Our Sailing Trip in Florida Ep. 164

I just can't get over how beautiful the sunset is. Riley's just running the guys through a bit of free dive theory. That's hard to do. What are you up to Riley? I'm going to keep the diving line. Hello again, you tuned in last time as we finally made it to Miami. I thought I was guilty of stereotyping a place before I'd even been there, but I was surprised to see, yes, girls dancing in bikinis on the front of boats. It actually happens. We were here to meet a group of our patrons and get a few boat jobs done. It's been a while since we were in civilization and I was pretty pumped to find simple pleasures at the markets that I hadn't been able to find for months now. Once everyone was rounded up, we headed out for a sail in convoy with our other friend and patron, John, who sailed here to meet us. There, right in front of the boat. Here you go, there's one riding with us. Oh, they're beautiful. Good job team. Nights were spent out getting to know one another on a deeper level. Nothing would do that like a little bit of trivia and bingo. What are we up to, Mark? We are trying to remove the broken blades so that we can put the new blades in, but the broken blades are inside. So we're going to try to extract them. And what do you do for a living? Just so it happens to be a tool and die. Tool and die maker as a trade. Very nice, we trust you. There you go. Nice. Well, we just got the new ones in because we snapped the old ones on the Atlantic crossing, because we surfed so fast that I over pitched them. Nine knots, what are your thoughts? That's awesome, we're cooking. This feels so good to me. She keeps wanting me to grow my hair as long as Rayleigh's. Do it. Another one of those hectic squalls just formed out of nowhere, like we've learned that they do. And we've got full sails up and we're cruising at 10 knots and no waves, so everyone's really excited. Very nice sailing conditions. What on earth is going on out here, you guys? These guys wanted to learn how to freedive. We got yoga. I had to, she was mid-beer, so I had to take that one away. First of all, I'll just say that all of this is just to relax your body, that you don't, just like in an aeroplane, grab hold of your nose. Rayleigh's just running the guys through a bit of freedive theory, and we're all going to jump in the water. Not all of us, I'm going to man the ship while a few of the other guys go floating around. And the water now, nice and clear water. We had to come a fair way from Miami to find the channel, and it's like super deep here and delicious, and there's heaps of sea life. We've already seen a bunch of dolphins. And I just checked the weather and there's like this huge squall, which apparently they just form all the time here. So, but the wind's coming from here, so we might not get hit, but it looks like it's growing. They grow very weird. We dropped the weight line off La Vagabonde to a depth of 10 meters, which is 32 foot. This is what we use as a point of reference, and it's funny, but it actually helps people know up from down. That's hard to do. That was fun though. Where is he? How did everyone go? Good, excellent. I was pretty surprised actually. I'll be honest, I was surprised I jumped into the deep blue water. All right, who's next out of you two? Is this a vegan butter? Oh, this is a vegan. So that's vegan butter. Get that. All right. I'll take the Kerrygold. Good luck. Give it a chance. Do you like it? Yes. Yeah. I'm not putting it down. Let's put it that way. Okay. Do you want another one? Yes. Yeah, that's when you know. Maybe I'm Australian. So we've got some crazy weather coming and we'll run our way home, but we've had to take shelter behind some kind of rock wall. I've got a song for that. Christian's been on weather duty. Can you tell us what's going on? Well, a normal afternoon in Florida. I can't believe this. Oh yeah. Afternoon squalls are great. That one's pretty massive. It takes up about half the state. Yeah. So we're just going to ride out for a bit. Is it headed our way? It is headed our way. It's headed east to northeast. Oh, here's some right now. Yep. Wow. What are you up to Riley? I'm going to hit the diving line. Yeah. Oh. Whoa. That was a good one. The hairs on the neck stood up. We bunkered down with a couple of beers and waited for the weather to clear before we could head back over to the sail club. I think we're winning. You think we're going to win? Oh, we're putting them to shame. We think that the catamaran got nervous because it peeled off and went the opposite direction. So we'll never know. We'll never know. Paddy stop. I can't look. I told you the word and you'll be a meanie. I can't look at that y'all. I am driving the boat. I'm driving. Shut up y'all. I've never driven a boat in my life. Just me everyone. Thought I'd say hello. Because I don't think I'm going to be in this episode very much. Mostly because I've just been filming everyone else having a good time. And I've just been, yeah, we've just been running the boat. It's a lot different having guests on board than to when it's just Riley and I. There's a lot more to do. Anyway, it's an end to another fabulous day. We may have stayed at our anchorage a bit too long. We're just heading back now to our mooring and the sun's setting. So we might rock up in the dark. But it's pretty, it's well marked. It's a mooring. So, you know, that's really easy. And it might be fun to rock up in the dark. But there is also a chance that we'll make it before the sun sets. Because Dee's driving right now. And we're flying and she's just having the best time. So, yeah, Dee is hilarious. She's just, I've just been cracking up this entire time. Oh my god, but