Big news & bad dangers | S6:E9

[@philandlyndachristieson8808]

When it's the perfect boat you never never sell her, believe us as sailing Kiwis we know. ⛵🌏⛵🌏. Phil and Lynda

[@SailingNikau]

Hey guys, hope you enjoy this one, some big news. We are sailing out to where Castaway was filmed. BBQ with Wilson tonight!

[@kptbillburkett8735]

To bad ya'll are calling it quits. I injoyed ya'lls video's. But Now that you're done, I guess I have to drop this one and look for a New one. Ok thanks have fun and untell next time Aloha and Mahalo from the Big Island 🏝of Hawaii 🏝.

[@JackHartland]

Speechless....thanx for the episode!

[@MikeB-gf6dj]

Near but neighbours we are. :) I'm 73 kms south east of where you call home in NZ. I can understand your desire to plan new adventures, and do something different, the World is such a crazy place at the moment. When you get out of MIQ and head home, would be so cool if the possibility ever was that could meet you guys. Have followed you beginning to end over the past few months. Thanks for sharing all that you have, am sure many others would agree - You've made us feel like part of your family, and probably brought back memories for others too as they've recognized places you've all visited together. The friendships made along the way, the fellowship, endurance and human spirit. Enjoy your BBQ tonight with Wilson, lol. Cheers from NZ. M

[@SailingNikau]

Thanks Mike, they certainly are special times. Let me know when you’re near our area or driving through to Auckland. It’d be cool to meet up!

[@SeanHendy]

It's no joke how the most innocuous of things can get very nasty very quickly. I was on operations with the Army a few years back. I had in the past badly sprained each ankle 3 or 4 times in my life, so ankle pain was something I was quite used to. We were quite active on this occasion and when I got up one morning and my ankle felt a bit stiff I didn't think anything of it. There wasn't really much spare time to stop and have a look anyways. 24hrs later, in the early hours of the following day, I was in a serious amount of pain and was lucky to bump into someone that I knew was a doctor, and asked if he could take a quick look. I was off to a field hospital within minutes. An infection had taken hold in what might have been an insect bite (the source was never clearly located) but within that time, my immune system had no answer to the infection and the next stage is necrosis (tissue death). Extremely painful I couldn't stand any contact from the knee down. I was immediately put on serious amounts of antibiotics and fluids. The summary from the doc, which I will never forget was 'Fingers crossed the antibiotics do the trick, but we can only give it 24hrs, and if there's no improvement, we'll be surgically removing parts of your foot'. Thankfully, the antibiotics did stop it getting worse and I checked myself out about 3 days later with pockets of pills and a limp. I've never underestimated an infection since.

[@SailingNikau]

Yip I totally get it now. Scary how fast it can happen. My immune system normally works great but that bacteria kicked my ass!

[@SeanHendy]

@@SailingNikau same here. Bounced back from lots of other things, but this kicked my arse and my immune system had nothing. Safe travels and looking forward to hearing what you decide to do next. I am heading off for either Phuket or Bali in the next couple of month for an extended stay, at least 6 months, maybe longer.

[@painfree.yourself]

Great show, cool tunes! Wishing you well! Hope you will keep us updated and continue exploring.

[@spacewalker4087]

Glad your leg is on the mend and hope you have a safe trip back to NZ. We're really looking forward to the next adventure and we've totally enjoyed this one. Just a little sad you're not going to be sailing for a while. God bless....

[@SailingNikau]

Last time i was going to hang up the hook it took 12 months till we hit the ocean again!

[@kimvanderlaan4120]

No!! I love your videos. Don't go away. Love your family.

[@leemartin366]

4 meters in width… that is like 13’ wider than the traffic lane by 30 percent… so cool

[@puticorbett8981]

Oh wow that's huge news! I hope your leg heals soon Josh and I hope you get home safely soon.

[@SailingSaoirse22]

The footage with the rays was amazing. Only found your channel today but will go back and watch the rest. We hope to grow our channel and have good episodes like yours. All the best in the future.

[@SailingNikau]

Thanks!

[@RockDocNeal]

I just found out about your channel from the Nautilus Yacht Management video which was in my "recommended" videos. I'm sorry to hear that your extended family adventure is ending, but you have to do whatever is best for everyone. Your Bavaria is a beautiful, well designed boat and I wish I had the $ and time to take her off your hands, but it's not in the cards right now. Regarding your leg wound, as a podiatrist in Massachusetts, I didn't want to see less, I wanted to see all the gory details! 😁 I hope everything heals well. Finish the full courses of antibiotics and keep doing that daily wound care! (message me if you need an independent consultant! 😷) You have a great family and I wish you the best of luck in all your future adventures.

[@SailingNikau]

Thanks Neal, leg is good now. New episode coming out today!

[@dspatchin]

I was afraid that was going to be the announcement. I'm hoping you get your next boat soon, but obviously want what's best for your family. Godspeed.

[@davidl6671]

Glad your leg issue turned out OK! God bless and safe travels on the next stage of you all’s adventure, what ever that is to be!

[@ariefsetyadi8161]

Hope you guys safely home soon, and we can arrange time for catch up, miss you all

[@SailingNikau]

Thanks mate it’d be great to catch up

[@Dan12329264]

Loved this episode, glad to hear you are on the mend. Safe travels on your return home.

[@1264bells]

All the best with your next adventure what ever that may be, loved following your Nikau adventures Interesting re fiji 🇫🇯 opening up to vaccinated people !

