We’re back! Getting ready for a 3000NM Sail...

Okay, what's going on pants?

>> So, we're back on the Bagabond. And the

reason the reason for that is for

starters, if you look around, we are the

only boat in this marina. There's not

another sailor around. Barely a soul

around. And it's really it doesn't feel

good to be leaving our boat.

>> It's eerie.

>> It is. It is eerie. And second to that,

we've had a lot of interest in our boat

to buy her, but no one wants to buy a

boat when it's in Raja Emphat. So, the

real reason we are here, take it away,

darling. We're preparing for a 3,000

nautical mile journey followed by a

further 1,200 nautical mile journey. So,

we're going to sail this boat to Venuatu

and then onto New Zealand from there,

>> which is so exciting. We're going to get

one last harrah on our boat. But before

then, there's a lot we need to do to get

this boat ready for that trip. And

that's what you're going to be joining

us for in this episode. A whole

checklist of things. Brand new sails

going up. Happy with that?

Last time you were with us, we were

kneede in mud building our new farm in

Venoatu. But just when we thought we

knew what came next, everything really

changed. [music] We're excited to have

you with us as we get everything ready

and learn together what it really takes

to prepare for a crossing this big.

>> So, apart from the sails, what have we

got?

>> We're going to have to check the rigging

top to bottom, clean the hull, check all

of the steerage and all of the steering

components, start the engine, cuz that

hasn't been started in a while. Water

maker, I mean, you name it. We're going

to go frack to bunt and do everything.

>> Are you excited for the sail?

>> I'm in like weirdly the best mood ever.

When we arrived, I felt very strange to

be back on the boat and like I'd lost a

part of myself like a like a world

sliding doors, a permutation of my life

path had been closed down. And but now

I'm back here and it was very strange.

But today I'm just in the best mood ever

cuz I'm planning for this crossing

that's coming up. And I'm calling all of

my mates and I'm like, "Do you want to

come on board? Let's go do this thing."

My very first mate that I ever called

and I was like, "Hey, I've just bought a

boat. Can you come?" He's like, "Tell me

where and when." And just then I called

him out and I'm like, "I'm going on a

crossing. Do you want to come?" He's

like, "Yep.

>> Can always count on Lucas."

>> But Kai, I need I need Kai.

>> Yeah.

>> He's He's my I've got a man. You do,

don't you? on him and his beautiful

wonky Swedish teeth.

>> Yeah, he's had a baby. Him and Karine

have had a baby. She's the most

beautiful little girl called Martha.

Anyway, I'm hoping to get them to

Venuatu as well.

>> We're heading back to our boat today.

Slightly hung over. I'm so proud of us,

babe.

>> Yeah, we don't often get pissed anymore.

>> No, we haven't drunk three cocktails by

a pool for a very long

>> Everyone's going to go, "Oh, three

cocktails. That's so loose." It [snorts]

feels [laughter]

>> we were drunk. They were Long Island

iced teas with diet coke. Not not that.

>> But after all that black magic stuff in

Venuatu, honestly, I just needed needed

a break. Needed to get away out of my

head.

>> Where are we going to put our luggage?

Oh, I look quite handsome from this

angle. We're currently in the VIP.

Difficult to describe all of the uh

things that are going on here.

>> 6 and 12 hours later.

>> You know, you're back in Indonesia when

the whole door handle falls off. We want

to go get coffee downstairs, but I don't

think we can get back into our room.

>> Yeah, we can. Do you want someone to

stay inside in case we get locked out?

>> No, we won't. I

>> I'll stay inside. Can I stay inside? I

don't trust you.

There you go.

[laughter]

>> Well, then you may as well just use this

deadlock.

>> Just leave it.

>> No, because people will say that.

>> And I was going to have a bath, but uh

this is the color of the water. I'm not

touching that, honestly.

What is that? Can someone tell me what

is this?

We're also starving, so we just [music]

ordered food. But I had a little glimpse

at Lvagabond and I got teary because she

looks so lonely there by herself.

There's no other boats and I just felt

so nostalgic. I'm just like, it felt

like I'd come home, you know, or it felt

like seeing my kitten that I love so

much back in Vanowatu. It was like I

just can't believe we've left her here,

you know, and I'm sad. D's already

jumped in the pool.

All right. Don't do that. That's scary.

Wait, dude.

>> That's scary for mom. You know why?

>> Why?

>> Cuz this is the same pool that you

cracked your head open. Remember, you

jumped in and you landed on those steps

right over there.

>> Yeah.

>> And we had to go to the clinic.

>> Can you play, please?

>> Darwin had jumped into the marina pool

with his little sailor friends and hid

his head on the step. After he got his

stitches, [music] we knew we'd be

keeping a very close eye on him. So I

was running here, tripped, fell on my

head like that.

>> Oh,

>> in the corner.

>> You got stitches, remember?

>> Yeah, I got

>> three stitches.

>> Three stitches.

>> Hey, Jackie.

>> I'm just really emotional, too.

>> Yeah.

>> Feels like we've

like left this life.

>> Yeah.

>> Should we just keep it?

>> Yeah.

>> No more for sale.

>> It's too beautiful. Oh, look.

>> No sail. Agreed.

>> Look, it's a watch. I mean, a

flashlight.

>> I want to

just be responsible for something that

expensive anymore.

