This week on Kawai, we pull her from the water to get her ready for the winter. We are positioned at Marmaris Yacht marina, where we use the 70 tonne lift to pull Kawai out of the water and place her on a stand. Kawai is hauled out just in time before the winter storms role in which is a tad nerve racking (This video was recorded on the 16th of December 2019).
Trace and I prepare the boat for winter as we plan to return to Australia for 4 months to visit family and friends (pre-covid). Cleaning, organising and readying Kawai for winter is new to us, and we go through the many processes of making her ready.
We fly home to Australia to see family and friends, unaware of what was to come in the following months/years.
About us:
Our names are Jason and Tracey and we traded our house, cars, business, job and security for freedom, adventure, travel and living simply amongst nature and the seas on our 45 foot Hanse 445 sailing boat, Kawai.
We don't know exactly where the winds will take us at this stage but over the last year we have sailed to Turkey, Greece, Montenegro, Croatia.
Jase loves making travel videos and we decided to upload to youtube to share our adventure. We really hope you enjoy and feel free to drop us a comment any time to chat or subscribe to follow along :)
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Music:
1. Road to something new, epidemic sound
www.epidemicsound.com
2. On my way home, Adam Yoo,
https://soundcloud.com/adamyoo_music/on-my-way-home
Closed Captions (CC):
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two unbelievably crazy fun years from
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searching in the beginning buying our
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boat in turkey and finally sailing our
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beautiful boat kawaii making this video
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we wanted to begin by looking back at
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some of those best memories as we pack
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up and head home to australia but where
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do you start can you pick a best place
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or a best time we tried putting together
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a montage of some of our best times but
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i feel we left so many out in our first
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season we explored four magnificent
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countries that have provided so much joy
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and lifelong experiences we will never
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forget turkey greece croatia and
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montenegro were all such different
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countries and that's what we love about
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europe and traveling people make the
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experience and we were fortunate to be
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visited by friends and family and lucky
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to meet so many incredible people along
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the way we are just starting our journey
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and we can't wait to return explore new
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places meet new people and explore this
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amazing world anyway we are back at
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marmara's yacht marina ready to be
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pulled out let's do it
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[Music]
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[Music]
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just letting you know
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[Music]
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and we'll walk outside
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[Music]
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well we've got about three weeks so
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we're going to live on the hard
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in the marina so
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we'll get taken to a place um
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we've got electricity water
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um at the uh at the hard stand so
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yeah it's gonna be a bit weird not
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having water outside and just other
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boats on the heart around us but
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um
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it'd be nice to get some things fixed
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and sorted out and uh we'll be too busy
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working to notice where we are yes way
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too busy
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yeah and then we once it's done we'll
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get a cover on her and then we'll be
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heading home looking forward
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very professional here at marmara yacht
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marina
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yeah they've been really good yeah
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i'd recommend
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we'll wait to acquire say cleaner plates
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yes
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koi's home for the next four months was
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to be located at the eastern end of the
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marina surrounded by mega yachts these
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boats were huge we were lucky to meet a
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captain who showed us around the boat he
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was responsible for the 11 million boats
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laundry was larger than kauai it was an
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eye-opening experience
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well we got hauled out yesterday and
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today has really been storm prep um
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tomorrow they're predicting 60 knots
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plus um wind and crazy storms so we've
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got kawaii set up
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bimini's off and down spray heads down
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and practically everything we've got is
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offspring pulled up so when you're on a
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on a crate with wooden planks
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it's a little scary
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so
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we've got lots of other boats beside us
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and
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yeah it's stormy right now
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[Music]
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looks fun
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yeah well we'll even quiet for a while
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so getting rid of the oil it's a couple
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of days after we've uh pulled quiet we
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should have really done it immediately
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after we got pulled out so the engine
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was
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still warm and the uh the oil would have
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come out a lot quicker then currently to
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remove the old oil and there's a little
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bit of metal probably in the oil so
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fine metal so yeah put in some new oil
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new filter and um
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yeah she'll feel good while while we're
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away so yeah we'll pump this out and
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we've got a few other little jobs to do
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around the engine today
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swap over the coolant and uh just get
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rid of all the water um in the engine so
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that over winter time uh there's no
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freezing there shouldn't be any here
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where we are in mamarus but
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um it's better to just remove all the
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salt water from the engine
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while we're away so
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yeah
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look after this bad boy
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good one bad girl
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[Laughter]
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yep
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well the boat is in a massive shambles
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at the moment but
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we're actually making progress and it
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will look nothing like this when we are
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done
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there's stuff everywhere
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but it's a uh organized shamble and
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what have we got in here
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oh hello there
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cleaning out bilges
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yeah it's a good time ah they're pretty
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clean anyway but make it spotless i
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think it'll be cleaner than when we
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bought the boat yeah it's clean then but
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yeah they're really clean um
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yeah i think this one behind me is
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pretty spotless
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and uh
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well somewhat
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i'm casting my eye my critical eye over
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that
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but no it's it's coming together um the
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hardest part is just there's so much
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about stuff everywhere yeah so you just
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got to keep
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moving around
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from area to area so once one area is
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done we can fill up the stuff and then
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move to the next so
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yeah our bedroom's done well
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i've done my bits i don't know if you
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finished your bits no i haven't finished
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but my bits are much more than yours you
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just had to pack all your stuff away oh
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and you cleaned one one of the bilges
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good job
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and we are off to the canteen for lunch
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soon because we've stopped cooking in
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the kitchen today's the last day she's
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been shut off and um
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yeah you got a canteen you get some
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three
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three dollar lunch
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[Laughter]
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it's quality food
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yeah it's
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well it's not bad on a cold day three
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dollars perfect it's tasty yeah
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yep
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they talk about the heathrow injection
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we might have the marmalade
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injection
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um but
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yeah it's good we're getting there yeah
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yeah i'll get back to it or else you'll
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tell me i'm procrastinating again so i
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you've been like
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asking me can i help you no i'm not
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reminded you're giving me one job to do
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yeah i've said it three times today just
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do your jobs
