Sailboat Life During a Hurricane (Sailing Satori) S1:E17

[@Chris.E.]

Best episode so far. Goes to show what a little luck and a lot of preparation and hard work can get you. Loved the shot at the end of you two hugging at the relief of your home being okay. The emotion is palpable.

[@hankjohns4095]

Man, you could see the worry in your eyes the whole episode. I don't blame you, Satori is a nice boat and you defiantly get attached to your boat. Truly is like another love in your life. Great episode looking forward to the crossing! Kelly is the bomb! How can you focus on doing anything with her around. Good job guys!

[@SailingSatori]

Thank you! We appreciate your comment and thank you lol it’s hard work 😉

[@taraarmour4880]

not sure how I missed this video.... but i'm so glad all of you and Satori were safe. That was such a brutal storm. goes to show hard work and prep really does pay off!!

[@SailingSatori]

Yes we were so scared! And we are so grateful everything turned out fine, hope we don’t have to go through this again! 😔

[@nitramjc1]

So Happy for you guys. I lived in Florida once long ago and your prep and lady luck did you well. Sail on, love your channel.

[@kellyoneill7674]

It hurts my heart to relive this time of Harvey, Maria, Irma. I’m happy your boat survived and that you’ve posted your boat prep.

[@TheCort1971]

I saw some boat tied up very similar to this. Hurricane Michael came and did not care about lines tied to docks. .. it just tore the docks and concrete pillars straight out. both of our marinas go destroyed.

[@SailingSatori]

We were extremely lucky 🙏🏻

[@davebrady8430]

Great to see Satori came through the Hurricane like a champ. Best wishes from Ireland.

[@JamesNewsomeCaiLeighAnna]

Good video. Glad you were spared any damages. We went through the same prep and anticipation with our boat on Hilton Head Island, SC. The tidal surge was more our concern but we made it with a 1-1/2' to spare. Turns out that our town in central GA had a lot of trees down and we had one miss our house by just a few feet. Oh well, such is the life in the South during hurricane season.

[@billkreston835]

We had our eyes on the Keys and King A had his eyes on the cheese. Which is why he is King. Able to focus on what’s important to him and ignore what he cannot control....glad you guys made it, sail on!

[@SailingSatori]

Lol! You know it Bill... thanks!

[@dougford5691]

So happy to see that Satori is in great shape after all the surrounding damage. The storm prep you did was key to minimizing damage. Sail on Satori!!!

[@SailingSatori]

Thank you!!

[@TheMorganMonroeShow]

Awesome pre-storm prep my friend. Wait to make it happen. It’s all about preparation. I think we were out of power for about 7 days. It was a gnarly ride. Definitely good to see you people making it through clean. Congrats. 🎉 🍾

[@SailingSatori]

It was a horrible experience...but so glad we made it out without any real damage!

[@carlmic7]

I remember when you originally posted this video! Thats when I became a sub. Why you did what you did and how you did it was why I pushed the button!

[@klouism1]

So happy that your beautiful boat survived. The work you put in to preparing for the hurricane paid off. Blessings in deed.

[@SailingSatori]

Thank you!

[@angiebrewton5304]

Love the show guys thanks so much. We are saving for our own boat now and don't know how to sail! Your such an inspiration.

[@SailingSatori]

Oh wow! That means the world to us, thank you!

[@svalthea6758]

Great video guys! So glad Satori is ok!

[@HorizonsleatherBlogspot2012]

I rode out Charley in Ft Myers, that was a trip. Port Charlotte wasn't as fortunate. The thing about Florida I've found is that people help each other out when needed, it's a fantastic place to live. Nice to see you fared well!

[@chiefcliff]

You captured the emotion of the situation perfectly. Thanks!

[@deibertmichael]

Ha ha Pollo Hermanos shirt is cool! Yay no damage! Your shore lines saved the day!

[@Sportstouring]

That was great! So glad it worked out. All safe and good to go. Love the ending.

[@SailingSatori]

Thank you!! 🙏🏻

[@Sportstouring]

Sailing Satori looking forward to your next update. It’s freezing here in Canada.

