Our own PRIVATE island in the Bahamas?! | Sailing Afterglow Ep. 3

[@HopeOfJoe]

Your dog is soooo cute…..and a great swimmer‼️👍🏻🐶 The dinghy rides were exquisite. Amazing place. Thanks for taking us with you. See you next. ✨🌊💨⛵️🏝️👙🌞✨

[@SailingAfterglow]

Of course, thanks for watching!!

[@HopeOfJoe]

OMG 😱, guys. The water at Conception Beach is a.m.a.z.i.n.g. ‼️🌊👍🏻 Never gets old. 😊

[@markamsterdam539]

Nice video

[@nvh113]

very good...

[@brandyyellow]

Good Job, thanks for the effort . !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@FranklinGray]

I've posted this a few places. I am trying to help other sailors with sea-sickness. Just want to add: have meals already made before leaving the anchorage for the first day or two. Here are some tips: 1) Never assume crew can deal with the seas. Make them take sea sickness medicine (stugeron 15 MG pills is best but sometimes all you can find is 75 MG so split it) before you depart and regularly. 2) Only go down in the cabin for needs like head, water, food and make it quick...for the first 3 days. Being down below is the worst place to be for sea sickness. Only let them stay down there when sleeping and make sure to tell them to keep their eyes closed the whole time. Lying on stomach helps. 3) When crew wakes up, have them come up immediately and sit down. They will puke soon and after that, nibble on hard boiled eggs and sip water. Make them take the helm. Helming makes the brain understand the boat is moving. Sea sickness is caused by 2 things: 1) fear/nervousness/anxiety. The more experienced the crew the less this is a problem unless they have a history of sickness. 2) The difference of the signals the brain is getting from the eyes and ears. When down below, everything is moving with the boat so it doesn't look like the boat is moving to the brain, but the ears on the other hand are screaming loudly that it is moving all over the place. On deck or in the cockpit it isn't as bad but still a problem for many. Here is how to bring those signals closer together but it has to be done at the very first sign of sickness. For me that is the watering of the mouth. Two methods but it can be summed up as riding the boat like a surf board, not a bull: 1) This is the easiest to master and it works well. Stand on the steps with arms resting on the deck. As the boat moves, let it move under you but keep the upper body still. If the bow rises, you lean forward, of the bow falls, lean backwards, if starboard rises, bend your right knee, if port rises, bend your left knee. 2) The sitting version. Sit up straight and swivel in the midsection. Keep that head still. Just think about letting the boat move under you, not you holding onto the boat and moving with it. These actions sometimes takes only a few minutes or up to 30 minutes to make it go away. Sometimes need to repeat on really rough scary weather often. Do not let it slide to sickness and then try, it will be too late. I used to get sick just looking at a picture of rough seas because I had been sick so much but was determined to beat it. I didn't get better until learning this trick above on how to ride a boat properly. Never been sick since. It took about a year of cruising to really get the fear of seasickness out of my mind, which was a big cause of my sickness.

[@sarahcolesurf]

I love watching you guys! such amazing videos.

[@jackstephens1450]

Really enjoy you guys, hope you hit a million subscribers...

[@FranklinGray]

Also, I always use a dinghy anchor when beaching the dink. I learned the hard way it is easy to forget about the dinghy, especially if I have a few drinks, and take a walk and the tide comes in and out it goes.

[@israfelmarkpafford8049]

Well done! It’s certainly a beautiful location you all shared this week. I bet the meteor shower from your boat was a true highlight!! Stay safe, looking forward to your next episode!!

[@josepmassot4696]

El mejor lugar para pasar la temporada de huracanes es cuanto más al sur mejor. Venezuela, Colombia, Panamá, Costa Rica y son tan lindos!

[@FranklinGray]

That is a beautiful place. Now I am sad that I passed it up. The first time I was in Georgetown I saw I had a weather window to sail to Colombia that I liked, so I was in a hurry to make it to Colombia before it got rough. Well, it got rough anyway :( One of my worst sails ever. Thank goodness I beat my sea sickness problem by then but I didn't have a dodger back then so it was a very wet ride. So glad I was by myself as I would have hated myself for putting anybody through that trip. Our boat is back in Texas now and we are thinking of cruising the world again in 2 years. Was thinking of passing up the Bahamas and heading straight to Panama but after watching your videos of the places I passed up on, I am thinking I might take the family there. I think they would love the Bahamas. Keep coming with the videos. We enjoy them.

[@SailingAfterglow]

You should definitely bring your family to the Bahamas!! They will love it!

[@Da89soup]

Enjoying the channel! I'm sure you will get to it but I would love to see more of the 460 Hunter....

[@SailingAfterglow]

We’re planning on filming a boat tour soon! ☺️

[@douglasrobbie9998]

For seasickness there are pills, wrist bands and electronic wristbands. The electronic ones have battery and send tiny shock to wrist nerve that prevents, ends or lessens seasickness. Keeping the dog's fur dry must be a constant chore.

[@kev-the-windsurfer.]

Nice one guys, I could easily spend more than a week there, what a dreamy place!! What breed is Isla? Is there some Husky in there, they often have one blue eye and one brown eye.....very interesting!! I am one of the lucky ones, takes a lot to get me sea sick, but never say never!!

[@fluffi8161]

Well work

[@jackburns804]

Video tip: when you’re talking to the camera stare into the lens so that you connect with your audience instead of looking like you’re talking off to the side to someone else. I think your channel has great potential. Make sure you connect.

[@marcoruis]

And get sunglasses that fit. It’s annoying to see them sliding off your nose every time. 😎

[@FranklinGray]

What kind of dog is that? An Australian Shepard? We have an Australian Shepard and he gets sick in the truck when driving through the mountains in Colorado so I don't know what to do with him when we go cruising again. I'm afraid if we take him he will get sick all the time. Does yours get sea sick?

[@l5r90]

Sorry for this strange comment but YOU LOOK SOOOOOOOO SOFT!!!....Your skin looks soooo soft!!!...insane!!

[@brianhughes6986]

Drew, so jelly, girl and a dog with pretty eyes, and you have a raccoon face tan...I'm a fan

[@BPH_BPH]

RIP covid Drone

[@TheZoePath]

Why can't you stay there for a week?

[@fluffi8161]

Food Water Energy

[@SailingAfterglow]

There was a storm passing by soon and it wouldn’t have been a great place to stay anchored 😕 and we’re getting south for the rest of hurricane season!

[@fluffi8161]

@@SailingAfterglow Hey u both, @ 3.8 a little stormy wind comes to Leeward Islands hurrican save are the Leeward antilles and absolutely storm save the space around panama. Hurricanes are not in sight for the next 10 days.