The Calm Before the Storm - Near Disaster at Sea | Episode 217 - AD FREE
One of the scariest moments at sea happened just days after some of the most beautiful and calm days in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
We are anchored inside the Tuamotu atolls of French Polynesia, which are some of the most pristine and beautiful islands in all of the South Pacific, but we were quickly reminded that we are still in the middle of the worlds biggest ocean with just a small coral-ring of an island and scattered palm trees around to protect us from near cyclone winds.
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Ryan and I are catching up on all the videos! OMG how terrifying and so glad you are both ok!
Hye guys! Yea we are all good out here, a little scary moment there for a bit. So we are coming back to Colorado for Thanksgiving and plan to do a meet up, hope you guys will be able to make it!
Hi you two! OMFG, hearing the story from you guys about this storm didn't quite hit me like seeing it on your video. I am confident what you were feeling inside was infinitely more scared than what you both appeared to be on the video. But despite how scary that storm was and what you were experiencing, you both held it together impressively well. You stayed a great, calm team, God knows how but you did. I am super impressed you got right back to a happy place once it was all over, still loving your lifestyle. Thank you so much for sharing your experience, thank goodness Warren was ok and you are really an inspiration to us both. ❤️
Wow! Very scary situation, but thank-you for putting this out there to show the realities of what could happen. I couldn’t imagine being in a dinghy with 50kt winds. I believe the Wynn’s told a horrible story about a sailor who fell out of his dinghy and got run over by it. Very very scary and sad. So glad Warren is safe. Was the cushion ever found on the other side of the atoll?
That was a pretty good storm. We've lived through numerous storms and hurricanes here in Fl. Only thing to do when they show up is to buckle up and throw a "Hunker Down" party with the neighbors. Every time a news caster says the phrase, everyone takes a shot! Seems to make the storms pass quicker. At minimum, it takes the edge off. Joking aside, I'm so thankful you're both okay!
Light hearted moments and gaffs
That was just ridiculous - I love what you show us but a cushion? You may have learnt a lesson but the first time asking for our valued opinion was when you fucked up over a cushion and there are none of the offered extras for my tier of membership - dire
Oh we know how stupid it was, believe me. And we know how incredibly lucky we are. It’s something we won’t make the same mistake over. I’m sorry, I’m not exactly sure what you mean for the extras of your tier? Is there something we can improve on?
Wow, glad you guys are OK. That was wild. Be safe out there!
Thank you Steve! Yeah we have a different outlook now on certain situations
So glad that turned out ok! Do you guys put most or some of your electronics in protected places during thunder storms? Microwave?
Yes we do. Anytime we have an electrical storm nearby we thrown phones, hard drives and computers into the oven!
Yikes! I always learn so much from you guys. So sorry you went through this. So, did you recover the cushion?
Unfortunately we didn’t recover the cushion. He actually got to it rather quickly but it all went to shit the minute he turned back towards the boat and he went flying. I actually didn’t see it happen (thankfully) but I turned around after securing the other cushions and saw the dingy upside down and didn’t even see Warren in the water at first! Totally terrifying!
Scary situation. In the military we always said "safety first". Definitely a experience to learn from.
And certainly not to sound callous in the other comment, but so happy Warren was ok from the incident!!