STRANDED on an ISLAND with NO WAY HOME! (real life)

[@theveteran765]

You guys aren't two sailors sailing you're two comedians sailing! Even when you screw up its funny. I look forward to watching every episode to see how you're going to screw up next. As always great video. 🇺🇲

[@dannyfoust3123]

Don't you two just love some of the adventures that life throws at us. Where would we be without them! I'll always remember that life begins with a dream. Kudos to you two for making it work!

[@FlyJFY]

This happened to us a couple of months ago down at Acklins in the Bahamas. Make sure you deflate the tubes and get all of the small micro seashells and sand particles out from between the tubes and the hull, otherwise you risk chafing or popping the tubes.

[@CaptainWillard830]

Great episode. Lots of lessons learned about preparedness. I like that you all carry a knife that looks like a Marine Corps K-Bar. You all adapted, improvised and overcame. You also didn’t panic and kept a positive attitude. You also clearly had plenty of water to drink. Love you still.

[@skyepilotte11]

It takes a good attitude to overcome issues...Great job.

[@tentimes4]

Very nice episode seeing how you deal with adversity, but how are you planning for the eventual next stranding? I'd suggest roll of fishing line, retractable dinghy wheels, a can of CRC throttle body air intake cleaner to clean water out of injectors and carbs, and a simple hand pump bailer kept at all times on the boat. You can easily venture more than 5 miles. You two are funny.

[@davidnichols147]

Marvelous! Can't wait for future episodes. Thank you both so much for sharing this episode.

[@vincentstevens1210]

I’ve only started watching your episodes and truly enjoy William’s creative solutions and Iliana’s wit and dry humor. You compliment each other.

[@DawnHunters]

Wow, thank you!❤️

[@sharkman5735]

Do you guys know why I like you so much? Because you have days just like mine!!!! Awesome attitudes. You two have the best attitudes of anyone I know!!!! I have a small bank of solar panels I carry in my grab and go bag. Stay the course my friends!

[@WalterKLamar]

You guys are the best , never a dull moment.😂

[@spikekavalench]

Glad that ended well, great lessons for everyone watching. Thanks!

[@jonathanscott550]

Thanks Guys a great video of what not to do when stranded on an Island. Very entertaining. Hope the engine was an easy fix that is if it actually needed fixing. Until next week safe sailing

[@Dstick1Spearfishing]

Lucky you were not on a remote Island. Stay safe, have fun! 🍻✋👊

[@jaysweeney2032]

you guys are great! i like to see what adventure your going to get into next.

[@1944chevytruck]

You need a bailing bucket in dingy at all times. maybe get a bailing pump also?

[@akelagulab6674]

You are the best couple, I seen both of you smiling without any nervousness... Go ahead 👍 beautiful couple

[@mikemessina6710]

Some friendly advice, I always keep a couple of fenders (some people call them bumpers) in my tender to put under the hull to easily roll the boat on or off the beach. Hope this helps''''''

[@spikeafrican8797]

You guys are a riot! Love the channel.

[@tom080955]

Forget moose n squirrel….now your the skipper and Gillian! 🤣🥰😘

[@BH-by5ky]

Definitely a learning experience for you. You may be able to get a sail and leeboards for your dinghy. There are some suppliers that offer kits for a number of different inflatable dinghy’s. Not perfect or super efficient but perfect when an engine quits. You can get fuel water filter separators for outboards, particularly useful when operating in areas where fuel is often contaminated. Most outboard manufacturers offer OEM versions. Danger Marine has a KZbin channel where they show just this sort of installation for an outboard.

[@earlashton1342]

You only needed to turn the bow into the waves. And when coming into a beach with waves back in and let the bow do it's job. I hope this helps. A bow anchor & stern anchor would have prevented that happening.

[@robhertle4110]

So...an anchor on the dinghy and anchoring nose out at the beach when there's waves is a good idea. Bale buckets are mandatory. A bilge pump is good too. But you had each other so that was the best thing. Fun adventure to watch anyway. Thanks.

