14:04 Beautiful .. loved to see just humans being humans. Made me cry.. helping one another... no one judging another.. Realizing you both live different lives.. it's human to love and help. Take notes.

Just happened upon you channel and literally fell in love with it. My dad always liked sailing, he purchased a 40 foot sloop and wanted to do the great circle but sadly passed prior to that realization. You look like great folks and will follow your adventures for sure on your channel. One thing I noticed was that the adults barely wear life vests, please at least one wear one, those kiddos are beautiful and need you. Lost a friend here in Florida to drowning, he was ripped with muscle, great shape, could out swim a dolphin (not literally) but drowned in a lake, yes a lake from falling overboard from a canoe. Apparently he got dehydrated to the point that he passed out when he stood quickly, fell in and authorities found him the next day. No wind, rough water, speed or anything, just plain dehydration. Well, just an observation, love the channel and subscribed to follow along.

Well I was surfing alone these days and, got panicked about fainting from anxiety in the middle of the sea, I went out of the water very fast and nervous. Got a little bit sad bc I wasn’t sure if I was going to have the courage to fight these bad thoughts and comeback to the water to do what I love which is surfing… seeing this video I got the answer, I belong to the sea, there is where I want to be. I’ll comeback to the sea this weekend and fight my anxiety and bad thoughts about a place that makes me so good.

I love how adventurist you all are. Thank you for allowing me to travel around the world with you all.

Merry Christmas Nahoa family from Kershaw South Carolina USA! May your travels be safe. Thank you for sharing your travels and your family with us. You brought a tear to my eyes in this one. Thank you.

Wonderful video once again! As we celebrate Christmas today around this beautiful planet, one thing I have found true is the observation that most people who live the simplest lives, often have the strongest faith in God. My wife and I grew up on opposites sides of the Earth, yet met in University as medical researchers. We have spent our entire adult life (retired now) amongst internationals. As scientists we have spent our careers following the science for facts. One thing we could never deny was the fact that the overwhelming majority of happy and content people we have encountered in our lives are those who have faith in God. We in the "West" often think we have "all the answers" and can control the destiny of our lives, yet often times what we discover is a void that longs to be filled. We believe we know how the universe started, yet we cannot understand how something came into existence from "nothing", yet it did. So, show me "god"? Perhaps we're looking too hard for "Him" when He is right in front of us......Didn't mean to "preach", yet today as we celebrate Christmas around the world, I hope everyone can find the ultimate purpose in life that comes with an inner peace so many have found outside the material world. Merry Christmas.

I missed you last week!! (Glad you're feeling better!) Now - it feels more like Christmas! Merry Christmas Ben, Ashley, Willa, Bodhi (and bunny). Thank you for all the wonderful adventures this past year. Stay safe - but please - just keep being you and doing what you do - for all of us!

I really needed this video today. Without getting into it, you pretty much said near the outro. Its easy to get lost , but in your own head is the worst place to do so. Thank you for putting it in to perspective. I watch all your videos and love watching the journey.

Thank you for the peaceful music. So many other channels fill our ears with noisy, distracting unpleasant music that never fits the scenes. I love the natural sounds and the peaceful music you chose ❤️

Madagascar seems like a fascinating place. We are glad that you are having some opportunities to see the land and the people. Merry Christmas from Albuquerque, New Mexico! Safe travels.

Relieved you have recovered from your sickness. Don't over do it now! Another fantastc video, love your productions and content. Wish you season greetings and good wishes for your good health and continuing adventures. Thankyou.

Excellent video! In 1980 I was at Gibraltar having lunch and chatting with a couple in their late 60's who'd been sailing for 7 years at that time. They said people ought to take the time off to do that early enough. All through the years since I wonder about them and how their travels went, and the boat might still be around somewhere.

True adventure sailing with such empathy and humility. Very special.

Blessed are you and your wife: I admire your generosity and kindness in helping humanity, those that are really far away, out of reach, you have open your beautiful HEART to give gifts of value that will assist them!

The baby really needs a hat. You guys are wearing hats and sunglasses, the kids need the same x

Merry Christmas from our family to yours! So happy everyone is feeling better. Safe travels!

Love you guys. ❤ When I first started watching, it was only you two now you have double the amount of crew members. So sweet.

Merry Christmas my fellow BC ers !! You are inspiring to watch and see the caring you have for the people you meet. Total strangers, but as sincere as ever in offering everything or anything that you have that they could use or need 👏merry Christmas and be grateful you were not here last week 🤦‍♂️☃️ cold and white !! 👍🏼🥰😉

Wow the baby's all growing fast, unbelievable. More power to you guys. Love watching your journey.

