Sailing down the USA coast towards the Bahamas
We're loving our little meander down the coast of Florida with our crew David and Sarah. We're packing up at St Augustine and heading ever southwards, this time ending up at Palm Beach. We're taking it easy with some smooth sailing and good weather, which is really welcome. It means that we can just get into the rhythm of sailing and family life on board. And being ready means we can eventually cross over to the Bahamas with a bit more confidence. In the meantime we deal with deceptive optical illusions of lighthouses and we make sure we can be seen at night, which, from our experience, is important. And speaking of evenings, have you seen the Green Flash? Let us know, because we haven't.
Love Elay, Riles, Lenny & Darwin
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Just sitting here man crushing on Davide - how have the girls been holding up? hehe ;)
Hello :) my name is Julie. I would like to be considered for the contest 🤗 A little about me…I am 26 years old. I live in the states. I have a one year old son. I have been a sailing and ocean lover ever since I can remember. There isn’t too much else that I’m passionate about. To help you understand how passionate I am about the ocean, I have a tattoo of a sea turtle. 😂 I have been watching Sailing all Vagabonde since before he was even thought of, about 4 years now. I still look forward to every single video. Unfortunately I’ve never been able to make it out of the country, or even on an air plane. I’ve been on a boat so I don’t have to worry about motion sickness. BUT, it would mean the world to be able to see a new country. I know without an insane amount of luck I never will, so I figured I’d try out for the contest. I hope you guys pick me, it would truly be a life changing experience. ♥️♥️♥️♥️
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Like yourself, I’ve been trying to become informed on the “climate change crisis” for some time. Here are two books I would highly recommend: 1 - How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates. The most comprehensive, yet understandable overview of the whole effort to get to “zero carbon”. Unlike many, Gates does support 4th generation nuclear (also an investor). He also mentions “geoengineering”, which he describes as the “last ditch” solution, but the one thing that could “lower the earth’s temperature in years or even decades without crippling the economy”. This is never discussed by the “climate change religion”, because it would slow down all the changes they want to make to society. 2 - Unsettled by Steven Koonin. Written by an Undersecretary in the Energy Department under Obama. Most in the climate change cult insist that “the science is settled”. Koonin describes what we know, and more importantly, what we don’t know….hence the title Unsettled. He especially gives you insight into the “climate models” which are used to justify decisions. Since as a sailor you follow the weather forecasts closely, you might question, since they can’t get the weather right 10 days from now, how accurate do you think they are at predicting 20 years from now. Of course, he also clarifies that “climate” does not equal “weather”, even though the media currently ascribes every natural disaster to “climate change”. Extra Credit 3 - A Bright Future - Goldstein and Qvist. Excellent background information on the only viable path for rapid global decarbonization through electrification……nuclear power. 4 - But that push for electrification does have it’s issues: https://ethicsalarms.com/2021/11/08/comment-of-the-day-on-climate-change-fearmongering/#more-89449 Hope you're having a great Christmas in the Bahamas. Don Savage Like yourself, I’ve been trying to become informed on the “climate change crisis” for some time. Here are two books I would highly recommend: 1 - How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates. The most comprehensive, yet understandable overview of the whole effort to get to “zero carbon”. Unlike many, Gates does support 4th generation nuclear (also an investor). He also mentions “geoengineering”, which he describes as the “last ditch” solution, but the one thing that could “lower the earth’s temperature in years or even decades without crippling the economy”. This is never discussed by the “climate change religion”, because it would slow down all the changes they want to make to society. 2 - Unsettled by Steven Koonin. Written by an Undersecretary in the Energy Department under Obama. Most in the climate change cult insist that “the science is settled”. Koonin describes what we know, and more importantly, what we don’t know….hence the title Unsettled. He especially gives you insight into the “climate models” which are used to justify decisions. Since as a sailor you follow the weather forecasts closely, you might question, since they can’t get the weather right 10 days from now, how accurate do you think they are at predicting 20 years from now. Of course, he also clarifies that “climate” does not equal “weather”, even though the media currently ascribes every natural disaster to “climate change”. Extra Credit 3 - A Bright Future - Goldstein and Qvist. Excellent background information on the only viable path for rapid global decarbonization through electrification……nuclear power. 4 - But that push for electrification does have it’s issues: https://ethicsalarms.com/2021/11/08/comment-of-the-day-on-climate-change-fearmongering/#more-89449 Hope you're having a great Christmas in the Bahamas
AHAHAHHAHA Happy to see David using my gift, the hand fishing line :-)
I saw a travel video on the blue city of Morocco recently and realized it was familiar because of your travels. Thank you for taking us with you as you travel around the world. I'm sure it requires a lot to open your lives to all of us.
