Never Meet Your Heroes | Step 375

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[@terrycavender]

Two years out of Atlanta, in Mexico now, Thailand before that, and I still haven't bought a couch. I have been setting on other's couches on dry land, but I want something of my own, I guess it's time to shop for a boat. Thanks for nine years of inspiration.

[@soloflight75]

So jealous!!! At least 4 of my favorite sailing channels were represented. I so wish I was there. ❤

[@with_drew]

Thanks D&K, it was the trip of a lifetime. Let's do it again! 😄

[@OceanCruisers]

nice to meet you mate!

[@jamesfairbairn6084]

What a great things you guys did. great experience for everyone. looked like a lot of fun. Glad there are dreamer and doers.

[@BobFirth]

I so much wanted to join you but by the time my daughter could confirm your boat was sold out. You did motivate us to go on a cruise so we went out the prior week in the BVI on 45 foot catamaran. Thank you for pushing us to actually do this. Just sad I couldn’t meet you but watching your videos made me do it so thanks again.

[@WSallai]

The edits and accompanying dialog really transported us throughout your travels and events. Going on a Bally 54 catamaran must feel like being on a cruise ship after sailing on Uma! A very nice break from working on Uma’s overhaul. Dan & Kika definitely give off that vibe. BTW, Kika’s hair looks amazing, very lustrous.

[@nickstravels]

What an amazing event. Laura and Eric and numerous other well known sailors and of course yourselves. Hopefully this will become an annual event. Great video

[@OceanCruisers]

It is, Greece in September 👍

[@sailingoriyo]

a great video as always, it's really great to follow you from one country to another throughout your videos

[@johnnunn8688]

I used to work on DH Twin Otters as an engineer. Great aircraft and safe as houses.

[@P4ddyC4ke]

What an amazing event!!!

[@bradlacey9370]

What a great idea! I know the people who got to come along had a once in a lifetime experience I’m sure!

[@OceanCruisers]

T'was a grand week!

[@donzie13]

This was SO awesome!!!!! Glad that he pulled this together!!!! Want more!!!

[@OceanCruisers]

cheers guys! was a pleasure having you! Maybe we should do it again 🎉

[@ricktaylor4real]

If the charter company that had a party of…what did they, 133 or so? After that many people on charter boards and you get a “let’s do it again”, that HAS to tell you a lot about the kind of people attending. Dan & Kika… well that’s no surprise, I can’t see anyone not extending a “please come back” to them, but all the other skippers and their guests, all together and the charter welcomes you back means it wasn’t a bunch of egomaniacs or wannabe “famous people” with no moral compass. Makes all of this even more impressive than it already looked!! 🤠👍🏼☮️

[@sandywright3767]

I got lucky and happened to be in the BVI's sailing, to meet Kika and Laura Decker. I used to watch Sailing Uma when I first learned to sail 6 years ago. Thank you Kika for sharing your beautiful sweet personality with me. I was very honoured to meet one of my sailing Heroes!!!

[@yvonnekneeshaw2784]

This was SO fun to watch 🇨🇦 ❤

[@HellyWelly93]

This looked like an amazing adventure!

[@beakyturbot]

Outstanding video work (as always). Really well paced. It might have been tempting to drag it out to several videos but this was excellent. Well done.

[@hamachi21]

Completely agree. Excellent video work and editing and awesome music choices.

[@mikaelmartin9288]

Thanks for this wonderful video. What strikes me is how much you two needed this brake from the boatbuild. So much and hard work for so long time, a week holiday and social life must do you good and bring energy to continue with your boat. 😊

[@stellarpod]

My wife and I bareboated 42' Morgan sloops in the USVI and BVI a couple of times in the late 1980's. The memories are among our most cherished. It was so fun watching this segment and seeing little ticklers of our memories (for instance, I spotted a Bitter End Yacht Club hat on someone's head). I can't wait to see what's in store in the next segment. As always, thank you so much for sharing. Steve

[@svevergreen3370]

So true. Andy made something out of nothing !. I love that creativity. Love his questions on the interviews. Also interesting to see the interaction between people that normally are alone in their boat....

[@OceanCruisers]

cheers mate!

[@kenlane5011]

Awesome experience 😎😎👍👍🚢🚢🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@bchost]

Glad to see no doors flew off the airplanes!! Glad to see you're enjoying life so much!

