It's a long way to French Polynesia - Emergency Kit - Swimming with Whales!

[@reinhardbonelli8762]

Always informative, always funny, always perfect optics and photonics, just love to watch you! Happy birthday Nick. Thankyou.

[@DougKelly-h5g]

I resonate so completely with this video. I love how you marry your aesthetic with your values and everyday life. We love the same things, manual labor and making things, art, music, friends, flying, weather. If you also included leaving the West coast for the East, medicine and motorcycles we might be related in the multiverse.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Really beautiful photography and editing as always. Great to see Sabado too! And Nahoa! Happy Birthday Nick!

[@kn6123]

5:26 that's like theboat version of truck nuts LOL 😂

[@davidh3194]

You four are NUTS!!! Love the episode. Happy Birthday Nick!

[@TheOKellys]

Lol, thanks!

[@2DLAKE2]

Glad to see you making videos again!!! Just so ya know I watch several sailing channels and I really watch you and the other channels because of the people! You guys are truly great people from what comes thru the cameras! The ocean views are just a bonus….⛵️

[@geoffstrebel2808]

@3:06 and and extremely beautiful boat! Hi guys!

[@HollyandRay]

We miss you guys, come back or catch up to us already!! 😘

[@LoriandDavesSailingAdventures]

So great to see you guys sailing again!! Best of luck with the latest pursuit. Fingers crossed 😊

[@sailingstpommedeterre4905]

Happy Birthday Nick !! Welcome to the 50s !

[@eaglerider1967]

Y'all are killing us.......... Happy Birthday Nick

[@p.t.anderson1593]

KEEP GOING - Definitely a great name for a sailboat! Happy B-day Nick!

[@DavidBauerdorf]

Happy Birthday Nick! So great to see you guys adventuring on a boat again!

[@tomriley5790]

Great to see you both back on a boat! Happy Brithday Nick!

[@dadthegrappler4125]

Always great to see you! So glad you are doing well. I miss your humor and getting to join your worldwide adventures through KZbin. I wish you all the best in finding an amazing boat and seeing you sail off again into the sunset. Great video as usual.

[@marcellacruser951]

Happy birthday, Nick! Humpies and French Polynesia... could it get any better? Youre both looking so rested and well, it must have been a good last few weeks.😊 Much love!

[@TheOKellys]

It was. Recharged and ready to CHARGE!

[@beverlyscheidt583]

Happy Birthday Nick !! & God Bless

[@2olfarts811]

You both look great with the time off behind you. For you adventurists, I commend you on your where for all. You are made for the water and exploration. Beautiful choice to enjoy your birthday in F Polynesia. Wonderful to see you out smiling and enjoying life again. Love that you’re from Portland. We lived on the westside for many years. Beautiful there, know it well. Quite different from the exotic treasures you so obviously enjoy. Coming from the northwest (predominantly Seattle) where sailing can easily be one’s second life, I wonder if the come again, off again stress, in seeking the perfect sailing vessel, really worth it? For you, I believe so. For us, we gave it up to be near family, enjoying the snow, sun, rivers and mountains, and the activities they provide here on land. Sailing and boating remains a part of our lives, but in a different way. It’s an activity rather than a lifestyle. For yourselves, you fit in well with the lifestyle, you enjoy it as your staple full-time life. Wishing you the best in your search and hoping it leads to the ultimate and perfect decision. I’m excited to see how you come out on the other side. 😊 Wish you nothing better than fair sailing, sunshine, and grand adventures. Now go buy that dream boat and have some fun!

[@TheOKellys]

Thanks for the note. Completely understand the activity vs. lifestyle equation. At some point we will do exactly what you are doing. Among the experienced cruisers we know, taking a while, being patient, and looking for just the right fit is not unusual. We know several couples that took 3-4-5 years to find their next boat. I think that once you know what you are getting yourself into, you're more discerning. Sharing the drama publicly on KZbin is pretty weird. But.... it's real life, and maybe it helps others ....if only to say..."we're not going to do it like that!" Regardless, we're on the edge of our seats, and that's the mark of a true adventure. This has been one! Cheers!

