We Discovered a Secret 🤫

[@scarletbegonias2359]

Great job scaling those boulders, the reward was self evident.

[@MrJhchrist]

That kind of non-technical scrambling over rocks off-piste is one of my favorite activities ever. It's not "hard" like rock climbers would think of hard, but it is challenging in the sense that your body is forced to move in all dimensions, your brain is forced to puzzle solve and strategize in 4 dimensions... IDK, it just really wakes my brain and body up. Looked like a blast!

[@debbieraby]

I enjoy all the land exploration you are doing! Have you considered hiking sandals such as Keen? It might make your footing a bit more stable.

[@geraldtribbe6363]

I wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for keeping your channel apolitical. I am sure frustrations arise from some of current situations foist upon us. I come here to bask in the glory of your technical expertise, the stunning scenery, and your ability to edit it all into a package that is a joy to consume. Why anyone would want to tick off half their audience is beyond me. Thanks again for the refuge.

[@sailingrubyrose]

It sounds cliché but it’s true: we much prefer to focus on what unites us than what divides us.

[@JustMe-pp1mp]

@@sailingrubyrose AND that's why your so popular. Good on ya' and here's hoping you can stay that way.

[@ron343]

Well said if we want to see politics always we have to do is turn on the TV these two do a great job I can’t wait to see there new Boat!

[@JimMeredithSD]

Very nice, thank you.

[@mathewwhite9152]

beautiful. whitsundays continue to surprise

[@rumblechick73]

Lovely episode! The spider webs would have me crawling under.

[@americanbornwalkaway9110]

VERY cool Video GOOD for you Tyresa Great Hike for Sure

[@damienmills293]

Those rocks are beyond "slippery". They give you one tenth of a second of grip and then.... I didn't make it to the top either. Requires getting out of the gully... It is however a "climbers" paradise but you need to be equiped. REALLY equiped. Lovely seeing my walk through another's eyes.

[@SV-Flying-Tigress]

For an improved video: "here is our technique to install a safety line" we in the audience love the step-by how-to stuff when it can be reasonably incorporated. :) "Wind over tide" was a good break-out topic.

[@larrimos]

Masterful B roll. Well done.

[@johnmaliskey7951]

I've heard of Wind Over Tide but you 'splained it quite well ................. Thanks............... enjoy

[@MikeBanks2003]

I use a kellet or "Angel" in reef waters. I tie the kellet to the chain using a lark's head sling, and if push comes to shove and the kellet gets jammed, the sling will snap. The kellets I use are weight lifting weights bought second hand and cheaply, preferably with a long shaft eye bolt and two nuts and washers securing it. As you have already discovered, more scope means more coral heads wrapped in the chain. I never use nylon as a anchor cable in coral areas, but I will use it anywhere else with an unobstructed sea floor...

[@KevinKurka]

28 ft + / 8.5 M + tide swing here in Alaska, so three ft / one meter tides sound “easy peasy lemon squeeze” to quote Nick

[@TheBeggFamily]

Good idea to move to your second spot, much better! Glad you found the waterfall!

[@kevincarey1076]

Mmmmmmmmm Bacon!! You cant go wrong with bacon & egg sandwiches Nick! Another awesome episode guys. Fair winds and following seas Ruby Rose.

[@defel1]

I subscribed to your channel late in 2022 to watch your boat build. Just getting around to watching earlier episodes. I see the question you had about what formed the rocks you were walking along has been answered in an earlier comment by Bill Hollingshead. I live in southern California and have an interest in the geology of Australia, so this was a nice little taste of sailing and geology. I'm really liking your channel.

[@Catalina58601]

Its minus 2 degrees in North Dakota US today and this was a lovely diversion! Stunning and as always informative. Thanks!

[@sailingrubyrose]

Wow that’s cold 🥶

[@clarisd]

Same here in N.Italy minus 2

[@proangler1961]

@@clarisd yeah,but you’re in degrees Celsius. N Dakota is minus 2 Fahrenheit. Either way anything below 32F is too frickin cold

[@M-Swede]

I won't say what the temp is right now in South Florida. Safe to say it's not -2F. 😎

[@Catalina58601]

@@M-Swede Well I am comforted by the lack of people :-)

[@mariusgrobler4235]

Awesome waterfall to have a nice secluded shower

[@stevegibbons4639]

Thanks for the great content in this video folks. I show my wife in the hope that it will tempt her to embark on the great, yet simple pleasures you can enjoy sailing in the Whitsundays !

