Life in PERFECT harmony sailing Western Australia Ep 144

Life in PERFECT harmony sailing Western Australia Ep 144

This is our second trip to the Abrolhos Islands. We love them for their history, their marine life and their wind, which between September and May is plentiful. What better way to get in day after day of kiting than in these low lying islands whose protection delivers 20 to 30 knots of wind with little to no swell.
We were also blown away (did you see what I did there?) by the abundance of friendly seals and an incredible lagoon with a huge wall of sea anemones repleat with hundreds of our favorite fish, The clown fish. What's not to love.
And Rob gets handy jimmying up a quick fix to our burst hot water pipe.

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Much love to you all,
Rob, Rachel, Finn, Declan, Ivan

BACK STORY
In 1997, after rowing at the Atlanta Olympics, Rob rowed a tiny 7m (22 foot) plywood boat 2,500 miles from Tenerife (Canary Islands) to Barbados (Caribbean). It took six weeks for Rob and rowing partner, Phil Stubbs, to complete winning the inaugural Atlantic Rowing Race.

Skip forward to 2014 and, married with three children, Rob and his wife Rachel purchased Javelot, a 43 ft Fountaine Pajot catamaran. Armed only with Rob's 3 years of racing P class yachts from the age of 11 to 13, and Rachel's non existent sailing knowledge, We set off to learn the ropes of ocean sailing. We broke stuff, replaced stuff and got to know their boat before heading offshore with the kids, Finn (then 13), Declan (then 11) and Ivan (then 8), in tow. Through trial and error we have become confident wayfarers, kind of.
The plan? To sail around the world.
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[cjg]

Simply your best video yet - the videography/editing, wildlife content, commentary, banter, kiting - all just an incredible combination and some of the best produced by ANY sailing channel. Lately, I find myself skipping over the SV Uma, Delos, Zatara, and Holmes videos to see what the Kiwis are up to. This latest installment just blows all the others away. Thanks Rachel - you really stepped up on this one to produce something very special indeed!

[pamstreeter]

SUCH a great episode! I so enjoy watching you all together as a family. I feel like I'm on vacation when I watch where you are and what you are up to! Your footage of marine life and natural surroundings are so restful and beautifully filmed - thank you, and well done!!

[super_man_can]

That fish doing a number two them back up to waft it into the camera is a mixture of wonder and hilarity.

[evanlewis]

Love the cruising kiwi’s. Everyone should be watching!!!

[lukeduke]

mum and son high fiving awesome music pretty good

[coleweston]

That Ivan needs his own comedy series 😂😂

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[alfogorman]

Your the most entertaining and interesting sailing channel. Your content is first class and the boys are a laugh a minute.

[BreakingWavesNews]

Love all the marine life in this video. Gives me all the good feels! :)

[Dreama]

Ivan cracks me up, he's so funny lol

[leoniewellesley]

Love your choice of music with each cut. Awesome stuff! Love the swimming with the seal scene!

[fgansell]

Great video. Especially like the sea lion you have made friends with. What a beautiful place to be.

[kerryboilard]

declan is getting pretty awsome with the kite

[TheOrdinaryGamerChannel]

Rob, you are a blessed man to find a great Woman that is funny, witty, interesting, and talented to live a remarkable life with that could only be possible with her. Also you have the children you have with the traits their mother's genes gave them. I'm happy for you and I hope you get to sit by yourself and grasp and enjoy the life you've gotten to have through the grace of God and your wife. And you're not so terrible yourself.

[alihamilton]

Loved the kite surfing Declan and Ivan. Looked awesome, cool fun. Also looked fun playing with the cute seals. Music was great too

[paulahudson]

Seals, songs, sails, strong wind and poos. You got it all going!

[donaldwatson]

Declan is really kicking ass on that kite board. If the Zatara boys have a sponsorship For kiting I sure as hell think Declan more than Deserves one . Cheers from your friend in East Lansing Michigan USA . And peace and prayers for those in Ukraine!

[tkine]

All your videos are good, but this one was even better than usual! Lovely family, sights, music, action, and humor! This was one of those 'oh it's over already' episodes!

[BohemianBeatster]

You nailed it with this video. Combining exciting wind kiting action, very cute seals and funky music that makes you want to get up and shack you bum, the pace of the video rocked it. Watching your interaction with the seals on land and in the water was adorable. The rock fort to protect you from the high winds was very cool, well built. Stay groovy and stay safe.

[lukeduke]

the whole video was fantastic thanks