>> Yeah,

>> it's just weighs too heavily on

>> Yeah, we need to live on it full time.

>> Oh, already found the snacks. I wouldn't

eat any of that. It's probably all too

old.

>> Why? But I'm so hungry.

>> How's things looking?

>> Good.

>> Batteries. Everything's fine.

>> Yeah, the batteries are fine.

>> Becky's done an amazing job.

>> It's beautiful, isn't it?

>> Yeah. Let's go see my beautiful cabin.

A

>> I love this boat so much.

>> Feels weird, huh?

>> There are some chapters in life that you

don't fully appreciate until they've

become memories. Lvagabon III is one of

those chapters. We dreamed about her

long before she ever touched the water.

We walked through the factory while she

was [music] still just a skeleton of

carbon fiber and wires, imagining the

adventures she'd [music] one day carry

us on. At the very same time, we were

building something else, too. Our little

family, she [music] carried us and a

rotating series of incredible crew

through the turquoise waters of

Southeast Asia, [music]

Japan, and Micronia. Through squalls

that tested us and sunsets [music] that

stopped us in our tracks. Like every

boat we've ever owned, she's challenged

us [music] daily. She demanded patience,

resilience, and teamwork. But every

challenge was obviously worth it. The

rewards of sailing always are. And while

Lvagabon thei will always be part of our

family's story, it's [music] time for

her to become part of someone else's. We

can't wait to see where she goes next

and who's lucky enough to call her home.

Where did this come from?

>> Yeah.

>> This is so exciting. It feels [laughter]

like Christmas. We are just opening a

We're just opening our giant box that we

got from Doyle Sales. They wanted us to

have the best set of sails for the new

buyers. Yeah, it's a really exciting

[music] day. We're going to get to put

the new sails on our boat and we also

have someone coming to help us. His name

is Timo. He's a rigger because it's

going to be I mean carrying this alone

to the boat is going to be a mission and

then putting them on is another story.

>> This is proving to be quite difficult.

>> Probably a good time here to give a

massive shout out to the team [music] at

Doyle Sales.

We've sailed with a few different sail

makers over the years, but these are

honestly the best that we've ever had

and the ones that we're very happy to

recommend to other people. It feels

pretty cool that our next adventure is

taking us to New Zealand where Doyle

Sales started. And who knows, we might

even get to meet some of the people

behind them, the designers and the sail

makers who build the things that

actually make sailboats go. Going to

[music] use an old trick I picked up on

the rig boat. It's called the present.

Okay.

One, two.

[laughter]

>> Now for the main sail, the much heavier

of the two. It took pretty much the

entire marina crew to wrestle [music] it

from the storage down to the dock and on

the squeakiest trolley you've ever

heard.

Maybe put it down. Oh god. [music]

>> Oh my god, that was so scary to watch.

[music]

[music]

>> So I'm going to teach you how to blow a

bubble on this.

>> Oh my gosh. No way.

>> That is so cool.

Smell it. It's actually soap. You see

it's colorful.

>> It does smell a bit, doesn't it?

>> Yeah.

[music]

>> What is it?

>> Nothing.

Luckily, our new mate Timmo had flown in

from Thailand [music]

just in time to lend us a hand today. By

6:00 a.m., the humidity was already

smothering us, and we knew we had a long

day ahead.

>> This is stupid, but [laughter]

>> okay, we've got a whole crew behind me.

>> We've got Timo, Decky, and Riley.

Thankfully, we have a lovely Indonesian

lady here to help us with the kids

because yeah, they [laughter] it'd be a

lot having them on board today. We just

really want to get this sail up as soon

as possible before the wind comes in.

>> All the poof poof poof poof poof. That

is a perfect English. Okay. [laughter]

>> So, before we get into the boat jobs

today in the scorching sun, I'm going to

do something that we do every single day

and that is drink an AG1 first thing in

the morning on an empty stomach because

we love to feel the energy boost. And

I'm actually going to make some for the

crew today, Timo and Decki. They

definitely haven't tried AG1. So, we'll

see what they think of it. But yeah,

whether we're living here on the boat or

back in Vanuatu, our days are usually so

full and we don't like to feel depleted.

We don't want to have to stress about

whether or not we're getting all the

nutrients we need that day. So that is

why we've been drinking AG1 for 4 years

now. And if you guys haven't tried it,

you should definitely jump on the

bandwagon. Having a routine that travels

with us uh definitely makes a huge

difference. So we love AG1 and their AG1

NextG because it is a delicious way to

support our daily nutrition. So, what

AG1 actually is, it's a combination of

vitamins, minerals, whole food sourced

ingredients, and really high quality pre

and probiotics, which is probably the

biggest selling point for me. All in one

scoop, you just mix it with water, so

you don't even have to think about it.

It's a really easy habit to get into.

And one thing I also appreciate, or

maybe Riley appreciates the most because

he's basically skeptical of everything,

is that AG1 has actually invested

heavily in clinical research. It's

backed by multiple gold standard

clinical trials [music] and it's been

shown to support your gut health,

improve key nutrient levels over time,

and actually enrich the gut microbiome,

which is so good for overall health.

Hello, it's science.

>> So, yeah, that just gives us confidence

in what we're actually drinking every

single day. So, if you guys would like

to finally give AG1 a try, I'm going to

pop a link just here and down in the

description. probably a QR code as well.

