On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we shake down basik with a short trip to Stone Island before we set our sights on Isla Isabela. The crew is entertained by a whale of a show and Teal lands a few undesirable fish. We make the decision to divert to Matanchen Bay after seeing a crowded anchorage at Isla Isabela. Come back next week as we explore San Blas and push further south...see you then!
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[Music]
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on our last episode of onboard lifestyle
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we decided to be proactive and have
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chaps made to help prolong the life of
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our pvc dinghy oh my god i'm so excited
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we received a package that was expedited
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from the states the parts are here
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which meant that we could get patrick
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back to help put basics yanmar engine
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and sail drive together again
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oh there got it oh that felt good yeah
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just i just felt on when she went in i
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was like hang on a minute
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with this major project complete the
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crew of espybasic did just a wee bit of
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celebration
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the crew heads downtown to reprovision
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basic for the next leg south to isla
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isabella but first we leave the marina
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to the stone island anchorage just south
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of mazatlan and that is where we will
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continue our story
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[Music]
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you're a lonely sailor
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and your soul is made of wind and rain
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dark
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some blame
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i'm a weary pirate
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and my heart is made of dust and gray
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and spoiled champagne
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we are now back at anchor off of uh
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stone island
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and we went
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i don't know about eleven eleven 11.1 uh
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miles from marina mazatlan there is a
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reason why we
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didn't go too far and that is because we
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removed our motor mounts and so teal
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didn't want to go too far in case if
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something was to happen
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it would happen within the first couple
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miles
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so he is now down below and checking the
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motor mounts and belts and
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all the other stuff to make sure that
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everything is in working order so then
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we can leave tomorrow
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well i don't hear any uh o's
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no everything looks good the
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mounts are nice and tight are they
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supposed to be tight yeah i mean
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look at they're uh
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have lock washers on that have been
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compressed down nothing's wiggled free
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engine actually sounds better than it
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has
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well forever in a long time yeah
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so i'm i think we're good to go i feel
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pretty good about our fix
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i understand this engine a lot more now
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and
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uh
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i think if this ever happened again i
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could certainly diagnose it from the
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sounds it made and make the fix anywhere
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in the world i mean this is uh
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well pending if you can get parts
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depending if i could get parts yeah
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parts are always an issue aren't they
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yes shout out to patrick and pac west
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marine from san diego these guys were
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the players that helped us get all of
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this together in such a quick turnaround
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parts are here patrick was great to work
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with and eliza is from pac west marine
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oh my god that guy is amazing
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with the holiday uh coming up it was
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really tough he was able to source it it
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wasn't brand new because it would take
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weeks for us to get the part he found it
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refurbished and not only did he get it
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to us he got it to us in three days he
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found a guy that drove it over from san
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diego to tijuana
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then at that point
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that package went from the airport
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straight over from tijuana to mazatlan
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for us so
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i'm just thrilled he didn't know us from
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anything he didn't know who we were he
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didn't know anything about our channel
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he just gave great customer service it
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was a total merry christmas to us
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it was a it was a struggle it was a feat
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in itself that we actually got the parts
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in it was a holiday
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um and also just the logistics of
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getting
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things from the states to mexico
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oh yeah it was a
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it was a lot did i ever say thank you
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good job
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yes but let's uh let's talk about the
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elephant in the room
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why you didn't pull our starboard engine
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well the elephant's in the other room
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okay okay
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pulling an engine
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this engine had a problem and it needed
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to be fixed and yes we pulled the engine
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the problem was such an anomaly i mean
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it was
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nobody knows how it happened or why it
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happened
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so what are the chances of it happening
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to the other engine well
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i guess it is possible
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but to pull an engine it's such
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an incredible amount of work so when we
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had the problem with this engine it
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obviously had to be repaired and we had
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to pull the engine
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so
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do we pull both engines at the same time
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i don't think so i mean this one was
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showing signs of
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of
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obvious problems and that one wasn't
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it's like
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to me it's like if you have a house and
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you have one window that is leaking or
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failed
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you fix the window you don't pull every
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single window in the house and repair
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every window
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only if they have a problem
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we did inspect that engine and it wasn't
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showing the signs that this one was and
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that's why we only pulled one engine
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i'm not too worried about it because i
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feel pretty good about
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diagnosing the problem i know what the
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sound is i know what to look for
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and i'm watching that engine carefully
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and it's not showing any of those signs
