Sailing Into The Rio Dulce For Hurricane Season - UNTIE THE LINES II #25

After sailing around 1.000nm since leaving Panama, KARL is finally reaching the Rio Dulce in Guatemala, where we will spend the hurricane season. We had a nice and fresh last sail from Guanaja and entered into the Rio, where we motored through a limestone canyon covered with lush green forest - breathtaking!
We parked Karl in Mar Marine and after a short break (me flying home, not a break in UNTIE THE LINES, no worries ;)) it will be time for some boat work during hurricane season!
Ahoy, Nike & Karl
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[@dtonvista]

When in strange and or dangerous waters, you will always to do your best to protect yourself. Your videos always show us online the better places to anchor any find both food and adventure

[@lorrainerobichaud1438]

les acadians one again a nice movie thank for sharing it with us and have a nice trip back home whit karl.

[@LoveShackBBQ]

Nike, you had some beautiful shots on this one. I especially liked the view from up high on Karl's mast. Thank you for having us all on your journey. Sailing and boating in general is my passion. And to see you and Karl grow together as one, is a true joy. If you all ever make it to Florida, please feel free to call on me. I'd love to help fix Karl up and be a small part of your journey.

[@Vandivervida]

Thanks for continuing to carry us along on your journey! Always look forward to upcoming videos!

[@sailingvesselsouthernlady447]

Thanks for sharing! Beautiful scenery. Looking forward to hear about your upcoming KARL projects.

[@gogs1468]

Beautiful area, would not mind sitting out Hurricane season there.

[@doniadonovan6867]

Such beautiful places, have a safe trip home. Thanks for everything you share with us...

[@christiancowboy100]

It's more fun watching your videos with a bottle of Wine, I love you all for fulfilling your dreams and keeping mine alive.

[@mikeskor6230]

It is a beautiful river canyon. Some interesting footage of Antigua, Guatemala. Thank you for an enjoyable video.

[@Jmmondeau]

Its great to see your sunburn has healed. And your hair looks wonderful. Glad to see your boyfriend is helping you. Have fun in Germany and don't worry about the boat work. It will always be there. This video was really wonderful. There was so much detail in the shots that I had to pause the video just to take it all in. My Sister in law is from Guatemala.

[@RoyClare]

Hey, Nike - this video even exceeds your best so far! Congratulations - it has everything going for it, so much enjoyment and interest and information. Have the best possible time at home - and hasten back to resume the voyage .... so inspiring, assisting me to plan ahead for my own ambitious plans for 2017. Roy

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Good luck for your plans, +Roy Clare! Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@troyreynolds4520]

Another great video. You're living the life we all want.

[@MrTatts64]

Hope you have a good trip home, your friends wedding is everything they dream of and your return to Karl is both "uneventful" and happy. Good luck and all the best :)

[@svbluehighway]

Watching this while sitting in Shelter Bay. Fun to see these areas via our eyes after seeing it on your videos last year. Fair winds!

[@windsorien4130]

Thank you for that great vlog, Beautiful scenery. Have a safe trip.

[@caicaraskiki]

When I was 13 my family returned from Tegucigalpa to Washington, D.C. on the Pan American Highway. We ventured over to Antigua to check it out. I just remember hearing about the volcanoes. We got lost in the jungle when Dad tried to take a short cut he heard about from a local resident. Good times. Thanks for the videos.

[@paulhawkins65]

Your best video yet! thanks for sharing

[@andrewayres7322]

Thank you Nike great video, thank you for sharing..

[@davidezanchi579]

Hey Nike, great videos! Thank you for inspiring me and my friends! Just coupe of points: - Lesson 1: better to spend more money but get a relative good boat. You never know, but still... - We like this Matthieu guy really a lot and you look way happier in these videos and in general when he is around. Keep him, you can share this journey together! And maybe beyond :) Cheers from CH

[@verynearlyaboutsailing8114]

Excellent episode. I had a quick look back to the very first one to see how far you have come. I hope it feels like all your hard work has paid off. Nice too that M finally has a speaking part.

[@SailingwiththeFoxwellFamily]

stunning photography as ever. very inspiring

[@ericpeyret1]

Jolie balade bien rythmée par cette musique latino🐟🐳

[@theislandpackrat]

Have a great trip home! enjoy the wedding.

[@carlmic7]

thank you, It was beautiful!

[@Viewminder1]

You go girl!

[@lancedaniels]

Thanks for sharing.

