Visiting the Sacred Blue Eyed eels of Huahine in French Polynesia

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Жыл бұрын

Episode #271 : Season 9 : The South Pacific
Hello Friends,
On this episode I finally get a chance to explore the island of Huahine after the storms pass. I took in the views and tried to image Captain James Cook's boat, Resolution anchored near to Triteia sharing the same view! I then made my way walking around the island visiting the ancient religious mareas before making to the freshwater creek that is home to the famous sacred blue eyed eels. It was incredible to see these creatures (again... after first seeing a few in Moorea).
I walked a total of 17 miles that day and my legs were worse for wear for a few days after!
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@magi7936 Жыл бұрын

As a Polynesian man...I love watching your videos as I sit here in Utah in this 20 degree weather 🥶😭😂 keep'em coming and safe travels brother! 🙏🏽🤙🏽

@nickcain1508 Жыл бұрын

I loved the Captain Cook image comparison. Very thought provoking of what the island and the local's living there was like at that time.

@simon-croft Жыл бұрын

Awesome cant beat French Polynesia, I'm addicted to any vlogs and that sails them. Keep ,up the good work.

@MrDavedraver888 Жыл бұрын

These are absolute Dream destinations for me, one day you'll look back on these adventures & treasure these memories more than any amount of Gold ..Sail on brother, sail on

@jogrant3851 Жыл бұрын

Just gorgeous. A rare place where animals and man live in harmony, with respect for life. Seeing the horses and the eels having their right to the space. The eels free to just be, that's so special. And the crab, haha. The scenery is just so beautiful, everything about French Polynesia is beautiful - stating the obvious, I know. Merci Sailor James.

@SailorJames Жыл бұрын

I loved the eels and all of the wildlife there , the islands always feel peaceful

@assifkhan3803 Жыл бұрын

you are not only a sailor .you are in my opnion a professior in a live classroom.and i love to listen to you and the musis that comes along now and again..bless you and i always pray for you on your journeys.

@dirtybeadsoff-roading4096 2 ай бұрын

Really enjoy these walks you do where you show everyone around, absolutely gorgeous views. I’m excited to travel myself in the future. Thanks for the great content..!

@ckfpv Жыл бұрын

I just wanted to say Thank you so much for taking me along for the ride to places ill probably never go 👍🏼💯👍🏼🤙🤙🤙🤙

@joshuapatrick682 Жыл бұрын

That statement simultaneously reminds me of the Big Lebowski and the Princess Bride for some reason...

@jasonippolito Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! I really enjoy hearing the island sounds, such a peaceful backdrop to a great video. Eels!!

@MizzAugust7 Жыл бұрын

What a pretty pretty place. Not much to worry about there except eating, mosquitoes & the occasional hurricane.Theres places also in England where horses & ponies live wild. Those lilys were beautiful & I liked the museum, I thought those were earrings in the shells.Ive seen photos of those stones in Scotland & youre right they are in Many other places.I forgot about the eels & thought there had to crocodiles in there. They have nicer faces & mouths than the ones in the Keys, but at 4-5 ft long, I wouldnt be in there just on GP. The scenery is just Stunning, as if waiting for an artist to capture it. Ha! When you said 10 miles, my mouth just Fell Open ! Thank you so much~for the adventuring:)

@joshuapatrick682 Жыл бұрын

I am by no means knocking you when I say I love that 60 year old boat sitting next to all the millionaires toys. You’ve cracked the code, you’re living the life people pay tens of millions of dollars to experience! Congrats!