Amazing to see the many ways people live and work. Enjoy these snapshots! Thank you and Merry Christmas! 🎄✨

Nice meeting you guys ! So glad I found your channel ! Have a great New year and I look forward to your adventure ! Paul.. London ! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Another great video. Merry Christmas Ben, Ashley, and family.

First time viewer here and I must say thank you. Thank you for the lesson in materialism. I needed to hear that right now and you were the one to deliver the message all the way to me on the coast of Carolina. Thank you again, sir. Godspeed

Merry Christmas 🎄 Ben , Ash, Willa, & Bohdi hope you are all well, safe, and happy! Fair Winds! ⛵️ ❤💚❤️

You are truly our favorite sailing channel! You have been places and done things that most never will. You don't put yourselves above anyone as far a being the common human being. We would never have experienced what we do except through your channel. It's all so amazing! Thank you and Merry Christmas from Tim and Tammie Miller

16:17 - now, THAT's 'remote'. What an amazing episode - one you won't soon forget.

The Conch Shell they gave you was a “Tiger Conch” I believe. They’re a lot more rare than any of the other’s from what I’ve seen diving, but they didn’t seem to taste any different.

It’s wonderful to see your kindness and generosity.well done.

It’s great to see all three generations of a family sailing!! So inspirational! Enjoy guys!

Madagascar has such special nature it’s well worth to take a few tours. Merry Christmas and a great sailing year ahead. From our crew to yours

I haven’t seen a large conch in a while, my oldest brother that I miss dearly used to take me swimming, I can vividly remember looking through water clearer than glass ! Respect these oceans, probably wouldn’t be anything without them

Thank God i found you guys again! It's been a long time searching ur youtube channel cuz i forgot what it is...last video i watch was u guys fixing ur boat🥰

It's so wonderful to follow your channel, seeing a beautiful family visit far away places that I know I'll never go to. I wish for you to always have happiness, good health and comfort. Thank you for sharing your beautiful adventures with us. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 💝

Merry Christmas to all thank you for the stunning narrative and showing us those amazing people.

I see Ben that you practiced your narrative voicing today,good job.have a wonderful holiday and safe travels.hope Santa is good to your wonderful family.

Great adventure. Thanks for taking us along!

Kindness always pays kindness back. Your video was very moving. ❤❤

That black “paint” looks like maybe it was that Flex Seal stuff but it probably is tar. And you know what? Me and my dad use Flex Seal for everything while out on the lake or sea. If i could come visit these folks, i would give them buckets of this stuff. Its a miracle. Fixes everything AND protects it also.

There's a KZfaqr who travels power boats usually out of Australia and has gotten stuck on a Sand Spit at least once for quite a while (his boat was cracked badly) . He and his girl friend had a challenging experience to say the least. One of the thing these types of tribes do is take Turtles. That is sad. The boats there were quite unique and usually quite small 100 percent sailed. Very few motors. They also have races. Some parts have more sailing tourists than others , but all must watch out for smash/grab stuff even though it is rare, it happens. Huge oil damage to part of the coast. As I said, Delos spent a ton of time at Nosey Bee. (sp) ? I think the most unique boats were in Indonesia ! And you showed us a ton about those boats, I'll not forget that !

It's absolutely incredible to see how other humans live. And how they've lived for generations!!! It's amazing to think that at this moment, I'm in the middle of the forest in central Florida and there are people that are on an island off the coast of Madagascar as I type this!!! An absolutely beautiful thought!! Happy healthy new year to all🤘🤘💪💪🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

merry xmas 2 u all..what a childhood ur kids will tell their kids..pure awesomenss

Very much appreciated video! Merry Christmas!

You can really tell from those islanders that the original Malagasies are descended from Austronesian voyagers. I recognized masts and sails that are still very similar to Polynesian designs.

I miss my boat's, with I had seen more dvds but never happened in early 80's.. A shipwright told me my Roberts 24ft was perfect.. Lived an cruised it for 4 years in Oz

Thank you for another fantastic video, and enjoy your time on Vancouver Island. Merry Christmas🎄

Yes! It’s puts everything into perspective. We all have such abundance in our lives, if only we were grateful and gracious to others, this world would be a better place. Just found your channel thank you 🙏🏻

You have no idea the snow we all had on the PNW! Finally heated up enough to melt the ice and snow…over a foot! WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER! Cheers from White Rock BC…🍻

Merry Christmas from Scarborough, Ontario. Great videos.

Hello I'm from Indonesia, your channel is so inspiring. I hope, I could go for sailing in the next 5 years like you

always keep safe our good sailors continue sharing the good experience thanks for the informative lessons

You guys are one of a kind. Resourceful, adventurous, tough,curious.God bless you and I will be praying for your safety.

So glad to you are all back!!

Merry Xmas and Safe Travel! Thanks for sharing your life adventure with us!

Just discovered your channel and watched this episode. You made my night and thank you for sharing this with me.