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besides later this year we will have to
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pull both engines for our
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sail drive maintenance we're due for a
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major cell drive
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repair which we will be replacing the
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bladders
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and seals and yeah and seals and
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everything else that goes with it while
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we have it out and that happens later
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this year so at that time it's the
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perfect opportunity to really inspect
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that other engine and make sure it
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doesn't show any signs of any loosening
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bolts
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so the girls went to shore
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oh about half hour ago with maxie it's
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another cruising boat that's been
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cruised alongside us
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i stayed behind to make a little water
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it had been a couple weeks since we made
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water i pickled
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uh the system before we went into uh
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marina mazelon so it was nice to bust it
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out and
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run it for an hour it's our last day
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here we're actually
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heading
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south in a couple hours
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so emma and i decided to uh just go to
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shore
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do a little beachcombing
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and just kind of take in the site made
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about 40 gallons
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and
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we're all topped off now good for
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another week
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i think this beach is where most of the
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locals hang out
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um because i don't see very many
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tourists or this could be tourists
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mexican national tourists
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anyway it's a beautiful
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beautiful beach
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i keep a little book
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uh
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in my yacht log of when we make water
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and all sorts of other cool information
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how many gallons i make where i'm at
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the clarity of the water the temperature
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of the water when we make it
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i uh also put when i any maintenance if
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i've changed filters in the water maker
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how many parts per million uh the
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product comes out at and any other notes
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like uh how many gallons per hour things
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like that or any leaks or
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or whatnot but
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everything's running real smooth with
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our rain man so far i'm uh
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i'm pretty impressed
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okay we're leaving in uh
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in
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about an hour so just check the props
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make sure that everything is in good
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working order aye aye captain
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that's a big fish down here
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yeah they're teasing you
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[Music]
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life is a winding road
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no telling where it goes
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driving through days and nights
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[Music]
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won't stop for traffic lights
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and i
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[Music]
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really want to know where they wanna
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[Music]
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we're off on another adventure
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time to set out
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it's about
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two o'clock in the afternoon and we're
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gonna do an overnight passage over to
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isla isabel
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our time in mazatlan has come to an end
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for now we'll be back in a couple of
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months
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we uh work our way back to uh to see a
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cortez if i
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let her figure out where the road goes
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[Music]
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even if i'm falling down i will keep on
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searching for my eyes
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just gotta maneuver our way between all
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these fishing boats yeah
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[Music]
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you can say i lost my mind i will keep
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on holding my head high
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okay just follow your track that you
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came in on
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like we're over quite a bit from it
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oh because of the yeah the rocks yeah
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yeah you want me to follow i'm gonna be
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going this way i know you got to go off
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this way and then go out because it's
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really shallow off this point
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yeah just
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hold this one like right at that fish
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float i think you're good
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even if the sky's falling down
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[Music]
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jumping from cliffs so high
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trusting our wings to flight
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[Music]
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sometimes we're crashing down
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but we get up and start from the ground
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good morning
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good morning
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that was a calm quiet night wasn't it i
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know it was disappointing it was like we
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were sailing and then all of a sudden
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everything died
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i mean zero i know it was glass smooth
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so
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it gave us a good opportunity though to
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uh test out our port engine yeah
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and ran it all night long now we just
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killed it and swapped over the other one
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just give some equal time on the other
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engine we're just uh
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putting along
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we're in not a big rush to get in here
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we didn't want to hit the middle of the
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night so
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we are on economy economy economy mode
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that's economo
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look at this we lost our detail
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on our chart plotter here's the line
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right here
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right before we get to
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isabella
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so our detail
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is terrible assistant uh it doesn't i
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mean we know we need to get the new chip
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we're working on that
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but i have it on
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my phone as a backup
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with nice detail and we have our
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guidebooks all the guidebooks yes i
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trust the guidebooks more than anything
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right now
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so how much longer i can see it
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well that's what i'm trying to judge uh
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the chart plotters saying only four
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nautical miles
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but
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the actual charges are saying about
