This week my birthday rolled around again. We released some baby turtles, constructed a new table in the galley and had a live screening of the Triple Klown race video at the local bar.
We have also decided to not return to Europe this coming winter and will instead stay on the boat and continue to make videos for YOU!
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In this episode we will show you myΒ birthday. It's my birthday it's my birthday.Β

We have a good time, Marie bakes a few cakes,Β I guess about three and Cindy as well, I ate cakeΒ Β

until i was nearly sick and I built a new table in the galley finally, we've been eatingΒ Β

in a tiny little space for years now andΒ finally we got a bigger table stoked on that,Β Β

and we released some baby turtles that wasΒ pretty cool, first time Marie's seen thatΒ Β

and yeah enjoy the episode guys.

g'day guys welcome to another episodeΒ nice to see you here each weekΒ Β

thanks for joining us sort of feels like aΒ little meeting a little therapy every weekΒ Β

now a lot of you guys write in and say you lookΒ forward to these uh episodes and i'm stokedΒ Β

that you know you join us every sunday you knowΒ birthdays don't really excite me much anymoreΒ Β

um you know as a teenager and you're gettingΒ presents obviously it's a bit more excitable butΒ Β

these days it's sort of nearly likeΒ oh there's another year gone sort ofΒ Β

how i always think about it people say happyΒ birthday i'm like oh but it's another year goneΒ Β

but actually it's a good time to reflect a littleΒ bit and sort of see what you've done the last yearΒ Β

and uh you know where you sort of stand in life iΒ guess and yeah it's another year gone good morningΒ Β

good morning hey i am 47 years old today i wasΒ actually 47 yesterday as well but today we'reΒ Β

officially probably having my birthday yesterdayΒ i was editing the triple clown video which youΒ Β

would have watched last week so yeah working allΒ day it wasn't much of a birthday but we went outΒ Β

in the evening and had a little celebration withΒ a couple friends and uh today we're going to do aΒ Β

little bit more marie here is making a cake theΒ second one actually it's awesome look at thisΒ Β

what do you bring it's a carrot cakeΒ i'm gonna put also some pineapple inΒ Β

with a little bit of spice cinnamon gingerΒ so it's gonna be i think super tastyΒ Β

and where's the other one that's inΒ the fridge um i think it's in the oven

you made another one last night so we'veΒ got two it's pretty awesome a brownie

so yeah gonna be feasting on cake oh my hair'sΒ looking pretty good this morning might be time forΒ Β

a haircut soon oh yeah well i'll just keep wearingΒ a hat that's probably the best way here we go

there we go oh fix indiana hat so what's the planΒ today we have our friends isabel and vincent whoΒ Β

are in the other side of the island uh theyΒ propose to us to organize lunch all togetherΒ Β

and we're gonna enjoy the beach having some beerΒ with friends and having a lovely day i think yeahΒ Β

man it's beautiful it's nice and calm it's prettyΒ hot not much wind and then tonight um we organizedΒ Β

to have a screening of the triple clown videoΒ with all the locals here uh the triple clown videoΒ Β

was the one you'll see before this one the theΒ sailboat racing and lot in roti so we're puttingΒ Β

that live up on the big screen at shipwrecks barΒ at steve's place and show all the locals and allΒ Β

the people who are involved in that race we'llΒ show them and have a few beers and celebrate aΒ Β

bit there so that'll probably be pretty fun andΒ we'll try and film a bit of that and show you guys

instead love it

thank you so much

thank you so much thank you for lunchΒ cindy thank you so much for the crabs very

it's his birthday too he'sΒ 41 years younger than me

so um

well done very good

here thank you all um yeah we sort of didn'tΒ know what to expect when we came down hereΒ Β

but it's been you know more than we could haveΒ expected you guys welcoming and being so niceΒ Β

and yeah just including us and everything and uhΒ just getting to know you all and real cool crew

a bit of news for you guys i just informedΒ welcome a couple of weeks ago now that iΒ Β

won't be returning this winter they offered meΒ a contract for for the winter of um 2022 and itΒ Β

would have been my i think 17th year in a row withΒ volcom shooting snowboarding for those of you whoΒ Β

don't know i've been shooting snowboarding forΒ volcom for many many years now following theirΒ Β