It was very interesting how on such a small island/sandspit the locals are painting/repairing there boat as we do carry spare parts glue and paint etc to repair our boat. No different. Just living with the elements and what you have. Great to see. Thank you Cheers and enjoy

Such a moving episode. Nahoa always delivers on the real world experiences. That’s what I truly love. Happy Holidays and I’m glad you are feeling better! ❤

I am glad your video pop up on my feed, you earned a subscriber. Lots of love.

Nahoa has always had the BEST videos for sailors who want to explore the planet!

Ur videos are like a Movie... Cinematic shots, that Music, Narrations, Actors and small cute supporting actors -ur Kids....

Love your video, watching for the Philippine 🇨🇦

That's incredible!! Much love from the coast of Maine ❤

What an appropriate day to upload some reality. As we're inundated with Christmas gifts under the tree, what a reality check with what's important in life. We just got through blizzard winter weather, and complaining...yet...we're warm and have all the comforts life has to offer. Merry Christmas to all!

Merry Christmas! Hope you all have the best holiday season

As you say, that puts a lot of things into perspective. What a great video insight into these hardy folk. And they are so appreciative, happy and welcoming. We don't need much to be happy, eh??

Small barra are actually nice eating. Became my favourite fish on Kiritimati.

you can use jumper cables and attach them to the shrouds and put the ends in the water and if you are hit it goes in the water not in the hull.

Merry Christmas, another amazing video!

Merry Christmas 🎄 from Uxbridge Ontario Canada…😊

Amazing videos, thanks for sharing your journey!

wow thanks for this video! such a amazing experience we get to enjoy threw your videos! happy holidays!!!!

The people on the islands of Madagascar and other areas like that are so interesting. We never learn about these people in school in the West, just a fleeting mention. It's such an intriguing and unique way of life.

Merry Christmas...happy sailing.

It’d be cool if you could somehow do a movie projector onto a sail. They could come out on their boats and watch a movie out on the water. Idk. Just a thought. It’d have to be the right people and right situation. But I bet they’d love it.

Just came across your channel today.. Awesome!!..Subscribed.

Merry Christmas...God bless you and keep you on your travels...love ya

I just want to point out the first fisherman caught his gift of fish hooks and moved aside so the other friend cold get his gift of fish hooks. 🙂 Terrific video🙂 I have that same cameo seashell.🐚

Amazing - have chills watching this. What an experience 👏

Hey Guys, Merry Christmas to you all. I'm having a Balance Catamaran built in Cape Town. Splash is July 2023. I'll be sailing North up the Madagascar coast. Can you tell me what cruising guides and charts you used for the area. Is there anything in particular I need to watch out for? Safe travels to you and your family.

Merry Christmas Nahoa. Snow and rain in Nanaimo.

Vezo owns like all the music videos on KZfaq and I didn’t even know they were a tribe though, props

lovely video . Merry Christmas . all the best .

Merry Christmas! Love & Respect...

Thanks for sharing your adventures. Merry Christmas from the Ottawa Valley. 🔔🎄🌟

Cheers....Happy Holidays.....Happy New Year.....from Edmonton Alberta.

You guys are the best KZfaq channel out there.👍

Yes we are VERY fortunate! It’s wonderful to be reminded. And we waste a lot of energy on worrying about our “stuff”.

Merry Christmas and safe travels!

Happy New year from the UK. It does put in to perspective how grateful we should all be. They didn't seem to have water either . Thanks for sharing.

We also live on a catamaran . Love watching you! Could you please explain how to fish with line? Isn’t it hard to get fish in?!! Thanks🏝🏝🏝🏝

Incredible video. Thanks for sharing.

Incredible stuff man... Very cool, you guys are brave! Thanks for sharing!

Great video guys keep up the great job 👍 God bless you and family

Merry Christmas blessings to your beautiful family 😊🙏🎄🎄🎄

I'm impressed with the voyage you have already been on.

Living off and on the Sea.... difficult if you only have shifting sand bars and small atolls to pitch up on or dodge storms.. The sailing outriggers are they regarded as Proas ... I they tack by shunting..? Merry Christmas from a Dull damp 🇬🇧🎄😘 💚💙⛵

Merry Christmas, guys. Enjoy Canada! Btw, you’re not selling the southern route. Zatara looks to have had a much more pleasant time 😂

Thank you for doing this would not know this existed. No different than us really, look how nice there rides are.

Baby looked at dad after he flinched from that lightning boom!

Its beautiful.... Simply beautiful...... God Bless you guys in Sea and Shores.... ... Wish u happy life all together...

Reasons why I love Nahoa: 1) best sense of irony, 2) highest combined IQ of any sailing channel, 3) not nerds, 4) no pretending or fake added narrative!