We Left our Boat in the Tropics. Here's what we Found!

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Ben. Ashley. Willa. Bodhi.

[@drewodessa2483]

Pro tip: To prevent mold, mildew, fungus, etc. get some colloidal silver (like a gal+) and make a 10% solution with water. Spray it over everything before storage. The water will evaporate and the silver will permanently protect the surfaces.

[@coldpotatoes2556]

Was thinking there must be some spray on product to protect for long term storage?

[@adamstuart1531]

This is awesome! I've followed you two from before you had the kids. Everyone looks so happy and healthy. ❤ this looks like an amazing life

[@becoming-humble8745]

Yes you are right about your children. I remember when my daughter Isla ( island 🏝️ in Spanish) turned 2. Kids are talking and their personalities come out. Captain Willa is literally going to be the captain. What a great way to grow up. Love watching your children growing up with you both. Never mind any of the negative comments some people send, they probably won't cross the street 😂. It was so perfect Ben talking about being chosen. I was going to say how nice it was that you sent that clip to the chosen one on Parley Revival ( Stephen) . Take care always ❤️

[@1sweetmess]

I breathed a sigh of relief with you all as the boat was moved and successfully launched. I can imagine the feeling of being back home and in your happy place.

[@tammieparrishmiller3669]

You have literally become our favorite channel and family! Willa and Bodie have grown so much and you guys are the best sailing parents. I would trust you with my own if I had any!

[@nooneanybodyknows7912]

Such a lovely video of your boat life. Will and Bohdi running on the deck in the pouring rain. Priceless! Welcome home. ⛵️ Thanks for sharing.

[@wheniamhome]

That is what it is all about. Living a life you choose. So awesome to be able to do it with a partner and children. Wishing a time of restful cruising filled with peace and joy.

[@challanger275]

They have plenty of money. What’s a little inconvenience?

[@vicdebeer2375]

From a fellow Canadian (ex South African) Enjoy the life folks, life goes by so quickly that, before you realize it, you have to look at the alternative to sailing. I started in Durban, South Africa in 1986 when my son was 15 months old. Now I am 74 and currently planning my last trip from Luperón DR to Mexico, where I will most likely retire, ….. trying to share a life between Nova Scotia and Mexico. A life at sea cannot be replaced, ever, by life on land but, with old age, comes the loss of agility and the ability to keep on top of the inevitable boat work……. enjoy it with your girls, even though they are young, and may not remember everything, you are creating a base,w high they will always remember

[@bc-guy852]

Nahoa is where you 'raised your KZbin family' too! So great that you're back home. I can barely wait for the next chapters. So happy to be along for the journey. Thank you for sharing!

[@createandliveyourbestlife]

Hi, a quick thought for you in Nassau - Paradise Island, the Atlantis Resort has a great pool and swim river the kids would love. It's a fantastic Resort, with an Aquarium, and ponds throughout the Resort all very cool for kids to enjoy, and there is a Giant Chair which is a great place to have family photos. Loved Nassau Zoo as well as the fabulous small animals the kids can feed the Flamingo March and Walz performance is wonderful and the birds love it. SAFE SEAS AND SAIL, Beautiful Vessel by the way - wonderful you are sharing with us ❤️👏🏻🙏🏻🙋🏻‍♀️🇦🇺

[@susanc.8009]

A dehumidifier that drains into the sink and then out of the boat would run off the solar panels everyday in the tropics. Button the boat up to keep the moisture out. I’ve used one for years in FL with no mildew inside. You don’t let it drain into the bilge because it will stink.

[@abcangirl]

😂 Sooo excited for the next leg of your journeys. As a Canadian reading the comments, I know why people like you so much. I guess I finally see that you are the epitome of being Canadian.❤ and that's why you are so appealing to so many. I really am so excited for the future. And like all of us I adore watching your children grow and experience this wonderful lifestyle. I so look forward to Sunday morning sitting with my coffee and watching the next episode. Lots of love to you all.