[@MK-gr9qz]

Wow, we loved it!!! Amazing you guys still got the magic... thanks for sharing!!👌🏅

[@whitneylake2107]

Smiles all around !

[@deerfootnz]

I was sailing in French Polynesia earlier this year - I think my fifth visit since I first crossed the Pacific in 1989. The feeling there has changed completely in the last five years with an obvious local resentment of cruising yachts. There are so many seldom visited parts of the Pacific where the locals are happy to see you that I am more than willing to give the residents of French Polynesia what they so obviously desire so I won't be returning until something changes.

[@TheOKellys]

I wonder...and I mean I do wonder if some of this perceived resentment is because of social media. Follow me...someone has a not-so-great interaction, talks about it on the internet, then others start feeling guarded and vulnerable and become chilly toward locals....and then the locals feel that coldness, and all of a sudden there is a vibe that wasn't there before. Not saying there aren't real rubs or conflicts, but I wonder whether we are talking isolated situations or pervasive attitude. Our interactions over a collective month and half in FP have been...well, really nice. Warm, friendly, helpful, interesting, cool...good! In our travels, by land and sea, domestic and international, we've heard all sorts of stories about this or that place being dangerous or awesome, good or not worth it, friendly, cold, etc. And...sometimes places live up to the reputation, but often they don't. Mostly everywhere we go, we've found people to be incredibly tolerant of our lack of local language, confusion, and even downright stupidity. I think the best course is to just be grateful for the opportunity to visit, and take every opportunity to chat, even about the weather, instead of marching up to anyone who makes eye contact to ask where the garbage is or how to get a bus. Not saying things haven't changed because how would I know? But I am saying regardless, we are all human beings, and often times not taking the opportunity to engage comes doesn't come off right or reflect what we are feeling on the inside. Which should be...happy to be there.

[@deerfootnz]

@@TheOKellys what has happened in FP is that some bureaucrat decided that the max allowable stay in FP for foreign yachts would change from 12 to 36 months. Unhappily this coincided very roughly with the onset of Covid so the lagoons of FP were full of hordes unwelcome boats during the pandemic during which there were very high infection and death rates, almost as bad as the US. Some local indigenous politicians saw an opportunity and started campaigning on an anti foreign yachtie basis citing a lack of spend from yachts with indigenous businesses, sewage and other pollution in the lagoons, and fleets of boats freeloading and spoiling their view. Demonising outsiders for political gain is hardly a new tactic. This has taken place against a background of a poorly performing French economy reducing payments into FP and high inflation and falling tourism reducing the GDP and disposable incomes of indigenous people. Yachties are perceived as rich people not paying their way. I have been through FP twice in the last few years and I have had a variety of negative experiences which stand in stark contrast to the welcome I have received there prior to 2019. I have no need to go where I am not welcome.

[@two-sense]

@@TheOKellys You have the open mind and mental/emotional flexibility of a seasoned cruiser. No wonder you smile all the time.

[@markallan9528]

Happy to see you sailing and swimming. Love the under water marine life too. Happy birthday.

[@mikeferguson2828]

Nice to see you guys out on the water again 😊. It’s my dream to swim with the humpbacks… still time 😉

[@HollyandRay]

It was incredible!! 🐋

[@doroteamunoz978]

Happy birthday Nick. Good to see you both again back to sailing….always take and be safe.

[@OutbackOffroadNT]

Recently came across your channel, love it! Going to sail the Whitsundays here in Australia next year. Big love all the way from the Central Australian bush. 🤠

[@TheOKellys]

Love the Whitsundays! Can't wait to get back! Cheers!

[@traviskreger7235]

Happy birthday Nick. Thanks as always for sharing.