And take advantage because through our

link today, you're actually going to get

a free AG1 travel pouch with seven free

AG1 travel packs in your welcome kit

with your first AG1 subscription order.

And this is while supplies last for a

limited time. So definitely take

advantage and look after yourselves,

guys. Thank you.

>> Hey, Lord.

Vamp,

>> you know what that means?

>> Very good.

>> You guys, I want you to try some AG1.

>> Ah, AG1.

>> Have you tried it? Yeah, I know. I won.

>> Yeah. Decki, you try this.

>> Thank you so much. Ready? One, two.

>> See, I saw Timmo for the first time

yesterday. But I was like, I recognize

you. And I think we actually apart had

crossed somewhere many years ago. He's

like, "Oh, you wouldn't remember me."

And I was like, "Do you have a YouTube

channel?" And he goes, "Yeah." And I

paused it at a certain point. I was

watching it ages ago and I was like,

Elena, this guy is absolutely hilarious.

Him talking about the alien [laughter]

on the on his YouTube channel. It was

the funniest thing ever.

>> 10 year. I'm the first time I got to

open this ballast. I know there is the

leak from the deck. I think I expect to

find a mold, water, maybe some spider,

snake, and a com

alien. Can be alien. I wish you me

because it's quite interesting. I got to

open.

>> A while back, I'd put up a post looking

for a rigger [music] to help us out. And

somehow, I hit the jackpot. Not only is

this guy incredibly experienced, [music]

having worked on countless rigs and most

recently converting his own racing yacht

into a cruising home for his family. But

he's also one of the kindest, funniest

people you'll ever meet. We were

incredibly lucky to have him here

[music] with us. You guys need to go

check out Timo's YouTube.

>> Okay, try now. Yes, a little bit.

Just a bit.

>> We're going for a holiday on Timmo's

boat at some point.

>> Yeah, whenever I mean sea lake.

>> What are we doing, babe?

>> We've put each different bat in. Apart

from the last one, which was too

difficult.

>> And now we're screwing the end of the

bat to the mass slide here. These are

the mast slides.

These are what attaches to the bat. And

we're screwing that in. You don't want

to go too tight cuz it'll pinch it. You

don't want to go too soft because it'll

fall off.

>> You want to do it just right.

>> Okay. Try to push. I think he's in line.

Okay. Let me zoom.

>> Oh, yeah. You just twist the lens.

>> I'm terrible. Ah. Yes.

>> Okay. We're getting there. You want me

to try putting in again?

>> Yes.

>> Okay. Now,

>> I think you have to twist.

>> Twist. Yeah. You have to twist a little

bit the opposite side. You pass the

white one in and you do

>> the white one in.

>> Yeah. You do a couple of latch.

>> Okay. So, this rope goes back.

>> This rope go from the white loop to the

stainless steel ring.

[music]

Here's the part about sailing that

completely confused me when I first

started. If the wind isn't coming from

behind the boat, where does the forward

force actually [music] come from? How do

boats sail upwind? The answer is

surprisingly similar to how an aircraft

wing creates [music] lift. As the wind

flows around a well-shaped sail, we're

trying to maintain something called

lamina flow, where the air stays smooth

and attached to the sail surface instead

of breaking away into messy turbulence.

As the wind flows around a sail or wing,

it doesn't simply split evenly and meet

again at the back. The curve, shape, and

angle [music] of the sail cause the air

flow to bend as it passes around it. On

the leeward side, the air accelerates,

and as it speeds up, its pressure drops.

On the windward side, the air moves more

slowly and remains relatively higher

pressure. [music] That pressure

difference creates a force pulling the

sail towards the low pressure side. This

relationship between air speed and

pressure is described by Bernoli's

principle. The result is lift, not

upward like an airplane wing, although

sometimes on the trian it felt that way,

but mostly sideways. [music] Our keel

and rudder resist the sideways force,

converting it into forwards motion. The

longer we can keep that air flow

attached, the more efficient the sail

works. Modern sail design is all about

maintaining smooth attached air flow.

The longer that we can keep the flow

laminina before it separates into

turbulence, the more efficiently the

sail generates lift and the faster,

easier, and more comfortably we sail.

[snorts]

Sail's going up.

>> We got another boat coming in. We got

some friends. Darwin, have you liked

being back on the boat?

Yeah,

>> you missed it.

>> Yeah, there's another boat coming in.

We're going to get friends

>> hopefully. First boat in the marina

apart from us.

>> Yeah, but not but but I saw this and

there's no kids.

>> No kids. Damn. So the just over time uh

we think because there's there's a

significant load on this part of the

mast when we're fully hoisted the mast

track these two Allen key head screws

are free spinning. So we're going to

epoxy them back in. And this is all one

piece and it's lined up on one side but

not the other. So we're just going to

file this down so that this travels.

[snorts]

See, it's getting stuck there. Not so

bad anymore cuz we've tapped it over,

but just needs to file it down a bit so

that it's all straight.

I've just been digging through cupboards

today just seeing what's left here.

There's still quite a lot of my stuff.

None of us cuz he never had anything to

begin with. But like I'm just getting so

many memories just walking around

looking at stuff. I saw some drawings

that Lydia had done and also um

Josephine. There's my glass Japanese

balls over there that we found and also

the other ones we made in Palao. This

sick underwater bag. I've got some cool

hats, bandanas. It's just like so many

memories are made on this boat in just 3

years. And yeah, if someone does buy

her, it's going to be really hard to

hand her over cuz this this really feels

like home.