@SailorJames Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@robinsommer6009 Жыл бұрын

WOW😍😍 THIS IS SUCH AN EPIC JOURNEY THAT YOU GRACIOUSLY SHARE WITH ME! YOUR TRIP ON HUAHINE LOOKS RAW AND LUSH❤️ I CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE FIRST HAND VIEW OF WHAT CAPTAIN COOK SAW IN THE SEVENTEEN HUNDREDS... JUST EPIC FOOTAGE OF THESE MOUNTAINS IN THE PACIFIC 😍 I HOPE YOU STAY CLOSE TO HUAHINE, RAIATEA AND BORA BORA AS I CAN'T WAIT TO CALL THESE PRISTINE ISLANDS HOME💎 MEETING YOU IN PERSON THERE WOULD BE SUCH A SPECIAL HONOR TO ME AS THIS JOURNEY OF YOURS IS SUCH AN INSPIRATION TO ME, AND CLEARLY GOD IS WITH YOU🌈🌎🛡️ THANKYOU THANKYOU FOR YOUR UNPARALLELED COURAGE STRENGTH AND BEAUTIFUL CHARISMA CAPTURED IN THESE EPIC MEMORIES AND MOMENTS YOU SHARE WITH ME ON YOUR CHANNEL 😍❤️ I HOPE TO ONE DAY MEET YOU FACE TO FACE ON THESE ISLANDS💎💎🌈🌎🛡️💎💎

@bearcat0551 Жыл бұрын

James, you have a gift for narration. It feels like you are talking to only me even though I know that I am just one of thousands. I look forward to more of your videos. Fair winds.

@SailorJames Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this comment, very happy to hear it 🙏🏻

@blackbirdxx4613 Жыл бұрын

Good stuff James.... No matter where one goes there's always chickens 🤣.... Eels were fantastic.... Nice to see that's there's no pollution in the eel River

@leeoldershaw956 Жыл бұрын

Two couples made that walk from Fare harbor and our Jenneau 39 of South Pacific yacht charters in 1984. We hitch hiked back to that hotel Maitai Lapita Village with the floating flowers in the back of a concrete block truck.

@Peterjenkins1011 2 ай бұрын

Amazing journey James. Love your the life that you live.

@TL-rl9xk Жыл бұрын

James, have a Merry Christmas and a great holiday season! I look forward to the passages of 2023!

@MikeSantis Жыл бұрын

That was nice to show us the island James. Thanks.

@WillN2Go1 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff. Wish I was there. That family from Michigan, and KZfaqrs, ran their catamaran onto a reef somewhere in the South Pacific. Really tough break, later a local drove a tractor out at low tide and recovered it to turn into a house. Maybe that was it. Pretty cool. As an old carpenter what I really appreciate about the small outriggers is that if I tried making one of those and didn't first learn the precise placement and bracing of all those sticks -- it'd never work. I did make some outriggers for two very narrow kayaks I made. Aluminum poles so nothing too clever. What I found was even leaning to one side bury one of the amas it didn't turn my kayak, and in normal operation you get most of the balance from the extension, like the pole of the tight rope walker -- not from the buoyancy of the ama. So almost no additional drag. Very smart technology.

@Joshuaca11 Жыл бұрын

Just think how fun it will be for you to watch back these videos 40 years from now. You’re documenting some amazing memories you’ll have for the rest of your life!

@SailorJames Жыл бұрын

That is so fun to think about!

@PauHana420 Жыл бұрын

Aloha James, Once again another amazing adventure. Mele Kalikimaka Thanks again and stay safe.

@slingerrr9548 Жыл бұрын

Hi sailor James thats pretty amazing all those religious stone sites and those sacred eels are huge. I was wondering did you see any snakes on the island ? Take care and thanks for showing us!

@iainfleming6020 Жыл бұрын

No snakes on land in the south Pacific islands only sea snakes

@joshuapatrick682 Жыл бұрын

I love that if you could somehow communicate what we can do via technology to people from ancient times you’d basically be describing one of their deities.

@LovingLightCreations Жыл бұрын

Hi James you are so funny and I love the lilies and the animals everything a really cool video , thank you

@WaterTrails Жыл бұрын

From what I've gathered from comments on other sailing channels, that catamaran-house is the result of a local removing an eye-sore off the reef and re-purposing it as part of his house. It was a catamaran of a family from the UK that had a navigational error in the middle of the night. They stripped it of anything of value, but left the hull sitting on the reef where it stayed for quite a long time.

@kealahau6727 Жыл бұрын

Yes it is...we have 1 or 2 catamarans on the reef every years...