[@DawnHunters]

Thank you. Read other post response I did regarding anchor. Capt W

[@robhertle4110]

@@DawnHunters Got it

[@bernddette4119]

Hi guys, thanks for the excellent footage and highly entertaining presentation. Guess what you guys need is a lighter dinghy with retractable wheels at the stern. This you can pull up the beach and the incident would not have happened. Your present dinghy is fine and comfortable for areas with infrastructure , i.e. where you can always land at a dock or jetty. Best presently seems to be the OC Tender from New Zealand, but expensive.

[@wileyboles4179]

The more I watch you the more I Love You Both,, Glad you liked the picture of the wooden ship,, hand held electric pump cheap but a life saver !!

[@michaelfilipkowski6683]

I recognize this beach! It appears you were on Normans Cay where the dinghy filled with water! Beautiful spot! Just go have a drink at MacDuffs and chill! Haha love the videos guys! Keep them coming! Every time the yacht I work on is over there I’m always keeping a lookout for you guys!

[@rjgillens2637]

Really, William, can you think of anyone better to be stranded with?

[@BH-by5ky]

Bailers, and oars are essential equipment and should be tied onto your dinghy. Old bleach bottles are perfect. Correct, once dinghy is moving the capillary action will suck out the water through drain plugs.

[@Ridingrules10000]

Looks like a kayak bilge pump would come in handy on the dinghy.

[@craigkepchar2619]

William keeps coming up with ways to save the day. You're a real McGiver. Yana looked stunning the morning after, sleeping with the bugs under the stars brings out your beauty. You need to do it from time to time! Great episode, much love to you both.

[@teeoff007]

This is one of your best videos. Hopefully motor was an easy fix

[@timferguson7498]

Nice vid's Enjoy living,,,,, because life can throw you a elbow.

[@RickFuhrmann]

I swear you 2 are my fav on this silly planet💜⚓️🌴😎

[@DawnHunters]

I hope you are counting hours till your boat life starts 😈 iana

[@zino6310]

OMG!!! LUVYALL SO MUCH AND THIS VID IS HILARIOUS!!!!!! I AM SO GLAD I FOUND YOUR CHANNEL!! MAKES MY WEEKEND!!! 🤣👍👍❤️❤️❤️🤣🤣👍❤️👍❤️⛵❤️👍👍🤔😂🤣❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍🤣🤣😅😂⛵❤️

[@DawnHunters]

Zino!!!! You have the best comments. Fully enthusiastic!! Thank you for being here with us Capt W and Iana

[@EdmundRobinson]

You guys need to put transom wheels on the dingy so it can be pulled up past the waterline.

[@royhindmarsh4087]

you need a good sand anchor 10 or 12 meters out cheak the tide before you hit the sand

[@pooyarad]

William, Must always have a little bildge kit. even manual.

[@팝콘-p3y]

환상적인 섬이네요...

[@nautichunt84]

Reminds me of Gilligan but is Lana Ginger or Mary Ann? 😂😂😂 This is the problem with injection on boat motors, if it was carby fed you could just drain the bowl and off you go. Good luck with it

[@christip20]

Don’t forget something to bail with! Love these adventures!

[@amantediclemsonsmoth7923]

Just joined. Love the video. Yall are such a cute couple.

[@mikecooper877]

William look out for tics, they love palm fronds!? Well in Florida they do!😎😎🥴

[@MT-xl8jy]

Love this video Hate you had trouble Exhausting Lessons learned

[@yorkieboy239]

Hi guys just watched this episode , great by the way ,I have the same dinghy, but I thought it had bilge pump built in , or did water kill battery ,

[@toservewithlove1]

You guys are awesome.

[@DawnHunters]

Thank You!