Not right now, actually. It stings quite

a bit. Mom and dad didn't quite trust my

knot tying skills on the main sale, so

we headed to the beach instead where we

made some new furry friends. Lately,

we've been completely obsessed with

animals, cats, goats, anything with four

legs, really. And when we get back to

Venatu, mom says we're getting puppies.

>> You're filming me, but you've got a

checklist for me. I know I've got the

checklist, but I just wanted to say we

got the main sale up. Well, nearly. We

have to fold it up tomorrow. But next is

like looking at my checklist for

everything you need to do before we

leave. So, steering system, test the

wheel, tiller, autopilot, specs, and

hydraulics.

>> Wheel good. We want to look down here.

What I'm doing down the back here is

looking for rust, signs of wear and

tear, cracks, and this is one of the

massive things on the boat that could

potentially go wrong. It's where I

learned from Kai. He spent so much time

back here, just looking and making love

to this [laughter] rudder. I'm doing

that as well now. And we've made a few

little modifications to it. This piece

here in particular, it was coming apart

here. Just it was just flexing a little

bit. This is a aftermarket modification

which has worked really well. So, it's

been very tight, stiff, and and strong.

And I can't see any problems back here.

I wasn't expecting to, but yeah, you

need to spend a fair bit of time. And

I'll dive in the water as well at some

point.

>> Well, next we should probably see if the

engine works.

>> Okay. Try again.

>> Yeah. So, that's the starter motor.

Yeah. Not surprised there's been a

little problem there.

So, first thing on the list, two for new

starter batteries. Always the way.

That's all right. That's not a big one.

>> Okay. Next, I've got check the oil,

coolant, belts.

>> Okay. Got the right amount of oil. Good

amount. Belt tension. The other thing is

we've got a massive amount of power

coming in with these two alternators,

but you'll notice that there's one there

and we're missing one here.

>> Do you want me to start writing a list?

>> No. Two starter batteries and an

alternator. As I came down here, I I saw

it was missing. I was like, "Oh, that's

the thing I needed to remember." But

these are expensive, man.

>> Alternators.

>> Yeah, that's annoying.

>> Okay, we're going to check the gear oil.

>> Perfect. Nice color, too.

>> Okay. Safety equipment. But I know we've

got all that E-B right there, baby.

Flares and life jackets because I'm an

absolute nutcase when it comes to safety

stuff.

>> Making Riley and I go through an

offshore medical course every few years.

Since having kids, it's become even more

of a priority, I guess. Out here, you

have to be your own mechanic,

electrician, and doctor. So, having the

knowledge to handle emergencies can make

all the difference. And we highly

recommend taking courses like this if

and [music] when you get the chance.

>> Is it all in date?

>> I mean, I don't actually know about

that, but

>> Mhm.

>> You want me to check?

>> Mhm.

>> Okay. What do we got here?

>> This is all our good life jackets.

Flares [snorts] used by date. Surely a

flare keeps working for like ever.

Expiration date's here. Where, mate?

January 2028. Yay. Okay. E-B is there.

That's fine. We got a grab bag under my

bed.

>> Let's check the grab bag.

>> We haven't really used anything out of

here.

>> That's not the grab bag.

>> Yeah, it is. Grab bag.

>> Oh, it's [snorts] the medical grab bag.

>> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sorry. Medical

grab bag. We don't actually have a grab

bag set up right now. Now we started

using bits of it.

>> That was the medical grab bag. What's

supposed to go in a grab bag grab bag is

things like a handheld VHF, those flares

and a flashlight, emergency water and

rations, passports, and important

documents, [music] plus a few survival

basics like a knife, water maker, and

emergency blankets. Thankfully, we've

never had to use one, and we hope to

never [music] have to.

>> I am the captain, and there's no excuse

for not having a grab bag. We'll get on

to that immediately. We did have one and

then we cannibalized it. I don't know

what we were doing, but there So,

there's a third of a grab bag somewhere

with a knife and a shiny thing that we

can locate helicopters and some other

stuff in there.

>> Yeah, but where it is, I've got no idea.

>> Yeah. So, we'll find that. What's next

on the list? It's freaking hot. We got

the kids a Picari sweat before. I've

never seen Darwin so happy.

>> We all need electrolytes today. My

[music] gosh. Okay, so next is

navigation and communications. We need

to check the chart plotter, AIS, radar,

the VHF. We haven't used any of this in

forever, so we need to make sure

everything's working.

>> No,

one is on plotter.

>> Okay, we've got a radio.

>> Why isn't that going? Plotter one.

Plotted plot two. There we go.

>> Sweet.

>> 3.9 m. That looks about right. And next,

uh, as you can hear, I've got check all

of the winches and also the windless for

our anchor. And we're going to have to

check all of the rigging. We've just

been trying to get these sails up first,

but we'll definitely inspect everything.

So,

>> we're down the front. You notice that we

had a couple of problems with the

engine. The next thing that you

definitely definitely need to be working

if your engine's gone is the windless.

So, I'm going to check that now. See, we

partnered with Vitus and Maxwell at the

very start when we were building the

boat. And there's a lot of different

systems that we've got on board that

we've been utilizing for them. Not the

least of which is the anchoring system.

