Sailing from Ua Pou to Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas | Episode 209

[@saildreamer]

Forget the banana bread, just love the banana spinnaker 🤣🤣🤣

[@WEsail]

Ya same- we LOVE her!

[@californiakayaker]

Really good view of the Sailrite Walking Foot at 1:59 You need a "broken drone" with a flight release (from DJI) like mine. I can fly anywhere with my "broken Samsung S8". I say its broken because it won't pick up any cell signals, and it will pick up a little wifi but not much. I must say that making such a great friend on this Island is very unique. I've watched 10 channels explore this island without making such a friend . Pretty amazing that you could do that.

[@rayb3117]

I am glad you moved to re-anchor. Coral is too precious to lose...thank you.

[@WEsail]

Completely agree, we felt bad but there was never any reports of this spot having coral, just glad we checked

[@david_shih]

*dude you're a pro with that sewing machine! and that manta footage was epic....are they just everywhere or what?*

[@bobbie7355]

Rooster in the sky 🐓@22:45

[@peterasacker5948]

Great video, descriptions, humor and man is he buttering you up...he must have bought something..hahahaha

[@yahyadervis4706]

Thanks to you guys❤❤❤💙💙💜⚓⛵beautiful⛵☀🌊🌊🏆🏆🥇🥇We love you❤❤❤

[@fatumurimaute8133]

Super traversée que vous avez effectué ❤kaoha kotou

[@bravofighter]

Erica is gorgeous, but that’s not why we watch, Bro. We watch because you guys are awesome and genuine, you’re not ashamed of your bodies, you’re not afraid to make longer videos and the quality is very high.

[@sirfixalot]

I second this. Don’t watch because of a clickbait thumbnail or just to see Erica. Ça n’est pas désagréable non plus ;) Love you both from a semi US/FR also… and named Erik

[@willmiddleton9199]

Just discovered y'all and I LOVE your stuff ! I had the great pleasure of sailing for many weeks across the middle third of the Pacific from the Society Islands to Tonga and then Fiji back in the late 90s on a boat (that was named for my father) that was doing a circumnavigation. Such a healthy lifestyle - I grew up on sailboats (and sportfishers and jonboats) on the coast of South Carolina. My time in the S Pacific was the experience of a lifetime and all of my boat mates on that trip said that the Marquesas were by far the most beautiful islands EVER. I will follow y'all for sure as I am old, and a cancer survivor, and don't really have hopes to adventure like that again. So I will live vicariously through you and others. Good winds and calm seas to you ! Keep living the dream !

[@larryva4260]

Thanks for another great video. Sometimes it is good to get whistled at, right. Looks so beautiful there.

[@WEsail]

It really is! LOL

[@aquatictn]

Diggin it, another thumbs up from me!

[@derrickboscombe2385]

Another great video ended of spectacularly with the manta rays.👏

[@SailingwithScott]

LUCKY!

[@WilliamArblaster-w1o]

Always great to share another week of WE Sail...glad your revisiting adventures are fun and exciting...ciao

[@steveking6204]

Great video you all

[@dougsmith3942]

Love that optimism keep up the fun tude

[@callanderbarbers]

brilliant video

[@DYoung-vt8pq]

Safe travels! ❤️

[@philnewman9552]

Thanks for another great video it took me away.

[@Stephan_01]

♥️♥️🥰🥰

[@georgemouliere8151]

So beautiful

[@TheMarlai]

A new day with beautiful dreams! 🙏

[@markpearce911]

Luv it! Great vid u guys...!

[@rosiegreddogyachts4135]

Palm and needle makes fast work of the thickness areas. Old ways are good ways. Keep that old sail and paint it for spare at least.

[@averagejoe1943]

I love when you guys are enjoying the beauty around you, and “forget “ that you’re recording. I can hear the South Pacific calling me!!! Thanks for letting me live my dreams through your travels!

[@robertlaird6746]

1st

[@Flattopk2]

Y’all are living my best life(in my fantasies)😁thanks for the glimpse Erica,,,WARREN you’re okay too🤙

[@WEsail]

Hahaha thank you LOL 😆

[@jimcooper1790]

Fantastic!

[@deniseguajardo3511]

Truly don’t know what I would do without your weekly episodes ♥️Thank you so much for taking us along with you 🤗

[@MrFroglips69]

Another groovy episode. Beautiful filming of the islands, high rocky coastline, shots of you two sailing, the ocean and of course, the sea life. Loved it all.

[@stevewakefield5001]

Wow, thanks! Fun scenery, amazing place to be! Cannot wait until next WEdnesday!!

[@davem1716]

Nice drone retrieval ! Beautiful shots.