[@shiningirisheyes]

Yes as a 30 ft boat owner with 6 ft 20 kg no motor dingy so only puff power I arrange equipment for shore in case I can't get back to boat but so far a few close calls from strong winds currents etc over many months at anchor I always got back but might have to row miles upwind so as to be able to change back to down wind rowing .Been lucky never missed the boat in the dark as always left light on and hit the target .For your dingy a small 6 hp with its own inbuilt tank should be able to go the 5 miles to get back to your boat . 6 hp internal 1/3 USA gallon tank 2 stroke should get about 6 miles and 4 stroke about 8 miles at 4 mph . Good to find out the best cruise range of main motor oon the dingy and back up motor as typical 15 hp camn often go more mpg at slow planning speeds like 10 mph than slow speeds of 4 mph when not over loaded with 2 people or the weight of something like lots of gear or 4 people . If very heavy then boat speeds of ,4 mph on slow will work better .Also clip on beach type wheels to transom could help move boat .Also some sausage fender can act as roller wheels for keel on the beach or at a pinch cut down tree branches and put under keel . PWorse is if engine breaks down and wind blows you offshore good to have everything to survive on the dingy water tent cover food fishing gear for small solar panel to keep telephone radio going and if possible satalite solutions eperb often available with life jackets .Assume this boat is your emergency boat if main ship sinks and have everything always stored on it or near to hand to throw into it after it has been launched . Lots of 5 liter water containers filled to 4 liter mark tied together will float beside dingy stay cooler and act as sea anchor drogues and reduce risks to loose all water in as 20 liter container . Kite sail can help speed up boat to go down wind when wind directions suit the direction you want to go to get back to land or some other target

[@DawnHunters]

Good day Sir I now rank your comment as one of the best ever. Your advice and input is very valuable information. We have been thinking if options aside from traditional inflatable dingy as gas is super hard to locate in many areas, dirty and has water in it often, inflatable tubes always a concern when anchoring near rocks or tied to a piling with shells or nails. Again Thank You. Capt W ,

[@JulianJacobs100]

You guys, awesome. ❤️😎

[@DawnHunters]

Thank you Julian!

[@mikemcquinn6738]

Well as they say…Sh..Happens!!! Glad all turned out well!!!

[@robhowen]

What a way to capture your challenges! I enjoy your videos. I just got my first Spirit 1.0 Plus electric tender motor because I did not want to have to deal with gasoline given my engines and genset are diesel. Would I have been in equal but different trouble? Don't know. Time will tell. Take care and keep producing those videos.

[@DawnHunters]

Hello Rob To be honest the electric would not have been a problem. Zero gas plus your battery is up high from the water. You would have bailed out the water and went home. We are now using the Spirit 1.0 as our backup. Works great. Good luck boating. Capt W and Iana

[@robhowen]

@@DawnHunters Nice to hear that you are using the Spirit as well. Have you used it enough to have any runtime experience? The specs suggest it can go for several hours as long as you are not running at full speed for long periods. My inflatable is a small two-bench 9-footer.

[@HopeOfJoe]

OMG 😱 🎉 You two are a blast 🎉🎉🎉 See you next time.✨ 🌊 💨 ⛵️ 🏝️ 👙 🌞 ✨

[@michaelcarron3418]

You should get a shame to strain the water out of the gas. A container like a small bucket and a funnel, keep this in the skiff at all times. A bungie cord to hold the shame around the bucket. Then a small 1 gallon jug with a hose to connect back to the motor. All this would be needed. Be nice to have a spark plug wrench to take plugs out and push the water out of the cylinders. That engine will need to be flushed out from all that salt.

[@arottie4097]

W0W!

[@philipthemechanic5782]

That video was really cool :)

[@enricogaleazzi7454]

A little help from Tony Pompei's "Little Italy"? 😊👍 

[@DawnHunters]

Yes for sure

[@davidhakes3884]

I wonder does your outboard have a BAILER hose? I buy the bailer style outboards,,,,, start engine, hose on engine bails out the boat.

[@matthager138]

I think if you can find a solar water pump . As an emergency back up .incase that happens. Problem solved ; ) just an idea hi 5 love your vids

[@davewilliams639]

Fun times in the Bahamas!

[@DawnHunters]

Exactly right lol

[@jamesbell8529]

Take the shroud off the outboard and use it as a scoop.

[@Erica_Brenda]

I learned, plug the hole in the gas can when you are away from the dingy. lol

[@dwightwheeler6806]

you need to keep a set of paddles (oars) in your boat for this kind of problem, then you can row home.