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and you come in again can i help you
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with your
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oh what are you doing here just standing
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around in the uh in the bedroom are you
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meant to be cleaning
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you said
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to stand here for a sec
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i've been cleaning all day
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and now i'm giving the walls a light
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dusting of vinegar to hopefully keep the
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mold and mildew
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away
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yeah so we plan to be away for about
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four months so
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you're trying to prevent coming back and
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having to scrub for days yes
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yes and how do you think you're going
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it's a lot of surfaces i've wiped down
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this
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all surfaces about three times now one
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dusting one cleaning and one vinegar
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so
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it's a pretty long job
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yeah never ending well i hope it's
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ending because we have to leave in a
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couple of days yeah
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that's me too
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uh good job so yeah
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and you've done the uh
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bilges yes so uh it's nice to have clean
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bilges and
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these bad boys are pretty clean still i
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mean the keel bolts
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are looking uh looking good
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so um yeah there's nothing like a clean
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bilge um
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and
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non-rusty keel bolts
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so we're pretty happy that all is
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looking good aren't we yeah yeah we are
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yeah this clyde's looking brand new
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again yep she sure is
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don't want to leave her
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she gorgeous yeah well she looks pretty
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clean here but if we turn around and
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look at the rest of the boat oh
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that's crazy
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[Music]
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marmaris today um just leaving the
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marina in a couple of minutes waiting
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for the bus and we're meeting up with
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some um some people that we've been
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chatting to on youtube so they
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started watching us early on and we've
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been chatting to them they bought a boat
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and uh yeah they live in turkey so we're
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gonna catch up for a beer and a year
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yeah should be good will we
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[Applause]
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and it's a gorgeous day
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even though it's a bit chilly in the sun
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it's nice
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yeah like it's probably
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maybe 10 degrees 10 to 12.
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getting up to i think max 17 so
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it is december time yeah you'd expect it
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to be a bit cold
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ready oh this one
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we're filming we're filming life okay
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i'm happy
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who's the cutler
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you can't say that this is going to make
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you oh
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[Music]
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[Music]
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everyone be safe and enjoy yourself yes
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nice to meet you guys nice to meet you
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guys
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thank you and we go way back now ah
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hey feeling
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like a bit of a shambles
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it's uh
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our last day in kauai last few hours and
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we've got most things done we're just
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really knackered because we've been
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working non-stop yeah
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about a week yeah and then working
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before that but not non-stop so um
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non-stop for a week imagine what other
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people are gonna be going we do that
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every week yeah
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true true no but it's been uh yeah it's
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been pretty full on
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you know a good way like we've it's our
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first winter on choirs we've had to
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learn a lot been a bit rushed got our
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winter cover today
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um installed
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nothing like leaving it to the last
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minute uh we're pretty lucky actually
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we're gonna do it ourselves
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and
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yeah we got some other guy who we met in
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marmarus who um
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fixed it up in like four days yeah yeah
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he did a really good job yeah i can't
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pronounce his company name though
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well we'll put his we'll put his details
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up yeah but um yeah he was really good
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he's interested so yeah he's not good um
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and we are starving so we're like we
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need a break let's go get a pizza
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well i'm gonna get a pizza
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all right let's go
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uh showing shorts and thongs 16th of
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december
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midwinter
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what the
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ah it's been cold some days but today's
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a pretty good one you know
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saying that i still can't wait to get
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home to 35 degrees yeah
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pretty excited about that yes
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are we lucky
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we are
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and uh
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clearly you're not going to the gym
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no we're going to get a pizza but
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i have worked out in this gym
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mamaros yacht marina also has a
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restaurant pool sauna and a spa and a
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large library with relaxation area
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all in all a great marina thanks for
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having us can't wait to see you again
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assemble massive airport and you managed
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to find
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sports pub
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the sports pub found me
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i was just wandering and it called out
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to me
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you can tell we're almost home getting a
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bit excited for some
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pubs and
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semi aussie
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bizzo yeah well we looked at sushi over
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there but it's like ten dollars light
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yeah and
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that's not too bad but in a day yeah in
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australia it's
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four dollars four or five bucks yeah you
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can have like
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triple g go to town yeah
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[Music]
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i know
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just so i don't sleep in the cold
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and sing about the waves and i sing
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about the scene
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cause they've always been good to me
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all right we're back we are back just
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like that only 26 hours
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and
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yeah we're back feels like we never left
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in a way
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yeah it was a really good flight though
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like flights but it was a
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it was really good really quick eddie
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had always really squishes you in so you
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gotta run from once you get there you've
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gotta run to your next platform so the
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time just goes really quick and uh
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yeah it's good to be back
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back in uh
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yeah
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you got a skirt on
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i'll go to there
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and then in abu dhabi i left my watch
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yeah so you had to do the run again yeah
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so you got it
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it is
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next week on kauai we take a look at
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what we've been doing for the past two
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and a half years as we haven't been able
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to leave australia due to covert we
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enjoy time with family and friends and
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we get jobs
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if you enjoyed the video please
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subscribe and bang the like button
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cheers
Uploaded by:
Jase Stephens
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Category:
Sailing, General Vlogs
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Added on
09 May 2022
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Location:
Marmaris
Description
This week on Kawai, we pull her from the water to get her ready for the winter. We are positioned at Marmaris Yacht marina, where we use the 70 tonne lift to pull Kawai out of the water and place her on a stand. Kawai is hauled out just in time before the winter storms role in which is a tad nerve...