Mission Panamania 03_ Operation George Town to Great Inagua (Sailing Curiosity)

Going in the water! Cool! Trying to record myself climbing up is probably not a good idea. It's gonna be a good view. Nikki, it's supposed to look hard. Don't make it look so easy. Okay, that was fun. Yeah, it was great. There's the monument. Let's go. These little, look at these. Look at them. Here's the view. Oh, it's gorgeous. Found a trail, but it goes the wrong way. But we're running from the mosquitoes. So we're gonna risk it. It's pretty bad. Oh, man. Testing out the stabilization of this new RX100V5. To the max. I see beach! Spiders and mosquitoes. Go jump in the water. That's only a few. Cheers! Who needs swimming pants? He likes the camera. Alright, we're gonna go spearfishing. It's been a couple months. These guys have never been, but they're avid scuba divers and freedivers, so I think they're gonna be golden. We've got double camera action, so now we can see the GoPro 5 next to the Sony. It's gonna be good stuff. And we're gonna catch a fish. I feel it. How many are you catching, Dale? At least three. Are you going after lionfish? I wanna get a lionfish. I've been dreaming about a lionfish, so I think it's gonna happen. Alright, let's go. You just have to commit. Alright. We got a hogfish. Which is awesome. We've always wanted one. And a little grouper. Well, compared to the hogfish, he's little, but he's actually a pretty good size. He was big at the time. We fought for a battle. A super battle. It was a lot of teamwork to get these two fish. We can only burn more calories than what the fish will provide. I think we might have. What do you think, Singa? I think he's pretty excited. What's up, buddy? I don't have anything for you. Gotta keep those solar panels clear. It's pretty awesome when you're leaving the anchorage with a full battery. Going through Hog Cut Key. Hog Key Cut? Yeah, that. Which is at the end of the Exuma chain of islands. And it is just super skinny water. Like three feet in some areas. But totally worth it because it cuts like four hours off of the trip versus having to go out and then around. So we're taking it, but we're at high tide. So we've got extra water. Our draft is only four and a half feet. And we've got a plus four tide today. So. In theory, we should have seven feet of water. In theory, we should be all good. So far, I haven't seen under seven. But we're not to the skinny part yet. We're at the real skinny part. Oh man. If you can see in the video, it is super shallow right there. And obviously there's a rock right there. So our cut is like that big. Are we at the three yet? Nope, we still haven't hit the skinny part. Oh my gosh. I know, right? Just dodging rocks right now. Wow, you can see that current ripping. Right now I'm showing a two and a half. Not current. Right now, it's like one of those moments where good charts are like worth their weight in gold. Well, it's not really worth their weight. They're digital or paper. So they're not really weighing that much. But I think you get the idea. I'm really glad to have good charts. Okay, so we're hitting the three right now. And it is showing like five. Four eight. Four four. Four one. Shallow water alarms going off. Now we're back up to five. That'll get your heart rate going. How's it look up there? Shallow? Still in it? Yeah, so we're at five now. But we're past the point where it said three. So this is saying four. Oh, that's no problem. Well, not in high tide. Four nine. Four eight. Going nice and slow just in case. Four two. It is Justin and Dale's sixth year anniversary of togetherness. So we thought we would drop the hook and enjoy a nice meal together to celebrate before we, well, I'll go on night shift and start sailing for the next 48 hours. Did you say celebrate? Smells so good. We're kind of going against the rules here, but we're celebrating and it's only a tiny bit. Right? A little sip over dinner will not hurt anyone. We are having mahi with broccolini and a little tomato, basil, avocado, lime topping. I just made it up. It's not a recipe, so I have no idea if it's going to be any good, but we'll find out. It's delicious. Well, guys, you survived this six years, just six more, right? It's 11 sailing. Okay. I am. We're going sailing for real. This actually might be our longest passage, like all in one shot. The idea is to go great, great in Agua. If we make it, we're hitting deep water here in a few minutes, but we've been going for two days, 200 something miles. Yeah. Depending on tax, it might be 300 or 400. We're pretty good at making what should be a short sail really long. I feel like that should be a little brighter. Yeah. Underwater lights are super awesome out here. You can see them behind us. You can? Yeah. Holy cow. Nice. I know, right? I'm telling you, watching you up there, you were lit up from the underneath. All right. We've got to get back our Coast Guard lights back on. Yeah. Seven and a half knots. I'll take it. I will take it. My ship. You need to get out of the helm. Don't lock me. I will stay here if I want to. I have to rank you. This is my boat. I'm stopping recording now. And you're still rolling? Holy crap. She's giving me so much to edit. It's 4.30 a.m. and the weather is nice. We've been busting along between three and nine knots almost. It's kind of a cool night of sailing. Man, if you're following us, if you're a patron following us on our little inReach track, we've got some speed and we've got some lulls and that's because the waves are just hammering us, slowing us down. It's pretty intense. The shift's almost over. We're going to take a little rest and we'll see you in the morning. How was your night? My night was good. It was super dark. So it's kind of crazy because all you could see was like the white crush of the waves every once in a while and that was it. And then the little bioluminescence which are really neat because it's like little fireflies in the water right alongside the boat. It's just sailing. It's nice. I'm not feeling a hundred percent. Head's a little floaty. I think the beat is starting to get to me. You still have to hold it in like 24 hours to go. I know. 24 more hours. Maybe the watermelon will perk me up. How about you, Dale? How was your night? It was pretty uneventful. There wasn't really much to see. It was really, really dark. And how do you feel? I feel good. Yeah? Yeah. It's a three hour shift so whenever I get a nap I'm like out right away. It doesn't really matter what the conditions are. You're a good sailor. Yep. You like the sea. Good. I like it. It is 8.36pm. We've got two reefs in so Curiosity is all tucked in for her overnight sail. So we are getting anywhere from like 19 to 24 knots of wind. So it's just easier to be reefed and be on that place there. Nice night. No like big brown strikes or anything like that. 5.20pm. Almost to Great Inagua. And we'll take a little rest there. Only reason we're stopping is to upload a couple videos which is really unfortunate because we're on a track that would have taken us straight to Cuba. Could have just continued but oh well. Man, I was a mess yesterday. I couldn't get off my arse. She just felt like I guess I don't know the beat was getting to me. Not like seasick but just not right. I just didn't feel right. But Nikki, man she is amazing. A boss. When it comes to getting stuff done on the boat she's working. She's got videos. She's cleaning. She's cooking. She's basically picking up all of my slack yesterday. I don't know. I couldn't do it without her. She's she's pretty amazing. yeah anyway it's like I said early in the morning and I need some sleep. See you soon. Damn. Hey Captain there's salt mountains ahead and beaches that way. Looks like snow. Yeah, kind of does look like snow. Poor Canadian. Kenilworth Bay we're coming up on it about two and a half nautical miles away and we're anchoring right on a ledge. So we have to tuck in really really close to land and then it falls off to like a thousand feet. Yay. It's gonna be good snorkeling. It should be awesome snorkeling. Hopefully we're only here for a day. If we can get all of our work done we'll leave tonight. On our way to Panama. And get rid of this stinking beat crap cause hopefully according to the charts and everything else we should be going more downwind. Downwind, yeah. I'm done with the beat. I know. The cats feel the same way. Yeah, they are out. Quick swimming pit stop. Bring the spear just in case. You never know. Hey, thanks so much for watching. If you're wondering about any of the gear you saw in this video we'll list it out on our website. Click over and you'll find links, photos and a whole lot more right there on our website. Did we say thanks for watching?