85: OFF THE DEEP END! 1st Sailing Lesson & Overnight; Voyage 500 Catamaran, Islamorada, Florida

Did you say overnight on a sailboat? I'm sweating. Oh! Alright! Hi everybody! We are going sailing! Yeah! We are on Isla Morada and we are going to Tavernier to get on a Voyage 500 and due to the hurricane Isaias, we are not going to go off to the Atlantic side. We are going to sail in the bay to just keep the winds down a little bit. And we are going to spend the night I think around the Everglades somewhere. This is epic everybody! This day is like a turning point in our lives and we are doing it with two great people who you are going to meet here soon Ted and Gail and they are extremely experienced sailors and awesome people. Alright, we are getting ready to get on the boat. We've got our supplies. Ice is coming! This is Gail. Hello, nice to meet you. She is lovely. Welcome aboard. One of our hosts. Alright y'all, this is Ted. He is Gail's husband. He is awesome. He is our sailing host today. Yes sir. And man, I can't wait to crank up those 29 miles. Wait until we get the impact from Isaias. Her came in Isaias this afternoon and sailed into the eye. It is going to be phenomenal. You are going to love it. It is really going to be exciting for you. What do you think the wind is going to be doing? 15 to 20. Perfect sailing. Perfect day. Perfect company. Where is the power button? Down below. Go ahead and touch it. Now it is on. Now start. Man, this is so beautiful Ted. Look how pretty. Those new electronics. You can't beat that. Curling like a kitten. Curling like a kitten. Oh yeah. Telling you something. How are you doing over there sweetie? Are you excited? So excited. Oh yeah. Hello Milan is off right here. We got the princess over here. Oh yeah. Oh my goodness, you are sitting right there. I am sweating. One engine or two? Reverse? No, out of gear. Oh, it is great. I know. It couldn't be better. This is a Tesla sailboat. Just about ready to be able to stick it in gear. Right straight forward. All the way? Yep. That's good. Right there. Stand by a minute. Watch what your bow is doing. I can see it going this way so I can counter steer a little bit. Dave, you are doing great. You have a great instructor. You are doing it. You are. A little rain right now. Look, we are going. Good job sweetie. A little more throttle here. And we are off. A little rain going. Nice little canal that we are in right now. You go girl. This is crazy. We got to go to the right. I am heading around here. Just go straight forward. On a scale from one to ten, how much fun are you having? Fifteen. Fifteen, good. Music This has been amazing. The Cretagail are awesome. They are an awesome teacher. They are so patient. And safe, which is fantastic. We've tacked and jived a few times. We are getting used to just the understanding about sailing. There is so much to think about. Whether it is the depth of the water or avoiding the lobster traps. You have to watch the direction of the wind and make sure that the sails are not rubbing. There is just so much to it. So much to it. But it is really, really cool. The best sign of all was we got some dolphins today. And they said on their first sail that is very good luck. On average, about 7 knots. The wind has been 26-27 knots. Mainly on the breeze. We are having a great, great time. After a few hours sailing, we decided to settle into our anchorage for the night, which started with furling the sails and dropping the anchor. Music You are like a little monkey on your coconut tree. We are here at our anchorage for the evening. And it is just such a peaceful place. Hey guys, if you love great jumps like we are getting ready to do, I want you to hit that subscribe button. Hit the like button. Make sure you share and write some comments down there. We really appreciate it. Ok, sweetie. Ready? Jump on 3... 1... 2... 3... Yeah, I will say we're getting it done. That's the kitchen overview It's a gorgeous morning Place where they dock the boat Captain Brown bringing us in job, honey Babe, you got this You got it you got two two million dollar ultra mares and all you have to do is squeeze between them, okay Well, we just got back from our first day of sailing that was pretty amazing our first sailing overnight and our first sailing lesson That's really cool. What did you love about it, honey? I love cranking up those twin yanmar diesels Oh the power 56 horsepower apiece and then that just steering this massive voyage 500 beautiful boat down the canal and then Getting out there. It was a rough day But finally put an anchor to where we're gonna spend the night and it was just incredibly peaceful in that rainbow Mwah and the swim and the dive off the top and then okay, I'll stop here just a minute But there's so many things at night being at anchor with the hatches open There was that hurricane. It was just blowing wind off the anchor through the hatches and it just was Incredible breeze all night long really comfortable. How about you? Wow, just we learned so much about sailing about what it's like to be at the helm and the responsibility that that is It was amazing and just being in 20 to 30 knot winds for our first time. Ted and Gail were so patient Oh my gosh, they're great teachers. Yeah. Yeah huge. Thanks to Ted and Gail for taking us out and spending the time with us And it's just kind of a pivot point in our lives I will never forget you for that first sailing instruction and that night out on the sound So we're looking forward to more lessons and more opportunity on the water and that will come in the next few months for sure Absolutely. Thank you everyone. We'll see you soon. Thanks for watching