[@rosiegreddogyachts4135]

I KNOW that the Sunbrella covers can be replaced by simple Home Depot Behr house paint. This paint is made with high quantities of titanium dioxide, which blocks UV (why it’s good for your house) . I am a sailmaker with fifty years working with commercial and recreational sail and have used this on my own sails with great results. Weight is removed, the roll is smaller, flogging is reduced. You apply it thinned in several light coats so there is no build-up that can craze. This is EXACTLY what the UV protecting adhesive backed materials are coated with as told to me by development engineers at the fabric manufacturer. Titanium dioxide. Pure UV block. And the paint can be color matched. This paint can be also used on any fabric that decays in the sun. The next time your older sail gets worn leech cover, you might consider simply removing it and getting a soft roller and paint as a fix. And if it looks to wear, repaint it. I expect this sounds whacky, but it works and has been well tested, especially by the Experimental Aircraft Association who did the original real testing to protect their Dacron wing surfaces from solar degradation. I love that you take care of your own sails on board. When i was voyaging in the 70’s i supported myself doing sail repairs off me deck. I would tie up to the quay in Papeete and work for a week and then cruise for many weeks with the money made. That served me in Hawaii, Mexico, FP, and NZ. You make your skills work for you and are to be admired for being so independent.

[@OnkelDude]

Keep the in-feed flat & straight. Put a couple cushions under your bum to raise the operator's position. And...have a "sewing beer" after completion. 🙂

[@RNVOS]

You guys rock ! Love your videos and how in death they are! ❤ from 🇨🇦

[@mford9029]

Amazing. Enjoy! Thank you

[@donaldbrown9437]

Beautiful island! Thanks for sharing!

[@WEsail]

Thanks for watching

[@finnvatne461]

Great videos guys. What a stunning place.

[@geoffstrebel2808]

@2:56 And... yet no Imodium A-D. Keep your friends close WeSail, and your enemies closer... ;)

[@Steve-Debs]

I can sense a complex coming on, Honey,Darling, Beautiful, Gorgeous, what do ya think Warren. Stop believing all the comments. Lol.

[@jimlofts5433]

really - a 45 minute sail qualifies for a passage beer - liking it

[@richardbecker5614]

Stunning, simply stunning! Yes Warren, Erica and the island scenery. These are beautiful islands and I thank you for doing such a great job filming them. Special thanks too for caring about where your anchor and chain are. You do great work.

[@WEsail]

Wow thank you very much!! We really appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment!!

[@ovifsmrt]

Definitely though that drone was for the sea! Good you did not loose it. I think the obstacle avoidance was kicking in and it was bailing on you. Haha I also held my breath that whole time.

[@WEsail]

Ya it’s a nail biter most of the time LOL

[@charliebrown8278]

I just HAD to watch this as soon as it dropped today. So no mango and yoghurt, no beer. But 100% enjoyment!! So fun to see you touring with Animal Cracker. Everything’s better with friends. And Warren, don’t worry. We love watching Erica but the projects you work on are worth their weight in… um… memory chips. That is as manly a sewing machine as I’ve ever seen. An under water welder would be proud to be seen using that puppy. Just not for welding. Nice job on getting Precision Sails onboard for the new jib! (Autocorrect tried to change jib to job. Don’t you DARE get a job. Your job is to make us happy). Great filming, great editing. Great people. ❤

[@tdiddle8950]

It's not likely to be the soil composition that clouds the water in the Marquesas, rather, it's more likely the mountains. With rainfall onto mountains, runoff accelerates significantly, causing increased erosion leading to cloudy water. That is why atolls, like the Tuamotus, have crystal-clear water: because they are so low in elevation that runoff cannot accelerate and effect erosion.

[@tdiddle8950]

I never know when to quit, but this is all SO very fascinating. Few people realize that atmospheric currents also play a very significant role in sedimentation. Sandstorms in Africa cause so-called dust intrution, which tranports dust (that becomes nutritive sediment), because of the rotation of the Earth, all along the eastern coast of the Americas. This feeds coastal wetland ecosystems (like in the US) but is also well known for bringing nutrients into the Amazom basin, meaning that the most amazing Amazon basin rainforest wouldn't be what it is without sandstorms occurring in "seamingly" desolate places in Africa.

[@WEsail]

Haha no worries, love the comments and information for sure!! All very interesting, what is your background??