[@billhollinshead]

According to the geologic map on page 58 of "The Whitsunday Volcanic Province, Central Queensland, Australia: lithological and stratigraphic investigations of a silicic-dominated large igneous province", Hook Island's rocks are "Dacitic to rhyolitic ignimbrites, minor basalt to rhyolite lavas and phreatomagmatic deposits". The buff gray rocks you are walking upon at 15:02 look like a relatively soft dacitic lapilli tuff, which is a “phreatomagmatic deposit”. Its lapilli are the more resistant pebbles and small rocks that are eroding out of the tuff’s ash. Dacites and rhyolites tend to have more explosive eruptions when compared to basalts. Hawaii and the current eruption at La Palermo are examples of relatively docile basalt eruptions. For the tuff you were walking upon, imagine a shower of rocks and ash being ejected thousands of meters into the air from a volcano that was likely to be within kilometers of where you were. Sort of like Pompeii. Not a good place to be. A boat would be almost totaled by that tuff’s shower of rocks, and its ash could choke a person to death. The black-stained cap rock is hard to identify, but is likely to be a welded tuff (an ignimbrite) and probably contains more quartz/silica (is more rhyolitic than dacitic), which makes it more resistant to weathering when compared to the dacitic tuff. The welding is due to much higher temperatures, such as such as 600 degrees Centigrade. I can’t determine if the black stain is organic or a manganese leach or something else. Ignimbrites can travel at hundreds of kilometers per hour, and can spill over house-sized blocks and cliffs of that lapilli tuff. Sort of like Herculaneum, where its victims were quickly cooked to death on its beach. The ignimbrite is likely to go over water just as easily as going over land. I think a fiberglass boat would melt. But no worries, this all happened about 200 million years ago during the Jurassic, when the supercontinent Gondwanaland started to rift apart. For the Whitsundays, it was when the subcontinent Zealandia started its split away from Australia. I think a “Reunite Gondwanaland!” t-shirt or sticker is one of the better “inside jokes” for geologists, but I suspect Australians and New Zealanders may not agree😊.

[@donr416]

I wish you were teaching here in Denver, Colorado, USA.

[@MrJhchrist]

Reunite Gondwanaland!

[@stephenclarkMr]

This man rocks

[@nathanfreeman6622]

awesome to see that you both are great boat handlers, driving, rigging and rope work shared, top job.

[@MikeBanks2003]

Standing waves can be a problem in the Queensland tropical coast area. I experienced them off Gloucester Island. My trimaran had a width of over twenty feet, and it reached about one third of the way up the face of the waves we took on our quarter. With a lee shore, not much fun. In that area weather forecasts tend to be optimistic.

[@frankd2301]

Why do most catamarans have large mains and small jibs as compared with monohulls?

[@jimk9417]

Really enjoyed this episode. Well done N & T

[@cluso9985]

The Whitsunday Islands is certainly a beautiful place to cruise. However, there are many days of high winds, but there are always protected anchorages available from any wind direction. The charter companies do provide excellent tips to help the hirers stay safe. It’s fun to listen to the scheds. Even better if you’re on your own boat as you can explore other islands which are out of bounds for the charter boats. At the top of Hinchinbrook there is an outer island where the Batfish come up to the back of your boat to be hand fed! They like celery but not biscuits.

[@stuartcheyne1468]

Gave me great reminders of when I sailed the whitsundays. Amazing place.

[@BillChild2njoy]

What fun and knowledgeable people you are.. not a question. A statement of fact. You show it is worth listening to others such as charter company on hand people and being a bit picky about finding a better calmer bay to anchor in.

[@DaveHines1]

Nick had to roll that egg as you chose to eat it wearing a white top 😛🤣🤣🤣

[@paulreynolds2898]

So many great comments, just wish to say how much you have lifted my day :)

[@freddywulf2024]

Epic episode, I love the Whitsundays...so gorgeous! Love that you can fall in the ocean whilst just walking along the shore...sort of like Nikki Wynns...allergic to everything...but they've been stuck on the hard 6 months for Boat Repairs, FINALLY can get out adventuring,,, can't wait .....LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING!

