YACHT HAUL OUT and International Provisioning! EP. 27

Provisioning for cruising internationally takes weeks of prep, planning, ordering, and stocking. Come see what it takes to get a Nordhavn ready to leave the country...that is if we get out of the boat yard on time...A last minute haul out threatens to ruin our chance of making a weather window across the Gulf Stream. Its getting down to the wire!
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[@DanielC__]

Wow, a cruising channel not panhandling for money. Congrats, you're the exception not the rule

[@Godofthemoon1]

As a over the road truck driver that lives in my truck I have a custom sleeper with a kitchen I’m very happy to see someone else shop like I do! Good job on getting it put away

[@adventures]

Oh very nice, kitchens are such a necessity we love our food lol! I feel like we are always at the grocery store lol

[@Slithh]

Talk about excellent organizational skills lol. Great job! I am in love with your dad's yacht. Every video I watch I like it more and more. I'm sure I'm not unique. Another great video.

[@tazb7742]

As a retired Captain I appreciate your attention to detail!

[@adventures]

Thank you!! We really try our best to be detail oriented 🙌🏼

[@harryrose9144]

This was a really great episode and I think it was the best one yet. I did watch on Tuesday, but didn't have time to comment at that time. So much going on and everyone totally involved. I could really identify with your 'amazing Dad, Mike' when he was pacing while watching the yacht tech team. I would have been doing exactly the same thing! As other have said, I was also wondering about Camo, but watching him, I knew he has well prepared meals. Look forward to the next 'adventure of a lifetime' and I just can't get enough of the monologue. It really grabs me. All the best until next week in the crystal blue waters of the bahamas...

[@adventures]

Wow thanks so much!! Glad you enjoyed it and yes Camo definitely has plenty of yummy home cooked meals awaiting him but he appreciates everyone looking out for him 😉 so glad you love the intro, keep an eye out for the intro tomorrow, I hope you love it just as much :)

[@briengraham1251]

Great Video ! Thanks for taking us along with you !

[@adventures]

You are very welcome thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed :)

[@charlesmurschell3110]

My favorite part was the picture of what looked liked the sky on fire. Nice work. Safe travels.

[@adventures]

Wasn’t that sunset unreal?!! One of the brightest ones I’ve seen in a long time 😍

[@johnwilliamtuckey2796]

I really enjoy watching you guy's! Thanks for the content.. Safe travels to the Bahamas.

[@adventures]

Glad you enjoy the videos :) have a great Tuesday!!

[@KandiSueTheBlue]

Fantastic video...very professional with top storytelling and film work, Camo dreamcam, everything was great. Your channel is one we truly enjoy watching. We just love Camo btw 😎⚓👏🦘🐾

[@adventures]

Camo is the star of the show, we fully accept that hahaha! He is the best, so glad that you enjoy the channel, we have a ton of fun putting it together and love being able to share the experiences with everyone!! :)

[@adventureseeker9800]

Provisioning looks exhausting.

[@adventures]

It really is, and I love grocery shopping usually!

[@bhudd154]

Okay, first, how do you remember where you put all of your provisions🤪? I don’t know if you are even allowed to keep firearms onboard when entering a foreign country, but I remember years ago making the run out of Palm Beach inlet over to West End, Grand Bahama, stopping there for a bit then on around to Freeport. During that run to Freeport, we were actually chased by “pirates”! That’s what they were called back then. Fortunately we had a shotgun on board and captain stood in the cockpit just holding it and they veered off...... Your videos and story telling bring back so many wonderful memories and I’m so excited for you all to have this wonderful adventure and share it with us! Be safe and I’ll eagerly watch what happens next!

[@adventures]

I have a really good memory but I do forget where a bunch of it is, and I pack the shower bins with similar stuff so we just open up the next one when the one of top is empty and then it’s a surprise to what’s inside haha. Yikes that’s scary! And you are allowed to carry guns aboard you just need to declare them to the port of entry. I’m so glad that the videos can bring back some fond memories 🥰

[@greathornedowl3644]

🤔Seeing you store dry goods in the shower reminded me of touring a German UBoat. 50 men, 25 bunks, 2 bathrooms, and one bathroom was stuffed with provisions so they could not use it until at least midway through the trip.

[@daltraaruba4575]

I really enjoy watching you guy's! Thanks

[@adventures]

You are very welcome, glad you are enjoying the journey :)

[@eccentricsmithy2746]

"we are organic, gluten free, dairy free"...that answers a lot of questions I had....at least you arent vegan, thats a plus.