[@tdiddle8950]

@WEsail I am an uncredentialed, autodidactic explorer of knowledge and experience. Thinking and learning is very pleasurable to me, so I do it a lot. LOL...but so true. If you think of the attention that some people put into jobs and then watching TV and that I put that sort of energy into learning (not schooling), then who I am makes some sort of sense. Perhaps what my current goal is would be more demonstrative of who I am. I have spent thirty plus years seeking to understand the meaning of experience. This has transpired completely on my own, with no academic assistance. It would have been very easy for me to go into academics, but I sought to forge my own path. Now, I'm at the precipice of starting my own KZbin channel, which I envision to be a forum for discussing the spiritual nature of existence.

[@tdiddle8950]

I did go on my own great adventure where I left everything behind and just hit the road. This was in the US, but there's so much to see everywhere. It was an amazing experience and something which I very much hope I can repeat.

[@tdiddle8950]

@WEsail I use you guys and other KZbinrs that I love to follow as an example to demonstrate how wonderful life can be if you follow your dreams.

[@tdiddle8950]

@WEsail But then I thought, perhaps you would like to know about my career choices? I haven't worked a job in over 20 years, but at my apex (socially speaking), I was a project coordinator with Parsons Brinkerhoff, which is a global engineering firm founded in something like 1885. That sounds like something, and in the regular world it is, but it speaks very little to who I am.

[@OurCabinInThewoods]

I loved the look at those islands. Don't worry you're not going to bore us just keep making videos

[@davidnichols147]

Amazing, a true delight for us viewing the French Polynesia Island with you beautiful people as our guide. Where would we be every week without the gorgeous views from your superb cinematography and lovely sound. We pray safe travel as you complete this portion of your passage. Thanks to all the local's for the marvelous fruit and a chance to dream of distant shores.

[@teeoff007]

Love watching mantas. Gorgeous drone videos

[@jonathanscott550]

Wow the Marquesas are so beautiful. It's like you are in prehistoric beginning of time dinosaurs era. Yes the water's seem murky, but like you mentioned earlier in video is most likely soil, Volcanic soils all natural. Enjoy yourselves

[@DCGULL01]

Warren, it wiuld be AWESOME, to have a storm or heavy air sail. Lots 'O peeps take their scary sails-have them re-stitched, new canvas installed, luff & foot (all much cheaper than a new Precision sail). Having that under the bow under the berth is huge piece of mind. I know you're super frustrated over the 10' you got done, but- don't throw our that safety back up!!!

[@billskelton3701]

Allergic to bananas. Guess I would starve. Not allergic to fish though. Eat like a king. Love the still shots you throw in. More please.

[@tdiddle8950]

Not to say that soil composition isn't a factor, because it most certainly is, but there are so many factors. Anywhere silt is deposited into the water, that's likely to make for cloudy water. Where sand is deposited, A.KA. beaches as opposed to coastal wetlands, generally clearer water. When it comes to runoff, the tides and currents are a big factor. Oftentimes with runoff, you will notice cloudier water as the tide is coming in, which is because the incoming tide "pins" the sediment laden runoff water to the coast. With an outgoing tide, the water will generally be much clearer. But, the ecosystem of the specific coastal area can have a big impact on water clarity as well. This is because significant ecosystems, like well-developed coral reef systems have a substantial effect on water clarity because of dense filter-feeder populations. In a very global way, water clarity is also affected by currents which are subject to the rotation of the Earth...but that explanation, we'll thankfully leave for another day. But if you look at satellite photography, it's very easy to see that the watershed of major rivers (the alluvial fan, so to speak) is always cloudy. Cheers! Love you guys.

[@rogercouzens3150]

What a great video Guys, loved the scenery!

[@merlinbroaddus]

Okay, couple things. First, WARREN!!! With the beard and mustache, how hard is it to get a good seal on the mask? Second, yes, we like seeing Erica, but I, for one, enjoy the things you teach and show as well!! LOVE your sense of humor! And lastly, those Mantas look big from here!! Are you sure they are smaller??? THANK YOU BOTH!!!!

[@WEsail]

Well awesome, thank YOU! The beard is a strange thing, similarly others have had issues with leaking but for whatever reason I just don’t have that many issues…

[@WEsail]

Thanks for watching and commenting!!

[@merlinbroaddus]

@WEsail I have to ask, because I too have a face full of hair! So I figured the PRO is the person so ask!!! THANKS!!!!!

[@peterfrebold]

.... loved the sunrise rooster at 22:46 good capture .... hey Warren, with the drone, do you fly with the obstacle avoidance option on, just curious if it was staying away from the standing rigging ... thx for the share .. as always .. never stop dreaming, just dream bigger .. have fun be safe, save our oceans .....

[@WEsail]

Hey thanks as usual Peter!! And no I turn it off because it makes it very difficult to catch the drone if the obstacle avoidance is on

[@ralph9987]

I am curious as to what you exchanged for all the fruit that you were given?