[@sailingrubyrose]

🙏

[@jenniferlawrence1372]

The combination of the excellent music choices, the stunning scenery, and your photography skills makes me very sad that the Australia season will be coming to an end. I have loved seeing this country through your lens, both literally and figuratively.

[@sailingrubyrose]

Thank you Jennifer 🙏

[@tomriley5790]

Lovely episode, boat looks great! (Also 1:40 Busted! Tereysa knows you too well Nick :-)! ). As to the weather/conditions - 0C in London today just to put things in perspective for you ;-)!

[@howardbalfour7594]

Teresa you are looking beautiful and so happy is there something we don't know !!???

[@mm8ball]

Thoroughly enjoyed this episode!

[@patraic5241]

Best episode ever. You had me at "Bacon". 😁

[@sailingrubyrose]

🥓

[@williambremner9022]

We anchored in that very same spot some 7 years ago. Loved it! We spent a couple hours at low tides on that sand spit between Hayman Is and Stonehaven Bay...think it's called Langford...just sand-combing and looking at crabs and tiny shells and chilling. Superb spot! It always windy in the Whitsundays but the nights calm down. Love it!

[@jodymooney255]

So beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

[@MikeC19100]

Very Interesting! As you indicated, using blue floating anchor buoy’s in water like that area doesn’t really make sense does it? What is the best color buoy to see with choppy water like that? I couldn’t believe that you both were climbing around the rocks in your bare feet. I can’t do that, but then I never could either. The mini-waterfall was very relaxing from what came through on the video. Do you ever get underneath the water like that for a quick rinse or is that an ecological no, no in areas like that? The breakfast sandwiches looked awesome and they made my mouth water just watching Nick make them. It makes me want to get our Blackstone 22” griddle out of the RV and bring it to the house for the winter so I can do a few meals like you experience just about every day.

[@cphollingdale4412]

Doesn't matter how much time has passed, sometimes it takes a few months for me to check back in... same thing still applies... greatest intro song-cut on YT.

[@jeffreysearle2996]

Well that was a big bowl of fun 😋.

[@gregmiller4332]

I have to thank you both for another amazing video....so well done its almost like being there with you, which is great because it was -20 C when I went to work this morning (god I miss summer)

[@glenpeters955]

The waterfall really is beautiful and one of those hidden treasures of the Whitsunday's.

[@sailingrubyrose]

🙏

[@joshuajenkins]

I walked up that waterfall then thought the peak didn't look that far. 7 hours later we bush bashed down a different ravine. I was so happy to see the dinghy. Should have taken water and food.

[@Djdrew88]

Those rock formations were stunning, and waterfall was a bonus. Great episode.

[@sailingrubyrose]

🙏

[@stub2022]

Nice back bacon grill work, brother!! I don't care what anyone says. 😄😄😁

[@michaelhaardt5988]

The light of the sunset at 20:05 is so romantic, which new viewer could resist this kind subscription invitation, Terysa? :) Seriously, the photography is just at a new level since this season.

[@sailingrubyrose]

Thank you so much Michael, really appreciate the comment

[@mz2288]

Beautiful episode with wonderful vibe. Can see that both of you are feeling much more comfortable with the boat. Thanks for sharing info on the charter company - I would say that is fantastic customer service and keeps everyone safe. Enjoy, the area looks stunning. Greetings from cold rainy Netherlands 🇳🇱 .

[@bubbagail7450]

Great vid guys, that climb to the waterfall looked amazing. Glad for no bumps or bruise's. Take care.

[@donr416]

Love you guy's interactions.

[@billberry557]

Wonderful views and the loved the waterfall one of the interesting features is the water breaks and drop as if it were a shower. Thank you for bring us along to view.

[@stevepayne5404]

I loved the breakfast egg incident lol. I just knew that Terysa would’ end up with the “omelet” egg haha. I think most men would do that Great videos and awesome to watch your travels around the Whitsundays.

[@billdillard885]

Beautiful sunsets… spectacular rendezvous… Loving this Aussie Tour!

[@sailingrubyrose]

Thanks Bill!

[@ianhodgetts8266]

Ahh! said in true British form, Dilly Dalley, love it

[@holgerlafrenz2895]

Doing that kind of climbing over rocks, you really need some kind of water/hiking shoe.