We never got around to thanking them

quite enough. So, I'm going to try and

do a big effort here. Let's hope this

works. I'm sure that it will. This

system has been unbelievably reliable.

What's down and what's up again?

>> Face it towards the sky. Now, [snorts]

what says down?

>> You got it.

>> Yeah.

No,

>> Vas and Maxwell. They're old players in

the game. They've been doing this for

decades. What I like about them is they

don't sort of build individual

components. They like to build a system

together so it all works cohesively.

We've got the anchoring system here. As

I've just said, it's been flawless. It's

been absolutely amazing. Once we got the

correct length road, which is has

nothing to do with them. Remember, we

were anchoring with 20 m of chain.

Anyway, that was quite amusing. So along

with anchoring, they're also doing

propulsion. They're doing steering.

There's some sanitation. They've got

electrical stuff and ventilation as

well.

>> Yeah, just wanted to say a big thank you

to Vitus and Maxwell. All of their

equipment, all their systems have stood

the test of time. So, if you guys are

building a boat or you want to upgrade

systems, definitely go and check out

what they have. I'm going to put the

link in the description box below. Okay,

so we still have a whole bunch more on

our checklist. And also, we need to put

the head sail up. The new head sail.

That's tomorrow's job. I need to go and

hug my babies and have some food. I

think

>> we got a problem.

>> What? Oh, the the random rings. We can't

figure out what they're for.

>> We've put the sail back together and we

don't know where all these go.

>> Where are these meant to go?

>> I put it back together and there's some

parts left over.

>> Never a good sign.

>> What are these?

>> Should we go find our [music] children?

>> No. [laughter]

>> Not now. Not after that day.

>> Yeah. Oh my gosh. I've had the best day

though. Went to the beach, swimming in

the pool, sunburnt.

>> We're all so white. The kids are burnt.

>> Yeah, I was looking at my face before.

I'm so white.

>> My feet look like someone else's. I

think we say that the other day.

>> You used to have really handsome tan

[music] feet and now I'm not sure so

sure.

>> They're white. And because of the mud in

Venuatu, my toes are like stained brown.

It's as if I've been smoking with my

toes.

>> Do I stink?

>> No.

You want to kiss me then?

>> More than anything else in the world,

Ryan.

>> Honestly,

look at our boat. Would you like Oh my

god.

>> Hey, Dad.

>> Yes. M.

>> You want to play tickle monster?

>> Yes.

Darwin accidentally ate chili sauce. You

okay, baby?

>> There's a net.

>> Yeah, look. It looks exactly the same as

a tomato sauce. Here, I'll have some

more normal tomato sauce.

Keep throwing. Oh, jeez. What the heck

was that?

Oh, wow. Okay. Should we go watch a

movie?

This is the situation.

Oh, that's [music] good. I had my

period. You

>> can tell we haven't done boat jobs in a

while. You are so sunburnt.

>> I'm [music] very sunburnt. Got a belly

ache, back ache. I'm broken.

[music]

So, we didn't stay on the boat because

um all the sheets are moldy and there's

no laundry around here. We [music] would

have to travel quite a way. Plus, the

fridges are off. We'd have to stock the

fridge. Too much of a mission, I reckon.

I'm stoked with this [music] room. A

shower.

So, the kids gave us knits and uh this

is Riley's knit hair from last night.

>> The shampoo made it all funny.

>> Sure, we need to do something about that

today. We can't be on film.

getting a cold, I think, meaning it

would have been on that ferry 100%. I've

never been so close to so many people in

my life.

>> Yeah.

>> So, last night I was sending Axel some

messages, Elena. And I was like, "Hey,

didn't we just get two new starter

batteries?" And he's like, "Yeah, bro.

We got them and we didn't change them

out because it was holding voltage,

remember?" And I was like, "Well, where

are they?" And he said, "In the

starboard side lazarette." [laughter]

>> There they are. Brand new starter bat

shoes.

>> So, what we'll do is we'll leave them

there and then we'll install them cuz

there's a there's some sort of tiny

little drain on them. So, I'll get Kai

to look at that. Looks like Kai is going

to come over.

>> Calculate your crew from pretending like

you have no autopilot and there's one

person on the helm all the time.

>> Yeah. Uh, and then imagine maneuvers and

imagine watches whilst steering all

night. And if four feels comfortable,

then four is the number. So I think four

would be good. Yeah.

>> Yeah. I think four is good, mate.

>> He hasn't promised anything yet, Elena.

But man, that would just be so amazing.

>> Yeah. So the crew is yet to be

finalized, which is exciting. Let's see

who ends up on the boat.

>> Yeah, we need a girl. We might do a post

on Sea People. In fact, I will do a post

on C people to uh get some crew to come

on

>> a girlfriend.

>> Yeah, exactly.

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description below. Uh, so we won't

change them yet, but that's good news.

We still need a

alternator, so that's fine. I'll bring

that over. Lucas will come and do some

cleaning. I've noticed that Decky hasn't

been looking under things. That's fine.

>> So, today is head sail day. This bad boy

is going up.

>> Okay, we go down. Die. Die. Okay, now

we're folding folding the sail.