[@martinbeaumont1135]

Nice to see you’re back on the ‘tube now if you just had a boat … 😂

[@johnwaugh6518]

Lovely to see you again.

[@valeriesorrells]

Happy 51 years young!

[@h.v7461]

Great to see y’all back on the sea! 😉. During our two week tour of FP last year, we had the opportunity to visit Bora Bora and it was such a beautiful place. We stayed in an OWB in front of Mount Otumanu at the Intercontinental Thalasso and Spa and that was spectacular! The most beautiful resort I’ve been to. We made that our last stop before returning to the U.S. We certainly left the best for last. Cheers 🍻

[@randyparker3555]

Nick - many thanks for rocking the Bajios! Are you loving them?! Good to see you on the water again. HBD!

[@TheOKellys]

Yes, thank you for the gifts Randy. They are great! I recommend the ones with the springy hinges. Cheers!

[@xbioman7882]

Great video! French Polynesia is such a magical place. Hard to believe sometimes that it is the same planet as big cities. We spent a couple of nights in that same anchorage off Taaha. We chartered for 2 weeks out of Raiatea in January. It was HOT!, stormy, and incredibly magical. Saw the green flash the first night on anchor.

[@michaelneitzel5211]

Happy Birthday Nick!

[@TheOKellys]

Thank you!

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

Table juice 🤣 Happy birthday to a kindred spirit and love to you both xöx

[@TheOKellys]

lol🤣

[@girishbatavi]

Another video from the Okellys, again first to comment. Looks like my notification is working well. love the seamless transitions. Edit: The what the Emergency Kit - Highlight apart from whales HAPPY B-DAY NICK

[@TheOKellys]

Ray is prepared for anything! Good Cap!

[@HollyandRay]

You’d be shocked how often we’ve used that kit! It always seems to come in handy…

[@barefootdriver5152]

LOL, volume warning! House is awake now 😂 Love you two nuts.

[@mpetrino7330]

O'Kellys hi from Alberta, Canada. So great to see you guys on the water again. Keeping my fingers crossed you found something, not going to jinx it by saying what.

[@carolinaanthoness9428]

OMG!! You just made my Sunday better.🌬⛵️🌏👙🎣🦞🩳🕶⛱️🤿🐟🐋🐬🐠☀️🇦🇺

[@patrickjames1080]

Brilllllliant #elderly 🎂 thanks for sharing ⛵️ 👍

[@eileenderheim3768]

Happy Birthday Nick.

[@dianegriffith3006]

Excited you’re back -yay!!! 👏

[@geoffstrebel2808]

@11:16 In case you can't reach the fork. LOL!

[@R-James]

Is the boat you are considering a Sunsail/Moorings Leopard 45 that just got reduced in price?

[@wadeterheide8873]

So good to see you back!!!

[@TheOKellys]

Thanks! Good to be back!

[@dennisraible4177]

I’m going to say what the others won’t. I’ve been watching your channel since before Covid. I dream of selling all my shit, cashing in the 401k, buying a boat and seeing the world just like you. There’s a few things stopping me. I’m afraid of getting eaten by sharks, getting lost at sea, and as a guy from Pittsburgh, I have no idea how to sail. The sad reality is, I’m living my dream through YOU. That being said, YEARS!! You’ve been a part of my life, we’ve never met, but I can’t help but feel I know you guys, and we’re old friends now. I don’t care if you ever buy another boat or go back to traveling the world, just make videos of you two going to the bank or eating scrambled eggs or more importantly Megan taking baths or swimming up for “morning coffee”. I don’t care, I need to see my friends are still out there doing whatever, don’t take so long to put up another video. Oh, and Happy birthday Nick, but we all know Megan is the star of this channel. ❤

[@TheOKellys]

@@dennisraible4177 alright man, this next one’s for you. Thank you for this.

[@ks4io]

Happy Birthday Nick

[@hathaway5724]

The inspo, nourishment, respite I so needed today. Wow!! Thank you!