my, my, my sun. I just can't get over how beautiful the sunset is. Look away from it. Yeah. It's one of those things you're not supposed to do. But you just can't help yourself, right? No, it's so big. Oh. Look at what's happening. Where is it, mate? Just over there. We're having a serious movie night here on board La Vagabonde. We're just waiting for the sun to set. Which it nearly is. It's just going between two buildings now. And yeah, we're gonna watch it outside where it's not so hot. All right, you guys. We've got one, two, three, four movies to pick from. It's so calm that everyone's swinging around different ways on the mooring balls. And we just hit that boat there. Well, they hit us, we hit them. Very softly, but enough to, enough to wake you up. The boys are up to something messy. What's going on? Just having a diesel fight, kind of like what they had in Zoolander. I can smell it. There's been a leak in the fuel line. Which I haven't been able to trace. And then John has figured out that it's from the fuel filter. Probably from when I changed it when we were in Antigua. Okay. I would say. So we need to, we're going to replace the fuel filter. We'll either have to order some online. Or hopefully they've got it at just Catamarans, where we'll be very soon. When you're done, we're going to the fresh food market. Yeah, John's coming. Hello, how are you? Good. Had enough of the boys working. I'm taking them to the organic vegan market. Which is just down the street here. So that's going to be fun. Is it possible to see humidity? I swear I can see it. It's everywhere. Even close to how bad it's going to get on it. No, I'm going to die. Oh, thank you seeing you guys here. Oh my God. This place is just heaven. I'm going to come out of here. I'm going to gain 10 pounds in this place. Proud of it. Yeah. It's delicious. Absolutely delicious. Oh yeah. I tasted it. It was delicious. This is what Danielle recommended we eat. Do it again. I didn't get it. It's good. Yeah. And they're real easy to grab. Great. I'll get this one as well. After eating like a greedy westerner at the markets. We headed over to Riz and Maya's boat for a boat tour. My older daughter, Sophia painted that for me years ago before she realized I was into sailing. Yeah. And so she painted it and gave it to me. And I knew that one day I'd be hanging it in my boat. And there you go. This is a 2003 Beneteau 393. I consider it a 40 foot boat. It's got two cabins. There's a three cabin version, but we were specifically looking for the two cabin version, which has an L-shaped or U-shaped kitchen. And the extra cabin is gone. And therefore we have an extra large cockpit locker. But then the kitchen would have been over here where this little desk is. So I have a nice little work area too. So spacious. When we were looking for boats, Riz did a lot of the online searches. He knew he wanted a Beneteau. So he spent a lot of time. Because of you guys. Well, no, I think that you had shown me that a Beneteau, sometimes people say things about Beneteaus, that they can't be world-class cruisers and stuff like that. But you had shown me that it wasn't. I like the style. We'd sailed several of them when we'd chartered boats. I'm one of those procrastinators by over-researching things. Yeah. And... Oh, we need one of those on board. I had researched boats for years. Oh, I researched a lot. Oh, I did? Oh, I did, yeah. You did, man. You do, babe. I just gave myself a deadline. I said, you got to stop researching. And so my deadline was January 1st of this year. And so I found the boat and I worked real hard and bought it in December. Otherwise, I might still be researching and not own a boat. You guys sailed down here to meet us. How far did you have to sail? It was about 120 or about 130 nautical miles. Yeah. We split it up into three days. Yeah. We got to do our first major sail to come meet you guys. And then so this trip was what got us outside of our comfort zone. Yes, I'm going to get something. Hola. We heard you guys had air con. This is a 2008 Fontaine Bajau Selena 48. She's beautiful. Thank you. The owner's cabin with all my mess. Oh my gosh. This is like a bloody half in here. You can dance in here. So if you want to sell a boat to a girl, this is how you do it here. Yeah, look at that. We have built-in sun deck over the dinghy. It makes the dinghy a nightmare to operate. But I thought it would be cooler than it is. But it's nice. Big help station where you can sit here comfortably. This is a great place to just sit and relax. Yeah, it's beautiful up here. In about a year and a half, my girlfriend Tina and I are planning on pulling the dock lines and not looking back. All right. And what kind of destinations do you have in mind? Well, I mean, we're in Florida, so the Bahamas is first. Yeah, of course. And then we'll start moving our way south and then wing it. Nice. I like your style. All right, John. Well, thanks. We love you. Thanks for the support, dude. What have you got? Stefan Starnes sent me lures that he cast and hand-turned them. I did not know that. Oh, my gosh. There's a logo. What? Wow. I hope the fish doesn't steal that one. That's special. Stefan, that's above and beyond. I wish you put wire trace on there, mate. I really don't want to lose this. Thank you so much. So he's from North Carolina. No, if you make it your way up to North Carolina or Virginia, I'd like to buy you a beer. Hopefully one day. That's amazing. And we're about to get wet. Next time, join us as we wrap up our week with our patrons and prepare to pull La Vaga out of the water. And the dock gets out the depth sounder so we can all have a look at our new crew member on the way. We die alone. We'll all die.