[@RiverWoods111]

I don't know if you have tried this, but spray vinegar everywhere and wipe it down. Don't wash it off! You would want to do this both inside and out. It is a trick that I use on things that tend to mildew and mold. I would test it on a small inconspicuous spot on the gel coat before doing the whole boat, but it shouldn't be strong enough to do anything.

[@stephenmacleod8524]

Great episode guys! Good to see you back onboard.

[@yachticus]

that is such a brilliant environment for the children - two engaged parents - it takes a fair bit of effort on your part - but the best- and so many experiences to negotiate.

[@rw2578]

My fav boating channel... I have seen so many channels and they start out great but become more and more commercial / Like they try to top the last vid every single time and it becomes un natural, forced. your channel just stays at the same pace telling it as it is. I think it helps others make a decision about choosing this lifestyle, if its for them or not. Just day to day lie is exiting enough and interesting enough. I get sick of click bait like we almost sunk our boat only to find nothing even close happened. I see a lot of channels with bikinis as the thumb nail and as great as that might be its same old same. Just a simple family living a normal life works better for me at least. Bad explanation from me but this channel I feel shows how life for me on a boat would look. Well done.

[@highvibe4839]

You’ve got that so right! All the same Corporate companies 🙄 doing their deals with sailors, it’s become so tedious, I just fast forward through the banter now. Got to say I’m looking forward to ash and Ben out on their kites, teaching the kids how to swim and snorkel, and once again immersing us into cultures of countries they visit, that those other sailors choose not to do, so big Kudos to Nahoa for keeping it authentic and doing their own thang!

[@pollypitchford1884]

Ok, it’s official. You as individuals and you as parents have my vote (aka - heart❤). My ex crappy boyfriend left me with one redeeming thing: introducing me to a handful of sailing Vlogs, yours being one. I’ve “thumbs upped “ you guys for years now but this heartfully and artfully crafted video flipped my switch to become a patron🎉 Excited for your slow down immersion into family and fun in the next year!

[@highvibe4839]

😂🎉❤

[@emsalsa9385]

There is a glitch in the matrix. Bodhi is still crawling and Willa should not be speaking like an adult. Who are they and what have you done with your real kids?!

[@jonathanvince8173]

So glad you are all ok and things working out.

[@WillN2Go1]

Very useful video for a boat owner. When I went sailing for three months on someone else's boat, I put the big dehumidifier over my galley sink, plugged it in, left it running, and the sink thruhull open. The previous owner I'd inherited it from had it at 60%, I put it at 50% hoping to dry out the distant corners a bit. (Next I think I'll leave some fans running.) My friends' catamaran I sailed on,spent our last week before arriving in Victoria, BC, in thick fog, everything inside streaming water... They bought two dehumidifiers one for each ama. I wonder if it might be possible to rig up one solar panel to run a low voltage dehumidifier. Put mesh over the one or two thruhulls it (they) drain into (if it's on the hard). I also have this idea..... that someone should train a dog to find those hidden spots where the boat stink lurks. As I dig deeper and deeper into my Hunter I only see dryness, but I also see these holes beyond the nearly inaccessible holes.... (I know when Aladino on Sailing Magic Carpet finished tearing out all the interior furniture, walls etc in their project boat he found a puddle of water that had probably been there for decades.) And your AC hole. Good idea. My friends on their Seawind 1260 did something I think is brilliant. They cut a big ~10 cm hole in the hanging cabinets of each cabin, then they installed a low voltage very quiet computer fan on exhaust. Then they drilled holes from the hanging cabinet to the other cabinets and down into the bilge and up the other side. Now there is a constant steady movement of air through all the otherwise blind spaces. I would've thought, that the blind storage I packed my clean clothes int, should be no problem at all. It's sealed, my clothes are packed in. Nope. After that week of fog, even the clothes deep in the middle smelled like mildew. (On my boat I've just removed all the bed linen to the fore cabin, washed it. Washed some of it again. Now I'll store it in large heavy duty trash bags until it's used. For my clothes I made white silnylon drybags that go around the bins I use. Works pretty good. with the bins inside it's not like rummaging around in a bag looking, it's open it up, look in. The white silnylon lets in a lot of light. I seal the seams. I learned that if a drybag is flimsy, use a strip of webbing across at least one side of the opening, makes it easier to open and close. And these bags will probably never really get soaked, so close is good enough.