[@adventures]

Ugh I wish I was able to eat all of those things, but we make do with he dietary restrictions :/

[@rastagrastag7784]

I am definitely going to enjoy your videos

[@adventures]

I hope you do!! Welcome :)

[@kclee9726]

Awesome sunsets! Keep up the good vibes, no pressure or anything, but Encore/Freedom/Mirona are part of my convincing my better half to go exploring before kids married and grandchildren happen... From your Colorado peeps

[@adventures]

The sunsets every night were unbelievable 🤩 oh goodness that’s so awesome!! Hey like they say if not now then when?!! It’s a wild but awesome adventure to go on for a while, in all honestly I couldn’t do it forever, but it’s fun for now!! Enjoy Colorado for me :)

[@tracksidebc5854]

Great video Natalie. Buzzwords: quay is kee, metal bars are jackstands, fin is stabilizer, on land is on the hard, lift is travel-lift. Me, I know none of the buzzwords about horses. Have a great crossing to the Bahamas, looking forward to the video. Be safe.

[@adventures]

Very good to know about the jack stands and travel lift!! The others I actually knew but after a month of traveling cross country and provisioning and all the other madness I was spent and was a total zombie!! I cringed a few times watching the video at the things I said but oh well, that was me in the moment 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@tracksidebc5854]

@@adventures, we all have our moments. All that provisioning would be enough to do anyone in! Hope you’re enjoying the Bahamas.

[@adventures]

Haha yeah it was a lot but yes enjoying the Bahamas very very much!!

[@kriskris9330]

Another great video. Thanks for sharing 👍🏼

[@adventures]

You are very welcome, thanks for watching!!

[@allanstraughan1393]

First time viewer here. Well done! I subscribed halfway through. Your story telling is excellent!

[@adventures]

Hey welcome and thanks so much for subscribing:) glad you enjoyed the video, more to come!!

[@andreirubi820]

Все фильмы шикарные , команда очаровательная , хозяйка корабля прекрасная . Жду следующих серий .

[@adventures]

Спасибо вам большое!

[@lucypage1293]

My in-laws purchased their N62 (Zarpe) last July! Love supporting/helping them (overnight passages & such) similar to you two helping your dad. Haven't officially gotten the invite to quit our day jobs and come aboard full-time, but will be ready for it ;). We also had the pleasure of having yacht tech aboard for some trips. Sir James Knight was especially fun to travel north with on a 3-day passage. Best of luck with Encore! Look for Zarpe out there in The Bahamas - we are hoping to overlap with them around Georgetown in May.

[@adventures]

Oh very fun we will definitely keep an eye out for them! I don’t believe we have coke across them yet but that would be fun if we did! Congrats to them on the purchase of their boat! It’s fun to come aboard for a while and enjoy some of the fun of boating that’s for sure. Do they live aboard full time?

[@lucypage1293]

@@adventures Yes but no? They are currently on board and have been since October - still have their home that they check on from time to time. I guess the intention is to live on the boat more so at least for the next few years so they can really log those nautical miles.

[@adventures]

Nice that sounds like an amazing plan and it’s always wonderful to have the home on land in case anything changes!

[@lvldarwin]

What an amazing experience to be part of. Very lucky indeed.

[@adventures]

It is truly an experience of a lifetime 😉

[@AHMx1995]

Damn, provisioning at Whole Foods. Ballers!

[@adventures]

The crazy thing is that provisioning at Whole Foods is still about 1/2 the price of getting food in the Bahamas 🤣 😰

[@davidoden]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

[@adventures]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for joining along :)

[@MrBren10mm]

You all do such a great job with the content … I feel like I’m going along

[@adventures]

I’m so glad to hear that, that’s the goal!! Welcome aboard :)

[@ksc826]

@@adventures r ywhy.

[@homeland2236]

Great videos. Looking forward to the adventure.

[@adventures]

Thanks for watching, glad you like them! The adventure continues :)

[@mojo2131]

Always have your guns .

[@Retired-nohurry]

Good video.

[@adventures]

Thanks!! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@randypace1852]

You might want to take off the can labels. Roaches like to live under them. Get a Sharpie and re-label them.

[@adventures]

I’ve heard that from someone else recently! So wild and good to know! Thanks!!

[@adventures]

Nope no roaches aboard! We haven’t ever seen one or a trace of one

[@fredjones7705]

Normally I'm a bit jealous of people shoving off for far shores. But I'm watching this video on my phone and while you're dealing with all that ground Turkey (yuk) I'm sitting in a Whataburger having a double and large fries.

[@adventures]

Lol that sounds delicious! Enjoy the delicious burger and fries, there will be very little of that where we are headed...unless we make it ourselves

[@seatravel8536]

Great video.

[@adventures]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

[@LaszloBagi]

Good to see your finally headed out

[@adventures]

So glad to be finally headed out!!

[@gerhardvanwaltsleben8944]

Lekker man lekker

[@loniallorenz2009]

And you can remember where the soy sauce is on cooking in the wok night ? We had the same question for Sailing SV Delos. They had a comprehensive shopping list, never saw a where's it at list.

[@adventures]

I have a very good memory that is slightly photographic so I do usually have a pretty good idea of where things are, but funny you should mention soy sauce because we honestly spent nearly an hour looking for a bottle of it not too long ago 😆 if I had to do it again I would make some lists for sure. We do have one list behind the couch cushions that detail what’s under the couch, but other than that is all memory

[@captraykelly]

Another great video, Natalie. You tell a good story. I'm enjoying your videos and so nice to see the marina and neighborhood too.

