Savage Island. Adventures of an Old Seadog, ep147

Filmed before lockdown.
On Savage Island in search of Captain Cook.
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Boat:
White Shadow is a Van De Stadt ‘Seal’ 36 (11 metres). She is hand made in steel, 2004, with a round bilge (hull) and a modified coach roof. This makes her a ‘one off’ and in my opinion the most beautiful Van De Stadt 36 ever built.

The camera gear:
Main camera is a Panasonic Hc- V770 with a Rode External mic. My old camera is now my number 2 is a Panasonic Hc-v700. Most shots are done with an external mic (Shenggu sg 108) with a sponge and dead kitten attached.
Action stuff and small blogging is done with a Sony Hdr-as30v.
Underwater video Gopro3plus.

Editing:
Final cut pro on a Macbook. Most of the material for each video is filmed over a period of several weeks or so and the editing of each episode is normally done over a day. This process can take longer if original music is used or permissions are needed for copyrighted materials etc. Much time is spent sorting out technical problems. In this case I normally get the help of a younger person who understands computerie stuff!
There are also times when filming, editing and uploading is not possible due to being at sea or in locations with no internet access.

Content:
I have found that filming and releasing material over a period of time is better than doing ‘vlog’ style videos and trying to make episodes out of whats happened in a week, regardless if it’s good content or not. By filming over a period of time I can be more selective in what goes into each video. My aim is to avoid ‘bland and mundane’ and have at least one or two exciting and interesting events in every video. Every video has to be entertaining.

Comments and being at sea:
I love reading your comments. Most weeks Im able to read everyone. I cant reply to everybody but I do read and enjoy them. Keep them coming! There are times that It might seem I'm not on the internet for certain periods, this is normally when Im at sea on passage. While Im out on the Ocean I have completely no communications with the outside World.

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[binkolney]

fish and chips ... iconic and eternal ...

[SirSamsalot]

How many people love that there has been zero mention of the quarantine. Ah sweet freedom. Thanks you old wiley seadog.

[MrBullitt]

What a life! Thanks for taking us with you.

[abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz-sx]

Every Saturday morning, that I don't have to get up and go to work, I sit down with a cup of coffee and look forward to seeing your videos. Barry, I think among most I enjoy watching yours even more. Hope all is well and you are doing well. I look forward to your next episode.

[mowhoknow]

Sitting in my truck in the rain watching you in the tropics, Barry you make me want to chuck it all and get back to the sea! Stuck in Illinois, USA

[Eddybarrett]

A real sailing channel, thanks for sharing

[richhunter]

Had to Laugh Out Loud when you did the cam effects of yourself taking that first bite of fish n chips.
Great history lesson also.

[miklpotts]

I'm happy to say that I just purchased my own open ocean cruising sailboat!. Thank you for the inspiration!! Great video!

[michaeldemarillac]

I did a stop over on an Australian warship in the 80s and I remember it being quite warm waiting for the ships launch to pick us up and it was going to be another hour so I stripped down to my uniform white bombay bloomers and dove off the jetty into the water, soon dozens of young kids joined me and we were all splashing around. It was so lovely, pristine waters very clear the water was terrific. Then when I focused there were about 100 sea snakes joining us swimming every which way and you never saw anyone get out of the water so quick, but the kids kept swimming and had a great time. Later I found out that it is very difficult for them to bite us, even though they are many times more poisonous than land snakes.

[shadroid]

Barry! You just keep getting better.
This segment about Cook is your best work yet. The BBC will be calling you yes they will!
Your obvious love of history and ability to intimately connect with a place and its past brought a tear to my eye.
P.S. tear your Perkins apart and rebuild it or get a new engine before it quits on you in a storm.

[estrelladelmar]

Oh, that's where I left my coconuts. Hey is that my chicken?

[zengirl]

Barry, this is a wonderful video. I love the history lesson and the flora is so beautiful. Your sense of humor at the fish and chips place was just great. Thanks for making my day brighter than usual. I think it's wonderful they don't allow it to change. If we only did that with most of the world!

[vanveen]

thank you for that, poor Captain Cook, sailing around the world looking for a place to accept him and finally finding his demise in Hawaii, guess he should have stayed home

[hypnocracy]

Barry, thank you for sharing your journey and going to places less traveled. I can't recall how long ago I first found your channel. I binge watched all the previous episodes and continue to wait for new ones. So, I hold you partly responsible for buying a 18ft Buccaneer sailing dinghy. The first sail boat for a man closer to sixty than I care to admit. My adventures may not range as far afield as yours...but it's the first step.

[BreezyRider]

What a privilege to be able to visit such a place, thanks for sharing it with us and what a great history lesson...

[barb-]

Strange island... dog fights, giant plastic crab, empty market, and graves in yards. But must be nice when
locals are out and about. Historically quite interesting too. Thank you! Glad you enjoyed fish n chips there too.

[jorgeconcheyro]

Fish and chips and pizza in the same place, Barry!!! Haven!! hahahahaha

[flylooper]

Barry, Thanks for sharing your adventures with us land lubbers. I'm an older guy, too, who got close to doing what you're doing but at the last minute I bailed out and got married....Game, set, match. Reared a family, got a mortgage and all the rest, so you're as close as it gets for me, now 77 years old! I did race big boats in San Francisco Bay, though, but that's not even close to blue water sailing.

[guyfox]

Another great history lesson. I can imagine the feeling you would experience standing there where Capt Cook would have once stood. Unbelievable.

[jameshickey]

Thank you Barry for a nice history lesson.