[@reillywilloughby]

Is it weird that I, as an American, was raised under the impression that if you did anything in Australia you would get killed by the various snakes, sliders, crocodiles, jellyfish, great white sharks, etc. that infest the country? Yet here you are, exploring the jungle, searching for waterfalls. My secondhand anxiety is killing me watching this. Insanely beautiful, just don't get eaten.

[@MetalMike50]

They haven't been killed YET mind you

[@mrman487]

Now you just get thrown into concentration camps.

[@sparklepea]

The animals that kill most people in Australia are horses and cows closely followed by kangaroos

[@jimlofts5433]

@@sparklepea drop bears kill thousands of people each year / rumour has it / got to be tough to be an aussie

[@scottd8108]

We've been to America a few times now and haven't been shot at, what am I doing wrong!?

[@noelroberts9058]

Beautiful scenery to go along with great music. Keep up the great work.

[@bengtkorswing5279]

Thank you for naother great video

[@thefullmonte1902]

Nice episode. :)

[@paulhearn2857]

Stunning🤣

[@anthonybeck2384]

Love your work - brings back great memories of Whitsundays 👏🏻👏🏻

[@sailingrubyrose]

🙏

[@minibusadventures5483]

We love your adventures, not just on the water, but wondering and exploring on land…. Excluding falls and stick tapping snake bits… 😀 But love the boat, l have been a follower of Seawind back when they built them in Australia, looking at getting a 1000 or 1160 as there will be just Jack (🐶) and l most of the time…. Unless that lotto number comes up…. 😊 You guys, amongst a few others that l follow, keep the dream alive for us all…… Jack n Steve 🐶😎

[@davidh3194]

You made my Monday. Great videography, editing and beautiful scenery. What an adventure getting to the waterfall.

[@catherineb6561]

Beautiful waterfall! thanks for the video

[@richardshippful]

Beautiful video, excellent music.

[@cherylolsen4420]

Beautiful thank you 😎🇦🇺

[@sailingrubyrose]

🙏

[@RexWaldron]

The rolly egg was definitely a mistake styled out! Have you ever noticed that cats style out their mistakes, like if they fall off something, they make out that they meant it to happen and usually start washing themselves :) :)

[@anthonyrondolino8148]

This area is really an amazing place to cruise. Keep up the great videos. More commentary on the transition/differences going monohull to cat.

[@johnfoster3286]

Luved the vid. Re wind over tide start worrying when the dolphins are surfing without boards and grinning at you as you struggle to reef the main. Berry head (Brixham UK) about a month ago.

[@sailingrubyrose]

😬

[@bobbiejay2085]

A waterfall shower as reward I hope. Lovely little exclusive spot.

[@sailingrubyrose]

Very beautiful

[@wjhann4836]

Nick, nice information about the charter companies. How is that technically realized? My experience about radio range is pretty low. You seem to be also in an area with significant hills that give radio shadow. Is there something like relays?

[@chesterowen2255]

Great video,, thanks

[@brianbuchanan2414]

Yes, top notch video, well done

[@carolgale2590]

Excellent video as usual

[@sailingrubyrose]

Thank you Carol

[@davidzaharik5408]

You two crack me up.... you know there are some excellent beach shoes you can get that will be light and cool and give you both traction and protection! LOL... bare foot is cool on the beach.... man I hope we cross paths eventually

[@PolanyVegas]

Beautiful place! So I’m not sure I got it, how does a goat sound? ;-)

[@GhostYukon]

Absolutely stunning photography skills this channel is top-notch well done mates your fellow retired sailor from San Diego

[@musicsavesxlives]

Monthly cost of charting your boat or are mostly weekly? Learning a bunch on your channel!

[@SoundzAlive1]

Would have loved to see you both get under that waterfall but I guess it was a bit too cool for that. Andre

[@fa0712]

Curious why you guys never seem to use a mooring bridle? I was always taught to run dock lines from each bow through the mooring pennant and back to the bow. Keeps the boat more centered on the wind, and much cleaner and easier than handling a nasty, barnacle-covered & over-sized pennant on deck. Is that simply not how they do it down under?

[@blairtuckey9045]

Beautiful!

