missoula this is the cement apropos they are for negative you have the special is a New Zealand registered ship and I am in charge and I will not leave this Anchorage until the way that is suitable you hear me I won't thought leave the Anchorage until the way that is suitable so nice big ball 40 yeah yeah dreadfully steps on this one more or say as possible they will leave as soon as possible Wow I'll leave as soon as the weather conditions allow soon as the weather conditions allow I'll leave that you see like the last time I was here there was the CG missile here claiming it to be CG in water so I'm not sure which country it belongs to [Laughter] [Music] [Music] for the cosine at the moment over the next call [Applause] we're waiting he's not he can't he'd be sewing right into the wind yeah one thing there's no covered risk at here exactly there's no there's no landmass yeah there's nothing everything's submerged everything's under water [Laughter] okay the tonkin officials deployed their dinghy and visited each of the three boats at the Anchorage one by one they asked about our sailing plans and Keith explained our weather window would be good in a couple of days so they were very nice and bid us farewell until the weather allowed us to head to Fiji [Applause] tune in Tuesday as the kids share their adventures and we continue our journey to Fiji [Applause] you

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Id: 0XK8NXdrVJw

Length: 20min 24sec (1224 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 06 2020