[@adventures]

So glad to hear you are enjoying the videos. It was an epic year of cruising!! and that’s so fun that you recognize the area :)

[@mikey2864]

Brilliant.

[@adventures]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@MegaCrashfistfight]

Dog is cool

[@NothingMaster]

You guys don’t kid around, when you go grocery shopping. 👍🏻😳 But $1000/month for 3 people (+ Camo) on a boat is not at all unreasonable. That Red Sky shot was amazing. 👏🏻

[@adventures]

Haha nope we were stocking up!! And that sunset was one of the best I’ve seen all year 😍

[@Corvette_pilot]

It looks like they ran a special on sport fishing yachts at the boat yard in Seminole! lol 😂

[@adventures]

Hahah it really does 🤣 south Florida, sooo many sport fishing boats I swear it’s the capital haha

[@ronhaworth5471]

What a trip watching Camo dreaming.My Brittney Spainiel did that a lot on hunting trips with me in her dreams.

[@adventures]

I love watching him dream, it’s the cutest thing. Omg dreaming while out on your hunting trips, that is way too precious. That melts my heart

[@kerbyrempel4348]

HELLO FROM WINNIPEG MANITOBA CANADA. I ENJOY YOUR VIDEOS .

[@adventures]

Hello!! Where in Canada is that?? So glad you enjoy the videos :)

[@kerbyrempel4348]

@@adventures HELLO IT IS IN MANITOBA. HAVE A SAFE TRAVELS TO THE BAHAMAS. ENJOY YOUR TIME AND HAVE LOTS OF FUN.

[@adventures]

Hmm I haven’t heard of that I’ll have to look it up. Thanks!! Happy Tuesday :)

[@bobuncle8704]

Busy week, but well worth it.

[@adventures]

Yes!! It was a busy month but still very worth it

[@adventures]

Can you tell how exhausted I am. We have bags under our eyes and I loose my train of thought while talking so easily lol. Sleep will come soon!

[@gregbluefinstudios4658]

HAHAHA, totally love grocery shopping tooo. I am a huge fan of cooking. (and gardening,... noticed the little hydro micro plant garden). As I am shopping I am meal planning, too... except... yeah. NOT sure that after 4 trips, I would love it as much. Hope you have fun. My Aunt and Uncle are there, in Bahama's (Grand), but I doubt they'll spot the Encore. I told him to watch for it.

[@adventures]

Yeah after trip 5 I was over it lol but usually I love being at the grocery store. So much food and so many options 😍 that’s fun your have family down here!! We are currently down in the exumas so if they head this way they may see us! Happy Tuesday, hope you have a great week :)

[@gregbluefinstudios4658]

@@adventures My aunt and uncle come back north in about a month or so to Cape Cod! If it was me, I'd make the trip exuma, but, they're pretty much homebodies, there. I'd spend forever pumping your dad for Nordhavn info! looking at a 475 or poss. the new 51

[@adventures]

Ahh gotcha fair enough, some people like what they know and their normal go to spots! He is a wealth of information and knowledge, he read basically every Nordhavn book he could find before beginning to build Encore

[@adventures]

And he is always happy to answer questions. I can have him send you an email if you have specific questions that he might be able to answer

[@adventures]

Ahh gotcha yeah some people enjoying going and cruising where they know. And if you have any questions for him you can give me your email and I can connect you two if you think he may have any info that is helpful to you

[@xanderschmelzling2719]

Hi! great video! about the generator and the diesel, Have you guys thought about running solar? with the hard top on the flybridge you could set up a pretty large array and be even more green!

[@adventures]

We have thought of that and there are some nordhavns that have solar. Unfortunately to add it on is extremely expensive due to having to run all of the lines all through the boat from the very top to the lazarette. It involves taking down headliners and up floor boards and is quite an ordeal. We got a quote to do it and it just didn’t make sense to do it at this time. But maybe in the future!

[@michiganengineer8621]

Food for everyone but Camo? Poor dog, you may wake up to him chewing on your foot LOL

[@adventures]

Hahaha not to worry we actually make all of camos food from scratch so his food was mixed in there with the groceries! We made a bunch of batches before leaving and stuck them in the freezer and also got a few bags of dried food for backup!

[@user-nc2qi3ws3q]

Life is good

[@adventures]

It is 😃

[@thefunnyfarm3996]

I just realised your dog's name is Camo 😂 same as my pet 🐫

[@adventures]

Lol that’s awesome, twins! So many people think I’m saying camel which I think would be a really funny name also

[@renodowns5256]

You really have a cool father

[@adventures]

lol yeah I lucked out

[@dougwalker3754]

Well I know you guys have a big boat but it looked massive when it was out of the water

[@adventures]

It’s INSANE seeing it out of the water. There is like 7 feet of boat 60 some feet long that is never seen. So wild

[@johnpaul9606]

They should've gone to Costco for most of their food , Whole Foods is expensive. But you only once # enjoy life !