[@DawnHunters]

Dwight We have paddles in the dingy. Rowing over 5 miles in wind and high current is not real smart. Being pulled out to sea between sharp rocks is a far greater danger than staying on the island looking for help

[@st-px3zv]

Just pack a bucket to bail-out !!!!! dawwww.... LOL!

[@randymittan7494]

What to carry? A small solar charger or a battery pack for dead batteries.

[@fredbear2648]

I turn the bow into the waves on my dinghy.

[@Erica_Brenda]

careful... scorpions like to nest in the palm frons - Well they do in Las Vegas NV I am not sure about other places

[@DawnHunters]

Omg! That’s a good thing to know! Thank you for the tip!

[@artsmith103]

And close gas vent and thru-hulls when not being used.

[@marcbloch1963]

Love your war face paint 🤣

[@johnnylawson69]

Mosquitos swarm me also. Not my son or my wife.

[@ryleelewis]

Oars should be a priority. Are you going to consider putting wheels on the dinghy?

[@DawnHunters]

We have oars but to row over 5 miles with current flowing into the ocean from Exuma bay would be a death wish for sure. Wheels will be the next purchase !! Capt W and Iana

[@morriscorreia7282]

Fun in the sun 😂

[@DawnHunters]

Indeed 😅

[@georgeroach7499]

Really Funny.

[@DawnHunters]

Thank you George! Wasn’t funny to W at all though 😂 mr serious - I had to record the whole thing while he was screaming put the camera down and keep bailing 😂😂😂 there would be no video ☝🏼

[@georgeroach7499]

@Sailing Dawn Hunters lol,,Well you did a great job.

[@jphomes82]

at least you were the professor and the movie star and not gilligan and mrs. howell.

[@Arizonaman30]

How many pounds? 420? I dunno 😅😂 You know these guys are having fun when...

[@leonaessens4399]

OK, this is now officially the funniest "sailing" channel on KZbin...

[@DawnHunters]

Haha ❤️😅 life is crazy!

[@andrewthompson2380]

What about oars and rowing.

[@deepthinker1918]

I still haven't figured out who Dawn Hunter is

[@ЛюсяУварова-ъ4д]

❤😊🎉

[@williamrandall1415]

Keep your eyes open for a diesel outboard

[@DawnHunters]

😂👋🏻

[@blackfish7163]

time to buy an anchor buddy

[@DawnHunters]

Blackfish So correct but none to be found in the islands. Things we take for granted in other places don’t exist here. If a store has one anchor and they sell it could be months before a store gets a second one. We had an anchor in our other dingy that was traded for this one but anchor was not moved under the seat. Found out after leaving the US. Finally located one- a small anchor which is 12.00 in the states was 75.00!!!!! Here. Well 75.00 is better than being stranded all night so yes we now have one. Thank you for the comment Capt W and Iana

[@AnDrey-wf4gl]

Dawn what happened 🤣🤣

[@nautichunt84]

It may pay to put a water trap/filter on the tender

[@williamrandall1415]

Pull the drain plug and run it at full throttle.

[@DawnHunters]

Was so full of water could not get on plane. Did not work at any speed. We had no idea the under seat compartment was full to the top and no drain. Capt W

[@svtinker]

The failure of the waterproof bag is disturbing. Can you share what brand it is and what solution you have found for replacement?

[@DawnHunters]

Hello friend! The bags didn’t really fail, our seat compartment didn’t have a drained hole, so all the bags were submersed. And none of these bags are submersible, only waterproof (per their manual) which means you can quickly dunk them in the water or/and they will float ok on the surface if not too heavy. But there are few really submersible bags on the market which have the word “submersible” in their description and they are expensive ($200+). There is couple of submersible items from yeti and fishpond. After this situation I’ve decided to invest in a submersible backpack and a sling from fishpond. Can’t rely on these wet bags for valuable things.

[@svtinker]

@@DawnHunters thanks for the info.

[@DawnHunters]

Hope that helps ❤️⛵️

[@Captain_Evinrude]

Buy a 1986-1994 Boston Whaler Sport or Super Sport.....I have restored 138 Boston Whalers during my career.

[@whome146]

Why didnt you sleep on the porch of the restaurant?

