On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we take a day away from basik to visit the crocodile sanctuary El Cora, then we button up one more project before checking out with the Port Captain and Harbor Master. Come Back next week to see us haul basik for some routine maintenance...see you then!
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previously on onboard lifestyle we pay
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homage to seinfeld and ran our episode
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in reverse chronology as we made a trip
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up to the states and came back to an
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unhappy refrigerator
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and as always emma steals the show with
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her seinfeld theme lyrics
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with the refrigerator fixed it's time to
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pick up our story there
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or i could be someone else
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[Music]
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i am feeling
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very
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relieved because we are a few days from
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leaving the marina
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and heading over to the cruise anchorage
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so that we can prep and prepare
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to get hold out hopefully
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the haul out will be smooth for some
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reason i'm having anxiety over it just
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because usually when we get hauled out
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we are able to talk to the yard the guys
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and be able to all be on the same page
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and this time it's a little different
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because we are further away
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we're a little busy and it just takes uh
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it's an all day event to get down there
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which we already did but the main guy
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that
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does the haul out wasn't available and
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and it's shameful but my spanish sucks
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and so there's a language barrier
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so we're going to try to get over there
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early and hopefully
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we can get a hold of peter
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who handles all the haul outs and i'm
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sure that he will take good care of us
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everybody else that has worked with him
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has nothing but good things to say
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so i'm not too concerned
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the other thing is is that the
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the yard doesn't allow you to stay on
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your boat so i have to uh get us a uh a
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hotel or an airbnb or someplace for us
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to stay and you know we have the factor
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of compass so weren't sure that
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everybody was pet friendly we were able
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to find somebody or a hotel that will
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accommodate us and let us have compass
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stay with us which is great because it
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is also holy week so it is very very
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busy
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i'm just trying to get
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everything done and checked off
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so then uh
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the whole lot will be smooth i don't
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know what it is usually i'm pretty uh
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chill about this kind of stuff but just
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the unknown
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kind of gives me a little bit to think
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about oh you got this
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teal for whatever reason is just
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super
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mellow about it he doesn't even seem to
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care i'm the one that
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talked to them maybe that's why because
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i'm not sure that um everything that i
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said
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translated well
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and he just kind of let me take over and
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i'm just a little nervous
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so i am in my galley decompressing and
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making i'm thinking either a taco salad
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or something with carnitas
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because i need a little comfort food
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right now
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just dropped compass off with the dog
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sitter thanks denton
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because uh we are heading over to the
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crocodile sanctuary and it's i don't
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think it's
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advisable to bring a small pet to the
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crocodile center yeah
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so anyway this is going to be kind of
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neat a um this is a sanctuary for not
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just crocodiles but also any other
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birds and animals and reptiles that need
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a little rehabilitation
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and we're going to get a little
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educational experience that's right and
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a little exercise and just get off the
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boat we're taking a break from projects
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today yeah that's been uh
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work work work
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this thing
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takes a lot of work
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i wasn't pointing at lane
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okay cloudy day it looks like it's going
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to be a bit humid today and warm but
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we'll have fun
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i'm excited how are you
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yeah
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crocodile sanctuary
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the alcora crocodile sanctuary is
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located in the heart of the mangroves of
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the alkale estuary near busarias the
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sanctuary is an environmental unit
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managed by the secretary of environment
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and natural resources which is in charge
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of conservation environmental education
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and eco-tourism in this area
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their goal at alcora is to educate and
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inform wildlife conservation through
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guided tours by biologists and
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veterinarians who carry out the
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conservation and rehabilitation in this
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amazing sanctuary
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let me take up
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you like it
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almost all the species of the city
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born here really so that's why this is
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really important for this to keep yeah
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because where all began okay and also
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all the birds feed uh
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find their food here because they're
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little it's here they live in the land
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yeah and also they live and also have
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their nest on the manual okay
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mostly it's we have some grits like over
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there we have
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this is the nike grip
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the yellow crown ears
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and
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yeah we have right here a lot of peaches
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right now it's not the best hour to find
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birds because the tie isn't high
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and the birds don't find their food
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really easy
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and also right here the elkora
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have the project where they're when
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they're
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they receive a crocodile that it's in a
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hotel or somewhere when these people
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they bring it to here and they release
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it
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here there's another big lagoon yeah
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right next to
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another one it's called
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and it's bigger they have a lot of
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species of birds i personality i'm
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biologist i'm doing my studio um
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diversity studio of birds over there on
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the big like
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and
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i find
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a lot
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the birds mostly but i find reptiles and
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another animals also and
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one of the biologists introduced me to a
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three-year-old crocodile named galileo
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who was born without the development of
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his eyes galileo was found near a
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construction site at four months old and
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was brought here to give him his best
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chance for life
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as the biologist finished telling me his