[@TheOKellys]

Glad to be able to share it with you. Thanks for coming along!

[@maneou]

Patience... and waiting for the right moment...

[@TheOKellys]

Great boat name! LOL

[@thewedword]

Welcome back! It doesn't matter what you do...just film it! Lol we miss y'all!!! ❤

[@thewedword]

You can't wipe that smile off of Megans face...love it! Cowboy...

[@bobram94]

Happy birthday, Nick from one who's leaving the 50s in a week or two. It is all about enjoying the simple things from here out. Hope the Polynesian Air and people made it awesome. Have you considered building your own vessel?

[@TheOKellys]

Thanks! Happy birthday to you too! We have considered it, but I don't think we have it in us. Tremendous respect to anyone who builds a boat!

[@defdaz]

I can see why that is my wife's favourite part of the world. Wow! PS Such teases at the end haha. Fingers crossed for you guys!

[@TheOKellys]

We're on the edge of our seats! LOL. Cheers!

[@juliazentner681]

So you know all us want to be or soon to be sailers are calling dibs on ***KEEP GOING***

[@TheOKellys]

Done!

[@chrisolberz3308]

Belated Happy Birthday Nick

[@TheOKellys]

Gracias!

[@greatpix]

If you go to Bora Bora you've got to check out Bloody Mary's Restaurant, especially the bathrooms.

[@blade3944]

Still looking for my long term boat. But what ive noticed is boats are now more spread out then when I started looking in 2019. Its amazing how many I see listed and they expect you to pick it up in tahiti. Now these boats are only in the 50k-150k range which while expensive I can not see myself flying to Tahiti the cost and the time and then hoping it works out and then trying to figure how to get it back to the US and the Caribbean where I'm happy to stay. And after traveling (just a few hundred miles) to look at boats and realizing like you that it was totally crap. I just cant see for any price to leave the the US to buy a sailboat.

[@woodsmn8047]

there used to be a Burma shave sign in the middle of a sagebrush desert that read ...lost ? keep going you're making good time anyway ..!

[@billiondollardan]

It's beautiful over there! I wish my wife didn't get seasick so easily... maybe I can just keep her drugged up for a couple years? Also happy birthday!

[@JibeTalking]

Missed you guys...

[@christ.8547]

F.P.,..*what a dream**..🆒..u guy's have a blast!!...***many blessing's..💙🌎✌🏽😇

[@christ.8547]

#hbd-'NICK!!'...🆒💙✅💯🎯

[@Parr4theCourse]

We will be there in a few weeks!!

[@TheOKellys]

Gonna love it!

[@Peter_Herrman]

We need to buy bean bags now! Does Megan recommend the blob style, like Sabado has, or the ones with kind of a sort of raised back rest (blob + back rest)? We don't want to screw this up!

[@TheOKellys]

There is no right answer now. I think we are going to design one!

[@tammydialgray2835]

Okay, how do we get info on how to put together a kit like he had with every tool in it? Wow!

[@TheOKellys]

Reach out to @sv_sabado. They are busy getting ready to leave FP, but always game to help

[@HollyandRay]

Hahaha, guess we need to film an emergency kit vid🤔 we’ll start rounding up links to the supplies!

[@maximuscryptosx9424]

YOLO! Dancing while the music is playing 🎉🎉🎉. U won

[@TheOKellys]

Couple of the luckiest ducks you'll ever meet! Cheers!

[@keithmcgee7679]

😂 You guys are living the dream.👍🏾 Do you ever review power cats. 60 and looking to start next journey my bucket list. Looked at Fontaine Peugeot 67, Aventura MY54, Bali Catspace and Lagoon 630. Any suggestions for live aboard power cat🤔

[@TheOKellys]

We don't know a lot about them. Our friends have a Lagoon powercat and love it. Low 40-ft range. We've always thought the smaller PDQs were pretty cool looking, but haven't spent time aboard.