[@adventures]

Yeah I just didn’t even think of it, I have lived in breckenridge with no Costco around so I’m just so used to Whole Foods that’s where I went!

[@jaquigreenlees]

I think next time you have a big provisioning like this, Costco. getting case lots of the stuff makes life a whole lot easier. 1 case of rotini at 20 pounds of pasta if you spend the dollar extra is 36 - 40 half pound packages. You can even pay a premium and order from a chandelry to have everything delivered directly to your boat. 1 call, 1 bill, no running around but higher cost. Costco will deliver, if you have the boat owned by an llc and get the account in the boat name, but you still pay extra.

[@adventures]

You are completely right. Definitely would go to Costco for a bunch of it if I had to do it over. There isn’t a Costco near breckenridge (where I shrub lived for years) so I’m not in the habit of going so somehow it totally slipped my mind. Next time that’s my plan though for sure, you are completely right!!

[@jaquigreenlees]

@@adventures yeah, I go into the place similar to Costco, 10 bucks gets you 22 pounds of pasta, but in bulk, 2 large bags in the box, 12 bucks and it's the smaller packages. With provisioning being as costly as fuel pretty much, everything that can save money is worth the effort. locally, never buy produce from the big stores, a small produce shop is about 1/4 the cost. 3 to 4 bucks a pound for tomatoes, 39 cents to 79 cents at this produce shop for them. local knowledge can save you big time money, without sacrificing diet.

[@adventures]

Knowledge is power that’s for sure! And yes we definitely spend way more money on food than we do fuel which is hilarious since we are a MV, people would never believe how little fuel we really use. Thanks for the tips, much appreciated :)

[@mitchellbarnow1709]

Wow! It’s incredible how much provisioning and arranging that you did on the boat! You must have a photographic memory, how else could you ever remember where to find things? In that Florida heat, how did your refrigerated meats survive until they were stored on the boat?

[@adventures]

I do have a slightly photographic memory which definitely helps me remember where I put it! I also pack the bins for a month at a time so I just plan on opening and using one bin per month so that we don’t have to dig through bins to find stuff! And the boat has AC so it stayed pretty cool while we were getting fit all packed away :)

[@mitchellbarnow1709]

@@adventures I knew that you were special!

[@adventures]

😁😁

[@ccswede]

Who does your Nordhaven repairs. There’s a group in south Florida I believe Nordhaven Specialist who do Nordhavens. He does some detailed KZbin videos on Nordhaven s . Th3 57,62 and 63. Your channel is fun and well done. You seem like you have had training and experience with video production. Great job.

[@adventures]

We had Yacht Tech work on our boat this time. It was our first time using them but I do believe that is who you are referring to as well. They work on a lot of Nordhavns! Glad you enjoy the channel and actually no precious video skills, just fake it till you make it right?! Haha 😆

[@ccswede]

Yes Yacht Tech is the firm. James Knight is the person I was referring to. He has an amazing knowledge of everything Nordhaven. I guess by now you are enjoying your stay in Bahamas. Looking forward to the videos. My friends are sailors are spend a lot of time there going to different places.

[@adventures]

Yup that’s the guy! And you are correct we are down in the Bahamas now which means lots of blue water and diving coming up soon!! That’s fun you have friends who sail down here, I hope you get to join them aboard on some of their travels!

[@bend4014]

This is crazy! Still watching, the episode, but you mentioned “not used to doing a dual oar”. My wife was on the northeaster crew team!! But she was the coxswain (how dare she not put in the physical effort 😀) although that was back in the late 90’s 😉. Still loving the channel!!

[@adventures]

I went to school at Northeastern and actually had 2 roommates that were on the crew team (one was the coxswain) it cracked me up and what different sizes the 2 of them were lol. Glad you are enjoying the channel but I deff need to practice my rowing skills haha

[@ronaldharmon9891]

"We didn't bring our guns!" I hope that wasn't sarcasm although I agree it might not be wise to carry your firearms to a foreign country without checking first. God Bless our 2A.

[@adventures]

You can bring firearms into a lot of countries but for now we decided to not bring any, makes the customs process much easier that way

[@motor_viking]

@@adventures guns but organic and gluten free ha ha

[@adventures]

🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ we are an anomaly lol

[@Lighthouse6b]

Probably not important to you but beer is about $35 a case in the Bahamas.

[@adventures]

Oh yeah we have been cruising to the Bahamas for years, the alcohol prices there are steeeppppp but none of us really drink so thankfully we won’t have to deal with that!

[@adventures]

Oh yeah we have been cruising to the Bahamas for years, the alcohol prices there are steeeppppp but none of us really drink so thankfully we won’t have to deal with that!