[@SailingSatori]

Yikes! We’re sweating our tooshies off in Puerto Rico!

[@tony2767]

You both put a-lot of hard work into preparing your home and it payed off, as others have stated, well done!! Living here in southern Manitoba we get the random tornado scare but nothing compared to what you both went through, cheers to the king and you both for surviving unharmed!!

[@RobDeHaven]

What an awesome video recounting the events leading up to the storm. I remember your live video like it was yesterday when you got to the marina to check Satori out for the first time. It does show how hard work and prep does pay off. Hope this year is more calm during hurricane season.

[@alexhenry5542]

So glad you guys are safe and SV Satori came through as well as she did. The angst on Kellys face @ 2:25 broke my heart but was totally understandable. You guys showed incredible courage and acceptance of what you might be returning to. Kudos for also assisting a fellow sailer at the dock prepare his vessel for the storm. Be safe out there.

[@SailingSatori]

Thank you so much!

[@dejanira2]

It is always very nice when your efforts have been successful! Very happy that Satori made it thru so well!

[@radmax1332]

You guys are definitely not afraid of the work you needed to put in to 'weather' that mama storm. Well done! You see so many folks who just cry and wring their hands about their crap being lost when they weren't the least bit concerned about being proactive about protecting their investment. Glad you do not fit into this category. There is luck and there is precaution, the former more often than not is a result of the latter. -An old sea dog. Luv the vids!

[@brianegeberg8497]

Humbling video......glad to hear it had a good ending!

[@CaptainJohnmaddux]

Wow ; so gland you all got thur that ! You all do make our lives beter. So was so worried about what was going to happen. and you should put the friends of yours in the vlog more; they would work well with the vlog. Thank you again for making our lives better. John The Limo Driver from Kansas city.

[@laurentfroggy6631]

Well prepared and all, great video guys. And glad to see the King happy too. Love the end, pure love for each other and for Satory. Thanks and best from HKG 🇭🇰

[@johnlcallaway]

Thanks for sharing. Great to hear your boat came through it so well. I'm over here in St. Augustine, did all the prep, and the docks got moved around because of the wind pushing on some tall power boats upwind of my boat. No real damage, just some fiberglass work. It looked a lot worse than it was thankfully. As you noted with your stern line, other boats can be a significant hazard no matter how much work one does. Good foresight thinking of it. I'll pay more attention to the boats around me next time.

[@pricedives]

Great video, living in England we do not have such weather! So very interesting to see how you both interact with it!

[@crikycrocky]

A really good insight into what hurricanes are about. (Been there myself, St Martin in years past on my own boat). Once your own boat is prepared the big worry is flying debris and other boats breaking free. A big section of roof landed not far from me, I counted myself lucky. Thanks for posting.

So happy for you guys! Skillful preparation pays off!!

[@SailingSatori]

Thanks!

[@billsmith5042]

Arthur, you, are the best!!! :D

[@diverbob8]

BRAVO....A job well done!

[@jerryberkel8421]

Glad you all are well and satori made it through it unscathed, luv watching these vids, miss you bro. I’m in Venice but work in Ft. Myers a lot, I’ll have to stop in sometime. Keep up the good work and keep up the good vids :)

[@bjoern874]

That was very touching... for a German... I am so happy for you! ;-)

[@sailingseesea4050]

Hello both of you ! At 3:00 am-I earing a french sentence... ´´c’est tout ce qui reste ´´ . Nice vid, love to following you. Fair wind.

[@kevinmulvihill3249]

Just purchased 2 of your captains chairs, for my boat, love them.

[@jamesjustice6285]

God favors the prepared. Well done guys!

[@shopwreckin]

Minor miracle! Awesomeness!

[@janana6786]

This reminds of when I first watched your channel but it was just after the storm. Smart prep work

[@SailingSatori]

Thank you for sticking with us!

[@live2av8]

Glad ya'll made it thru alright! Too bad Puerto Rico still is tore up. I hope they can get some help soon.

[@SailingSatori]

We are heading to Puerto Rico in a couple weeks. Keep an eye on our FB/instagram for PR updates.