[@steve84113]

Those boats don't have bilge pumps???

[@DawnHunters]

Bilge pump plugged with sand. ☹️😤

[@steve84113]

@Sailing Dawn Hunters oh no! Good times. Glad your safe!

[@GaryBrowder-kw2iq]

And yet gilligan has perfect signals on the phone and unlimited texting but can’t get off a island

[@DawnHunters]

Gary Not true- phones with 1 bar 3g can’t call anyone and were dead after 3 hours as when in roaming mode iPhone batteries only last a fraction of the time. Even if phones were working who would you call?? This is not like other locations where seatow or boat us comes to your rescue. In our ditch bag we always have a radio but could not raise anyone on any channel. There was a restaurant nearby so the next morning we found a Manager who was kind enough to call the Warden and ask if he could come get us. 4 hours later the Warden arrived. And yes we had oars in the boat but to row 5 miles with swift ocean currents between islands is not real smart. Back on the boat we have Starlink so that keeps us online. Curious have you ever been to a remote island other than as a tourist? Capt W

[@brucebaum1458]

Very standard to run dingy with drain plug open to drain water,like really elementary, kinda scary running engine out of water,wrecks water pump within seconds, are you guys just pulling our legs?

[@flyingtoaster1427]

Is this why early Polynesians did not depend on vinyl and outboard motors...? esp w/o SNL MacGruber skills lol.. and no communication except this rare video .. forget the paved road

[@DawnHunters]

Lol what’s your point exactly?

[@flyingtoaster1427]

@@DawnHunters And why do you ask?

[@DawnHunters]

Maybe because you commented on my video and this is the platform where creators can respond to comments???? iana

[@flyingtoaster1427]

​@@DawnHunters fyi, our gdaughter says that your video is a lot better than a lot. .. Now to me that makes no sense but to her it does..! So i may have to subscribe. WYW!

[@stevenr8606]

Ah 🏝😴😴, even 🐜 & 🐛 😴 sleep... let's not talk about 🐍 😳 LEARN !!!! If it ain't one thing, it's another 🙃 Stay safe.

[@DawnHunters]

Always learn on a boat lol.

[@Stepdaddy8969]

Are you guys back to where you can monetize your videos?

[@marierelph6808]

Give your self time you will learn how to survive

[@andreybogatyrev6892]

Вы крепкие орешки )

[@lloydbrown9327]

Some people should not have boats! Why didn't you turn the dingy around, use your paddle, push it out in deep water and go!

[@DawnHunters]

Hello Lloyd Have you ever had a dingy, and one beached on an island facing the Atlantic ocean? And have you tried to row one filled with 500 pounds of water? Oh and have you gotten to the part where gas was full of water, thus injection system has water which could damage a new motor with 4 hours total run time. Just checking if you are a lake person, ocean person, sofa person. Let me know. Capt W

[@5jonemetienetv88]

👀🇵🇷

[@allpal3077]

тема сисек не раскрыта

[@georgeniebergall7074]

Captain nothing nothing I wouldn’t mind being stranded with a beautiful woman like that but you should have the brains not to ever do something like that. Thank God you’re safe and this is actually a pretty good video, but in real life don’t ever do that. Good luck.

[@DawnHunters]

George. Stranded 5.5 miles from our boat, nightfall, heavy current flow out to the ocean from Exuma ocean side did not give us any other option. Trust me slept with one eye open, knife in hand and a second dan prepared to take on whatever may have come our way. The rocks were high with 270 degrees of cover/protection so only way to us was up the rock ledge. Thank you thou for your concern and comments- for sure will not venture far from the boat in near future. Capt W

[@flyingtoaster1427]

What the hell are Caucasians doing in the tropics or subtropics? There is something wrong with them.

[@DawnHunters]

Now we are really concerned!!! All this time I thought we were Bahamian. 😫

[@flyingtoaster1427]

@@DawnHunters Hope you get to be a bit Cuban too

[@fireburn8211]

The water kill the spark plugs . Alway keep extras .

[@DawnHunters]

Hello and Thank you for the advice. Getting some as soon we locate some in the islands. Capt W