[@adventures]

Oh yeah we have been cruising to the Bahamas for years, the alcohol prices there are steeeppppp but none of us really drink so thankfully we won’t have to deal with that!

[@Ronsgonefishing]

nothing like a balanced diet ! lol

[@adventures]

Lol we try to eat healthy but you gotta load up on all of the snacks before you go to the Bahamas where you can’t get anything

[@B00STED19]

Hi Guys - Love the videos, nice to see someone to follow along in a Motorboat vs Sailboat (lots of those on KZbin). Did I calculate this right.. you guys only burned roughly 1500 Gallons coming all the way to N. Palm from Maine? That's incredible! We are on a Riviera 54SY - wishing I got that type of burn... (of course the common speed for us is upward of 26knots vs your 10knots or so - which doesn't help!!!)

[@adventures]

So glad you enjoy following along on the journey! Yeah it may have even been a little bit less, I think we burned about 1,300 coming all the way down and while living on the hook most of the time also because we pulled into N. Palm with 709 gallons still. And at 10 knots we would be celebrating lol we usually travel at around 7.5 knots. We are a very slow moving machine lol

[@bravejango12]

I thought my dog had hurt himself when you showed your dog dreaming. I was looking away from the screen and didn't notice right away that it was your dog. Thanks for the mini heart attack.

[@adventures]

Oh sorry about that!! Didnt mean to cause any panic! Camo dreams and barks in his sleep so often and I just think it’s so adorable but maybe I am just a crazy dog mom haha 😆

[@lindaferrill1897]

CVS does free covid test with results back in 24 hours for free, we just got back from the Exuma Bahamas and were able to get our results in time to upload to our health travel visa.

[@adventures]

I had heard of that but also heard that at least in Florida it was hard to get an appointment and that for some people it took days to get the results back so I got nervous and just booked the ones that were guaranteed in 6 hours or less. We didn’t want to get delayed and lose our weather window for boating either!!

[@shanesanko1408]

It doesn't look like the bottom has just been painted compared to the one next to it

[@br5498]

Dripless shaft seals SUCK ! We spent 2 months waiting to get hauled out to replace ours..... ole school packing glands went back in, they can be repacked in the water.

[@adventures]

Yikes that’s a long time to have to wait!! They are pretty interesting, the OG ones that you can fix on the spot definitely have their pluses, that’s for sure

[@johnspooner4128]

I too am from Colorado and I have been following your adventure, if you don't mine me asking what your doing costs a boatload of $$$ what kind of business was your dad in to afford this kind of retirement? I'm sure many are curious and thanks!

[@adventures]

Oh hello to Colorado!! He owned a company that made welders for steel process lines all around the world. After 40+ years of that it was time for a new project LOL we will probably do a more detailed episode on this and other things in the future

[@jessefpv9217]

2.8m & No food storage what a shame. I've seen Mono hulls with more storage lol

[@adventures]

Hmm we have storage for about 3 months of food so I would say it’s more than adequate but maybe you eat more than we do which would be quite impressive! Lol

[@michae8jackson378]

I’m so glad you showed the provisioning! It should be discussed in detail for those of us who are planning such adventures in the future! Do you date stuff? Rotate stock, etc!?

[@adventures]

Yeah I should have gone into more detail, we were just so exhausted after all of the traveling and planning and preparing that I didn’t think to explain how I stock and plan the food. There were multiple times I stopped because I lost my train of though. Sleep deprivation hahaha but I try to stack things in our bins for what we will want each month. I don’t just put all the tomato sauce on the bottom, we had 4 or maybe 5 bins stacked in the shower so I planned on each one being what we would need and be running out of each month. Other places I just keep stock piles, but in the bins I keep goodies like beef jerky and candies so that when we open a bin we get a treat lol The thing that really helped me plan was that we spend 6 months on the east coast so I was able to really analyze our eating habits while we were surrounded by grocery stores. I think that was the biggest help otherwise it’s kinda a shot in the dark. Hope that helps for what I didn’t say in the video! Lol

[@michae8jackson378]

@@adventures thank you, yes it does! When I said it needs to be discussed, I meant by many channels, not yours specifically! Sorry BTW, I can't imagine how exhausting that is and will be to go shopping that often. And put the stuff away. Lol

[@adventures]

Ahh all good but yes I do wish I would have gone into better detail now that you mention it. Yes especially since all this was followed by a cross country road trip. So ready to relax! Lol glad that cleared that up a little :)

[@michae8jackson378]

@@adventures enjoy the islands! Can't wait for those videos😎😎😎

[@adventures]

The crystal clear waters are on their way!!

[@MsMsmak]

Are you keeping some kind of inventory of it all? Seems like it would be hard to keep track of.

[@adventures]

The inventory is my memory which sometimes isn’t as effective as a list but I do have a pretty good memory!

[@dr.paulhoule9470]

great job with the video and the series. Does the boat have enough power to maneuver when there is a cross current such as can be the case in some marinas or bridges?