I love that you always research and present what you find out about topics. I'm always amazed at adult response's to Greta. Smh. I do appreciate all insights, but I'm also very fact driven. I adore the observations about the sea, conditions, and the challenges of everyday life with y'all! Thanks for another fun video!
(I have lived by the ocean most of my life and have never seen a green flash at sunset. Maybe it happens at another latitude)
Thank you for the episode. 😊 Good luck with your sail to the Bahamas. ⛵
Keep the politics out of the channel.
Loved this episode so much! You guys are so inspiring! Thank you for sharing your adventures with all of us. Much love from landlocked Colorado 💙
Greta! How’s that for an intro comment! 😂 I love your guys philosophy and how you own what your beliefs are and never preach to others they should believe as you do. Why wouldn’t a sailor believe in the powers of wind or solar energy? I want to be good to the planet. And be aware of things that are detrimental to it. I love Greta’s enthusiasm as well as Naomi Seibt and want to learn from both. But claiming a global crisis is NOW and we need to act NOW or we’ll perish in 12 years? That’s insane! Oh by the way AOC just upped her life expectancy for us at 16 years without any explanation of her logic! Love you guys ❤️❤️❤️
👎👎🗣🐘-another in the room
Wonderful sail! Everyone is adjusting which makes the trip go smoothly as it can be. I know you received flack over Greta but it was a great crossing with knowledgeable sailors. I do not believe climate change is man-made. Asia accounts for most ocean pollution & most plastic is burned there in the poorer countries causing caustic pollution. No one speaks of genocide, pollution caused by how we eliminate our trash, nor many many world issues not addressed. So climate change is a sidebar to most of the world's actual problems, none addressed. Don' even begin this covid situation that is taking freedom away from us all! Luv'ya1 Enough said....Solar panels good on a small scale, wind horribly on any scale. ( Did see a new efficient wind sale though, again, small scale. ) Best energy is nuclear! And we will have fossil fuel many years in the future. Still Luv'ya!
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Great episode once again - the group seems to be getting on so well, and you all look happy to be on the boat! I get a sense of peace and calm from your sail this episode, which is a great tonic for me!
I have a small place on the beach on a small key in SWFL. I've seen the green flash countless times. The best way to describe the color is the green in the northern lights. It's brief, and, quite literally a neon green flash on the horizon.
My friends and colleagues give me a rash because I Google EVERYTHING. Im the "Google Queen" haha. So of course I googled what the green flash could be and a few things come up-some of which is atmospheric so it could be the perfect combo"The green flash is the result of looking at the sun through a greater and greater thickness of atmosphere as you look lower and lower in the sky. Water vapor in the atmosphere absorbs the yellow and orange colors in white sunlight, and air molecules scatter the violet light." Some reference this can occur at sunset/sunrise. Enjoy WPB! Safe sail!
Loving seeing the world with you guys. I was shocked at the vitriol you got from taking Greta across the Atlantic. I find her incredibly inspiring. For my part, that’s how I found your channel - they were the first of your films I watched. Dramatic crossing.
great video! does Riley ever get seasick? my daughter got seasick on a snorkeling cruise in Hawaii because she went to the head below deck while we were anchored, I don’t get the whys of seasickness!
We're in Riviera Beach City Marina just west of Peanut Island. If going to be around for a while, let us know. Some kewl stuff around here and can also lend a car. wmdomb@verizon.net regards
Great video, guys.