[@RicardoWeitzel]

great video, thanks for sharing..

[@RoyalStifler]

awesome !

[@mosbysmen]

great video

[@janklaassen4214]

rio dulce is one of the most beautyfull place for sailors,many stop there and never come back at your countries¡¡¡¡¡¡

[@AKorigami]

Be safe on your side trip!

[@thall0790]

Have a great time home with friends.

[@kjelljohansson3403]

Once again a nice movie thanks for sharing it with us and have a nice trip back home,I might see you around in rio dulce I just put a deposit on a sail boat " yesterday " after many years of KZbin and dreams. I will be going over at the end of March to meet her and do a lot of refitting and repair jobs !!!

[@fishin4bogey]

+Kjell Johansson We want pictures!!

[@kjelljohansson3403]

+Ken James how do I reply with a picture!!

[@kjelljohansson3403]

+Ken James a KP 44 1977

[@fishin4bogey]

Nice !!!!!

[@TimCooper20]

There is a 13M Reinke for sale at Bruno's Marina if you get a chance to take a look!

[@brianjackson529]

The GoPro has to be worth at least a FEW extra euro just because it's been onboard Karl (and used by the famous Captain Nike)!

[@HighFlight2k2]

Did you have any form of protection from pirates if it were to be necessary?

[@Nimashet]

Glad you made it out of Port. Wish you would link the music you use in the videos.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

U can always find the music at the end of the video :) and there is also a "soundtrack" playlist listed on my channel... Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@penneysautomotiverepairsin5768]

Great job Nike. Can you tell us more about your ride up river in the Rio Dulce? Was it shallow in places? Could you sail the entire distance if you wanted to? Any hazards on the way? that type of thing.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Hi +Penney's Automotive Service Center Inc., well, at the entrance, there is this bar...and you need to go over that at high tide...Karl and me did not have to worry too much cause we only have 1,3m draft...;). Sailing all the way up, hm...depends on your boat, I guess. Usually, in the evenings, the wind will come from the east, so that would be good to sail up. But it does turn around a bit, the Rio that is...You can defenitely sail the Lago Golfete part. If you stay in the middle of the Rio, depth seems pretty fine. There is a couple of more shallow parts...but usually you will see sticks pointing out...or by simple logic you can figure it out (where rivers mouth into it, corners etc.). And I think it is mostly sand, so it won't be too much of a hard bump if you do hit the ground ;). There is lots of fisher nets, so you have to watch out for those. They are hanging on tiny little styrophome bits that you sometimes don't see until you are pretty close, so watch out for those. Apart from that, not really any other hazards I could think of. There are tons of little bays and rivers to explore, and of course, Lago Izabal. You will see more of that in the upcoming videos :) Guatemala is really beautiful and the people are great, so go check it out!! Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@w4447]

+WhiteSpotPirates Thank You Nike. The Rio Dulce is a popular destination to cruise to and live aboard known to Floridians.

[@steventhomas7504]

Great video, do you have AIS, most anybody can monitor it to find somebody.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

I only have a receiver, no transmitter...:)

[@iman80skid91]

Hi there... How are you obtaining the visas for each country... Are some e visa And others purchased at when entering the port?

[@billleskeep2033]

During times when you've got to be away, how did you arrange for Karl's security?

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Hi +William McCoy, when I leave him by himself, I usually dock him in a marina. It just lets me sleep a bit better ;) Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@hannuk3717]

Hi. I was thinking that if I can criticize, I can as well give some ideas. Up to you if you see them as useful in future. I don´t have much sailing experience but my interest has grown during the last 6 months. Who know if I will do 180 deg turn in my life and go sailing. Now I just try to increase my knowledge base. I have learned that sailing is a very technical performance if you start looking at small details. Fast and lightweight boats continue sailing while heavy and robust boats must start engine in light wind conditions. In various wave conditions some boats follow waves smoothly while other boats hit the waves hard depending of keel and hull construction and other features of the boat. When staying at anchor, some boats start rolling heavily from left to right when another boats feels nothing. It would be interesting to hear how your boat behaves in different wind and sail combinations. What speeds you can achieve etc... Maybe you don´t have experience from many other types of boats so you could compare but you can tell about this specific boat that you have now. Basically I hope that you could tell more what technical stuff is happening onboard on passages and if you encounter any interesting regulations and rules while crossing country borders etc. Have a nice day ))

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Hi +Hannu K, I'll try to include some of that in my next sailing video. Have a nice day as well, Nike & Karl

[@shulmanrabinfamilymovies7351]

how did you get to the Rio Dulce--it looks "land locked"?