[@adventures]

Thanks glad you are enjoying them and the answer depends on how much current you are fighting. The general answer is no, these boats move slow. If you have a a knot or two you can maneuver through a marina okay, you just can’t rely on the bow and stern thrusters, even the hydraulic ones. They don’t have enough power. We can boat into some strong current as long as the current isn’t running faster than we travel! We time out the tide if there is a strong current and we are going to dock, we learned the hard way one that the current wins with these boats

[@caspertheghost9999]

I wish you would use more proper nautical terms,,, you’re on the ‘hard’, you have ‘stabilizers’ to stabilize boat motion, looks like the ‘ cutless’ bearing was leaking,,, you use a ‘head’, your ‘cabin’ is nice, you would use your ‘flare’ gun to prevent any illegal action against your vessel,,, anyway, just a suggestion,,, enjoy your trip

[@adventures]

This was after driving across the country, packing and unpacking about 10 times in a month, and preparing a boat for months of international travel in 6 days. I was a whole new level of exhausted and sleep deprived. I do know all the technical terms but life happens 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@youdontwanttoknow5203]

Gosh, they went all the way back when they did mine so I could have surgery - and had to be very careful. They get to the point that it feels like they're going to perforate the brain covering. Had to have it done for two surgeries. They can do back of the throat, too. Both areas have just as much virus (if you have it). I will not have another one if I can help it. They have injured people doing them. If they had been as aggressive with mine like the woman that did yours, I'd have had a bloody nose. It's getting nuts. Nobody should have to have one of those unless they're symptomatic. Too many false positives. I am so over the C19 stuff - and I'm older so I'm supposedly at risk. I take high dose D3 and Quercetin. Too old to be worried about anything new or "dangerous". Wish they'd let us worry about it. The government is not my babysitter. Sorry about the rant. I just don't like being told what to do. Or them telling anyone else what to do. I know it's an older video, and I hope to God that they will stop this nonsense, but I'm hearing "shutdown" yet again. I will refuse to comply. You have a gorgeous boat - love the Explorer type - they seem more sturdy and safe. Hope your trip went well. I've never even seen the ocean, but I can imagine the peace and quiet that would be possible with no neighbors around like in an apartment building or houses built nearly on top of each other. Again, I hope your trip went well. Wishing you safe travels wherever you go!

[@DChase-ky2pg]

Should anyone be concerned about where your boat will be set up at during haul out? Any questions should I be asking the boat yard?

[@namyar2621]

nvm. just realized it’s a 60😂

[@adventures]

Yup a N60 model but really about 65 feet long with the swim platform!

[@SkypowerwithKarl]

And that’s why I’ll never own a boat with a “dripless shaft seal”. Your lucky it was checked. They can catastrophically fail and sink a boat if you don’t have a huge bilge pump. A conventional stuffing box with GTU packing is very low maintenance and gives piece of mind.

[@adventures]

Yeah this was the first boat my dad has owned with the dripless, it’s a very different setup that’s for sure especially when it comes to repairs underway!

[@SkypowerwithKarl]

@@adventures Generally a dripless can’t be repaired underway. The rotor may just need to be moved a bit closer but they normally don’t need much contact pressure. They either just keep leaking which if not allowed to persist long term will make it to repair. Should the seal seize, it can rotate the bellows and shred it. Now it’s allowing a flood in. You should have a response kit , plan and test how to use it. The shaft must be immobilized so the prop can’t windmill and rotate the shaft. A clamp bar or tied down pipe wrench will suffice. A large sheet of rubber (inner tube) that be wrapped around the shaft log/prop shaft to stanch the flood. Large hose clamps and mechanics wire to hold or tighten the rubber. Now you can get back on the wing engine. Make sure your water alarm is working and not too high (early is better). A couple of Rule 4000 bilge pumps and heavy duty float switch(high current) Those pumps need smooth ID ribbed hoses routed as to not siphon. The wiring needs to be properly sized circuit protected and supplied by a battery/power source the will endure. Make sure you test the wing engine by actually powering the boat a while, not just running it. Plan for the worst and it will most likely never happen. I’ve planned for the worst and been able to rendered assistance many times.

[@adventures]

You would like you would get along very well with my dad! That is a saying he lives by as well. We have many supplies on board but that was a great idea and way to solve a problem underway if needed. We have fun on the wing engine for some lengthy distances early on during the trip because we had to break it in. So many things on a boat to learn, know, and have!

[@SkypowerwithKarl]

@@adventures I don’t know. I guess one of reasons I like to help is cherishing that gobsmacked look when I materialized exactly what’s needed. Lol. “Go see Karl, he’s got freaking Ace hardware & West Marine onboard.” (Overheard from a fellow Power Squadron member.)

[@SkypowerwithKarl]

@@adventures You have no idea how many don’t care for the wing engine and it fails. Your miles ahead of the rest.

[@nigelwatkins558]

where are the rope cutters on your main shaft after they fixed the seal ??