[@craigwadey2122]

As usual I really enjoyed the video, hopefully you will heal fast, and im glad you got into quarantine

[@SuperJaXXas]

Love your channel, love the family aspect, good on you. Do some more stuff about the New Zealand aspect, people need to appreciate what a unique bunch of people you are.. Met a scary guy with full sleeves years ago in Paupa, (Irian Jaya), somehow we bonded over booze, he showed up at my wedding! God Bless.....

[@leegrant7588]

It’s going to be sad to see her go. Best of luck in your future endeavors.

[@SailingNikau]

Thankyou

[@nortonmolly]

Thanks for update and good luck. Could you do one of those talks where you compare yourselves to when you started sailing to where you are now, with your sailing and cruising knowledge. What was the spark / idea that got you started in the cruising lifestyle?👍👍

[@SailingNikau]

Yip great idea

[@CruisingMeraki]

Wow! Congrats on your next adventure.

[@MK-gr9qz]

Thats a good one✌️, keep up❤️👏🏻

[@txvet8474]

Great video, glad your leg didn't turn into a huge problem. I was wondering if your "buddy boaters" have a KZbin channel.

[@SailingNikau]

No they don’t, cool family!

[@marinesurveygroupltd7322]

Hope you feeling better. Have a look at SARC EXCEL anchors from Ozzie hold in anything better build quality than rocna worth a look for long term crusing

[@lmcnesby8085]

I just want to say thank you so much for sharing the adventure with us all. I have completely loved the show, not only for the adventure and the subtle education but also for including us in your family.

[@SailingNikau]

You’re very welcome!

[@defel1]

Next!

[@colandfathead352]

going to miss nikau adventures fix.. it is what it is

[@realtime1845]

New to this channel, but I am concerned what you both are teaching your kids, please enlighten me.

[@SailingNikau]

Not sure what you mean by that. School? Values? Faith? Holistic education? Happy to chat but kind of a big subject. Can you be specific?

[@philandlyndachristieson8808]

You should be more concerned with all the Kiwi children in our very f***ked up education system. Our kids grew up on board Windora sailing the Planet having never gone to school. They brought a house together at the age of 17 and 18, the youngest semi retired at 30. They are definitely not normal. ⛵🌍⛵🌎 Phil

[@SailingNikau]

@@philandlyndachristieson8808 I don’t think ours are heading back to school mate. Maybe for a term to catch up with friends. We do like NZ correspondence though. We’ll be building a house with them and maybe enrolling in a chef school also as bella is keen to be a chef and she has finished this years nz curriculum already.

[@philandlyndachristieson8808]

@@SailingNikau Hi you guys. My reply was to Tony Alfier, and his concerns for your kids education. I was trying to point out to him that in our experience there aren't any concerns . 🤭 ⛵🌎⛵🌎. Phil

[@danielleschmidter9739]

Excited for your new adventure!! I'm setting up our medical kit now. Where did you purchase yours??

[@SailingNikau]

Oceania medical in Auckland, they are great and do the Cat 1 course as well

[@tammystone6206]

Oh..wow..please keep us up dated..hope leg is better!!

[@sailingsubmariner]

Great news, looking forward to Nikau 2 ⛵️⚓️⛵️

[@markchristoffersen9543]

Bloody good mates how much have you got on the yacht

[@SailingNikau]

Listing will be posted soon with video boat tour

[@bluecamel547]

Poor Bella , How did you get so many bruises on your beautiful legs ?

[@leonardowillrich1849]

Hi guys! Where I can find more info about the boat? Is it already listed on the internet? Cheers.

[@SailingNikau]

Hey mate, the listing isn’t up yet, I’ll post it here in a few day and also on out fb page. It’ll come up on all site also.

[@SailingNikau]

The agents name is Anna Manach from Nautilus Yacht Management. Email [e-mail] Phone [phone] The listing detail will be up shortly.

[@leonardowillrich1849]

@@SailingNikau Fantastic! I'm looking for a Bavaria 40 cruiser to live aboarding in Auckland!

[@timmcnamara17]

Nooooooooooooooooooo

[@svthorasailing4868]

Go go rip curl

[@svthorasailing4868]

Why didn’t you ask the locals what they do to treat it,as well as the enzyme from the toxins the little bastard would have introduced flora and dirt into the wound site,yeah infection is nothing to play around with,glad you came through it.

[@SailingNikau]

Yip, it wasn’t the bite but the infection which was the problem.

[@nevillebroadbent1601]

Sad news you are selling Nikau. Really hope you buy another yacht.

[@SailingNikau]

Totally will. Might wait for covid to calm down though!

[@sandyc6569]

👍💞💖💝💖💞👍

[@colandfathead352]

wow crew no more vids for a while then?

[@SailingNikau]

It doesn’t take up long to start the next adventure, we are addicted!

[@jonv570]

@@SailingNikau plot twist...you buy la vagabond :)

[@Chrisfeb68]

Enjoyed your videos. You’ve done something most people only dream of and you were able to share it with your children. Good for you.

[@woody6t1]

Should you pronounce Nikau : “nee-koh” ?

[@SailingNikau]

Yip, maybe. It’s a long story. Named after palm but really a person who we pronounced differently. Old habits and changing peoples names I guess

[@jamielapwood7595]

How old are your girls

[@SailingNikau]

Hey! 16&18