[@carenclemmons5002]

So filled with joy to witness this video. I’ve missed your smiling faces last wk but I gotta say that the way yall planned your season away from the boat was nice: didn’t leave me without contact to your loving family very long. Although I had hoped to see more of your homeland, a country I’ve always loved-so many trees and all, not covered up in cemented city clothing and all. Your lives are art, I know yall believe it. Refreshing and enviable. I’m glad you saved that time for yourselves and family n friends. Couldn’t love y’all much more if I kept you in my shirt pocket. Thanks for making our lives better by getting to witness ‘the wind beneath your wings.’ May the powers that be always lead your steps, floating and otherwise. 👩‍🌾🧜‍♀️🐌🕊️

[@ramosteddy0687]

8:28 im for this slow steady blessed family thank u for who and how u are keep on keeping ❤

[@daleevans3250]

So glad to see you'll back. I have missed watching the kids grow.

[@dannysteele4013]

So sweet to see your life an your family aboard the boat sailing. It takes me back to a time when I spent time sailing through the Caribbean. Godspeed to you

[@alexmacleod6732]

Here in good old port hardy ... Vancouver Island, an electric dehumidifier runs in my boat 24/7/365. I absolutely despise mold. It's a boaters curse!!!

[@timd1191]

So nice to come back to your channel, and see your family doing well. And a new journey about to start. Inspiring. Thank you.

[@tomcraddock244]

Great to see you back on you boat !! Soooo looking forward to the boat build Fair winds ⛵️

[@robbenz280z4]

And so it begins again..and I'm all for it. Much joy over the years watching yall sail and now raise your kids without missing a beat. Here's to a another year of fun and adventure at your own pace..slow and easy fine by me.

[@markusandgreta4941]

Going to be a great season! So excited for the 4 of you......and us! Cheers.

[@jamesrhodes6462]

So great watching your family grow. Thank you. Can’t wait to see you guys having fun.

[@samgentile7494]

Nothing beats a good 3,200 psi pressure washer when it comes to cleaning boats. A good pressure washer takes all of the rubbing and scrubbing out of this task and does a better job than scrubbing does.

[@sailingwiththejamess]

so satisfying watching the cleaning of the back deck. Glad you found the keys! We have all done the "safe spot" thing!

[@alimcally279]

That looks about right for the tropics. I live in south Florida where nothing stops growing... mold, green gunk, bugs, plants, and people! Happy sailing!

[@bjornschoon3751]

Beautiful video of your homecoming to Nahoa! It's great to see you on the boat, and really looking forward to the new season videos from the Caribbean. Thanks for sharing & take care....

[@lisaeriksen657]

Your children are so adorable 🥰, what a sweet family. Living it right 👍

[@morganlindsey1918]

Ben you are beaming! Such love for your family and life. Congrats and keep inspiring us all

[@holodeckdragon8876]

you guys have really come into your own! Cant wait to watch u chill and take in the rewards!! our hearts are always with you!

[@sandystephen9783]

Another fantastic video, great to watch the family back in the water ! All the best from Aberdeen. Scotland. UK

[@patpoi9550]

Looking forward for the weeks ahead. I like the hour this week video was available.

[@californiakayaker]

I would like to tell you about my favorite time with Nahoa (You and your sailing channel). You were in Indonesia and you had a very explorative bend if you will. You explored wood boat yards where they built those amazing boats. You could almost smell the wood it was so real. Then you went into the jungle, exploring. I don't remember everything, just that I really liked what you were doing at that time, it was a style like no other channel. Its really good to see you in such a happy state as a family. Merry Christmas Thanks. Michael.

[@JohnnyLawBMC]

Fantastic episode. I love seeing you day in and day out life. The kids are truly enjoying the sailor life. Getting set up for the next adventures. Thank you for sharing.

[@aitaseller]

I think you are an amazing family! Thanks for sharing, it brings inspiration for our future project and life.

[@privatepilot4064]

I keep saying I’m not interested in this channel but it continues to pop up on my homepage. Nothing personal.

