Nuku Hiva - Sailing the Pacific Episode 20

We sail to Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas and find out why you need a 4x4 to drive around there whilst exploring the island.
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[@davidclarke7728]

Only found you yesterday, watched from the beginning. Great videos, very educational, given us lots of pleasure. Thanks Matt and Amy

[@clydemorris8644]

i am so grateful for your videos. thank you.

[@diverbob8]

Nice weather you brought! Beautiful landscape! Great job!

[@bill4nier]

Nice video. Thanks for sharing. ⛵⛵⛵⛵😊👍👍👍👍

[@mjjm4731]

Another fantastic video! Thank you! Merry Christmas to you both.

[@frankrice5364]

Beautiful

[@edrosenberger6947]

With area rainfall like that, it's just a matter of time before those beautiful islands also become atolls.They sure are eye-candy for the moment though.....thank you two for these neat videos.....

[@danielhoyle3546]

Beautiful video. Thank You.

[@mariettamb]

What a beautyful vlog😊 and sea journey⛵⛵

[@mikesheen34]

merry Christmas, from north pole, Alaska

[@rossie273]

say "hi" to Santa for me (put in a good word , please)

[@Spikeruleshell]

That locker is enormous

[@Laters3]

Happy Christmas from the Isle of Man 🇮🇲

[@englishmaninfrance661]

Just jaw dropping scenery :)

[@campbub]

Man! Love your sailing-adventure vids ☺️ Good vibe you guys🤙🏼 Blessings from Lake Erie Michigan

[@robfraley4210]

Upon watching this again, WOW, that was a Lot of Rain 🌧 to bad 😫🤭😱

[@annafraley5388]

Most everywhere folks go out driving on a rain ☔️ 🌧 day, But I Bet the people that live there Know to stay home 🏡 on these rainy days 👍

[@NotBob223]

Wow... I hope to get there this April. I appreciate the new camera btw! 1080p! :-).

[@SailingYachtFlorence]

Brent Cameron hope you get better weather than us 😉 it's the same camera, we are just now in places where the internet is fast enough to upload HD! We hope you enjoy seeing the Marquesas for real, videos can't do the place justice.

[@redbug3485]

Cool stuff! A boat, a place togo, and bait, plenty of bait!

[@MrRourk]

Merry Christmas!

[@dtonvista]

Merry Christmas

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

Catching up...

[@JoelWelter]

Educational and beautiful video. Thanks!

[@gamefeast6754]

This is beautiful, I am in love 😍

[@mw8807]

Marry Christmas we are looking from Denmark

[@ronaldgallagher6335]

Great video. Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas!

[@svamandolin3546]

what did they want to charge for visiting the village? Did they offer a tour or was it just a shakedown? I imagine they have more and more cruisers showing up these days.

[@peter9180]

Charge to see the village! That’s not very friendly.

[@judithnicholais1492]

I miss a lot bec of the accents but your vids are lovely ... thanks for sharing your journey ... safe sailing

[@PaulBKal]

What was that nifty contraption at 6.12 to feed the anchor line over the transom? Love your videos, which I‘ve just discovered and have binge watched over the weekend, along with the blog. Would love a bit of info about your journey prior to departure from Britain. What you both did for a living and how you got yourselves into the position of being able to leave it all behind and your prior sailing experience, as you both seem far more competent, natural sailors than many cruising vloggers. Also love your dinghy. And the fact you fly your spinnaker at the slightest provocation.

[@ksc743]

Their blog does address most of your questions.

[@PaulBKal]

@@ksc743 it’s does now, not sure it did 4 years ago when I asked the question.

[@ksc743]

@@PaulBKal after rereading your original comment I see you mentioned their blogs. I missed that first time round. They're such a great channel!

[@robjones1772]

Fantastic scenery.... can’t wait till the next one comes out. Do you mind if I ask how long you guys and the yacht can stay in F Polynesia? Happy new year too....

[@SailingYachtFlorence]

Hi Rob, it depends on your nationality so you would have to look it up. Its much easier if you are part of the EU as you do not need to put up a bond. Happy New Year

[@1Jamesjc]

Great videos easy watching well put together well done

[@vfsurgpa]

Swell bridle is one trick, another is to use one or two flopper stoppers off the boom and/ or spin pole. I an wondering about your dinghy. How did a couple of Brits come up with a nesting dinghy from a company in North Carolina? Your dink looks great, are you finding it strong enough for all the use you are putting it to? You have the 9 ft Spindrift, when it is nesting, what is the lenght and width of the boat as it sits on your foredeck? Have you had any issues with the dinghy if you take water over the bow? Could one person launch and retrieve it? Thanks for your videos.

[@SailingYachtFlorence]

Hi, it was light winds and crowded in the bay, causing the boats to spin round when the current in the bay changed, so we felt a stern anchor worked best in the conditions. Luckily we haven't had to put up with any swell in anchorages since. We have tried a flopper stopper off the boom in the past but not a swell bridle, I'm sure time will allow! We searched for several nesting dinghy plans and thought the Spindift was best for us in the space we had on deck. We have some blocks we bolt it to on deck to help hold it in place when we strap it down and haven't had any problems yet. The dimensions should be available on their website. We would struggle to launch and retrieve it alone but it would be possible if there was no other option. Hope that helps.

[@richguest]

Hey guys, great videos! I'm sure you've already been asked but what is your boat?

[@krcb197]

Rich Guest have a look at there blog, it is all explained in the early posts

[@richguest]

Keith Brady many thanks for response, found it thanks. 😃

[@juhosattanen]

Did you guys visit Hiva Oa at all? Out of all the islands of Marquesas I like it the most. We were there back in 2018

[@neandertalneandertal6630]

Perfect 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😘😘😘😘

[@MrCrabbing]

What size and type of yacht is Florence

[@ailadgimzdreseluzvftre9038]

Looking at the comments and it seems like I’m the only one that thinks this place looks spooky! 👀

[@iainhunneybell]

In a 25’ boat with no engine 😵

[@tigersharkzh]

You don't need a second anchor and rode. Set a swell bridle. Never heard of it? Google "swell Bridle". The old youtube channel "Jake and Jill adventures" has a great video showing how it's done.

[@SailingYachtFlorence]

Hi Andrew, thanks for the tip. It was light winds causing the boats to spin round when the current in the bay changed. It was pretty crowded so we felt a stern anchor worked best in the conditions. Luckily we haven't had to put up with any swell in anchorages since.

[@IceglacierArnar]

Pay for see village? Really?

[@alanbrookes3056]

Naughty, not checking in first. Being British you are ok for long stay in French Polynesia.

[@rossie273]

the locals charging to see the village - OMG .