Unexpected Problem while Exploring Tahuata & Hiva Oa French Polynesia

Follow our families journey as we plan to Circumnavigate the Globe in 3-4 years on a budget of $4,300/mo. We left the US in October 2023 and plan to visit 26 countries and 6 continents.
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[@jamesyoungblood9041]

I just binge watched your entire journey from the beginning and am finally caught up. Great job! Such an amazing accomplishment crossing the Pacific Ocean in your own boat. Wow! 🎉⛵️

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

Thank you so much!! We have come so far in the past 202 days since leaving the USA. The sense of accomplishment is AMAZING!!! Doing that long crossing makes shorter sails seem so easy!

[@ricke555]

Congrats another great video. Beautiful scenery and love hearing about the amazing sailing community.

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

Thank you very much! It is incredibly beautiful & the sailing community is AMAZING!

[@caromarco6315]

Great to have support around you with your inverter!

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

Absolutely! It was crazy how much support this community offers! This is what the world should be like.

[@phil6746]

Congratulations! Y’all are such an inspiration! Thanks for taking us along.

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

Thanks for following our journey!

[@crowdfundcrew]

Love to see Rob’s excitement for sailing your own boat to new places. Definitely something not many will ever do. Donate for a Dream

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

We do too! Thank you for watching!

[@RickParsons-ci5te]

So good to see all those smiles, you guys overcame that long passage and should be really proud of yourselves. Prayers for a smooth FP visit.......enjoy your time there. More adventures await Team Paradise Falls.

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

Thank you so much! We are thoroughly enjoying FP!!

[@ntechtravel]

Great video, In the future, can you show us more of the technical stuff like how you remove the inverter. I like watching the technical side of boatlife. .

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

Will do! It was a very low point and it’s hard to remember to bring out the camera. Should be getting it. Back in the next 2wks in Tahiti and I’ll have Rob show that. Thanks for your suggestion!

[@BellsRidesAboardSeaBoss]

How exciting! I'm so happy for you guys and remind Davis to stay humble even though he is world famous, lol He was so stinking cute.

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

He’s quite a character that kid!!!😊

[@keithbores4146]

Absolutely fricken so proud of y’all! I can only imagine all that blue for so long and then all that green. You are doing an amazing job! Can’t wait to be passing in your wake. Maybe we will link up in the med in a few years!

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

That would be awesome!!!

[@mapoz1509]

So excited for you! So fun to see Rob moved by realizing the dream. You’re all an inspiration, and can’t wait to follow your path one of these days. (Love how you also keep it real, warts and all.)

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

Thank you very much for following along!!

[@PaulLue]

Wow, beautiful landscape. Nice job capturing the beauty with your camera.

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

French Polynesia is amazing! Hoping to do it justice! I’m trying but so much to learn!

[@juliazentner681]

Never a dull moment! Sucks about the inverter! Any idea when or even where you would get it back? 🙏 Prayers to your safety and good times!

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

The inverter is currently in Ft Lauderdale being assessed. Hopefully, we will find out next week when we can expect that one to be fixed our a replacement to be sent😊

[@jg.legend5060]

One day I'll get there....dreams do come true...congratulations ....TELL me this, what is one thing you wish you had on the boat for the crossing?

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

Folding props - would have saved us about 6 days!! We had just about everything else😊

[@user-pe6hh4rp6c]

Great job for sailing the Pacific. Have fun in French Polynesia.

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

Thank you very much!

[@Boody523]

And Yes Tony, Laurent, and Just Cats are awesome

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

We agree!!

[@TradeWindgng]

👏👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

😊⛵️🫶🏻

[@bettiehall2833]

Beautiful island!

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

Yes, it was!! Great place to explore after being a sea😊

[@TheDiverJim]

So was this 7 years of working up to this point? Or just dreaming? Would really love to understand people’s timelines from decision to execution and the milestones it took. Our main focus for the last 2 years is trying to get boat money, now we are working on training too.

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

We discovered this lifestyle and made it a goal 7 years ago, we trimmed our budget and started actively saving towards it with the idea to do this when Davis graduated. We moved it up after COVID.

[@TheDiverJim]

@@SailingParadiseFalls that’s amazing. If you guys get to a point where i could pay you guys for an hr or 2 of your time for a call to talk budget estimates and strategies, I would really be grateful.

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

Check out our Patreon page - we are happy to help😊

[@TheDiverJim]

@@SailingParadiseFalls working on talking wife back into it. We had a horrible experience with our training and now she wants to give it up

[@merilynkron8750]

Enjoyable video.

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@juliazentner681]

I've known people use every inch of 300 ft chain they have anchoring there. They'd also say every one anchors to close and drags.. I hope you are ok and have bunches of fun!

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

We used almost 275ft in Fatu Hiva but other places have been much less. Yes, people anchor very close 😊

[@johnh.5779]

Great video

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

Thanks for watching!

[@Boody523]

We have a 2023 Leopard, and our Quattro 5k blew twice, both while running the generator. In Georgetown, several other boats of different makes had the same problem. Sounds like a bad batch of Quattros

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

That really stinks!!! Hoping to hear news about our this week. I miss my 110v power!!

[@Boody523]

@@SailingParadiseFalls I bought a 3000 multiplus and it’s been flawless when the Quattro has been down. Easy swap out just no shore power option. $1200

[@KevinMoss72]

Question for you two. After your first long passage, would you still recommend the Leopard - assuming, of course, you get the folding props?

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

Absolutely! Our buddy boat was also a Leopard 45 but 2021. We both felt very confident and safe during our crossings.

[@TheDiverJim]

So what was the deal with the check in person you guys paid? Did you guys have to pay everything again?

[@SailingParadiseFalls]

No, they just took several days after arrival to contact us. Check in fees with them was $500 for 90 days.

[@TheDiverJim]

@@SailingParadiseFalls ok, i was worried they took money and ran. Guess it was just the lax island mindset. Can’t wait. Looks so beautiful there. Reminds me of Kauai.