@maborchiff2283 Жыл бұрын

Wow those eels are magical

@bowmanlegacies Жыл бұрын

Thanks again brother for another great adventure! I look forward to your videos.

@janb4374 Жыл бұрын

Seasons Greetings and Happy New Year from Huntington Beach, CA!

@Shibalvr Жыл бұрын

Cool walk about! Love it when you do those.😅😅

@traderryan713 Жыл бұрын

Way cool. Those eels were badass.

@914va Жыл бұрын

Fantastic my friend...love what yor doing!

@LarzGustafsson Жыл бұрын

Great documentary. Cheers from Sweden.

@nealchristensen1793 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video as always ! Thank you!

@afanaskinanton Жыл бұрын

Amazing fish-snake!

@MachTuck Жыл бұрын

Hi James! great you showed the painting on the bay and then your picture from the same spot. Very beautiful and green island! Safe sailing!

@journeymanadventure Жыл бұрын

While your in NZ the botanical gardens in New Plymouth have a cool eel pond where they'll sometimes came out of the water for food🏴‍☠️

@james2398 Жыл бұрын

Awesome glad to see you got motor running again

@SailorJames Жыл бұрын

This was filmed many months ago 👍🏻

@tunderwood85 Жыл бұрын

Love the content! Congrats and keep it coming!

@robsmith1009 Жыл бұрын

Thank you James, another great video. Watching from England.

@naretanenui7228 Жыл бұрын

We have a lot of marae here in New Zealand it's a place of meeting and is very sacred and it's an identity for us maori

@dale6349 Жыл бұрын

It is a curious thing!

@floridapatriot9776 Жыл бұрын

Dude you are living the life. I've got to learn to sail. Just curious. What are your monthly expenses averaging? Love your videos. Keep them coming. I'm tempted to become a patron because I value your videos so much. Fairwinds.

@SailorJames Жыл бұрын

I spend between $1500- $2000 a month on average.

@sharkymoon422 Жыл бұрын

Wild horses, aren’t we all til we are not.. We are all special without judgment 🙏❤️ Great channel 👍👊🏻

@papilloncycles3463 Жыл бұрын

James, Thank you for sharing this Cairn building with us.

@donshaffer9733 Жыл бұрын

Great videos my friend

@John_Long Жыл бұрын

Awesome land adventure James! It always blows me away to see the diversity of species (flora and fauna) on these islands in the middle of an ocean...and those eels! 🤯So cool! May fair winds be with you brother! 🌬⛵

@chechuivanov1706 Жыл бұрын

Amazing vlog. ❤

@Hvitserk67 Жыл бұрын

A wonderful statement regarding your interest in history and nothing less than 254 years of time travel from Captain Cook's time in relation to your modern photography. Loose horses in the streets are really something, but I think this is not entirely unusual in quite a few parts of the world. Your reflection on ancient standing stone figures around the world is really interesting and there must definitely be some kind of connection. Otherwise, it is interesting how women and the mother figure are so sacred in these parts of the world. I guess it was about survival in relation to small populations. A woman can give birth to many children from different fathers. We see the same phenomenon in Greenland, where it was also about survival with small populations in an enormous sea of ice. In Iceland, they even have their own app on the phone that is used so that you don't date a too close relative that you don't know.

@donnakawana Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for taking us along on this trip it's been a complete Joy I'm excited each week for your uploads. James you are so much fun to learn from because the passion that you have for what you do translate so well... I thought how very beautiful... It's worth all it takes to get there!!! ✌🏼💗😊🫂

@SailorJames Жыл бұрын

Thank you for always watching and sharing your thoughts Donna, happy to hear you are enjoying the videos 🙂

@donnakawana Жыл бұрын

@@SailorJames ✌🏼💗😊⛵

@jakaarbanas8798 Жыл бұрын

Hello Man wish u all the best Stay blessed👑👍 Wow what a nice place.