I have looked and looked for, but never seen the elusive green flash ~ Will keep looking, so here's to someday! Hope you see it too!
Loved the episode! Wish you could have filmed some of the coral reef.
On the Chesapeake Bay I saw the Green Flash right at sunset .. My wife had just lost a really nice fish right at the boat and after I commented on her loss .. I saw it !! .. she swears to this day that what I saw was a half empty bottle of Heineken passing by my head .. But I know what I saw !!
When will you be in West Palm?
I loved seeing Greta just being a kid.
I would concur with previous remarks that it does indeed exist but I have only seen it a handful of times despite sailing the world on commercial ships for around 10 years. The conditions have to be just right and it is just a flash. Fingers crossed you get the chance to see it.
I have, indeed seen the green flash! And have photographed it....many years ago. Was down in the BVI, I think, and I had a new SLR camera. It DOES, indeed, exist! But does happen in "a flash" and gone. Keep watching if you haven't yet seen it. xo
The green flash is for real! I didn't believe it either till we saw it twice in one summer as the sun sank down into Lake Michigan. In fact, the first time 8 of us were sitting on the beach talking about how we might not believe in it. Dead silence fell over the group as it happened. Everyone hesitated to say I saw it, and then we all yelled at once.
I am a New Patreon and just can't believe how much your family warms my heart... Keep smiling and making heart felt videos .....
Michael Moore usually does misleading hatchet jobs. This was no exception. I liked the rebuttal at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDqZVjAiAvs
Great rebuttal. Thanks for the link to a well done debunk. Chris Nelder on the Energy Transition Show also did a great debunk. I'll disagree on Michael Moore usually doing misleading hatchet jobs. Many of Michael Moore's explorations are well done, which made this one such a stand-out failure. He was just too close to the film makers and as Michael Moore often reminds people, he only has a high school education. He was out of his wheelhouse on this one. Riley - I don't think Moore was trolling, he was just enthralled by his friends and uncharacteristically did not do a reasonable fact check on their work.
I used to work on a expedition ship that spent the winter in the Sea of Cortez and saw the green flash many times! You do need a clear cloudless horizon, and (carefully) looking through binoculars just the moment the top of the sun hits the horizon can help you spot it. Keep trying, it’s pretty cool to see and really is green!
I am the Green Flash.
Hey guys, you should check out the Bimini Shark Lab https://www.biminisharklab.com/. Probably right on your way and you could make an episode about it.
My mother-in-law claimed to see the green flash off the Gulf Coast nearly every night. Then again, she began drinking sundowners at noon.
this vlog was so lovely- hope youre enjoying the warmth and being back on your boat!
Be careful with those S Florida inlets https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVsTrR9Kg7actAeLes7VlxQ
Elayna I would sell my soul to be as thin as you. The green flash is real but in all my time on the water I've never seen it either. You have to be looking for it to see it because it's as quick as the shutter on a camera and you usually get bored waiting and forget to watch.
omg i’m so close to you guys! 😍😍 be safe!
I did see It once in the lower grenadines, near Petit St Vincent on a clear day with no clouds or dirty air near the horizon. Very fast, in a fraction of a second. One of my crewmates also saw it, but no one else. I also took a video and I need to find the frame. I have seen more than a few hundred sunsets in the Caribbean and it was just this once.
In Key West, there is a man who sings a song at sunset about the green flash. There you may catch a glimpse of the flash! Love you guys! Stay safe. Thnx for everything! 😎🌞🙏♥️✌️malery square! Key West!
Love Captain Darwin in the official captains hat. Have you considered designing and selling your own mens swim trunks along with the suits for the ladies? Your cartoons are the absolute best!
I watched for the green flash in Hawaii, but I suspect it may not exist. Loving to see you back on the water! Safe travels!
"If the worry happens, you'll have suffered now twice". I will shamelessly steal this, and my wife will hear it constantly.
You know what to do about the trolls. IGNORE them and keep living your best lives, raising great kids!
Finally!! You have answered my "Green Flash" question!!
You guys are so cool!! I love your videos!! ❤️