Our secret to surviving isolation surrounded by uninhabited islands

[@passinthru4328]

Thank you Nike, for taking us along again on a wonderful episode!

[@markmark2080]

I love your ability to capture such a wide variety of beauty, and the effort you make to do it. That was a very enjoyable and well put together little "story", best wishes to all.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Thank you, Mark, I am happy u enjoyed the footage and the edit. It did take me some time to figure out how to put the second part together, so I am happy the story flowed for u ☺️. Best wishes back

[@bobadam7021]

Thank you for showing the world these people's stories. We're all a lot more alike than we are different.

[@gunsmoke6230]

That man has lived and done more than probably 90% of the world. By looking at him first glance you wouldn’t think he was a cowboy! Simply amazing!🇺🇸🇨🇭🇩🇪

[@Damian_Hunt]

I need to become a Patreon, I really don’t know why I haven’t yet, been watching for years and I think I’ll be following forever. Watching your videos takes me away from my boring life. I know that life on a boat isn’t always easy, but heck I’m jealous.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Hey Damian, I am sure your life is not boring...every life has its beauty within it. But nevertheless, I am happy if my videos provide a little escape for you. Obviously, I am always happy and grateful for a new Patron ☺️ So if you are really up for it, here’s the link Http://www.patreon.com/WhiteSpotPirates

[@connarcomstock161]

Lmao, Paul riding around on a horse carrying a 12 pack of Canadian

[@jman5673]

Great video and scenery, love the handmade hat....it fits you !

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Thanks, a friend here in the islands made it for me and I love it!

[@ylemoine1]

Beautiful! Where you are and who you are. Fair winds.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

It is a really pretty area, we were lucky to get stuck in this place

[@j4436614d]

Loved you choice of music for this episode

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Long Gone thank you. I am really happy with the variety that epidemicsounds offers, they have some great stuff

[@lancedaniels]

Thanks for posting and sharing. Nice to hear from another of the Gypsea sailors. Looking fwd to hear from Nike regarding the mango wine!

[@tophatter15]

Yet another great video. Lovely to see u smiling after all ur trials with ur motor. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺 🌹🌹🌹🍷🍷🍷

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Ahhh those trials are long history 🤞🏼🙈 I love the new Beta, it’s doing great so far!

[@mr01steam]

Really good photography, and a lovely relaxed atmosphere, All good friends together. Love the low shots just above the water. rgds Paul.

[@greggron]

Beautiful person, beautiful life. Stay safe

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

You too!

[@CemTuten]

Thank you for taking us to the Garden of Eden, very funny episode.

[@jimh.8138]

That pup has a pretty good life, rolling in the sand!

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

I believe he does. He’s already an old man but still jumping around thinking he is a little pup 🥰

[@robertbartelmes7623]

Paul, in his soothing & subtle French accent, pouring from the first bottle of Mango Wine ... "It does look like your horse has diabetes" ...

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

😂 yeah I love the little jokes he makes, brightens up the content ☺️

[@svchineeljunk-riggedschoon4038]

I used to make mango wine on my first boat :D It's a good way to use mangos that are almost rotten. Wait until they are over ripe and then you can squeeze the juice out by hand or with a cheese cloth, then add extra water and sugar. I use brewers yeast rather than relying on natural yeast to do the job.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Yeah we just did not have any brewers yeast. Paul had added normal baking yeast to the first batch and then reused the yeast from that. Still worked, but probably brewers yeast would work better , never tried.

[@svchineeljunk-riggedschoon4038]

@@WhiteSpotPirates Get someone to send you a pack of the high alcohol yeast, you can reach about 20% with that ;) Yea, you can save and reuse the yeast after, but never from a bottle you have drank from directly, it can culture bad bacteria from your mouth - I got e-coli poisoning that way. Here in Cape Verde there are no free Mangos, but when I am in French Guiana later this year I will make it again. Maybe I try building a simple distillery and charcoal filter too :D

[@tommycheshire5508]

Beautiful flora!

[@joegilly1523]

Never heard of mango wine it sounds good. My father in law makes ALOT of wine. Only 70 gallons this year . He used to make 120 to 100 gallons . He’s 80 now and still loves his wine,it’s strong. He gets the grape juice from California, I remember his dad making it in big barrels in the wine cellar . Grandpa got the cases of grapes and crushed them . I have access to all the wine I want ,once a year I will,that’s all . Thanks for the up load ,be safe ,glad your foot is better Have a drink for me .

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Hm that’s nice u have access to self made vine, sounds great!

[@bobbypotts92]

Yall are doing what I'd love to do .....thank you

[@garysouza2277]

It was nice to see an island in Las Perlas that was clean and wasn't covered in trash and plastic. Wasn't my experience in 2017.

[@Nerd3927]

Watched this one twice today. What a lovely life during lockdown!