[@cincicaptain6266]

That looked like A Lot of FUN.

[@kevinrailsback]

This was an amazing trip! Really missing the sunshine and warm weather - snowed 13” here in Oregon today. :) Denise and I can’t wait to do this again in Greece!

[@davidnichols147]

Wow, such an awesome experience, we love BetterHelp!

[@carloscarr5040]

Enjoyed watching this video and hoping to see more of this trip ( and glad oh my, my, Myah came to visit).

[@OceanCruisers]

We are putting some more videos online about it

[@user-wh4ep7yj8v]

It was great meeting you two! Hopefully we'll all meet up again in Septermber!

[@dawnbode6465]

I just love you guys! I cant remember how I found you, maybe through the Wynns but am so glad I did, love your adventures.

[@SterlingRobertson]

Wow, just wow. Such an amazing adventure. This really hits ya in the feels seeing how much everyone enjoyed this event. Great idea. This looks likes the start of something that will be huge in a no time. I'm sure it's not cheap to participate but I'm sure it's worth every penny!!!

[@JoshPostVlogs]

Great episode! Was so great to meet you guys there and to be a part of this event. Please send my regards to Maya also. It was nice chatting with her. Cheers til next time! ⛵️

[@johnvanderkieftiv7327]

So awesome!!! More people that can experience sailing, oceans, lakes, islands and travel the better.

[@timwebb8153]

The venerable DeHavilland Twin Otter! I have literally hundreds of skydives out of those. They are one of the most reliable aircraft ever built.

[@laurence9695]

So do I! Great plane, getting at altitude so fast...

[@isnoo1]

Wow that looked like sooooo much damn fun!! I understand it would have been hard work for the two of you but WOW what an experience!!

[@kenf1445]

Normally we hate having charter boats near us (unknown level of experience) but how cool it would be to have this bunch show up in an anchorage!

[@tacosdecamaron]

Great vid!!! Thanks for being there for us week after week!

[@o0whiteraven0o49]

My family and I travel to the BVI every two years and live/sail on a Cat for 2 weeks. It is so beautiful to sail the BVI!

[@thenotanclan]

Beautiful people with a beautiful life

[@ericmartin5720]

Last plane the Twin Otter, is an absolute legend, funnest plane I have flown!

[@rayb3117]

You two are some of the most awesome people around, your positivity and knowledge is unequaled and maybe, just maybe, someday I will end up sailing with you both...Cheerssss

[@feliciabaham5446]

I've been watching you guys for what feels like 10 years and I'll be taking my first sailing course for my 50th because if you. Thanks for inspiring❤❤❤

[@jesper1406]

It's really funny, I watched you from the beginning and because I know a little bit about boats, I was shaking my head at the condition Uma was in when you got her. I was confident that you'd soon be buying a new boat, and eventually end up in a catamaran! Instead we got the fantastic rebuilds of the old very standard boat interior, and I soon grew a big respect for your abilities as both sailors, repairguys and vloggers. You guys are amazing 😍😍😍

[@whitefam2000]

I'm just glad you got to spend time with Brady and Blue. One of the most balanced couple of sailors and life coaches. I've been watching both of them for years, and even though I wish they had been more exposed professionally on YT, I'm so glad they have taken the time to build what they have. Kika I never really appreciated what a strong person you were until I saw you checking into the room at the hotel. You are one strong girl, considering your size, you outclass so many others that I have been privileged to observe over the years. How can they pack so much power into such a small package. Your awesome!!!! Anyway can't wait for the 2nd half of this video sequence.----- Mike

[@echothegoodwolf]

That whole experience honestly looks so epic! What a cool idea!

[@SeriousPoems]

Sweet love the adventure! You guys always have something new and exciting to share.❤❤❤

[@cathydunn5927]

OMG I live in Annapolis , thanks for the shout out. Annapolis boat show is alot of fun

[@andreboudreau6474]

Wow, this video brought back memories! In 2012 we were in the BVI in for our second time. We were fortunate that my childhood friend was crew on an 82 ft Oyster. He, his wife and my wife and I had the boat to ourselves for 10 days. I had some previous sailing experience but that was almost only on dinghies or small day sailors. ( all of which was done with this same childhood friend) we did some sailing and a lot of exploring above and below water. What an incredible experience to sail such a big boat. That vacation still dwells in my mind. Your vid brought all that back! Thanks!😊

[@marktaylor484]

Who'd have thunk it ! Well done Andy, what a great idea.