>> Okay,

I attach the

>> I [snorts] don't get obsessed with like

many sailing bits of equipment, but this

Doyle sail bag that they gave us. It's

like a repair kit. It's so sexy.

Oh, I'm freaking heavy, dude.

But um we have a a damaged heliard. So

we're actually going to use one of their

tools to splice one of the ropes later

on. Look at that.

We got tape. We got heaps of spares.

>> Where did you go?

>> I just felt a bit shaky. I need a food.

This is the kids leftover breakfast.

>> All right. Oh, I'm going to have a

makato.

>> We have present for you.

>> You can keep. It's for you.

>> Thank you.

>> No worries.

>> Thank you.

>> Yeah. This one yours.

>> Thank you.

>> That's okay. Enjoy.

>> So, when I came back, Decki had this

tied up here. I don't know. like a a

shackle had snapped, which seems

unlikely, but apparently that's what had

happened. And then that rope was through

there. It was a a rigging disaster, but

Deck is not a rigger, so he's just um

doing his best. So, uh we snatched a

shackle from over there and put it back

on there. It's quite rusty, but I mean,

there's large bits of steel there. I

don't think it's going to break, but

I've got my eye on it because apparently

something there did. So, I'm just I'm

trying to make it safe for whilst we're

away and imagining what might break if

something were going to

>> survive another month until we set sail.

>> I would be absolutely shocked if

something there broke. I would imagine

that holding a container ship in place.

But we we also our main support is the

crosssection at the front which goes to

large underwater concrete blocks which

is your like a standard moing ball. But

we've got a big crisscross at the front

there because our main danger would be

wind and waves coming from there and

that'll hold us in place beautifully at

the front there. We're we're extremely

well set up.

>> Before we do the sail, we need to check

the sea and the check if the

billagege pump is working.

>> The all the billagege pump. Well, not

all of them, but a lot of them are

working. I I'm confident that they're

all working. Um, but we'll check that.

But we should yeah poke our head around

in the build and make sure that the all

the shut off and on.

>> Yeah.

>> You don't want a dodgy

>> No.

>> Can you get me a screwdriver?

>> Yes,

>> Philips.

>> Okay.

>> That is dry. That's good news.

>> Secks are all good.

>> I've got something controversial that I

will say now. This is one of those

things where I know I'm setting myself

up for failure in the future. And yet, I

believe that this is true. Only time

will tell. I think that farming is way

easier than sailing. I think that just

in general, life on land will be so much

easier than life at sea. Some people

might be like, "Oh, duh." And some

people might go like, "You don't know

what you're talking about." Yeah, you

don't know what you're talking about.

[clears throat] But my thoughts around

this center around expedition drenched.

Nate wrote a comment underneath a uh

comment section which was tracking this

sort of idea and he said, "Come on,

guys. Like, what's going to happen? The

worst thing that happens on on your farm

is your basil spoiled or or the the

goats have eaten all your fruit. On a

boat, if you make a mistake, you end up

on the reef. Like your life is just

constantly not in danger, but your

decisions just matter so much more. So

much more. And that's not to say things.

>> Yeah.

>> Can be life or death.

>> And you need to be on to it all the

time. And you're so much more remote.

You're always away from hospitals and

all that sort of stuff. Logistics is a

nightmare. There's no hardware stores

and you're always just [music] sort of

getting by and

>> the stakes are higher

>> and the stakes are just constantly

tenfold. And so the blanket statement

that I will make is that farming is so

much more easier than sailing. Sailing

is way way more difficult. What do you

think about that?

I just found my medallion that we got

from the Commodore Neil on that nuclear

submarine. How sick is it? That's a

>> fire nuclear weapons.

>> Good medallion. How cool.

>> We've got Will Miller from the multihole

company. What have I got to do to sell

this boat, mate? [laughter]

>> He promised me that he can help. I'm

like, we have got the largest sailing

YouTube channel in the world. Like, what

the hell are we doing wrong? And he's

like, leave it in my hands. [laughter]

So he's first thing. We've got to sail

it to New Zealand.

>> We've got to get it somewhere we get

some people on it. I think that's it.

You know, it's a great boat. I think

we've just got to get some eyes on it.

We got to get some people physically

able to see the boat. And uh Indonesia

is a beautiful country, but it's uh it's

a long way for a lot of people to travel

just to see it.

>> But you you'd think that they would have

seen it in the videos.

>> People have seen it in the videos. They

just haven't seen it in real life.

There's a big difference. when I because

I was so obsessed with Rapido. I went

through their 3D model 500 times and and

looked at every single photo, but it

wasn't until I jumped on board and I was

like, the space felt how I thought that

it would, but it wasn't until I got on

board and I was like, okay, yeah, there

actually is enough room here for me with

the family to to get by. Putting myself

back in that mindset, I understand why

people would need to come on board, but

it's inconvenient.

>> New Zealand for whoever you

>> than a lot of boats. It's It's different

than a lot of boats that anybody's ever

been on.

>> Yeah. Exactly. It's a very unique build.

It's a very unique layout. It's worked

well for you guys, but it'll work well

for the next owner.

>> Exactly.

>> Becky Massie. Yeah. You're welcome.

>> Uh, see you in Satu Bulan. What's one

month?

>> Satu Bulan.

>> Satu Bulan. Okay, we'll be back.

>> Okay.

>> Thank you.

>> Thank you.

>> Okay, starting with uh that. Are you

okay?