[@adventures]

Hmmm maybe they got put on after I took the video? I was just under the bottom of the boat the other day and saw them on there so they must have snuck them on at some point!!

[@leesmith7883]

i always advise everyone who is going out to sea, especially in the warmer climates, you dont really get a lot of piracy around the UK or EU coastlines, but out at sea near mexico, south america, african and indian coast lines, it is advisable to carry firearms, not everyone out at sea is your friend, there are those who would think nothing of killing you, taking everything of worth from your boat and sinking it, there are those who would kidnap you in certain areas, it is better to have a firearm and never need it than to need one and not have it, my wife is against guns full stop but even she agrees with me on this, she would prefer me to be able to defend us if the need arises, its better to be able to shoot well enough that any vessel trying to rob you thinks better of it than not having anything to shoot with and being an easy target.

[@adventures]

Oh yes for sure, if we are going to be in those areas we would have one aboard without a doubt!! It’s always better to be safe than sorry and I’ve heard plenty of stories where just showing the fun has made the others back off and leave

[@leesmith7883]

@@adventures there are some youtubers doing the same as you who say otherwise. The problem is that a lot of people do not understand or believe that piracy still goes on today, which is why cruise ships still carry weapons, usually in the petty officers office under lock and key.

[@adventures]

Yeah you never need it until you do and then you wish you had it! It is very real in some areas especially when you are a very large slow moving target hahah it’s always important to keep yourself and those around you safe

[@sitchad]

Glad you got that fixed, would not be good if it let go at sea. By the way, I have to ask, where does Camo go to the bathroom?

[@effingandjeffing8270]

The 115 hour video they go through it. They have a bit of astro turf and he goes on the swim deck.

[@adventures]

Yup we do :) we also have some clips of him learning to use it earlier on, maybe in our providence episode. It’s less frightening than him using it underway haha

[@DaddymackLV]

Awesome - I appreciate the detail as always ! Looking forward to that in-depth boat tour :) How can we follow you on one of the tracking software apps?

[@adventures]

So glad you enjoyed the video! The boat tour is coming up very very soon!! Hmmm I’m not quite sure. I think you can follow along on marine trafficker but I think it may now we charging to track boats. Plus we turn our AIS off a lot when we are anchorage so we tend to be hard to track. Our friends always complain to us that they can never find us lol 😆

[@DaddymackLV]

@@adventures 🙈🤣🤣

[@adventures]

Lol that’s what happens when I try to respond and it keeps telling me it didn’t post so I keep hitting post...and that’s what we get lol. The joys of having barely any service out at random islands

[@eladbendor]

It’s insane. What’s the point in buying all those groceries 4 months ahead? Buy some on local grocery stores on your ports of call...

[@adventures]

We have lots of food allergies hence very restricted diets so it’s important for us to stock up when we know we can! We will still buy tons of produce when we can but the Bahamas have very few groceries stores. It’s common to bring what you want to have and to not rely on grocery stores because you never know what they will have. Many boaters we talk to over in the Bahamas provision and plan the same way

[@adventures]

Also groceries in the Caribbean are usually 3-5x more expensive than in the states so it saves a ton of money buying groceries ahead of time!

[@billdomb]

Mamma mia, dat's a lotta food! How are you going to figure out what is where? Looks like all sortsa stuff goes into one bin. Have you already made it to Chub? We just left. Were you birthed near Mermaid Monster?

[@adventures]

For the bins I try to put food in there for a month, not all of our food but whatever staples we will use up in a month. The bins are heavy and don’t come out easily so I do it want to put all of one thing inside of them. Other places on the boat I put groups of things together but the bins I do a little differently

[@adventures]

Our videos are not in real time, we were in chub a little while ago but are just getting there now in the video. We ran into MM lower down in the exumas last week! Hope you had fun at chub

[@56Spookdog]

👍👍

[@adventures]

Thanks for watching :)

[@gibbus91]

That's alot for covid tests, here in the UK they are free

[@adventures]

I believe other ones are free but since we needed these rushed to submit travel visas they were expensive. I believe the ones people get just to test, not for travel are free or cheap

[@rgronback]

Where'd you install the new freezer?

[@adventures]

Up on the boat deck!! Near the front of the boat deck so that it’s out of the water for the tenders

[@dskains]

Is there a reason youre not going to a costco or a sams club?

[@adventures]

Honestly I didn’t think of it. I’ve been living in Breckinridge for years with no Costco around so I’m just not used to going. In the future I definitely would go there to provision

[@dskains]

@@adventures Next time you provision for a long period of time AND need a car...rent a pickup truck from enterprise, home depot or uhaul and fill the bed with your groceries. One trip! (to costco)

[@adventures]

Not a bad idea at all!! Thanks for the great idea, very smart about getting a truck as well 🙌🏼

[@dskains]

You could have probably saved enough money on that shopping trip at a Costco vs. Whole Foods to fill 1/16 of the fuel tank on the boat!!! LOL. Dont get me wrong, Whole Foods is nice, but they have to be one of the most expensive.