pro team around shooting uh imagery for theirΒ advertising uh catalogues websites shop windowsΒ Β

social media for the riders all that sort of stuffΒ and basically just following the pro riders aroundΒ Β

uh wherever it snows it's been a bit of a ballΒ but anyway this year i've decided not to go backΒ Β

and that's sort of the big news this will beΒ the first year sort of fully committed to makingΒ Β

videos and actually just earning money fromΒ from youtube and and from all you great peopleΒ Β

at patreon and paypal and you know guys that areΒ flow some money to us to you know for for watchingΒ Β

the videos and and just supporting our journeyΒ so that's sort of a big commitment and a bigΒ Β

step for me you know i've always sort of relied onΒ five or six months working shooting snowboardingΒ Β

and that's sort of been the staple income andΒ then the youtube and patreon money is just uhΒ Β

the bonus to keep the boat running and and andΒ you know not really have to worry sort of thingΒ Β

welcome have said uh we'll hope you'll be backΒ in 23 they'll offer me a contract then which isΒ Β

an awesome feeling to know that they've got myΒ back and uh you know look into the future andΒ Β

they don't hold anything you know they don't feelΒ badly that i decided not to come back this yearΒ Β

anyway so that's the stand yeah we're gonna stayΒ on the boat you guys will be stoked to get uhΒ Β

sailing videos without a break this year one coolΒ experience we had last week it's uh cindy one ofΒ Β

our friends who has a result called boy gardenΒ here she called us and proposed to us to comeΒ Β

on the small island calledΒ dhana it's a military islandΒ Β

and they were doing a release of baby turtlesΒ these turtles were coming from a turtle nurseryΒ Β

uh on roti island but they releasedΒ them as they do in the wild on donnaΒ Β

island and they hope they're gonna comeΒ back on this island so we came thereΒ Β

with some friends and that was my first timeΒ i saw some baby turtles so i was super excited

all together we just let the turtle go in theΒ water i don't know if it's how they do normallyΒ Β

and that was also funny to see the little ceremonyΒ they had the banners and they were all super proudΒ Β

to do this action for the turtles so it's aΒ good sign because in general in indonesia theyΒ Β

are not super empathic and nice with animalsΒ in general and i was quite happy to see themΒ Β

they were trying to do something for theΒ environment and for the local animalsΒ Β

so instead of waiting till the end of theΒ video like normal to thank you patronsΒ Β

i want to do it in the middle of the videoΒ this time because it really means a lot to usΒ Β

obviously now with uh you know not going backΒ to europe you guys are more important than everΒ Β

and uh just want to give you a big shout outΒ big thank you to for your support and uh youΒ Β

know the the motivation you guys give us any ofΒ you out there who you know have been weighing upΒ Β

giving us support there's sort of something iΒ wanted to tell you guys that i probably haven'tΒ Β

made anyone aware of before i guess when you goΒ on the patreon site and you sort of look at theΒ Β

different tiers most people sort of concentrate onΒ the first two or three there are obviously a fewΒ Β

very generous guys amongstΒ you that are you know downΒ Β

on the bigger tears but what i want to draw yourΒ attention to is the fact that people amongst youΒ Β

who are considering getting a yacht and havingΒ this lifestyle and i know there are a lot of youΒ Β

and you know you're learning things off us allΒ that sort of stuff and and seeing how we do itΒ Β

that's awesome that's great what i want toΒ draw your attention to is that i think theΒ Β

top three tiers 25 15 100 per video if you signΒ up for those tiers and support us for a seasonΒ Β

you actually get the chance to come on the boatΒ for either five days ten days or two weeks i thinkΒ Β

all expenses paid and i just want yeah i wantedΒ to tell you that because a lot of people who areΒ Β

thinking about buying a boat they'll go andΒ do a sailing course or an introduction toΒ Β

sailing or a bare boat captain or something likeΒ that and i sort of think that uh spending a weekΒ Β

or ten days with us on the boat yeah you won'tΒ get a certificate at the end of it but you'llΒ Β

get a lot more real life experience of this is howΒ not just sailing because i what i learned is theΒ Β

sailing part the moving part with wind it's sortΒ of easy if you've got a logical way of thinkingΒ Β

that the living aboard the maintenance theΒ anchoring the pairing of routes the navigationΒ Β

