Nice Men with Machine Guns [Ep. 129]
We thought we were anchored at a ‘deserted’ island above Morocco until a boat came flying around the corner, 6 men in uniforms, one with a machine gun in hand, to tell us we had to leave… IMMEDIATELY. We had unknowingly jumped in the water for a swim in a military zone… our navigation charts showed nothing of the kind. Join us for our sail down to Morocco from Spain. It’s a goodie.
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Nice Men with Machine Guns (Sailing La Vagabonde) Ep. 129 (YouTube)
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New Patreon here. Finally signed up. Thanks for the vid. I wonder where you are right now. Oakey's good value. Like the Celtic tunes now and then. Fair winds and following seas.
Very protective gents I say.
That power boat who came so close was wrong according to at least three rules, he was overtaking and was supposed to keep clear of you, he was a power boat and had to keep clear, he was the port boat and you we're starboard so he had to keep clear. It's scary how few people know the rules of the road
Another great video. Love you guys
Final :30 made my day...
fantastic footage as ever ,i would love to see the picture you took of the old man against the blue wall
"Nicest men with machine guns I ever met." Classic! Great adventure, but don't have too many of these. Love the onshore shots, er, rather pictures. Luv ya'!l
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"Nicest guys with machine guns I ever met." HAHAHahahahahah........
Always enjoy your blogs/videos, good luck, fair winds and following seas
Welcome to Morocco ! Ha ha I lived there for 2 years in 1967, 68 as a US Navy Sailor, land based, in Kenitra on the Atlantic side. Yep, you got it right, a very backward country, always takes 10 times longer to do a small task when dealing with government. US has no bases there any longer, those years we had 3 bases, 2 were Navy only, 1 Navy and Air Force, training Moroccan Air Force pilots in very old jets. The 2 Navy bases were "spook" bases, where we monitored all radio communications. Back then there were US, French, Russian military bases all over the country. I traveled all over the country those 2 years. We were never allowed to wear uniforms off the base. The Russians were doing the same thing as the US, monitoring communications also a Russian Mig Base just ten miles down the road from our base at Sidi Ahiha. I went snow skiing in the Atlas Mountains, swimming on the beaches all over country. Many parts seemed to be just out the "stone age", then the cities of Rabat and Cassablanca were some what modern for 1967.
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Hi Rilayna, great video thanks.
Great Video, I'll comment more on You Tube.
Would love to meet you all in Florida! :) Fair winds!!
eeek that would be a little worry some to have a millitary boat come up on you...
Always good to see Oakie aboard! Amazing cultural experiences in Africa, makes it worth the headaches with customes I hope. Wind at your backs! P& L - Matt
Love the vid. Music was outstanding. I’m gonna have to explore these songs for my playlists. Keep up the good works.
Have you found any more info on the first track? They have it listed as: Lies - Barak, but I can't find anything under that (other than a bunch of articles misspelling Obama's name and claiming lies).
Nice ending song!
kinda spooky marina with so many pens unused, then the duck loaded with assault weapons, exciting but not good exciting. Still great vid regardless
A mail box in Morocco...Seriously! 180nm to pick-up mail in a military state? Riley...going out of your way for some excitement? Glad you're out of there! Hugs as always and glad for more video!
Like John Lennon said "happiness is a warm gun". Also,...I'm beginning to get concerned. Its been a week with no new instagram pics. Now I know you're on your crossing so you cant post anything and probably wont read this till your across. Just saying. Hope you guys are doing well
Excellent quality on all of your videos, but I enjoy the every day activities the most. I feel like I am aboard and can enjoy that beautiful boat of yours. It is one adventure after another with you guys. I fully appreciate all of the hard work you put into this.