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story he let me hold him
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he felt so small and fragile but knowing
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that he was at el cora reassured me that
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galileo was in good hands and will be
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well cared for
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one day i hope to return here and see
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how he is
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be safe galileo i'll see you later
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walking through the sanctuary i was
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amazed at how many species of animals
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that live here
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now i know the important role these
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biologists have to study rehabilitate
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and protect the animals that call this
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area their home
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with the nearby cities quickly
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encroaching on these wetlands it's nice
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to see that they have set aside
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protected areas to preserve the balance
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our day at alacora was so much fun
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talking with the biologists and learning
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about the important role the mangroves
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play in this region's ecosystem
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if you would like to learn more about el
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cora and how you can help their mission
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we have put links in our description
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thank you
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so
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so i'm working on the dinghy hoist right
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now
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our
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when we raise and lower the dinghy
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there's a block and tackle on the dinghy
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that runs over these sheaves down
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through the block up over this but there
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was a bit of a gap in there about like
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that
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and what was happening was as the line
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was traveling over it was getting caught
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in the middle and binding and then
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jumping to the other side and so we'd
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catch ourselves fighting and struggling
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getting the dinghy hoisted
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so i had a piece of aluminum here
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i took my holes off cut them out bored a
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half inch hole
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and made this
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nifty little spacer sorry mads
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didn't try to say nifty i know it's
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trademarked
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so now
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that's what i came up with this little
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bit of raised area here fills the gap
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and keeps that line from jumping over to
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the other sheave
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well we'll see how it works i think it's
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gonna work pretty good we'll get it all
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back installed and uh give it a whirl
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okay there it is
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all installed we'll be at anchor
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tomorrow we'll give it a good uh workout
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and see if this fixes our problem but i
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think it will looks good
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go and give it a pull then
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i think we may have fixed our problem
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thank you senor
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okay
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we are all checked out and ready to uh
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head over to the cruise tomorrow morning
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it's been a good stay here
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but it is time to go back out i'm uh
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anxious
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to be back out on uh on the hook again
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it was fun here but it was time
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that was interesting chrissy here got
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suckered into buying not one but two
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loaves of fresh baked breads
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now look at the beautiful bread
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okay see
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perfecto no shame
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no
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oh do you want to go to our boat yeah
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let's go to them or no we have to drop
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the paper off oh yeah that's right
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all right i think it's time for us to
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say goodbye to everybody and drop off
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our keys because it is time to head out
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of here oh wow i am going to miss this
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place a lot it was so fun exploring the
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resort
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i think that you enjoyed this resort a
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lot didn't you oh yeah for sure between
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the pools and the shakes and all the
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other
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activities here that was pretty cool
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paradise has been paradise
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yes this staff was so nice
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they made us this they made us this cool
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like
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bean pod sign this bean plot thing it's
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so cool and it has our name on it i know
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that is really cool super sweet
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all right so we're all going to go up
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and say goodbye to everybody and then i
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think that we're all set to go don't you
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think yeah i'm uh we're minutes away so
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let's get going all right
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we're gonna take care of the dog he's
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coming with us but we wanted to say
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thank you so much thank you for your
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hospitality here we enjoy your nice
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village
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uh not so much
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okay start pulling fenders in them
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we are heading out of paradise village
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it is is it high tide
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no time's going out tide's going out so
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we should be fine unfortunately it's
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been
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a month since we scrubbed our bottom so
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it sounds like it's a little sluggish
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right now i that our props are just a
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ball of particles but we didn't really
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want to scrub it here in uh in the
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marina i'm sure it's okay but there are
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crocodiles here so and we're falling out
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and we're hauling out in four days so it
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just didn't seem
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necessary but now we're thinking maybe
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it should have been
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because we are at a snail's pace
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i know it's not a big deal for you guys
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on the east coast but it is amazing
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how many cats we have been seeing
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here in mexico because before there was
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just a few maybe a handful but now it's
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like look at this this marina right now
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there is probably a good 10 15 cats or
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and trimaran they're multi-holes it's
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just
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it's amazing how much more common it is
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now and it's just great to see
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okay we just crossed over the bar
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nice and easy
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beautiful calm day out here
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got a whopping
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5.43 nautical miles
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to drop on the hook in uh la cruz it's
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just not too far away
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it's a beautiful day out here though
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we'll uh see if there's enough breeze to
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actually get some sails going
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so
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thanks for watching this week's episode
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our time at paradise village has come to
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an end and i had an amazing time here
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visiting el cora with an eye-opening
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experience and seeing the work the
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biologists do here is inspiring
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next week we haul out basics for some
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routine maintenance so come back to see
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what we are up to see you then
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Added on
27 May 2022
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Location:
Nuevo Vallarta, MX
Description
On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we take a day away from basik to visit the crocodile sanctuary El Cora, then we button up one more project before checking out with the Port Captain and Harbor Master. Come Back next week to see us haul basik for some routine maintenance...see you...