Dodging Coral in the Bahamas! | Distant Shores

Crossing the Yellow Banks from Nassau we're watching out for coral heads. Its over 30 miles across and we get the drone in the air to see what the coral looks like from above.
We also visit the Berry Islands - where we visited 30 years earlier and first realized we could have a little corner of paradise all to ourselves. We dive in a Blue Hole which is in the middle of the island.
Then we head on to Staniel Cay in the Exumas and join in the Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
0:00 Blue holes of Bahamas
6:03 Dodging Coral heads crossing the Yellow Banks
10:36 Staniel Cay Christmas tree lighting
Music we used in the Episode - all provided by Epidemic Sound
00:25 Pina Coladas - Las Lunes
02:11 The Deepest Cave - Farrell Wooten
03:42 Written in Sand - Stray Bandit
04:20 Caribbean Desert - Tiki Tiki
07:51 As Clear as Day - Craft Case
08:48 Papaya Island - Dye O
11:06 Voices from the Past - Flouw
13:19 Monkey Madness - Mike Franklyn
Editing Consultants
Keith Walker, John Peter Arnold & Lorena Arnold
#distantshorestv #sailinglife #sailingadventure #blueHoles

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  • @johnhambright7410
    @johnhambright74103 жыл бұрын

    Cheers, mates.Terrific shows. Thanks for all the memories.

  • @doughboi007
    @doughboi0074 жыл бұрын

    I have been an avid watcher of the distant shores when it was on Wealth of Entertainment TV. Glad to see you're on KZread!

  • @svfairisle
    @svfairisle4 жыл бұрын

    Great pics guys, you excelled yourselves this time.

  • @davidc6510
    @davidc65104 жыл бұрын

    Love those historical photos of both of you together 30 years ago - wow stylish! Reminds me of the pictures of me and my bride 30 years ago as well! The Exuma's are so beautiful! Gorgeous sunset at Staniel Cay. Thanks for sharing!

  • @Whitemoon548
    @Whitemoon5484 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos, you were beautiful 30 years ago and you both are still fantastic, bravi. Un abbraccio dall’ Italia...😘

  • @chrischris8550
    @chrischris85504 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Nice to see a local perspective on island traditions.

  • @richardmondio7216
    @richardmondio72164 жыл бұрын

    I was daydreaming in heaven until they landed in Nassau and the Atlantis hotel, then the nightmares began. The demons went away the minute they left that tourist trap. Yes, I've been to that hotel and Staniel key, but am mostly in "trance" when you guys sail at 5 knots thru the corals and sand banks!

  • @SVImpavidus
    @SVImpavidus4 жыл бұрын

    Some really great footage. We enjoyed. Thanks for sharing. Sail Safe guys. Ant, Cid and the pooch crew.

  • @4.9copblank49
    @4.9copblank494 жыл бұрын

    Yours is some of the nicest content on the web.

  • @ATH_Berkshire
    @ATH_Berkshire4 жыл бұрын

    Yes please to a bit of the cruise ship episode.

  • @robwellesley1894
    @robwellesley18944 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the encouragement to give it a a go.

  • @outdoorzfam
    @outdoorzfam4 жыл бұрын

    Another Flawless video, We love your content.. it’s like watching a NatGeo film the way you both speak and present your video. Good job 👍💚💙

  • @DistantShoresTV

    @DistantShoresTV

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks very much for the kind words😅💕

  • @Cedandkikisailing
    @Cedandkikisailing4 жыл бұрын

    Great video, love to see your clips from the past. You guys have a unique sailing channel and style. Much enjoyed on this frigid morning in Montreal, 🇨🇦 Watching your videos makes it's tough to wait 4 years before sailing away to this beautiful place 🤗

  • @J30Vampire
    @J30Vampire4 жыл бұрын

    still inspiring, i so hope we see you in an anchorage some day so we can share a beer. Canada is so Proud of you two.

  • @gafrers
    @gafrers4 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful video with stunning lanscapes

  • @laurabriggs1152
    @laurabriggs11524 жыл бұрын

    Just magical! I was completely transported!!!

  • @DistantShoresTV

    @DistantShoresTV

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's just as if you were there ;-) Hugs from the crew aboard Distant Shores III

  • @AndyLaskey

    @AndyLaskey

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just perfection. I can no longer see to sail and watching your videos brings all the magical memories flooding back. Thank you so much your trips help keep my sailing memories alive.

  • @sylvainb8841
    @sylvainb88414 жыл бұрын

    Such nice quality vids You make sailing classy. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe.