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Hi +Diane Rabin, you can enter the Rio Dulce from the Atlantic coast. If you zoom in a little on Google Maps, then you can see the entry just close to Livingston. Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@jeffzana4907]

Bonjour, j’ai découvert ta chaine You tube par hasard et j’ai avaler les 118 videos en 3 jours merci pour les bon moments que tu ma fait revivre bonne continuation pour ton voyage. Merci. Ps combient de troue que tu s effectuer sur le bateau

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Bonjour +jeff Zana, je croix que treize troue...mais je ne suis pas sur... Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@deankoch7305]

Pretty cool chic. Kises.

[@vomKuckucksfelsen]

Eine Frage - was kostet so ein Musiktitel wenn man ihn für KZbin Videos verwendet? Schönes Video!

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Hi +vomKuckucksfelsen, es gibt Titel, die man kostenlos verwenden darf, solange man sie nicht kommerziell verwendet. Das läuft dann meist unter ner creative commons Lizenz, soweit ich weiß ;). Musst mal ein bisschen googeln zu "gemafreie musik" o.ä. Hoffe, das hilft :) Bei komerziellen Lizenzen bezahlt man glaub ich nach Verwendungszweck / Reichweite, bin mir da aber auch nicht so sicher... Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@vomKuckucksfelsen]

Ja ne achso ... meine Frage zielte daher dass ich der Annahme bin, dass das deine Videos durchaus komerziell sind (machst ja Werbung für deinen Patreon Account welcher dir beim Lebensunterhalt hilft) und was ähnliches vorhabe... Ja schad, dachte du hättest dich damit beschäftigt so gut wie deine Videos sind... Trotzdem danke für die Antwort! Und eigentlich könnte jeder Tag Freitag sein :D Ahoy, die Landratte Carl :D

[@WakeforMe]

TIL: In Antigua 1+1=3 :D

[@robertobellocchi1836]

And Fedex is Guatex;)

[@Bestiverhad]

Love your videos, but please take a minute to give whoever chose the music for this installment, a nice healthy rap on the side of their head. =^)

[@skyking228]

Did you name your boat after the German philosopher Karl Marx?

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

No, does not have anything to do with Karl Marx. Karl means "husband" and "the free one" and I thought at would fit perfectly for my sea companion :) Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@richardblackdog3966]

"There's a lot more I could tell you but I'll squeeze more money out of you Patrons by making you wait till ... next week" - all for things that happened months ago anyway.

[@hannuk3717]

Hi. There is a few interesting and well done sailing documentaries in KZbin that I have followed. I accidentally saw your videos from season 1 and got very interested to see how you will manage to sail solo. How it will be mentally and practically. In your first videos you claim that this will be a solo sailing experience. Now in season 2 I can already see that there is constantly a man in the background on your boat. Now I feel very disappointed because in my meaning there is a big difference between sailing alone and in company. Maybe many " patrons" want to support you financially because they believe that you sail alone. Now you slightly deceive them. Your videos will be interesting even if you have friend/boyfriend with you, but maybe you should be truthful at least to them who send you money. Do you have any comment to this? Did I misunderstand something? I wish you good luck anyway. It is awesome to be able to just leave everything and just go ))

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Hi +Hannu K, you had posted this comment on another video as well, so I will copy my reply if you don't mind. KARL is my boat and I am trying to be able to sail him single handed, that is still my goal. But I also said from the beginning that I was not after any extremes and that I did not know how long this was going to go or in what way (who can say that about their future anyways?). In my opinion, it is normal, that if you meet people in life that you get along with well, you want to spend time with them. Just because I have a You Tube documentary that started off as a solo sailing documentary it means I have to stick to it for the rest of my life? And it means I cannot sail with others to learn from them so I feel well prepared to take off by myself again? I have to say that I dislike your choice of wording, saying I was deceiving people. If I sail solo, I sail solo, if with crew, with crew. I am not hiding that in any way, so where is the deceit? If someone decides to support my videos, they do it COMPLETELY voluntarily. If someone decides that if someone is sailing with me, they do not want to support my videos anymore, they can click a button and the money stops coming. They could even decide to pay for those where I sail solo but not for those where I don't. I am not forcing anyone to pay anything here. All the videos are free of charge to watch on You Tube. So feel free to watch them if you enjoy them, if you don't, then just don't. Pretty simple in my eyes :) And, just another note on the topic. When I bought my boat, I had sailed maybe 2.000nm, which is not a lot. I did not have much experience about sailing. And still I wanted to try to sail solo. But along the way, I realized that it would do me good to sail with crew for some time. Which does not mean I will give up the attempt of solo sailing. If you are interested in how someone is trying to single hand...than this is my way of doing it...! Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@hannuk3717]