[@BrianSmith-ug2bu]

Did Nick post that promo shot without telling you.

[@Chambrs]

Loved it

[@rickemmet1104]

So beautiful - again! So the little hike was a bit intimidating, think what it must have been like for the early European explorers. Or even more extreme, the Polynesians 1500 years ago crossing the Pacific in double hulled canoes and proas! How the hell did they manage that?

[@robburrell5190]

Fantastic picture quality in this video. Are you filming in 4k or is my new TV really good at upscaling?

[@cmoreoverland6739]

Man, love your stuff.

[@2212db]

Blue balls suck. Beautiful scenery, I'll miss the end of this series but looking forward to what comes next.

[@dennismacdonald2003]

I use to not like Mondays but now I do, ty

[@jenniferlawrence1372]

I know, right? So many content creators upload on Sunday, but Monday is the day I get excited about.

[@IanKrigsman]

Somewhat spooky that we've done the reverse... Knocking bouys at Stonehaven, a non-stop at Blue Pearl Bay and clock-wise around Hayman into Butterfly Bay. :-) Somehow I knew you'd end with a sunset. Stonehaven never disappoints. Thanks!

[@sailingrubyrose]

Such a lovely part of the world.

[@IanKrigsman]

@@sailingrubyrose Indeed. BTW, there's a bright side sailing when you did with the likelihood of higher winds... at peak times you're playing musical chairs trying to find a bouy at either of these locations!

[@daveamies5031]

I was looking at that waterfall thinking "free fresh water shower" 🤣

[@sailingrubyrose]

Woo!

[@callicus2001]

Orange is the only color we don't have in nature! So they buoy should be orange!

[@ron343]

Those rock formations are so interesting

[@SamuelKTennis]

OK, I have held this inside for TOO LONG, Tyresa - WHY isn't it Nyck?!? OK, I have to admit it, the world would be a happier place if I had of held that in a little longer...

[@SailingJura]

Great video as always! i've wondered for a while does Nick play the instrumental guitar in your videos? Fairwinds from the Great Lakes of Canada, SV Jura

[@sailingrubyrose]

Hey mate! He doesn’t, no, but he’s recorded a few instrumentals that we might be able to use in the future 😊

[@GaryMCurran]

Absolutely wonderfu. I opened up Google Earth to see where you were. You said you going to Hayman Island, but I must have originally missed that you were going back to Hook Island. I only picked up on that when you shot the view over Nick's shoulder as he was looking at the chart plotter. Unfortunately, Google Earth didn't have the resolution for the area you were in, so I couldn't find the waterfall, but it was beautiful to see it on the video. Nick, one of the features of the 1260 is the ability to have the chart plotter inside the cabin and to open the window to access it from the helm seat. Will that also be a feture on Ruby Rose II? The penultimate video in this series, that kind of brings me sadness, but in a way I'm happy, as I hope the next videos are the final one in the this series will take you to Viet Nam and to see videos on RRII.

[@gbsailing9436]

Nice spot. I’ll bet with nobody about the clothes were ditched and a shower was had by the two of you under that beautiful waterfall! I know that’s what I would’ve done. It seems like such lovely sailing at the moment with the winds popping up the way they do up in the Whitsundays. You could just imagine however how insanely hot and uncomfortable it would be sitting around on the boat in the sunshine if there was no breeze at all. I’m so glad you guys having a wonderful time. Have you flown to Vietnam yet? How’s the boat coming along? Considering the tides here in Australia, i’m assuming you’re glad you’re going to have keels on RR2 so that you can always rest the boat on them without damaging the sale drives if you ever need to.

[@sailingrubyrose]

Real time update coming in a couple of weeks 😊

[@gbsailing9436]

@@sailingrubyrose sweet! Thanks for the reply.

[@damiantrotti1020]

Great video you two!

[@collegepros]

Beautiful. Do you two always climb rocks without shoes?

[@sailingrubyrose]

Haha yeah we didn’t have shoes with good grip so it was better being barefoot.

[@ron343]

Just curious where did they get the name Whitsundays?

[@stephengoswell682]

Captain Cook on the hms endever sight a large island with a passage he thought he could sail through on Whitsunday.

[@rjbetts767]

Awesome video!!

[@sailingrubyrose]

Thanks mate!