  • @dianseib818
    @dianseib8184 жыл бұрын

    Nice pictures, thanks a lot 😀👍

  • @sailingsyfie4713
    @sailingsyfie47134 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing 😊⛵️

  • @jwrappuhn71
    @jwrappuhn714 жыл бұрын

    Great vid ya'll.

  • @andrewjames7616
    @andrewjames76164 жыл бұрын

    Lovely thankyou

  • @ericjohnson1322
    @ericjohnson13224 жыл бұрын

    To have sailed with you in Annapolis and continue to enjoy your continued adventures, amazing!

  • @terrysullivan1992
    @terrysullivan19924 жыл бұрын

    Pretty much the same thing as a Cenote or sink holes in a Karst. The "hole" is made when the roof of an underground eroded cave collapses. Further erosion from above then can enlarge the hole.

  • @bowwave59
    @bowwave594 жыл бұрын

    Really nice. 👍 👍👍

  • @PanzerDave
    @PanzerDave4 жыл бұрын

    2:05 One meter tide! I would kill for a one meter tide!. On a good day the tides will only be around 4.5 to 5 feet, but on a bad day they can be well over 7 feet, or over 2 meters by me here in NYC. I like that your boat has a swing keel. None of mine do. I delivered a Sabre 34 down the coast a few years ago and it had one. Your videos have made me think again about getting one. Thanks again for another great video!

  • @kenpole1840
    @kenpole18404 жыл бұрын

    love the exumas overall, especially when we're expecting a major overnight dump in Ottawa.

  • @SailingPauHana
    @SailingPauHana4 жыл бұрын

    What a great video. We’re looking forward to sailing to the USVI where we spent our honeymoon 28 years ago. When we finally make it that far, it will be 30 years for us too. Though I don’t have any pictures of me in an awesome speedo like yours Paul 😂🤣. You guys are the best.

  • @kimfucku8074
    @kimfucku80744 жыл бұрын

    Love to see the cruising ship episode!

  • @h.v7461
    @h.v74614 жыл бұрын

    Nice vid. Thanks.

  • @fernandoleanme5928
    @fernandoleanme59282 жыл бұрын

    The hole is round because it's a collapsed cave shaped like a dome. Ice age sea level was a lot lower 20 thousand years ago, and that hole was a dry cave.

  • @Prayforwindandsurf
    @Prayforwindandsurf4 жыл бұрын

    I will be doing the same sail in a cat in June. Nice to know I can get to Staniel Cay from Allen’s in a day sail - that was my plan for day 2.

  • @ralphholiman7401
    @ralphholiman74014 жыл бұрын

    I've got about the same history as you guys down there. My first sail over there was on a 4 foot draft Morgan 38 in 1987. The first time we crossed the Yellow Banks, I was pretty scared. It sounded really scary. But, now many years later, I have taken it as a mission to ask every single person I meet in the Bahamas if they know of anyone, who has actually hit a coral reef head on the Yellow Banks. I haven't found anyone yet, and I suspect there is more water over most of these coral heads than most people think. One day, I want to actually dive a few them and see. But, until then, we still steer around those ink blots when we see them!

  • @DistantShoresTV

    @DistantShoresTV

    4 жыл бұрын

    We actually did hit one on the passage between Exumas North to Eleuthera. Big bump😅

  • @CaptMarkSVAlcina

    @CaptMarkSVAlcina

    4 жыл бұрын

    Distant Shores TV ,oh not good, did you video it ?

  • @ralphholiman7401

    @ralphholiman7401

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DistantShoresTV , well that answers that! When I was younger, we would tow one of us behind the sailboat with a mask and snorkel, and we would try and sail directly over the coral heads. If the dragger spotted a lobster (usually just their antenna sticking out) he would let go of the tow rope and we would circle back around and dive on the coral head to get the lobster. It's just me and my wife these days, and I'm scared she wouldn't turn around and come back!

  • @scarletbegonias2359
    @scarletbegonias23594 жыл бұрын

    More more more, please

  • @kenevoy5383
    @kenevoy53834 жыл бұрын

    Hi guys from Canada another great job done so you were there 30 years ago and nothing is changed I take it the water levels to the same

  • @DistantShoresTV

    @DistantShoresTV

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Ken❤️🍷yes water level is the same

  • @kevineggler3153
    @kevineggler31534 жыл бұрын

    Great video again😀. Can you give an update on your Integral generator replacment system? Does it work as advertised? Thanks.

  • @maryetdave
    @maryetdave4 жыл бұрын

    *Did you find the Lusca in the blue hole 😁 We really envy your lifestyle, hearing that you have been there 30 years ago makes us remember our first trip in the Caribbeans, hope next time we will visit by sailboat*

  • @jrr1lp
    @jrr1lp5 ай бұрын

    Great channel and I am quite envious of the lifting keel Southerlys. Question: Can you use sonar, like the forward-looking units to help identify coral and distinguish it from seagrass?