Ok. yes. I first commented another video but it was from 2015 and I was not sure if message came to you. So I wrote again. Thank´s for your reply. I understand that you started alone but met him somewhere during your journey. Very normal thing. But the thing that started to disturb me was that you still in videos give impression that you are very much alone and do things by yourself. In reality you now sail as a couple and he helps you in everything. Maybe financially also-who knows. Maybe you should bring him more to daylight in videos.Now that people who support you with money, maybe should be aware of your real status. Anyway....your videos are interesting to watch and I will continue ))))

[@hannuk3717]

----maybe I will clarify my point little more and then we can leave this subject. Your personal life-who you sail with is totally your personal thing. I am thinking completely from supporters side of view.There are many groups of people who sail around the world. Everybody have different story to tell. Common for these companies is however that almost everyone need or at least hope for financial support from viewers.I believe that people who follow these stories and decide to give their support will make a choice who to give money to. Totally voluntarily, of course.I think that there is a big difference if a woman is sailing alone and struggling alone with all kinds of problems...or if there is bigger company who sail together. I would personally give my support to this solo sailing woman. If then later I would notice that this woman only give impression that she sail alone in order to get supporters sympathies and in reality have company with her- I would maybe feel sorry. Of course your journey is long and many things will be different than what you planned in the beginning. Maybe later there will more friends who sail with you in your boat.....I hope that you understand what I mean in my text )))I will give a practical example from fantasy: Maybe you would in one video tell how you decided to change your rig...and do it alone. You wonder how you can do it but anyway decide to try for yourself. You show in 10 min video with tools in your hand how you untie screws and start the work. In reality you have hired 5 men to do the work and you go to nearby hotel with boyfriend to rest. In the evening you zip pina-colada on terrace when workers fix your boat. When rig is changed, you post new video where you tell how hard work it was and how your body is tired of all work. Now maybe many people would feel sorry for you and send lots of money...voluntarily of course...but would your story be a truthful story? Now I don't say that this would happen but only one example of how it could be....Ok..have a nice journey.....I am curious to see if you will present your company in future videos ))

[@hannuk3717]

+WhiteSpotPirates Hannu K 7 minutes ago Sorry..something happened with first part of my text. Maybe text was too long and you only receive last part......I am not so familiar with youtube stuff )) I will write first part again -otherwise everything looks stupid:I wanted to clarify my thoughts little more....Your personal life is totally up to you. Where and with who you sail with. I am only thinking from supporters point of view. There is many groups of people who sail around the world. Everybody have different story to tell. Common for all companies is however that almost everyone need or hope for financial support from viewers. I believe that people who follow these stories and decide to give support, will make a choice who to give money to. Totally voluntarily of course. I think that there is big difference if a woman is sailing alone and struggling with all kinds of problems by herself ...or if there is a company with several people sailing together. I would personally give my support to this solo sailing woman. If I later would notice that this woman only give impression of sailing alone-only to get sympathy of viewers, I would feel sad.....(now let´s see where my text ends whe I press enter)......

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Hi Hannu K, honstely, I think I do not have to tell people about my fincancial situation at all. People are supporting my videos because they know that there is a lot of work that needs to be done to do them and they enjoy seeing them and that is why they support them financially. It's like going to the cinema more or less. If you go to the cinema, you don't expect the movie maker to tell you how much money he has...acutally, you are quite aware he has quite a bit and still you pay...;) I have always mentioned when Matthieu or others came on board and I have always said "we" if there was other people than just me involved. I have never hidden it when people have helped me, why would I? Without all the people I met along the way that have helped me, I would not be where I am now, because I did not know much at the beginning. If you did not get to see enough of the handsome Matthieu and would have liked to see him more in videos, now THAT I can totally understand ;) ;) Also, I am not sure if you are aware of it, but I sailed around 700nm solo in season 2, way more than I did in season 1. Anyways, I hope I could clarify my point of view towards this topic. Ahoy, Nike & Karl