[@kennethm.pricejr.8921]

If I may, here's an idea. I wrote an entire book on this subject. Consider getting a distiller. When you make a batch, just ferment sugar, nothing else except some nutrient if you can get it. Ferment 5 to 10 days then distill. Distill the same batch two or three more times to remove any and all pesticides and any leftover unfermented sugar. Add water between distillations to keep from burning up your boiler. Dilute down to 90 proof. Now mix your very dry and tasty unflavored spirits with fresh mango juice (or lemon, lime, orange, ect.). Guess what I found. Super tasty! Best of all, I never get headaches or hangovers! Been doing this since I left Fiji in 2006. Cheers!

[@juan6168]

Nice video. Congratulaciones

[@bubbagail7450]

Always good to see you. You seem to be doing ok during this craziness . Take care.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Yes, we are quite lucky to be in the spot that we are in. We really cannot complain!

[@johnmccormick175]

Great video as always Nike..great people great friends and a wonderful video! Take care and stay safe..thanks for sharing your adventures!

[@fatandyboy6856]

13:50 - I laughed and laughed at this comment what joy! Thank you!

[@rvsorce7196]

No matter where you go in this world, Someone is making something to drink out of the local plants, Pretty soon you could publish a book about it complete with recipes. Have fun and no drunken sailing. lol

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

😂 I guess eventually it happens, yes. And nope, no drunk sailing, big sailor’s promise!

[@rvsorce7196]

@@WhiteSpotPirates Looking forward to the book. lol

[@R.E.HILL_]

Nice... Looks like the surgeon has done a kickass job... 🙂👍

[@windinwaters6599]

I used to make what is called Screech, it is a merchant navy recipe. Plastic soda bottles sit well in the bilge. I use the same recipe with watermelon, pineapple but you can use any fruit even dried. I add a strong cup of tea or two for the tannin's which helps the yeast and also an orange for the vitamin C. When the brew is ready after being double brewed it is bottled and put in the fridge straight away to kill off the yeast and prevent yeast flavor from occurring in the bottle.

[@steal0119]

Cool Video!!!!!!!!

[@pdutube]

Paul and I have the same name and his dog reminds me of my mini-Goldendoodle Speedbump. Garden of Eden indeed!

[@YoureNowOnTV]

Nice ! thanks for sharing 😀👍

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

You are welcome, happy u liked it

[@jonssailing]

Nice!

[@robertfontaine3650]

Going to have to learn how to make a simple still.

[@davidclarke7728]

Really nice

[@johnduncan9749]

Making wine is fun. It will come out clear if you boil the fruit of your choice with the skin on then drain off the water and then put the fruit in a cloth sack and compress it catching the juice in a bucket then add yeast and sugar and let it ferment and rack it a few times:) Jalapenos work well too:)))))))))

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Thanks for the pro tips!

[@johnduncan9749]

@@WhiteSpotPirates or do it the easy way and just buy a gallon of pure grape juice from the store 😇

[@harshad9212]

Very beautiful nice video

[@glennedwards1449]

You look very cute with your glasses on. Though you seemed very focused on cutting up that fruit so you could get a drink :)

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

😂😂 possibly. But there was still a ton of waiting time involved after the cutting 🙈😜

[@melee401]

You can also use WHITE bread in lue of yeast and the remaining yeast in the bread will spike the fermentation. I would have tossed some limes in to tame the sweet.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Oh really? I did not know the yeast would still be active after baking. A tad of lime would be nice for sure. The wine is actually not sweet at all, though, more kinda sour and yeasty.

[@artfulalias3984]

Love the hat.

[@EITURKEY1]

another amazing and interesting video, a pity I don't drink...

[@BrunoWiebelt]

it looks like your horse has diabetes lol ;)

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

😂 I thought that was classic!

[@BrunoWiebelt]

@@WhiteSpotPirates Gewürztraminer

[@kennethm.pricejr.8921]

When I grow up I wanna be like this guy.

[@frankd2301]

When I hear yerbabeuna I think of Argentina mate.

[@davidking7655]

Lol. You just robbed some local guys fruit supply. Hahaha a clue in the sign you found

[@isla.casaya]

greeting I'm from the island casaya 👋

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Oh what a small world ☺️ are u in cassaya at the moment? Saludos, Nike

[@isla.casaya]

@@WhiteSpotPirates my grandmother and my uncle are not here

[@johne656]

Love the hat xxx

[@WilliamGreen]

"it does look like your horse has diabetes". 😄😄😄😄

[@enriquelaroche5370]

House projects done, mostly, Working on the boat every day. Only reason I'm not there is becasue I'm here.

[@geneberry7114]

But more about that....next week : )

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

☺️ cannot promise next week. I am a little faster already with editing but I doubt I can make weekly videos happen. Also, we are about to leave internet territory for a bit, so it will be tricky. But I hope to get the next one online in a fortnight 👍

[@geneberry7114]

@@WhiteSpotPirates I know but I like to hear it anyway : ) You told me once before I might have a bit of an obsessive problem , I took that as a complement : )

[@dangonzales2896]

Friends are brothers and sisters in our lives. You’re driving me crazy I really like collecting beautiful rocks AND mangoes. You didn’t invite me!!😎⛵️👍🏽

[@vingreensill]

You had me at: “...it does look like your horse has diabetes”.