>> Yeah, I'm all right.

>> Well, Riley nearly broke his leg trying

to hop onto our little speedboat back to

the mainland. We just waved goodbye to

Little Vagabond for a few weeks, knowing

we'd be back soon to sail her down to

New Zealand.

>> Hera,

this is too much for her. She's walking

around. She's going like, "Oh, she's

trying to protect the kids." And the

kids are just absolute season campers.

Like, this is not unusual for them at

all.

>> Dolphins. They might be over that side

now.

>> But first, we had to race back to

Venuatu because our old mate Forest and

his girlfriend were flying in to help us

kick [music] off some projects on the

farm. Before that, though, we really

wanted to squeeze in a stopover in Bali

for something really exciting. We hope

you'll stick around and learn with us.

>> I'm so excited [music] about this. So,

we just arrived to Bali after our time

on the boat. We're going to be staying

at a lodge in the woods and visiting

this lady. Her name's Haley. She's

Australian. She's super into

permaculture, also like soil and

microbes. And I think we can learn a lot

from her, seeing as this climate is very

similar to Vanuatu. Funny story, I made

the whole family stop into this knit

bar. Only Barley would have a bar

dedicated to knits. You going to get

these knits out?

>> Yeah,

>> it's time.

>> Let's do it. So, in 90 minutes, they

apparently were able to get rid of all

of our knits, all the eggs. But, I mean,

who knows? Even if they left one egg, we

could all just, you know, come down with

them again. But we're clean now,

hopefully. Let's see. And yeah, we're

just going to spend a couple days up

here in the mountains. It's like so

beautiful and clean and like this is the

side of Bali that I really really love.

As much as I also love like Changangu

where our friends are hanging out now

we're getting some mountain time and I

can't wait to see what we learn with

Haley and um share all of that with you

guys.

>> I'll punch bloke bigger than you mate.

Don't bear your teeth at me.

>> That's a brilliant sign. Did you read

this babe?

>> Tell me what it says.

>> These are two sweet pigtailed macau.

They have rehomed from terrible life as

pets tied to trees on one meter chains

in nearby villages. They were taken from

the wild when they were very young,

meaning they have habituated to

captivity and cannot be released back

into the wild. Although the species is

now endangered, there's no active

rehabilitation program in Indonesia. We

have consulted with wildlife experts,

local conservation organizations, and

primatologists. All are supportive of

our efforts to give these two a better

life. We hope you can appreciate the

care we have taken to give these girls a

comfortable home and join the family. I

thought that was a really nice sign to

have there.

>> Look, he got more fingers than we do. He

got here, here, here, here. Extra thumb

and more.

>> What?

>> No, he's got five.

>> I've got five.

>> I thought I thought he had five. I

thought he was like

>> She has five. It's Lily and Rose.

>> Oh, and news. Dar cut his hair the other

day, didn't you, baby?

>> Yeah.

>> Found the scissors.

>> I went like,

>> oopsie.

>> [music]

>> So, we've just hiked a kilometer to get

to Haley's farm, and she was just saying

how pineapples are out of season right

now, but one just ripened. Are we going

to get to eat it?

>> You're going to get to eat this. This

ripened is specifically for you.

>> I know. That's amazing. [laughter] I bet

it's so sweet, too. Pineapples here are

the best.

>> Oh, you should smell it. It's so good.

Do you want to smell it?

>> You want to smell?

>> Oh, man.

>> And the best bananas.

>> Yeah. I couldn't do this without him

because he's my only farmer and it's me.

It's the two of us.

>> Just the two of you.

>> Just the two of us at the moment.

[laughter]

>> Haley had always dreamed of owning her

own piece of land. [music]

Just before CO hit, she traveled to

Bali. But when the world shut down, she

found herself unexpectedly [music] stuck

there. During that time, she rented a

place up here in the mountains and

completely fell in love with the area.

Her friends even told her that she

finally looked like she found where she

belonged. Not long after, she came

across a perfect piece of land and

turned that dream into a reality. Today,

she's a self-sufficiency coach certified

in permaculture design with training in

agroforestry. She's also expanding her

learning center, so she can soon welcome

students from all over the world.

>> So, yeah. So, to plant the pineapple,

just pull these bits and you can plant

that in and that'll grow in two years.

>> Yeah. Perfect.

>> That's the book I think you'd be

interested in for building your home.

It's

>> huge. It's gigantic. There's a there's a

section which I've that's on humid

tropics.

>> Okay.

>> You could take a couple of photos, but

that's not the book to to bring the book

on permaculture. But I thought you might

want to have a quick look.

>> All right. I'll just be over here for

[gasps]

[laughter] seven weeks.

>> Look how juicy that is. Who wants the

first bite of this amazing pineapple?

It's been growing for 2 years.

>> Is it good?

>> Oh, it looks amazing.

>> Good. 700 days of pineapple growing.

[laughter]

>> Damn.

>> That is as good as a pineapple I was

ever eaten. That's amazing.

>> We planted a whole lot of lettuce

leaves, salad leaves, and about 2 weeks

later, we were inundated with

caterpillars.

>> Mhm.