[@keithmcgee7679]

@TheOKellys Thanks. I'm a first timer, and 100% disabled Veteran, so not ready for sails ropes and rigging 😉😁. Glad you decided to stay cruising, hope to see you out there.. PS: Happy 50th, enjoy the days youngster 😅

[@malibuchakra]

Raiatea. My home. ❤❤❤

[@user9b2]

Why did you need to move? 18:35

[@TheOKellys]

It was a wide open bay, no shoals, no marked channel, and we weren't close to their docks. If we understood correctly, we were in their way for some reason. Doesn't really matter...this is their home, not ours. We were guests.

[@greatpix]

Moorea is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. I thought I was in heaven.

[@oh-brothers]

Keep going !!! boat market is starting a correction?

[@TheOKellys]

Been correcting for a while.

[@robertjfsoper]

Out of interest, with COVID now done, and the second hand boat market normalised to some degree, are there not lots of boats out there to choose from?

[@TheOKellys]

Yes, things have loosed up quite a bit!

[@RiverWoods111]

I sleep in a 6 ft memory foam bean bag. Mine is flat, so it is 2 ft tall but 6 ft around. It is the most comfortable bed I have ever had. That said, I had to add 25+ pounds of more foam to it, which means it weighs around 100 pounds! I am currently designing a platform for it to live on that I will be upholstering myself. It will be designed so cats and dogs can't get under it and padded with foam so I won't hurt my toe when I stub my toe bumping into it. I plan to buy another 5-foot regular foam bean bag for my living room to hang out in.

[@TheOKellys]

Love it!!

[@LeeYvesMexico]

❤awe some ness 😁😍

[@captainpaddy1524]

I have written quite a number of recommendations for young people applying to medical schools. Invariably, they have been accepted, but often not at their 1st choice. They would ask me; what should I do? The answer: GO!!!! There is no best medical school. They all provide the same degree, the same entry into the profession. Just do it! Now, because I am now "old" and "wiser" (which is debatable), I have given up cruising. I sold my last boat. I will never own another. However, I believe that the medical school lesson applies to boats. What is the best? There isn't one. The question that you should ask: does it float? Sabado is not, what you would call, a "performance" catamaran. However, it floats. It does the job. It gets you there. And, in the end, your life style is the same. Harvard is no more than an ego trip. You get the same degree and the same entrance to the medical profession that you would get at all accredited medical schools A "performance" boat is no more than an ego trip. So, once again: Stop talking and do it!!!!

[@TheOKellys]

To push back and use your analogy, if you knew (or were fairly certain) that Harvard Medical was going to open up more slots and tuition was going to drop significantly in a few months, you'd have to agree that going to Texas Tech instead just because you could get in today might be a poor career choice even though you could become an MD either way. I don't know if a "performance" boat is no more than an ego trip, but I get your point...it is a question we've asked ourselves. We don't look down our noses at any boat, really. Some people prefer slippery and quick, others prefer low and slow, and there isn't a right answer. As long as it gets you out there safely, it is a good boat in our book. We all swallow the hook eventually. If we are lucky, it's for good reasons. Cheers and thanks for the comment.

[@juliazentner681]

Better than a sophmore elder!

[@TheOKellys]

lol

[@FighterFred]

Don't want to spoil anything, but in my experience 50 was the peak. Downhill from there, so enjoy while you can enjoy it.

[@TheOKellys]

LOL, yeh the boards start creaking! But, better than the alternative!

[@ebutuoyotwen]

But don't you kinda miss the carpet @2:12 🤔

[@jackechan1311]

HBD ....(nick) ... NICK ! ! ! lol Y`all had me until you suggested that `51` is elderly. Also, since when does a rainbow MOVE with the camera? Trickster.

[@TheOKellys]

Haha! Age is a state of mind, I suppose. Rainbows ALWAYS move with the camera or eye. I wish I have a whiteboard to explain!