[@mmanut]

Fantastic Video, great story and so happy your boat did so well during the storm. Your prep is the reason for that. Plenty of lines with chaffing gear attached. Floating docks is a must. PS, Your video quality keeps getting better, Thank You, Vinny 🇺🇸👍⛴🛳🚤

[@SailingSatori]

Thanks so much!!

[@Б.Й-н4е]

I'm so happy you and your beautiful boar SATORI

[@israelistone2828]

Great vid! But honestly did you think that storm would dare touch KING ARTHUR'S boat? That look he gave the queen mother though that was priceless. Thanks for sharing!

[@SailingSatori]

Lol! And nope he was the golden ticket to our success 😉

[@RickeyMoore]

Where does the dog relieve himself at sea?? Do you have a wash-down??

[@SailingSatori]

Yes he goes on deck and we rinse it off ☺️

[@jannasmark]

Thanks för sharing this. Awesome!

[@douglasmontgomery6315]

So glad (of course we know you guys are fine, based off the timeline), you faired well.

[@johnschmidt5330]

So Nick, my question is would it make mor sense not to top off the fuel in the event the boat becomes submerged? Less environmental damage. I am just asking having never had a boat on the water during a storm. New to the channel but I have been binge watching all night.

[@SailingSatori]

Pros and Cons on both sides...we were of the mind that Satori would make it through the storm but perhaps we wouldn’t be able to get fuel for a long while. It was a gamble but we’re so happy it worked out 🙏🏻

[@belchajr22]

Well done

[@SailingSatori]

👍🏻

[@pathfindergeorgia1117]

Oh I know the land o lakes area, great nudist resorts. So much fun 😎

[@svZia-Switch51]

Great video guys, well done! Doesn't your marina have potable water at the hose? I usually keep 5 gallon jug down below and then use a filter pitcher to give it one more filtering for drinking. Keeps from creating more plastic waste from those single use plastic bottles. So glad to see Satori essentially untouched!!!

[@SailingSatori]

Certainly... we filled our tanks and a 5gal jug, as well as a few creative containers. But in the event we were unable to get back to Satori, we wanted a supply of bottled water in the van.

[@svZia-Switch51]

Nice! Look forward to seeing y'all at some anchorage in the coming years!

[@RedemptionReady]

You guys thinking about taking the Cruiser Column this year? Grenada/Trinidad or Chesapeake/New England for summer and then cruising back for winter? Or are you guys job locked? Just wondering. I think in the future when we move on we'll do Chesapeake/NE for Summer since we have family up here and Summer in the Bahamas to VI area. Though I head some goto South America and don't venture north until the following year, I could do that too.

[@SailingSatori]

Neither... we will be having an OTH “cruising plan update soon”, but we will be staying in the DR for the season. Luperon Harbor... probably the best hurricane hole in the Caribbean. We know of many cruisers heading south though... a very popular plan.

[@daveg6492]

Great vid. It always amazes me that some folks don’t take even minor precautions in preparation of a storm. Those boats with damage wouldn’t have any damage if the owners were responsible like Nic and Kelly. Your insurance company should be giving you a refund on some of that premium.

[@JohnnyJohnson2136]

oh man must have been scary....why dont you guys go north for hurricane season? nova scotia?

[@SailingSatori]

We just started cruising a month before Irma so on a sailboat...couldn’t make it very far! Plus we like the slow cruising speed. Just bad luck with last hurricane season! 😬

[@JohnnyJohnson2136]

Stay safe you guys, Hope things go smoothly from now on.

[@occ4l]

Hmmmmm.... did King Arthur have Merlin put a protection spell on the boat? My house in Orlando had more damage than your boat, a lot more. Trees falling everywhere, power out for a week, sweating our Chihuahuas off. Hooka brotha up next time Arturo. But seriously, you guys are doing great. I day-sailed out of St. Pete for years (and not long ago) before switching to Ft. Pierce. Maybe our paths crossed and maybe they will again but on a distant shore... and hopefully not riding out an Irma. Continued good fortune. Just keep being yourselves. Oh, kudos on the boat tour video too... super ship shape. High five.

[@SailingSatori]

How’d you know?! And don’t worry he’s got you next time. Let’s hope there isn’t a next time!

