Back To Where It All Started: New Crew, Old Memories….Sailing Vessel Delos Ep. 524

Back To Where It All Started: New Crew, Old Memories….Sailing Vessel Delos Ep. 524

– We’re back at it again Kazz! Another day, another sail huh? I know we just keep moving! We’re going to a little
bay right over there. Supposed to have a cool village Run Sierra, Run! It’s a very beautiful village. Our plans are just kind of
work our way down to Musket Cove – Yeah.
– Down by Nandi. Do you remember last time we were here? – We were here
– 14 years ago. – I can’t believe it was fourteen…
in the, in the same boat, – Right? We rocked in here and we
had a whole heap of parties. – Kind of funny to just come
back to a place where you were so many years ago. Yeah, we just left the dock and hey, we have a crew member with us. We’ve met Matilde for the last, I guess it’s been a month or so. We – Really met you in
– Tonga. Right? In Tonga. In Tonga.
She’s been on a different boat with our friend Bob and
Camille and jump chipped, but we’re headed out. We said we’d rip the bandaid and said goodbye to the night Showers. The amazing restaurants was
getting cool. I was getting – Too fat there. I was eating too many cheeseburgers. Too much piece of drinking.
Way too much here in I know. And sleeping late. Our plans are to kind of work
our way down to Musket Co. – Yeah.
– Down by Nadi. And then we’ll be down there for a little while. – Off we go. Yeah. Pull, pull, pull. – We’re
– Saying we have 17 knot of true
21, 22 of a parent. We’re healing at about,
I don’t know, 15 degrees, but we’re going fast. When’s the last time we had
to beat into it? Caz. I dunno. What’s a while back feeling? Okay. Almost. Almost. This is really your
first time sailing upland, huh? – Yes. – You’ve had lovely
downwind sailing since. Yes. Since Polynesia. Yeah. – Just downwind.
– We’re gonna head for this passage here, bu ulu. Go through there and
we’ll just tuck up here, get protection from the south and then we will wait
for the wind to change. Okay. Cheers to a successful
first sale. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers – Guys. – Morning guys. I just woke up. Had a really good
night’s sleep last night. Actually, me and Brian
were talking last night. If you have seen the last
week’s episode, you know that we’ve kind of had some really big
decisions to make lately. And I feel like over the
last 14 years of sailing, we’ve actually been at one of these crossroads quite a few times and it got us talking
about one of those times. Some of you guys might
remember the episode when we’ve finished this like brutal
passage to the Marquesas that like really almost broke us and we sailed up there to
escape the cycling season. And after a few days of your skating completely beat down, I thought like finally paradise. Like this is where I’m
supposed to feel amazing. And instead the second we dropped anchor, I just completely broke down or like surrounded by
these insane mountains, beautiful islands, lush, jungle. And instead of feeling like super happy, I just felt completely drained and I wasn’t really able to
handle the rolly anchorages, the heat and like getting
ashore was a challenge. And even though we were in
this like dream location, I felt really trapped and like kind of stuck inside the boat. And I found myself feeling so guilty, like how can I feel this bad when
I’m in such a beautiful place? And I have like so many incredible things to be grateful for. But I guess that’s the thing,
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time to eat some breakfast and set sail again. – That’s what I call champagne sailing ca. – Yeah. What is going on here? – Beautiful. Oh, nicely. I get my third list. So we’re coming up on this pass here. Mason, a Sony passage and apparently it’s pretty deep bill set. He went through there and
it wasn’t very difficult. It was all right. Can you
see the reef pretty good? Cz? Yeah, you can see it pretty good. Okay. Just see the outlines of
the reef right over there. How deep is it here, Caz? 40, 30. Wow. We’re going to a little
bay right over there. It’s supposed to have, it’s
supposed to have a cool village or I don’t know. We can bring some kava to
the villages or something and hang out. Maybe was cute. Maybe that’s the plan. You keeping a good lookout. Nugs? Yes. What are you looking out
for? Boats and bombies. Boats and bombies. So there’s a village over
here we just anchored and we’re gonna go in there and introduce ourself
to the village chief. And we present in this bundle of kava. It’s called a bu bu ceremony, I think. And it’s just a way to ask for
permission to anchor the boat and introduce ourselves to the village and just have a cool
kind of local experience. Do you have any social
anxiety about stuff like this? – I do.
