Sailing Panarea - Why Is the Sea Bubbling Here¿ 🫧

Hey guys! Welcome to the third episode of Sailing Oceanair. We are Vic and Rox and we actually sailed everything back in the Netherlands to follow our biggest dream, exploring the world by sailboat. This week it's going to be a more relaxed episode as we discover the island of Panarea. But first, we're starting the morning early after a night of storms and a lot of swell. It's now 6.30 and we have decided to pick up anchor because there's a lot of wind and we actually want to go to another place where we have some more shelter. And how is it called? Ditela. We're going to Ditela. Actually, the island is called Panarea. That's like how many nautical miles? 14. So it will be two hours before we get there and hopefully we get a better place to anchor the boat and explore. This boat here is super cool. This is Energy Observer. It's a floating laboratory that demonstrates and tests renewable energy solutions primarily focusing on hydrogen, solar, wind and hydropower. Once we arrived on our destination for the day, we anchored the boat and of course went exploring the beach and eventually found a path to the top. While checking Google Maps, we saw something interesting on one of the islands nearby. And of course, that was reason enough to go and take a closer look. And look who's there too. It's the Energy Observer boat. Around Potaro Island, sulfur gas escapes from the seabed because the area is geologically active. Seawater seeps deep into the earth, where it's heated by volcanic rock and reacts with minerals below. While we were swimming there, Energy Observer deployed this thing, this water robot, to film and study this rare underwater phenomenon. At first, I didn't see the robot, but when I did, it scared the sh** out of me. Second stop. What do we have here? A piece of rock. Well, that's damn right. Look how blue the water is. If this rock falls right now, we will definitely be dead. After a quiet night at anchor, we went ashore to explore the island on foot. It's small and easy to walk. Everywhere are white houses that feel a bit Greek, narrow streets and golf carts instead of cars. We took our time wandering through the village and up the hills, enjoying how quiet everything felt. From the top of the island, the view opens out over the sea with the other Ionian islands in the distance. Panarea isn't about big sights or busy days. It's just a simple place to slow down and enjoy where you are. Later that afternoon, we went back to the boat, took our paddleboards and explored the water. And yes, I'm still learning to stand on a paddleboard, so please don't roast me in the comments. Thanks. Along the coast of Panarea, the land tells a volcanic story. Steep cliffs and dark rock formations rise straight from the sea. These are not just dramatic coastlines. They are the remains of ancient lava flows and solidified volcanic dikes, formed when this island was still alive with fire. Wave after wave, the water slowly carved into the hardened lava, exploiting cracks and weaknesses in the rock. In some places, this relentless erosion created jagged cliff faces and small sea caves hidden in the waterline. Sailing here feels like moving along the edge of Earth's memory, where fire became stone and stone continues to yield to the sea. Ciao. Buongiorno. Okay, so we're still not quite used to vlogging, so we always feel a bit awkward when we start recording. Okay, this morning we picked up anchor at the Isola di Panarea. Over there? Yeah. And then we motored all the way, well, all the way. We motored to... Two and a half hours. It's called Lipari. Lipari, exactly. Isola Lipari. And now our boat is laying somewhere... Ah, there. There, this one. Boat's over there. We are going grocery shopping. Yesterday, the groceries were way too expensive and they didn't have a lot in stock, so we are going to try our luck this time on another island. Wow. Join us next week as we climb up another active volcano and struggle on our first sail. And you know what to do. Like and subscribe so we can keep creating these videos. And if you really want to support us, consider becoming a Patreon. See the link in the description. Want to know how it all started? Click here to watch from the beginning.