[@jackechan1311]

@@TheOKellys Oops....you`re right. Carry on....!

[@nfhmUtube]

I Love how you didn't say IT!

[@exploranator]

Welp. how about that rusted old submarine you looked at years ago? Just a thought...

[@jasonpacific111]

Could take a lot of will power to not buy a decent cruiser thats ALREADY in Society Islands! Perhaps the dream would be to find somebody who would lease it out for a year. That would be a new special content take on KZbin crusing. 😃

[@Kevinplettenbergbay]

Just follow your hearts.... The rest will be history.....

[@jaymacpherson8167]

Philomath?!? A boat from Philomath? Did they sail it down Mary’s River, to the Willamette, to the Columbia, and across the Pacific? AND without a MAST! Oh, never mind. Captain’s prerogative, the vestiges of time, and random acts of kindness…or teleportation?

[@TheOKellys]

LOL. Yeh, what the heck?!?!?!

[@ColinWetherelt]

Nick, you are not a freshman elder. You are newly saged

[@TheOKellys]

@@ColinWetherelt lol

[@Boody523]

The scenery there is unreal

[@billwilliams9527]

Still following, buy a boat w/bean bags!

[@TheOKellys]

You know it!

[@SkylinersYeti]

Sailing a performance boat may be more fun. But is it better to be sailing a non performance boat than not sailing at all? Life is so fragile.

[@TheOKellys]

Truth!

[@CaptPauly]

​@@TheOKellysHappy birthday Nick 🎉🎈🎁🥳🎂❗ NOW that's a birthday ❤ sooo ya got something that finds you guy's fancy it seems 😁 as always waiting for the next adventure to unfold. I know you left a lot out for More later. Luv you folks And all the wonderful friends that join you that make being on the water so awesome ❗ IT pulls on the heart. I gotta get out there again soon.

[@kensmith6741]

“Keep Going” Aka “Perseverance”.

[@TheOKellys]

Great boat name.

[@arqcm]

For when the new boat? Love u guys!

[@barefootdriver5152]

Like Indiana Jones and the lost boat. Adventure around the world. 😊

[@TheOKellys]

Hopefully not the Last Crusade! LOL

[@rwhunt99]

I think in the years you've spent looking for a boat, you have spent more traveling to look than if you would've simply built a new one. I don't think you'll ever find a boat that's perfect to your liking, so you might as well bite the bullet and build your own. At 51 you are smack dab in the sweet spot of life, this is not the time to sit back, This is the time to grab life by the horns. I say that as a 73 year old, who's starting to see my ow mortality, and realize I could have done so many things and thinking I will get around to it some time, but it's all slipping away and i am beginning to nest, although my wife (15 years younger) is encouraging me to keep going.

[@marcellacruser951]

They've made it clear there's more to life than cruising, and they've actually been living it.

[@TheOKellys]

Couldn't agree with you more. Time is the one currency that really matters. We'd rather be sailing than building, but tremendous respect to anyone who builds a boat. We know there is a lot of pressure added to the situation because of the YouToobing, but think that if we zoom out a bit...looking at the big picture...we've made good decisions. We entered the market at a really bad time to buy: tight market, low inventory, high prices, etc. That situation is correcting in a big way now. I don't think it will be long before we are on our own boat, and we appreciate you sticking with us. Cheers!

[@rwhunt99]

@@TheOKellys Sounds great, wish you well!

[@rwhunt99]

@@marcellacruser951 That makes me feel good - I'm not a cruiser, lol! That said, the ocean is a hidden, mysterious draw for most and when you in it, you don't notice, but when you leave it, there is a hole that needs to be filled.

[@Petenz81]

I bet you never buy a boat again. Having too much fun looking

[@TheOKellys]

Haha. You shall see...

[@Dh-de9op]

I dont get it. Just buy a f boat already. None of us are getting any younger.