– Yeah. Me too. – It’s like you walking into somebody – Marching into somebody’s yard. – Backyard. Hello. I’m here. I know. So, I don’t know, I guess
it’ll, we’ll see how it – Goes. It could be a disaster. It
could be a lot of fun. Dunno, – Look at all those. – This is Karen and this is Mattel mate. Hey, we from the sailboats and
we wanted to come say hello. What’s the name of your village? – Nas Village. Cool.
What’s the name, sweetie? Sierra. Sierra. These students are in year
eight. Class eight students. Oh wow. We were in the
classroom. Oh, you were? And they saw you coming out of your work. And they were me too. Aw, sorry. So I had to follow them.
Yeah. And they just ran out. They just ran. Oh, that’s
very nice. Thank you. – Would you like to live in
a village like this? Yeah. It’s pretty cool, huh? – So we got a really nice
welcome. That was amazing. – Now – We’re gonna go give
the, what’s the local word? Yana? Yana. Yana. Which is kava. We’re gonna go give it to the chief. – I’m
– Brian. – Aka. Aka. – I’m Joe. Pleasure to
meet you. Thank you. Very. – We heard it’s a very beautiful village. – Very friendly. We got a
really good welcome from the children on the beach. – And where
– You origin from? I’m from the United States, America – And Sweden. – Sweden
– And France. – Whoa. All over. And we’ve
brought you this for the seven. Seven. So that’s how many people live in the village? – In the village there are
around about 300 people. 300 people? Yeah. Okay.
It’s no Fiji sites set up. We have extended family
village. Yes. One house. – Most. – Mostly we have three.
Two families in one house. – Okay.
– Okay. You guys, Sierra wants to know if you want to play tag with her. Yes. Yes. Okay. Sierra, go ahead. Oh boy. Think this is gonna
end well. I don’t know. She asked for it. Amazing. She’s right in the middle of it. Does it look good? Let’s see. Oh cool. Yes. – Sierra. How was that experience? – Kind of rough but fun. – Kind of rough but
fun. Yeah. What was fun – Playing
– Tag? – A pretty good first
Fiji village experience. I think it became a little
much for Sierra. Like – In the end? Yeah, in – The end. Because there was 50 kids around
here all the time. I guess. You said they get a boat
here? Like every how long? – They said like not one every year. – Wow. So like
– It can be one or two every year or less than this. – I think it’s, ’cause
normally it’s blowing outta the east here in this. And if it’s blowing normal outta the east, this anchorage is gonna
be really terrible. – I don’t know.
– So we got pretty lucky – Every two, three
years. The teacher said, – Wow, well we’re lucky. – Yeah.
– Cool. – But now we relax, – Chill. A good night sleep. And
in the morning we’re off back at it again. Ca another day. Another sail. Huh? – Good job. Keep moving. – We are rocking down window. There’s nine knots right there. Ah. This is what it’s like bruising. You can really get a sense
of the speed back here. – Fish on.
– Let’s fish on hay. Okay. You want me to slow it down? Yeah, I think we’re gonna have – To, does it feel big? It doesn’t feel massive, huh? Okay, let’s the already – Maybe small enough to do
Can just bring it up. I pull – It up? Yeah. It’s not big. I, oh, I hope not either. Oh man. Cows. Cows and nose
are skiff jacks. All right. Oh gosh. I love, – Oh man. Oh, skip Jack Skipjack
is that kind of fish that they served us at the CVA ceremony. It’s not good. It’s got a really strong, strong flavor. We don’t
really care for it. – Yeah, we don’t like Skip Jack too. No, – It is been a good start since
we left the marina so far. Just to kind of day hop down. It’s nice to do a long
day yesterday though, to so like get some under the belt. But we have to get going again. So we’re gonna go another 40
miles I think today. Yeah. To pick up the hook. – Musket Cove still just as
stunning as I remember it. And right now it feels like we just stepped out of a time machine. We made it. Yay. We made it the Musket Cove 14 years ago. These beaches were the
backdrop of mini rum drink and nights that eventually
turned into mornings. Do you remember last time we were here? – We were here. – Sort of fuzzy, but it
was 14 years. 14 years ago. You locked in here with me.
You, Brady and Paul on the boat. Yeah. This is before we
were even making videos. – It looks very similar. – It’s actually interesting
because we’re coming in here and not a lot of things have changed. – No, it’s like the same.
– Yeah, I was actually, – I think it’s the same dock. Yeah. The markers are still the same. – Yep.