[@OceanCruisers]

cheers mate 👍

[@marktaylor484]

@@OceanCruisers No worries

[@marktaylor484]

Which side of the Pennines are you originally from? God's Own Country or the other lot?

[@OceanCruisers]

@@marktaylor484 The other side, the better one 👍

[@marktaylor484]

@@OceanCruisers We all have our crosses to bear my friend...

[@ronzander7648]

Shout out to Brady and Blue!! woot woot

[@jimfisk4474]

Still love your hair, do Kika. And what a wonderful event. Dan,your the most and adios.❤❤❤

[@notiadventures]

So freakin’ cool! Our group had NE Plus Ultra in October! Was a fantastic boat for us!

[@CnCEndeavors]

That bag sequence was super well edited! Really cool way to tell your story!

[@donmears4090]

Thank you Kika and Dan for putting a smile on my face today. I wish you the best of everything in this New Year. 🎉

[@jorgegorina3039]

Awesome video

[@sabado-6]

Great video, keep it up 👍👍

[@stephenrrose]

That looked like such a great time! Dan and Kika you both are such wonderful down to earth people! I can only imagine the learning that went on without feeling like it was "learning" !!! can't wait for the next video!!!! as always!!!

[@justinjenkins1200]

You two are inspiring love your videos.

[@sebastianvandenpauwert4794]

Loved the episode. Cool to see that you are hanging out with Andy. I really liked his role in the show(s) with Adam, discussing boats. Cool combination!

[@OceanCruisers]

coming back soon mate!

[@sebastianvandenpauwert4794]

Can’t wait…

[@richardnelson3798]

So cool. Thanks!

[@vanceroberts1521]

Thank You.

[@ernstscheithauer6563]

Your video edits are great every time but this was next level! 🤩Thanks so much!

[@lionkingmama]

Congratulations you two. I'm glad you are finally out and leaving your troubles behind. Well maybe, because it is a boat. Still, more fun out there than on the hard or in a marina just fixing stuff.

[@monunyabidness5949]

Didn't think I would see the Zimbabwean flag under the tent at Peg Legs but there it was!!!! Somebody, at some point, represented for us in our landlocked country.

[@DYoung-vt8pq]

I would love to do this with you. What an adventure! Safe travels ❤

[@soggybottom3463]

Oooooohhh....How much fun was that!!!! 👍🤗🤗🤗

[@jclements65]

Kiki you are like a fine wine, getting better with time, beautiful as always, Dan you should put a ring on this one, You two have the greatest channel. Always great content.

[@mircat28]

Thanks!

[@poponthedock9667]

Good job never stop have fun be safe 🎉

[@jpdj2715]

Catamaran - the couch version of the monohull (tongue in cheek). And, in rolly waters or confused wavey waters, the multihull will stay perpendicular to all that movement while the keel of the monohull keeps the boat perpendicular to the horizon. At least, that's my hypothesis until proven wrong. Really something to have off-camera honest conversation about with the experienced. A hammock in the center of a boat can take the rolly out of the motion, not the up-down, but in a saloon-boat you would have enough space for that ;)

[@SailingUma]

Yeah it’s totally different motion we prefer the mono in rough weather and the cat in cross swell anchorages.

[@cherylsibson2529]

Cheers, and happy New Year!

[@RevJohnDixonII]

That was Awesome. I wish i was there.

[@rexanddonnaboyd]

Dan should feel right at home on the Canadian DHC-8 Twin Otter, though I've never seen one with the new instrument panel. The flotilla looked like a blast!

[@krhode5185]

Great opening travel montage!

[@susanbriggs2946]

That looks like so much fun you guys are doing it up really good love watching y’all ❤❤lots love from Louisiana ❤❤❤❤

[@brianstewart2032]

I believe the phrase Never Meet your Heroes came from an epigram attributed to Toulouse Lautrec. He claimed that "one should never meet an artist whose work one admires, because the artist is always so much less than the art." You can replace artist with musician, sportsperson, politician, business man etc. etc. It seems that sailors are the exception to this rule. What a great event and I envy all the participants.