  • @carbidegrd1
    @carbidegrd14 жыл бұрын

    Welcome to the Pacific.

  • @user-dy2qq5wh4b
    @user-dy2qq5wh4b4 жыл бұрын

    I love how relaxed and friendly you both are, such pleasant vibes! Im curious what your favorite destinations are in the Bahamas? Top 5? Have you ever sailed the TCI area just south of the Bahamas?

  • @hwntwww
    @hwntwww4 жыл бұрын

    Hole was a cave which collapsed. Cave formed by solution of limestone

  • @joeldelamirande5792
    @joeldelamirande57924 жыл бұрын

    Yes please I’m cruise ship is much different than a amazing sailboat

  • @nobody46820
    @nobody468204 жыл бұрын

    🙂👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻⛵

  • @jean-eriksylvain7659
    @jean-eriksylvain76594 жыл бұрын

    Nicely edited video! On a cloudy day, can you still navigate and see the corals head? Thank you!

  • @DistantShoresTV

    @DistantShoresTV

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes Jean Erik you can still see well in a cloudy day especially if you wear polarizing sunglasses 😎

  • @Wolgasurfer
    @Wolgasurfer3 жыл бұрын

    Maybe a stupid question: Would a HQ HD Camera on the top of the mast be a maybe good support, when it comes to scary situations during Daylight sailing between those Coral-Hads in the yello banks?

  • @markwinter8760
    @markwinter87604 жыл бұрын

    Looking forward what if a carbon fibre telescopic pole could be raised from the mast top with a HD camera say +- 170 meter from deck for real time vision of under water obstacles as a substitute to a flying drone, this is possible with current technology?

  • @donaldsmith3337
    @donaldsmith33374 жыл бұрын

    If you still had the green stripped speedo...... Diving the blue hole might've been easier lol

  • @leoniewellesley6684
    @leoniewellesley66844 жыл бұрын

    Perhaps a meteorite created the hole! :)

  • @alicecoppers8980
    @alicecoppers89804 жыл бұрын

    Are those Dacron sails. ? I like the reinforced fabric. where did u get them?

  • @DistantShoresTV

    @DistantShoresTV

    4 жыл бұрын

    They are Elvstrom Epex exotic sails with a white covering to protect against UV❤️

  • @krisswanson9788
    @krisswanson9788 Жыл бұрын

    About how long was the voyage from Allans to Staniel?

  • @HHJung1976
    @HHJung19764 жыл бұрын

    Where is the anchorage at 4:20? Can‘t find it in the maps 😞

  • @jpatch32
    @jpatch324 жыл бұрын

    I’m sure it’s been asked before but why haven’t you guys added favors for your dingy? You’d have so much more deck space under way.

  • @gravis00
    @gravis003 жыл бұрын

    How can a person volunteer to be a hand on a boat during a crossing? I know only what I’ve seen and read regarding sailing, and I think being a hand would be a great way to learn.

  • @mohammadshahbaz2193
    @mohammadshahbaz21934 жыл бұрын

    Sir what is that software, May i have name of that software

  • @heinzgebers8488
    @heinzgebers84884 жыл бұрын

    I understand you are Canadian. You are sailing Distant Shores III under a different flag. What is the reason for that?

  • @juanosorno8153
    @juanosorno81534 жыл бұрын

    Hi. I have been thinking about buying a sailboat. I have never sailed before but I did own a 33 foot Bertram for many years. Any recommendations?

  • @svamandolin3546

    @svamandolin3546

    4 жыл бұрын

    do it

  • @troystanton5681

    @troystanton5681

    4 жыл бұрын

    ASA American Sailing Association has sailing classes everywhere, take the 3 day bare boat training course, then follow up with the coastal cruising course before you think about buying. And if you learn you love the mechanics of sailing, bare boat charter a few times before buying. I know people who get seasick at the dock and half the sailers I know don’t sail with their wives because they get sick always. It takes years to get instinctive at sailing and what you don’t know will kill you so take the proper steps to see if it is something you love doing, and if you don’t love it don’t buy a boat.

  • @CaptMarkSVAlcina

    @CaptMarkSVAlcina

    4 жыл бұрын

    Troy Stanton , that information you just said is 100% right and I would go a little more and after all the course join yacht club and go on other yachts until you know what you want. Everyone is looking for crew at yacht club.

  • @juanosorno8153

    @juanosorno8153

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@troystanton5681 Thank you Troy. Good advice I will follow.

  • @juanosorno8153

    @juanosorno8153

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@CaptMarkSVAlcina Thank you Capt Chef.