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seven
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so we've got about an hour and a half
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we'll be there
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it's not bad
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not bad sun just came up
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looks like it's gonna be a nice
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nice day down here
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we'll jump in the water
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relax a little bit
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but we gotta get we can't stay on this
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island very long
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weather's gonna turn here in uh
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well
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in a day yeah friday evening saturday
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saturday it starts ramping up and the
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sea stay gets ugly out here so we need
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to get into
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manchester bay
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so we'll spend one night here i'd leave
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first
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first thing tomorrow morning
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but at least we'll get to see a little
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bit of this we'll hit uh isabella a
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little more
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in depth later
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but for now we get one day here
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we'll take it
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so it looks like we are going to divert
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miss isla isabella
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because it is too tight of an anchorage
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there are
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a few too many boats for us to safely
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have a a good night
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so we are going to head over to
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manchester bay it's going to be another
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40 miles
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so yeah
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things change all the time
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but we're getting quite the show around
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here we are seeing a ton of whales and
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they are just
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putting on a little show for us
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[Music]
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okay we're cutting their paths right
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here i gotta be real careful should i
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cut behind them
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[Music]
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[Music]
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the big one maybe
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it feels big
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oh yeah look at this
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come on
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it better not just be the lure
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oh it looks like a bonita
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skip jack oh please don't let it be a
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skipjack
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skip jack i think yep skip jack
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okay let it go
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okay
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let's get going
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that was a little bit of excitement yeah
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i am so bad
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hi
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my brand new lure
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130 pound test
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whatever was on there spooled off the
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entire reel
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i couldn't even pick up my my rod it was
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bending over so bad
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and it came to the end did it really
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come to the end well no almost to the
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end look at that
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just sheered it off
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oh my goodness well i guess we didn't
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want that fish anyway
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that would have been a little big
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who knows what it was a marlin maybe a
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sailfish big tuna
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130 pound test just like it was nothing
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that was your new lure too i know
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although i got a couple more that's what
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we bought them for
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oh this is gonna be a fight
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jump what is it
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i can't see
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oh it's
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emma you got the wheel you watch forward
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turn the autopilot on and aim towards
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107.
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i think it's a dorado it's a dorado it's
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a big one it's a toronto
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oh man
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i knew you were gonna get one here
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oh man
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oh no it's not it's a
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it's a tuna
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it is it's a tuna
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even better
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oh it's huge
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okay i'm gonna surf him put it down get
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the gap
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huh
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we're about five
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five miles from the anchorage
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and this is uh the end of a very long
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passage that we were not anticipating
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having that anchorage full of uh other
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boats
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kind of
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i know
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kind of wrecked everything we had
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another 40 45 miles but
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at least we caught some nice fish right
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yeah oh yeah we got some some keepers
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there
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nothing we could keep yeah nothing we
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can keep but
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the only thing is i don't typically mind
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coming in
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to
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this anchorage because it is a really
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nice
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spot with one exception
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this place is notorious for no seems and
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this is the time that they come out and
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emma and i they seem to really like us
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so um i'm getting a little nervous we're
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gonna i want to power in and just get
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get uh nice and anchored and inside
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that's that's the key get inside right
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at dusk is the worst and we'll anchor
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about believe it or not about a mile
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offshore in about 10 feet of water it's
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a very shallow
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bay with about two miles across so we'll
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anchor right in the middle and hopefully
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avoid the no seams we'll do our best
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yes so i gotta make dinner and i need a
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shower
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and wind down
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we'll be in and 45 minutes looks like
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yeah
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neutral
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okay i'm leaving you the no seems are
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out hard
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it was nice knowing you
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we had a good run
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now that our engine is back together we
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continue our journey south i was so
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excited to stop at isla isabella and was
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disappointed by the number of boats in
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the anchorage
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now that we are in mantington bay we can
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explore san blas and see what this town
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is all about
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come back next week as we check out the
21:33
town see you then
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Description
On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we shake down basik with a short trip to Stone Island before we set our sights on Isla Isabela. The crew is entertained by a whale of a show and Teal lands a few undesirable fish. We make the decision to divert to Matanchen Bay after seeing a crowded...