>> And M was stressing. We'd only just

started working together. He's like,

"There's so many caterpillars. What do

we do?" And I said, "I want to see what

happens, and I want to see what nature

does." 2 weeks later again, he's like,

"But maybe we can use organic pesticides

and stuff." And I said, "I know, but if

we insert ourselves with an organic

pesticide, you have inserted yourself

into the ecosystem, and you'll always

have to do it."

>> 2 weeks later, he sends me a video of a

wasp eating a caterpillar.

>> Okay.

>> And then some ants eating a caterpillar.

To this day, around 9:10 a.m., a wasp is

going around looking for its dinner or

breakfast.

>> We've never had to worry about it again.

>> That's perfect cuz I'm quite lazy. I

don't have to insert myself, as it were.

>> Nature's trying to do something. If I'm

fighting it,

>> let the wasp do it.

>> Yeah.

>> So, now we don't have to worry.

>> Leave it up to the wasp.

>> We were going to do our best to keep our

farm completely chemical free. So, it

was really reassuring to see that it is

possible. Of course, it comes with its

fair share of challenges, but one that

we're willing to take on when the time

comes. So, this is our worm bath. I've

had this since 2019. I actually had it

in Chungu.

>> Oh my god.

>> A weirdo. [laughter]

But just recently we've had an

infestation of ants which they eat the

worm eggs unfortunately and it got too

too moist. But see how it doesn't smell.

>> So that that means you're in a balance.

If you have a worm bin or or compost

that smells it's gone anorobic

>> and you need to add more carbon.

>> Okay.

>> Just carbon. So I'm going to ask you a

question. How many microbes do you think

is in that piece of soil right there?

>> I'm going to be annoying and go way

over.

>> Okay. How many? 500 billion.

>> Okay. What do you think? [laughter] What

do you think, Elena?

>> 100,000.

>> There's more than stars in the sky.

>> Oh my gosh.

>> In this piece, I don't know how many

stars there are.

>> Impressive. [laughter]

>> Infinity.

>> We were learning a little bit of

everything from Haley. But what we were

most excited to learn was permaculture

design. We're getting close to the point

where we'll need to decide exactly where

everything on our farm will [music] go

from the gardens to the animals. And we

wanted to get it right from the start

instead of fixing mistakes later. But

let's see. So, this will happen

naturally over time. This was just we

piled stuff here and it eventually

turned into compost. What you want to do

if you can just get a pile somewhere and

you can cover it with a tar. You don't

have to do this system as long as it's

covered so the rain doesn't wash it

away, but you need to turn it every now

and then so it doesn't go anorobic. But

the compost I'm going to show you here

is like a Jeff Lorton's 18day compost.

Third greens. Yeah.

>> Third browns or sawdust and a third cow

manure. Okay.

>> What about your food scraps?

>> You can do that. I put my food scraps in

my [music] with my worms.

>> Okay.

>> See all these yellow flowers?

>> Is this strawberries? I think a bug's

taking a little bite out of this one. It

makes it more real.

>> Yeah.

You want to bite it?

>> We won't find another one. So, make sure

to share it.

>> Share it with Lenny.

Okay. You've eaten the whole thing.

Great. This water crust.

>> So, this is broccoli.

>> This is so going to be you.

>> I'm making a salad in. So this is

mitsuba. It's like a parsley type

[music] thing that we throw in the

salad. You can just bite it,

but it's like a Oh, that's great.

>> Lift you up.

>> Got it.

>> So chew these leaves together. Put them

all in your mouth and chew. Ready, set.

>> Oh my god. What the hell? Wa.

>> It's sweet and coriander.

>> No, not coriander. I can't pick the

flavor. I've never tasted that much.

>> Chocolate mint and stevia. Oh my god.

>> Stevia.

>> Yeah, this is stevia.

>> What? Don't nibble on it. Just eat it.

>> The whole thing.

>> All in.

>> Even the stem.

>> All in. You're good.

>> That's better.

>> That's nice.

>> We were so grateful for Haley's time and

had an absolute ball. Even better, we

knew she'd be someone we could lean on

when it came time to finalize the layout

of our farm. But for now, it was time to

burn off some of the kids' energy. So,

we headed off to explore the beautiful

waterfalls nearby.

corner. Hey, mama.

Hey, Marina.

[laughter]

>> How was your day?

>> Well, it just got significantly better

now. I've had the I've had the best day.

Learned so much from Haley. And also,

this place is like an absolute

wonderland. It's a fairy tale. They've

got a natural pool down here. Uh they

also have like a booklet of how they

built it, which we're really interested

in. And I've watched a bunch of YouTube

videos cuz we really want a natural pool

on our farm. And I really love the

pebbles, the stones that they've used

around the natural pool as well. Like I

like how it's grippy. I don't like

slippery pools and that's they've just

nailed that.

>> Everywhere around the world, they stick

slippery tiles next to the pool.

>> It infuriates me. And Darwin is a hazard

as you guys know.

>> Fell on my head like that.

>> Anyway, I'm going to Yeah. take some

pointers from these guys. They've also

got a sauna. Yeah, this being up here

with this view and it's just like this

is magical and I'm so happy we got this

little escape and yeah, we're just

learning a lot and this is natural ice

cream and it's the best damn ice cream

I've had in a very long time.

We are so lucky.

We hope to hear from you guys in the

comments [music] and that you'll join us

again soon back in Venuatu for the next

stage of our farm build, including our

driveway finally getting laid. And we

have to say she's looking pretty sexy.