[@Emilevwyk]

Good video, do you mind sharing your water collection system

[@ericjohnson2335]

Hi guys, the new video looks great! Did you get a new camera? Yes, you are capturing the beauty of the islands for us! Cheers! Thanks for sharing.

[@WEsail]

Hey Eric thanks man!! We did get a new camera- it’s a Sony a7 IV

[@davidchristner6522]

How are the subs still at 34k you guys are bad ass and haven't sacrificed your family to the algorithm gods I guess

[@rhondavalenzuela4571]

Fantastic video, what’s your favorite island so far?

[@WEsail]

Well thank you, and MAN, that’s a tough one LOL! I would think either Fatu Hiva or Ua Pou, both are rugged and stunning!!

[@argonautnz]

Hello from New Zealand. We love watching your vlogs each week. Thank for for the hard work you put in! Will you visit New Zealand when you come across the pacific? Also are able to share what video editor you use? We are starting out and want to make sure we get this right. All the best, please look us up if you come this way. Mike

[@WEsail]

Hey Mike yep we are absolutely heading to NZ, still about a year out but then we will be there about a year! And ya sure- we use Adobe Premiere Pro, it’s definitely one of the best editing programs out there, but also one of the most complex I believe… there is also Final Cut Pro, and a few others that would also treat you right! Good luck!! Stay in touch and we’ll meet up

[@SailingHorizons]

Wow these videos are from April?? Holy moly I thought ya'll had Starlink and could do up to date vid's now!

[@WEsail]

Haha no I wish!! We seem to be the last to get Starlink, maybe in the next few months 🤞

[@SailingHorizons]

@@WEsail It would be so great to watch real time sailing or just anchored daily life :) You guys put the dream in my heart to sail off to French Polynesia and away from the craziness in the states

[@tdiddle8950]

Is it possible to believe that trouble in paradise is actually no trouble at all?

[@tdiddle8950]

When a person dealing with physical systems uses the word "sacrificial," they are GOOD at engineering. When a pre-columbian Maya or Aztec used the word "sacrificial," it meant something totally different. :-D

[@thomasthornton5737]

😃👍👍👍❤

[@corporateair4853]

Is that a JUKI ? Machine

[@my09ultra]

What's the deal with the speed of your video 209 guys???

[@WEsail]

How do you mean?

[@geoffstrebel2808]

@8:15 Funk dat. Epoxy it. Roll the epoxy into the fiber and up against the plastic.

[@bobbie7355]

Why do you not check before you drop? And then check after you drop?

[@WEsail]

Ya it’s a good idea, we do that a lot in the Tuamotus but it’s never been necessary in the marquesas till now

[@Steve-Debs]

Pre drill and use needle by hand.

[@keylimers]

How bout this: tat-too-many

[@lizgizmo1385]

Why don’t you guys just Import the boat to French Polynesia?

[@messaoudhajji7471]

Hi everyone, another very charming episode, impregnated with lots of sensuality, perhaps you found yourself after your friends' reception, which amplified the desire and longing, after all that's what friends are for. Don't stop telling Ericka she's "Lovely", because it's the only truth. see you and take care.

[@WEsail]

Haha deal, you bet!! Cheers and thanks

[@pmorph]

Okay.... as Chairman of the internationally recognised CAAF (Catamarans Are Always Faster), you video has been reported to me for gross violations of our charter.... As this appears to be your first offence we are assuming that a) you had a major malfunction in your sails, b) you were inadvertently dragging 3-4 large buckets behind you that were slowing you down or c) there was some on-board emergency (major ingress of water, orcas chewing off your rudders, knocking over the coffee pot etc) that you had to attend to. If any of these were the case we are happy to let this go. However, it does appear that your biggest crime, is not, just letting a monohull overtake you, it is VIDEOING IT AND PUTTING IT UP ON YOUR KZbin CHANNEL... How on earth do you expect us to maintain the expectations that catamarans are always faster and superior?...,and any race (as you correctly say 'any two boats near each other') is always won by the Cat.... ? We await your reply....

[@WEsail]

Aaaahahahaha this was one of the funniest comments we have ever gotten!! Man thank you for that, we needed a good laugh!! Our official response is that WE are not sure why we aren’t faster- I mean we should be smoking them but we are hoping that it’s due to three things: a little bit of bottom growth built up, not having folding props, and lastly, we are pretty loaded down with everything we want to be happy (bikes, dive gear, dive compressor, paddle boards, surf boards, spares for everything, extra sails, etc)… sorry we have let you down, we will work on it 🫡

[@pmorph]

@@WEsail Phew! very pleased to hear! clearly you just need a bigger boat to keep the stuff on! Phil