[@michaelc5369]

Didn’t we see this already?

[@01waterwalker]

I can't think of a better way to wait out a store then having an AHA wInner's home brew.

[@SailingSatori]

Right! Sure took some of the stress away 😉🍻

[@creasy1729]

How worried was the Royal King about his loyal subjects?

[@sparkzzataolcom]

I hope you bought that man a real saw.

[@SailingSatori]

Haha that was Nick’s spare we kept in the “super van.” 🤪

[@timerickson2141]

I'm a North Dakota kid when I was a little kid. My dad worked in the oil fields. He got a job in a texASS field. We arrived in town just after he went to work. He had rented a mobile home for us. So he was at work no one knew we were there. Weather forecasting then wasn't good. They only knew a hurricane was coming in a few hours. But no one knew we were in the trailer when the park was evacuated. It was the monster hurrican where local reporter DAN RATHER became nationally famous for doing reports on the street during the hurricane. No one had done that before. It got him to the network. Well we were in a trailer in a trailer park my mom my 3year old brother and me age 2 what I remember was my mom held us on her lap all night and I knew she was scared the trailer shock and rocked all night. Meanwhile my dad was on a oil rig working the Derick hand refused to climb to the top of the rig during a hurricane and quit. The tool Pusher asked if anyone had experience as a Derrick hand. My dad 23ish at the time a known BULLSHIT artist told him he had 15 years experience. Anyway it was a promotion. While back in the trailer we were still shaking and rolling. When the storm was over my brother and i went to the door I couldn't reach the knob so he turned the knob and I pushed the door. It swung open. I remember it 5and a half decades later clear where all the mobile home that we're there before the storm. They were gone blown away all there was was a giant lake. That's my first hurricane story.

[@SailingSatori]

Wow!! That’s an insane story, so happy everything turned out okay

[@SV-DEDICATED]

Lucky.

[@SailingSatori]

🙏🏻

[@seanmulligan1339]

King arthur rules even the most hallowed gods would feign at disturbing his Royal Barge🐇

[@SailingSatori]

Truth! 👑🐶

[@darthvato3303]

Do you guys know there's a nother yacht named Satory ? Just type "Oyster 745 Sailing ", and you'll see the one and half min vid.

[@TheTir1962]

Next time dont hunt water, hunt for containers and purification tabs and load your own and get yourself a small purification system so you can treat any fresh water source at hand. If systems go down for an extended period of time you will be prepared. If you have the ability store some your goods on land close by, small gen. and fuel in case the boat is lost. Think like a prepper!

[@melvincurtice]

Good video... But Irma happened last AUGUST! Are you really Seven months behind on publishing your videos?? Y'all might have retired from sailing 1/2 year ago and moved into your mountain cabin you built yourself by now! Am I missing something?

[@SailingSatori]

Irma was in September and yes we are 6 months behind. We are working on catching up closer to real time but it will be a couple months. And nope we are still cruising, chilling in the DR at the moment. 😎

[@phillydawg1313]

Ancient history...Like watching the superbowl over and over again? We know how it turns out. Who reads last years papers? Phuut!

[@SailingSatori]

Just telling our story, that’s all. Would be strange to skip over the most stressful and traumatic experience since owning the boat. Yeah, we did a couple live updates during the storm for our concerned viewers, but we are not a breaking news channel. This is more of a “behind the scenes” video showing what it’s like to go through a hurricane with a boat in the crosshairs. A unique and valuable experience worth sharing with existing and future cruisers. It’s like watching a documentary of an event that happened years prior, even though you know the outcome. But I wouldn’t compare our trial with one of the deadliest storms in history to a football game, or an old newspaper. Regardless, Thanks for watching!

[@HDRider1601]

Not watching this, prefer not to go backwards. Are you in need of content?

[@UkeOrPuke]

Only one whiny troll....much better than predicted

[@HDRider1601]

F**k you, not a troll I'm a long time subscriber and just prefer not to go backwards. Seems they are stretching for content.

[@UkeOrPuke]

Doesn't it suck when people who provide free entertainment for a couch sailor aren't on their schedule? Some people have lives