[@davidbarnett4246]

Amazing looks like a great adventure.

[@GrahamRead101]

Ah, one day, would love to do that. Very well put together video. Sailing an open boat in the Solent is not quite the same!

[@thomasstuder1624]

I wish I would have known about this. What a great concept!

[@johnseed4528]

Looks like it was a blast!

[@barryinkpen6026]

Hello from eastern Canada! I've chartered in the BVIs a couple of times and it is a great place for sailors and divers! What a super place for you to end up after the long trip.

[@justincase5272]

Ugh! I lived halfway around the world for six years. Most flights were dual, but one visit I had to take seven flights for a one-week visit! After that, I learned to leave a week's worth of clothes at home and never checked any bags again. Wheeled luggage rules!

[@annafraley5388]

Pretty Cool 😎 lots of good skippers showed up for it too..!!! 🎉👏🥳

[@Wayouts123]

Dan, Kika, Maya! Yes!!!

[@stuartsmith5146]

For those with disposable income, this looks like an awesome party idea. I’d be in 👍🏼

[@stonebear]

Oooh! the last birdie was a de Havilland Twin Otter... Such a bird! It's one of the very few that can get into places like Lukla (the high mountain strip that is the base airport for Mt. Everest) or (closer to where y'all were) St. Bart's... they also use'em on floats in places like the Maldives or in and around Vancouver Island... OOH! That's one of the new ones with the glass cockpit!

[@ardethellis8930]

-12°C here in the PNW US today. This looks so wonderful.

[@svgypsyqueen]

Great job

[@skiyalater626]

All Captain no Crew, great outcome. Fun.

[@mikefetterman6782]

Once on a trip from Albany NY to Tucson, we first took a 30 seater from upstate to Newark. There was no wall, and we could all see right out the front. As we were descending to land, we were literally a few hundred feet off the ground, got hit by windshear, our plane turned sideways for a few seconds,......the pilots both said 'whoooooaaaaa" and then the nose turned back to the runway, and boom we landed safely. Seeing out the front is not always better!

[@smegheadish]

Wow.. what a lovely catamaran!

[@glencrandall7051]

Had to be a great time. 🙂🙂

[@kmatejovsky]

Hey Dan and Kika!!! Great to run into you guys in BVI.

[@kristopherblyth2200]

Been to St. Maarten and BVI as I live in St. Thomas, planning on visiting both again! Nice places. Hit up the Baths in BVI, Maho Bay in St. Maarten, you can watch the planes come in from the beach. Would go back just for that.

[@johnrainey6545]

GREAT filming today guys! Reminded me a bit of the Italian Job! Very cool. Keep up the FX. Brings a neat quality to the video. I thought I was going to see Ed Norton or Brad Pitt walk into the frame at any second.

[@user-ks3zp9qj5p]

Woren is a legend! I'm so happy to see that she is around. Is this event only for patrions? I would love to join it next year.

[@SailingUma]

We sell tickets to Patrons first for our boat. But anyone can buy tickets for any other boat. Space is extremely limited obviously, so tickets sell out very quickly.

[@user-ks3zp9qj5p]

@@SailingUma please link to the events. Have to buy the ticket now

[@waysfu]

@@user-ks3zp9qj5p from cruiser academy site, one ticket fare is from $7000 to $10000. And tickets sold out very quickly! That means, many people have tons of disposable money to toss around, just several days get around with their hero $$$$superstarss$$$$. I sincerely hope, one day kika and Dan will, again, volunteer for house building or educating or ..... back to Haiti.

[@ghost307]

One minor correction. Based on the pics that was not technically a catamaran. That is actually a deluxe hotel suite with a mast on top of it.

[@mariuspotgieterproject3437]

Wish we were there. 🥰

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

Good idea behond the event and time enough to meet and mix. A flybridge Bali is definately a party boat but still tough enough to take rough water. Im with Eric definately needs a hybrid electric power system .. no noise or smells or a lot less and less polution in the water.

[@dirk3730]

What an amazing idea 💡 Would absolutely love to do this. Have done the Annapolis boat show twice and it was great but this would be unforgettable. This happening again next year?❤

[@mikequinlan9585]

You guys are a lovely couple always so nice watch your videos. 😊

[@pplusbthrust]

It had to feel like a week in paradise.