– Barbecues are still right there. – The barbecues has been upgraded the – Bit. Oh yeah. They’re electric now. – And I have an amazing, that’s cool. Picture of R laying on the sand and with those boats in the
background and I’m like, – Yeah. Very much younger self. I do remember the resort
in here was very welcoming to cruisers and we had
a whole heap of parties – And I remember swimming
with little stripe of fish because it was like one other one. Yeah. The first one time I with
fish when they were so close and I was like, oh my
God, this is amazing. – And I remember anchoring,
there’s like a sandbar out here that exposes itself at low tide. – Yep.
– And I remember us having like a bunch of parties on that until
the tide came up and Yes. That’s just a fantastic place. Okay. Is everybody ready?
Ready, ready? Yeah. We’re gonna take advantage of the low tide and we’re gonna go to the sandbar
that exposes that low tide and have a little
picnic, have so much fun. But mostly margaritas.
That’s what’s in there for the moment. We’re the only sandbar dwellers the whole place to ourselves. – Wow. Sierra, that’s so – Deep. It’s kind of funny to
just come back to a place where you were so many years ago. Yeah. And just kind of like,
I don’t know. It’s been fun. – Your memories are
probably changed by the time and you, the place has obviously changed. Yeah. ’cause it’s been 14 years. Yeah. And then you, you yourself
as a person has changed. And your experiences of life. Like instead of like party,
party boat now we’re, I know doing homeschool in the mornings and I mean it still kind of the same. We still have the same ball.
Yeah. Still got the same boat. We’re still basically
the same people I know. Have a child now. – We’re doing something really exciting. We we’re going diving, – We’re gonna go scuba diving and Sierra is gonna go to
the pool with the tail. – Yep.
– Huh. – Pool party.
– Pool party. Yay. – Yeah. It’s really exciting. We actually have not
scuba O scuba. O scuba – Dogan. Scuba scuba – Anyways in a year. So. – Wow. We’ve been working building. – I know.
– Now we’re going diving. Okay, let’s go. All right, team. Time to go. – And now we have a few
days here to just kind of like enjoy the anchorage until the weather gets good. And we can – Start. Yeah. This is like our prepping place for the jump to Australia. – I know. So we need, you know,
everything that needs. How – Do you feel about the passage? – Nervous. A little bit
nervous. I have a little – Anxiety too. I don’t know why like, it’s
like the last time we’ll ever sailed de on a, on a long passage. Yeah. Or is it because the
weather’s a little bit, you – Know, the weather is tricky. – A little bit tricky on that show. – Yeah.
– I don’t know, I just, it’s, I’m a little emotional about
it to be honest with you. – Yeah, I know. Yeah. – But until then, let’s
just enjoy our time here. – Yeah,
– Yeah. – It’s such a beautiful place. Sweet. Look at this place guys. It’s
a gorgeous anchorage. Insane. – Coming back to this place
unlocked a lot of old memories and with them a reminder that
we all change, but that’s life and that’s what keeps it interesting. Now with Australia ahead and maybe our last big
passage on this old girl, I’m excited, A little bit
anxious, but mostly grateful. – We’re about to set sail
on a 1,500 nautical mile sale and I feel a little
bit nervous about this one. It’s quite tricky weather,
kind of through this area. It also feels a little bit emotional because this is gonna be our last along
Ocean passage on Dallas. On another note, it’s exciting because when we do arrive in Australia, I would have finished
my circle navigation, which just feels crazy. – We are so fast. – Oh wow. What is this?
A gourmet sandwich. – Gourmet doing some French magic. – I believe it’s pronounced gourmet. – No. Gourmet was right.

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Today’s episode is a super fun one with a healthy dose of nostalgia as we revisit one of the places we loved so much our first time around. It’s the first sailing destination that we’ve returned to together (I hadn’t met Kazza yet when I sailed through French Polynesia and Tonga the first time) and it felt sooo crazy to be back in the same place as totally different people. This season has been a lot of fun but also pretty challenging, and after soooo much boat work, and sooooo many miles, it finally feels like we have the chance to settle in and enjoy some proper Fijian cruising. We visit a very cool village that very rarely has sailors visiting, and we had so much fun hanging and playing with all the kids. We also welcome our first new crew we’ve had in a suuuuper long time, and our first ever Frenchie! Mathilde will be joining us for the passage to Australia, so it was great to be able to spend some time together and for her to get used to the boat before we set off in next week’s episode for our last long passage on Delos (I know we can’t believe it either 🥹)

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