the weather forecasting that's the sort of stuffΒ that it's just day-to-day experience and learningΒ Β

how to do it and that's the sort of stuff youΒ get when you spend time on a boat so yeah i justΒ Β

thought i'd let you guys know if you are thinkingΒ of supporting us and are thinking of gettingΒ Β

a boat one day that might be something for youΒ obviously it helps us out a lot but also it's aΒ Β

pretty good payback it's better than a youΒ know a lot of people give a beer koozie or someΒ Β

stickers or i don't know a shout out a postcardΒ which are all cool but this would be somethingΒ Β

real that people can really benefit fromΒ anyway let me know what you think about thatΒ Β

another super cool things we have on the boatΒ we installed a new table we bought it in baliΒ Β

few months ago and i was really waiting to haveΒ this new table it's a bit more big and we haveΒ Β

more space so we can eat together work togetherΒ and even having one more guest more on the tableΒ Β

so better for having social life and it's a superΒ nice one the wood with the carving with the whiteΒ Β

flowery shapes on it so yeah i'm quite happy toΒ have that on board now so it's a pretty windyΒ Β

afternoon here on the boat today uh it's low tideΒ not going to shore so i'm going to start doing aΒ Β

project that i've been meaning to do for a whileΒ uh this table here is fine for one person sittingΒ Β

here but that's about it there's we can't bothΒ have dinner together sitting there we both can'tΒ Β

work there next to each other since i've had theΒ boat i've sort of known this but i've sort of beenΒ Β

humming and hiring and trying to i sort of thoughtΒ oh i'm going to see another boat and their tableΒ Β

is going to inspire me and that's exactly what i'mΒ going to do but it hasn't happened yet so when weΒ Β

were in bali actually a couple of months ago weΒ bought a new table top which is this one out hereΒ Β

yeah we just sort of was driving along the roadΒ and saw this place doing carvings and that soΒ Β

all right so i've got it all cleaned away andΒ taken the screw out and actually under this table

there's an even smaller table so it's like thoseΒ um russian dolls you just take them apart andΒ Β

there's another smaller one in there yeah thisΒ would have been for a real single solo sailor

let's cut it off so i think whatΒ i'll do is just cut all of this offΒ Β

and reattach it re-epoxy it to the new one andΒ then just use the same mounting system or justΒ Β

a different table okie dokie it is nowΒ the next day uh still working on thisΒ Β

table project uh so what i've done i've i'veΒ glued a collar on there that sits on top of thisΒ Β

leg that goes through down to the hubΒ i've uh cut this off the original tableΒ Β

and this isn't fixed to the boat undo theseΒ two screws and this one and you can take it offΒ Β

i want to be able to take this table out of hereΒ i'm not putting it in solid if we need to i don'tΒ Β

know change a water tank move the engine anythingΒ like that you want about to move all this outΒ Β

and as you can see that there's quite a bitΒ of space in this whole uh area now withoutΒ Β

the table there so it's quite nice if we wantΒ to hold a rave party or i don't know we couldΒ Β

make a yoga studio for three tiny people maybeΒ see we always want to have these options in life

i think it's going to be strong enough that'sΒ the main concern that it's strong enoughΒ Β

um you don't want to be sort of sitting here andΒ i think falls down but would be nice to have aΒ Β

two workstations for example we canΒ both we can both eat on that side nowΒ Β

with the table heritage but you can't both workΒ there right next to each other so one thing you'reΒ Β

doing is taking the old original table here umΒ put a backing plate on there and then get hingesΒ Β

and attach it to here so it's down as a flatΒ and then it'll come up as a table to hereΒ Β

not the most beautiful arrangementΒ but it would make a good workstationΒ Β

so the table is here now it's a bit longer so weΒ can sit together to eat it's really more spaceΒ Β

and we kept the old last one the small oneΒ with a flap and with this stick homemadeΒ Β

we we swapped with an old man we did a littleΒ hole in the floor and we put it here so we areΒ Β

so we can have a third person to eat or i canΒ work here on this couch in bernard's spaceΒ Β

happy yeah super cool and when we finish and weΒ are sailing we can flap it back we clip it with anΒ Β

elastic here for not banging and we still have theΒ space to walk inside the boat when we are sailing

i can't let you go baby

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