[@promacpic]

Ben, you & Ashly have been a huge inspiration for me. If you guys can circumnavigate the globe with two small kids, I think I should be able to manage fine up & down the coast & around the Bahamas & Caribbean. 🥂

[@SeaLevelSurf]

So good to see you guys back onboard!!! Let’s Go! 🌊

[@tammipalumbo8102]

What a great video!!! So much fun to see a family having a good time in the rain.

[@thomasbrasse3145]

Ben, maybe it is the audio but that starboard engine did not sound as healthy as the port. There was an audible tick on that side. Without going back to old videos, is that the one where you bent a pushrod? Perhaps the valves need adjustment on that side? I am no expert, just a shadetree mechanic for fun. Good to see you back and hope the break was a great one.

[@stevenwarner7348]

Two weeks ago I saw the video you guys did of "sailing with the locals" there in the Proa style "sailing canoe". Huge game changer for me. I have a "broken" sailboat. Tree fell on it 20 years ago. Scheduled for demolition. It's all there. A 19 foot lake boat. Very fast in it's day. Trying to rebuild the hull ~ wider transom etc. Took all the fiberglass decking off, most of the cockpit. Just the centerboard and the shell of the hull on a trailer. Well. I now have a plan to make the hull NARROW, like a Canoe. With Ama's that are portable. (See the Corsair 880). Excellent NORTH sails. Etc. THANK YOU SO MUCH ~ Not gonna lie. Because of you guys. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Best wishes. ✨🌸🌟🌸✨. ～～～. I am now subscribed ~. Oh yea. Not worthy. From New Hampshire. ✨🌸👍🌸✨. 🇺🇸. ✨. 🇨🇦 ✨.

[@spot-onwindowcleaners2719]

My brother crossed over from Cape Town 2 years ago on his Leopard 45. sailing around the Caribbean and up the coast. Loving it. Its a great Life. He is SV Ohana. What a great way to see the world , and what a great lifestyle. Thank you for sharing. I'm sure my brother will pop up on your radar at some point. He sails under the UK flag, but is 100% pure bread South African.

[@mamasthree2649]

We have been live aboards now for almost 5 years. Catamaran life is indescribable but so rewarding. Love your family! We sold it all too. You’re right on the clothes !!❤️

[@jodymooney255]

So great to see you back on the water! It’s going to be a great year for Nahoa! ❤

[@big1955steve]

Great video, rejoining your boat after a break.. clearly the entire family is rejoicing. All environments have pros and cons. I am learning so much watching various sailing channels…what i just realized was you need to plan the entire year, so at hurricane season your boat is safe someplace…or be on the other side of the world…so much to do, and children too…you don’t have that much “sitting around” time i bet. Thanks for sharing….

[@leoniewellesley6684]

Love watching your video's. Wishing you all a marvelous season back on the water with your gorgeous kiddos!

[@crowmack]

Really good to see you guys back on the yacht again. Happy Sailing.

[@skohaya]

Your kids are growing so fast. Most children look at books or video of big machines, trucks, and animals. Your children experience them! The education is the best, especially by their parents who are the most committed & expert teachers of their children! Truly blessed!

[@johnbannon7239]

Good to see you back. Take your time and enjoy. The kids are so big God Bless your new adventures

[@theovanstaden5766]

Great video and Good to see You Folk back Home on Nahoa!

[@maccant4707]

You and the red seas guys, the two best KZbin sailing channels out there. Not the standard cookie cutter episodes, not relying on skimpy swimwear just great content. 👍🇦🇺

[@lifeinpalawan]

Glad your back! Fun year ahead!

[@GrinsInc]

Thanks for posting. Cheers, SV Good Karma as Grins!

[@j_toledo419]

I swear I could watch you guys daily

[@belizeguy]

You guys are inspiring! As Usual. Great to see you all!!

[@user-xd3uw5lr7r]

Really enjoyed watching. Its so good to see that you are safe and back in your boat. Nice family 👪. Greetings from Fiji 🇫🇯

[@andyp91]

A real calm comes over me when I listen to you guys.