[@tomharrell1954]

The dog was cute too

[@twowheelrodeo]

There is lot of different possibilities for making alcohol. Lots of options any where things are green. No reason not to have 20-30 gallons tucked away.

[@robertbartelmes7623]

... that, My Friend, is one Big Pile of Mangos ... I woulda said that's "a Sh*tload of Mangos" but it's too early in the AM ... besides, we're talkin' about fruit ... so, no, I won't use that metaphor ...

[@maxs9742]

I would love to sail around the world

[@bogsplash8612]

Thanks for taking us with you. It was a nice day out 👍 Couldn't miss our on the drinks, I had no rum in the house so settled for a tequila.🥃 Question: how many socks can you fit on the washing line on Karl?😉

[@ji6050]

👍.

[@robertbartelmes7623]

... no Alcohol sales in the Panama Islands? ... THAT is the the epitome of CRUEL & UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT ... break out the Ganja ...

[@DONALDMORSE02562]

I do enjoy your life.

[@davidpayne1519]

Watch out for hurricane s ,I'm going through second one this season

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Oh no, hope you are doing okay. Panama is usually outside the hurricanes’ routes...except the one a couple of years ago... so 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

[@danielbuckner2167]

@@WhiteSpotPirates yeah too close to the equator for big storms, isn't it?

[@eugenybelaev9567]

Креативно, бражка из манго.

[@eugenybelaev9567]

Не хило затарились манго.

[@SCCIT-jq6jh]

When beer tokens run out, improvise.

[@tomharrell1954]

The island was beautiful. It looked as if it had been heavily tended to by a green thumb

[@herbertsenftleber2647]

geiler Hut...

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

💃💃💃 den hat ein Freund von uns hier in den Inseln für mich gemacht.

[@glassman51]

So nice to see you back and publishing Nike, Paul seems like a lovely and lucky fellow to have you and Maria as neighbors :-). Glad to see you aren’t suffering to badly through this Covid crisis. Be thankful you are not in the United States which is an insane asylum right nowWith crazy Donald. Will this insanity ever end? Cheers to all.

[@tommycheshire5508]

Like most all men, I am so glad that your hair is longer.

[@ronintraveller415]

Just so u know if u need repellant can slice the mango and rub it all over yourself like cream and no mozzies or sand flies will bother u.. I was stranded off an island off madagascar . mangoes were godsend for repellant for me .but they do attract bees hahahahaha

[@malakcoccode]

Sei la donna piu' bella del mondo

[@danielbuckner2167]

Nike, are you wearing makeup for the wine tasting or are you just well rested there?

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Yeah sure, I always dress up for wine tastings, who wouldn’t? 😂😂😂 I actually have my personal make up artist who is standing by in my aft cabin solely for occasions line these 😜

[@danielbuckner2167]

@@WhiteSpotPirates Haha, sarcasm detector is registering something here! I guess you are just resting well or the excitement of finally getting some wine has you having a glow. 😉

[@tanerozcan628]

:)

[@samagasi87]

I could look at you whole day. So pretty you are.

[@mattthewanderer5029]

First real comment! 🙄

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Now you’re the first 😜

[@mattthewanderer5029]

Why thank you! 😉 Please keep your videos coming as often as possible, I live in a van but am stuck in my second lockdown and your vids are vital for my sanity! 😊

[@pbrstreetgang2489]

Uh, lose the hat!

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Whaaaaat!? I love the hat, a friend in the islands made it for me, so sorry, it will stay 😜

[@danielbuckner2167]

@@WhiteSpotPirates we like that hat too. I was thinking I would wear it! I'd want a bigger brim for my skin to get more shade but I certainly wouldn't kick that one out of my berth.

[@bkbroiler8069]

So she sees a no entry sign and they proceed to steal some local person's mangos?

[@milkoberben2963]

The way you put it the risk involved will make it taste even better 😉

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Yeah She sees your point there...BUT 😜: we did not see the sign until just before we left and it was covered in leaves, so it was easily to be missed. And about the stealing: the mangoes were all on the floor and in two or three days they would have been spoilt by bugs. No one had been there in a while it seemed and we did not see anyone going there for the next two weeks, either (after that we were in a different spot where we could not see the island anymore). The mangoes would have just rotten. So did we do anyone any harm by taking the fruit? I guess everybody has a different opinion about that, I myself don’t think we did. Maybe the bugs were not so happy they did not get to munch on the juicy mangoes...but there were plenty left for them, I would say. We continuously buy from the locals to support them and if we had seen someone there we would have been more than happy to pay someone for the fruit.

[@milkoberben2963]

@@WhiteSpotPirates I still love you even if you want to be politically correct 😘

[@bkbroiler8069]

@@WhiteSpotPirates thanks for the explanation.