[@adventures]

The funny thing is that the cost of groceries in the Bahamas puts Whole Foods to shame. It’s cheaper to provision at Whole Foods and load up than it is to buy crappy food once you are in the Bahamas!

[@eddievest4096]

1500 gal. Of diesel would generate electric power for a home for 5 or 6 years.

[@adventures]

We also factored in the fact that we make water with reverse osmosis and that we use it as our mode of transport instead of driving cars and use it for all of our cooking. Maybe we were slightly off in our calculations but that diesel does power basically everything in our lives right now. Still pretty cool! :)

[@dantoddruns]

Why is the boat named Encore?

[@dougwalker3754]

My boats a little different than yours I have a pontoon boat that I cruiseOn the Colorado river

[@adventures]

Oh that’s awesome the Colorado river is beautiful! I have rafted parts of it, so fun :)

[@namyar2621]

what length is the boat?

[@adventures]

We did an awesome boat tour video also if you want to see the whole thing!

[@festerofest4374]

Did I hear that correctly... $650 per person for the Covid tests?? If that's right, that place should be ashamed of themselves for ripping off the cruisers/customers so badly.

[@adventures]

I may have mumbled slightly, it was $250 a person which is still outrageous but we did want the tests back in 6 hours to get the travel visas

[@peterkelly6232]

Engines run on Petrol or Diesel and is it Red Diesel

[@adventures]

The engine runs on diesel, the marine diesel we have gotten has all been clear

[@wouterruiters5545]

At 25:45 i saw a small sail prop shaft next to the main shaft propellor, is this standard on all Nordhavn's? And is it only on starboard side of also on port side? And how is this sail prop shaft powered? Wouter from the Netherlands

[@Vegvisir_Oceanis]

That's for the wing engine. Also known as a get me home engine. A completely stand alone system for safety at sea, and often used to power hydraulics like bow and Stern thrusters, crane and more. Nordhavns with dual engines obviously don't need wing engines. Shaft is powered through a V-drive and engine is mounted aft of the main engine

[@alex737777]

Wouter, there are 2 Nordhavns boats in the Netherlands, one in Hindeloopen and one in Hoorn. You may get more information there as well. Alex

[@Dnkmmcd]

Are the zincs on the bow thrusters painted with PropSpeed?

[@adventures]

They shouldn’t be, but again the underwater camera lens shouldn’t have paint on it but does somehow do anything is possible LOL

[@mgard38]

Do you ever shop at Costco?

[@adventures]

I don’t because we don’t have one in Breckinridge where I have lived for years so I’m out of the habit. But that would have been a really good idea, would have saved some money for sure!! Ahhh, next time!!

[@basiaboy]

The grocery’s computer system is what does the quantity limits so self checkout will not help!

[@adventures]

Ahh gotcha good to know! Luckily we didn’t run into any issues and were able to get everything we needed :)

[@basiaboy]

@@adventures when provisioning consider consolidating alll the items packaged in cardboard. E.g. your pasta, weigh the contents of one package with food scale and consolidate all into a large container noting the original packaging total weight. Cut out the instructions for the dish from the original cardboard packaging and seal in a ziplock on top of the container. Roaches love cardboard, get rid of all of it if possible. Sorry for my rambling just trying to share ways to reduce storage space required...

[@adventures]

I heard about the cockroach thing and cardboard recently, super interesting!! Thankfully we haven’t had any issues with that, and hoping to keep it that way! I tried to keep most things in their airtight packaging because humidity is a real issue down here, but I agree, you always need to be thinking of ways to safe space while provisioning

[@fiftyfishbottom]

Bananas on the boat?

[@adventures]

Only while stationary, we don’t have them aboard while underway unless they are peeled and frozen in the freezer. That’s my work around lol 😂

[@fiftyfishbottom]

@@adventures Good for a smile. I've crossed much same path. A liveaboard, trawler. From Florida, often over to Bahamas. up to Maine (docked in Belfast and attended lobster boat races), a summer in area then back to Florida, all single-handed (51 ft).

[@adventures]

Wow! Sounds like you have cruised to some amazing and beautiful places as well! And hats off to you for doing it single handed that is honestly quite a massive accomplishment, I couldn’t imagine running a boat by myself!!

[@nutbaridea1097]

In Florida and your still wearing a mask?

[@adventures]

This video is from January so then yes they were still requiring it

[@ratj4715]

Why couldn’t my dad have money. lol 😂

[@adventures]

😂🤣😂 it’s a nice added bonus

[@campervanmark3410]

Hot girl

[@adventures]

Yes encore is one sexy lady 😉

[@davebryant2590]

Ugh so much packaging waste.

[@adventures]

I agree and the worst part is no where to recycle in the Bahamas 😱💔

[@allankatie1]

Looks like a terrible paint job to the hull.

[@adventures]

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