[@ChrisDraussen]

Yeah take it on like so many others. You deserve it. I like your vids and you are hard working, I know.

[@Mantoollingo]

Keep up the videos, love the updates!

[@DYoung-vt8pq]

I'm so excited 2 see your family in the Bahamas! Safe travels ❤

[@SnaFubar_24]

Nothing better than playing in the rain as a kid....😀

[@thebaldeagle655]

I live on the Texas Gulf coast where mold and mildew are a big problem. We use a product called Wet And Forget to keeps it at bay. Once a surface is sprayed it will keep mold away for 3 to 6 months. Might be a thought to spray the boat down before you leave it next time.

[@richb313]

Good to see all of you back on the boat.

[@chrispnwhite]

Good to see you resuming living the dream - thanks for sharing :-)

[@ELLA.1983]

So good to see you again❤

[@zzzsydneyhom1379]

Just watching you clean Nahoa was exhausting... Wishing you guys a fun time afloat!

[@billwebber5337]

Was nice to see you guys arrive home to very little to do to get going again. Just general clean up and maintenance. It's a good start as Ben had said, it's gunna to be a good year for family Nahoa. Much ❤

[@wendywilson9760]

Happy to see you back in the water. watching from Adelaide, Australia c

[@RobertSantos-rw8dy]

All the best... cheers mates... That is how you do it..

[@jimmcmartin9916]

It's really good for me to feel how you feel when you return to the nest.

[@juliazentner681]

I just love your style of videos! Please keep posting! Wish I could do more .. so I liked commented and been subscribed!

[@KayakDIY]

Be careful with dehumidifier containers. They can soak up so much and can overflow onto surfaces. We used them to protect pictures in storage post hurricane…the soaked up moisture and then overflowed onto the pictures.

[@RoamingRupps]

totally agree! Why clean just to clean again! Dont leave anything out that is going to get thing dirtier or mold, but if you know it's just going to need a cleaning when you get back, save the work and clean when you get back

[@FatDaddyG]

Hope to see you guys in the Caribbean this year!

[@tcifusion4497]

ENJOY LIFE AS IT COMES.....WE WILL BE HERE WATCHING .....WELL DONE...THANK U FOR SHARING....

[@SailingPennyLane]

Love seeing you guys back on the boat. And the plan of a slower season to enjoy the kids and the boat life sounds amazing 😍For us that are still a little ways away from the cruising life, your videos are what keeps us motivated!

[@richardwallinger1683]

WOW those little ones are growing fast .. Enjoy.

[@kimvanderlaan4120]

What a beautiful life. Enjoy...

[@hypnocracy6102]

Brodie is a hoot…climbing all over Nahoa like it’s a jungle gym😂

[@TheDiverJim]

Dumb question, does your solar not support a dehumidifier or 3 to help with moisture? Could you not rig up smart controller to manage load vs state of charge?

[@lizflorom6021]

Your kids are amazing.

[@harrysheffield624]

Beautiful !!!

[@edferculo8887]

WHAT AN AWESOME WORKER BEE. WHAT AN AWESOME COMMISHIONING. ENJOY ALL FOUR KIDS

[@janeconnors1807]

You have to have a very special relationship to make your lifestyle work. Very envious

[@Vara169]

Lesson learned the hard way. Take the impellers out, or grease them up with petroleum jelly, otherwise the can stick to the housing over time, and as soon as you turn over the engine, even one turn, the impeller sheers off the blades. If they are rubber-like.

[@hilltomlinson1664]

For clothing storage, please consider the space saver vacuum storage bags

[@HiMarsPewPew]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful life story with us goons! Here’s to a safe and healthy journey!

[@mayhem035]

Just loved that video vibe! 👌❤️

[@nonnayourbsns1001]

You have the best videos....thanks

[@igorpro1975]

U are the best!

[@scottmills3403]

Yu guys rock despite the fact I am not a sailor but like to watch your journey and see what your plans are in 24- safe travels USA

[@bosch917]

Love you Guys!! Be Safe and Live the Dream!! ❤

[@8-ballrolling873]

Hope you guys enjoy a new year with your beautiful children can't wait to see yaw in '24. Video's