Blasting our way through the Grenadines | Ep117

[@kikikirk]

New to sailing but we have our boat in the water, hopefully see you folks out there someday. fair winds Ian & Kiki

[@jasonmcintosh2632]

Riding horses through the water. What a great opening!

[@catspaw3815]

The life we should all be living. Thanks, Millie and SFI. Can't wait for the ABCs. And someone please give that crab a hug!

[@avidviewer1]

That was fun! Thanks so much! 🤗

[@robertw.1499]

With your knowledge Steve, and if you ever feel like growing roots somewhere warm, starting a sailing school could be an idea. Great video guys.

[@Alex000113]

Lots of excitement and fun in this episode, maybe because the kids around. Havnt seen horses in the ocean before. Quite an expedition to get to the waterfall , seemed worth the effort! Great memories.

[@hughburgess4168]

Fabulous family outing to the waterfall. ⛵️ Beautiful filmography of the Caribbean.

[@Susan-fg9jb]

Brilliant video, one of your best. Love the combination of onshore adventures and sailing. Lovely to see Millie again too. Thanks!

[@mikeherbert7664]

Very interesting video much enjoyed

[@richardcamp8301]

another great video. Lovel the waterfall. You two / three do like a walk!

[@geniexmay562]

I had to go down a small rabbit hole on shearwaters diving capabilities 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Entertaining and educational vid Thanks 👍👍👍👍👍

[@svfairisle]

I know, I had to triple check it. 200feet amazing!

[@kathyh.3492]

@@svfairisle My husband and I enjoyed your video and always like to see footage of birds! He wrote this note to help out with bird ID, which can be especially tricky at sea ... Great video, seemingly as always. :) I am a seabirder of 50 years, having formerly been a professional seabird guide leading pelagic trips. Love how you often show birds. I freeze-framed my way through the birds that were called shearwaters. Except for the frigatebird, they were all Brown Booby that I could ID. Note the bill is deep-based and tapered to a point. This is a booby bill. Shearwater bill is parallel throughout length with a hooked tip. Note the very long rear-quarters behind wingline, and long usually wedge shaped tail. Shearwaters often look tail-less with a very short rounded tail. The wings are far too broad for shearwaters which have very narrow wings. Also, note the sharp line of demarcation on upper breast where it changes from brown head and neck to the white underparts. This is diagnostic for adult Brown Booby. Imm's start out all chocolate for a couple of years. No species of shearwater shows sharp demarcation on upper breast, though some Pterodroma Petrels do, these are not petrels. The book "Seabirds" by Peter Harrison (a Brit) is the worldwide bible. I bet you see some great stuff out there!

[@svfairisle]

@@kathyh.3492 Thanks so much for that detailed comment. I will have to look out a good seabird book and try and pin some of these points down. I did think the wings on these birds were not as sleek as the shearwaters I’d seen before but to me they seemed to be the same apart from that, I will have to pay more attention to the bills. Thanks again

[@kerrywhimsey2061]

Lovely episode!

[@ckva7888]

I hope you guys scooted south of Granada stay safe

[@svfairisle]

Yes will arrive in Trinidad in a couple of hours

[@DYoung-vt8pq]

Thank you for sharing your adventures with us! Safe travels. ❤

[@janecolman-mx5ru]

I hope you are ok with the hurricane coming 😢

[@beverlyaslett7871]

Mystique was adventurous. A dream of mine to ride horses on the beach. What a great memory to have with your daughter. I was a bit scared on the hike waterfall. Almost looked abandoned and very slippery.

[@svfairisle]

I' don't think anyone had visited recently for sure!

[@kelvagills870]

I really love MUSTIQUE ITS WORLD FAMOUS.REFER TO AS THE ISLAND OF THE RICH & FAMOUS🇻🇨💯❤️

[@jeannem6723]

What an adventure, I think we should all try swimming with someone sitting our our backs.

[@Alex000113]

Nice episode with your daughter. Havnt seen people riding in the ocean before. That was quite an adventure to get to the waterfall, a long hike that reminded me of Capt Ron. Yes you never get bored of being in the water in the Caribbean, suggest you get comfortable with a small weight belt so its not a struggle to get down.

[@judyaslett6209]

Yes we have one so will make sure I use it. Still learning 😊

[@gertboerman3666]

Talking from experience. Once I had a girlfriend who loved horses. So, I bought a property in the country side and three horses while I sailed my 34ft sailing yacht. I was doing the house-bookkeeping and found out that her hobby was 10x more expensive than mine, based on monthly costs apart from the house and the Jeep Cherokee. The saying is true: "Horse owners die poor"

[@b.scottgould]

Yeah they say a boat is a hole in the water that you pour money into BUT... A horse is a 4 legged animal that is fed bails of £50 notes.

[@talesofcanterbury42]

As ever a fantastic video. The birds are Boobys, the Caribbean relatives of the Gannets. Shearwaters would be in Europe in our summer and South Atlantic in our winter.

[@svfairisle]

Is there a way of telling the difference by look, or do you just know they are Boobies because you don’t get Shearwaters in that region? I can’t find anything on line that explains how you can tell the difference

[@talesofcanterbury42]

@@svfairisle don’t get me started on bird watching geekery! Yes location is important, but birds pitch up in the strangest of places. There was an albatross off the NE Coast. Shape, size, colour and behaviour are key. Once you start to notice the differences it gets addictive, but fun. Thanks again for your fantastic enjoyable content.

[@TravelonlineWalk]

Nice, blue see reminds me on Alanya

but horses have those two extensions at their heads... aren't those for throttle and changing the gears?

[@KERNOWFISHGRAN]

Watching this hurricane passing through atm. Hope you are both OK. X

[@svfairisle]

Yes thanks, sailed to Trinidad to escape it

[@b.scottgould]

Why are the horses wearing some sort of ear-socks? Not frostbite I assume?🤨

[@svfairisle]

The ear bonnets are to stop flys or mossies buzzing around them. Some horses get spooked by it or could even be prone to infections

[@carltontweedle5724]

I cannot agree more press throttle car goes or my case motorbike. Why get on something with it's own brain. Not for me. But the lassies seemed to enjoy it.

[@jackechan1311]

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