@yes0sir0danish0man Жыл бұрын

Amazingly beautiful 👍 thanks for another great video🙂 love from Skandinavien 🇩🇰🇳🇴

@Sunnysunshineshine Жыл бұрын

My first visit on your chanel and I enjoyed it very much! Your wild beard matches that wild landscape 🤩Greetings from cold Sweden 🥶🤗

@SailorJames Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 thanks for watching! I love Sweden !

@Sunnysunshineshine Жыл бұрын

@@SailorJames Sweden is special in many ways. Have you sailed here in Archipelago?

@SailorJames Жыл бұрын

Yes I have sailed in the Stockholm archipelago and in the Åland Islands !

@Sunnysunshineshine Жыл бұрын

@@SailorJames Now I see why you love Sweden 🥰 I am looking forward for your adventures Fair winds!

@neilrush659 Жыл бұрын

Another wonderful production James, very nice indeed!! Beautiful place.... safe travels bro

@wardghanoum1144 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for providing us with these beautiful and entertaining videos. I had a very bad day with massive head ache. After i bell notification hit i felt much better. Fare well until next time⛵

@DavidD6969 Жыл бұрын

Great video's 👍

@patboury6730 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this incredible experience. Beautiful blue eyed eels

@cricrij Жыл бұрын

Salut de Bretagne 47°30'00.5"N 2°22'54.1"W il fait 12° Je n'utilises pas le traducteur parce qu'il écrit n'importe quoi et je n'ai pas envie de traduire n'importe quoi ;-) De très belles images de Huahiné, un écrin de verdure dans la grande bleue, les parfums doivent être fantastiques Chaque semaine nous regardons vos vidéos, c'est agréable de pouvoir découvrir différents lieux avec vous, ça doit être encore mieux d'y être pour de vrai A bientôt James

@brucecalvert8143 Жыл бұрын

Hello James those " Marae" sites are mentioned in a book titled "Pathway of the Birds" about early polynesian exploration using wayfinding navigation

@SailorJames Жыл бұрын

Yea I have suggested this book a number of times on past videos 👍🏻

@Anonym-bd2cc Жыл бұрын

🎉 such a great video

@iainfleming6020 Жыл бұрын

Kia Ora James the eels are born in the sea then come up rivers to spend theirs days then breed back out at sea.

@UUBrahman Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on goal setting and executing - makes the story easier to follow.

@papilloncycles3463 Жыл бұрын

I saw what I thought was landscaping cloth bound down with rocks as you walked next to the anchorage, is erosion a thing there on the island? Amazing comparative view of the Cook record and your mooring view!

@m.i.aalien3656 Жыл бұрын

Hi James, Im pretty sure, well here in NZ anyway, that Marae (meetting house) is pronounced " Ma " "Rye" in English. Chur, and can't wait to see your vids and thoughts on The land of the long white cloud. Aotearoa, NZ.

@samuraile6625 Жыл бұрын

Hi James, what is it? Water 🐍?😁 Thank you for great content. I wish I could donate something to you. I love your videos, great adventures . I'm without job at the moment so Im skint but I hope I find something after new you and then, when that happens I will be patrion member/ friend from broad🙂 Safe travels my friend

@mauman5925 Жыл бұрын

James! Why don't you purchase an EUC, or a One Wheel so that when you arrive at any port, you want have to walk around or hitch hike. This would give you some form of transportation on land. And while you are at sea, your EUC or One Wheel can be charging on your boat!

@SailorJames Жыл бұрын

I have limited stowage space and no other way to get exercise and enjoy walking

@bidask123 Жыл бұрын

I am not Hawaiian but I live in Hawaii. Huahine and Wahine sound like the same language only a little different which makes a lot of sense.

@SailorJames Жыл бұрын

Yep all Polynesian based

@tc-nv8ig Жыл бұрын

everything is cool x 5, i get it. i love it but did you say you walked 10 miles there, now you were going to walk 10 miles back, in one day? WOW this life style also keeps you livin healthy,

@SailorJames Жыл бұрын

Yeah I ended up walking 17 miles and then walking 0 miles for many days after 😂

@tc-nv8ig Жыл бұрын

@@SailorJames i guess lol, heard good beer helps in recuperation

@andygreggs Жыл бұрын

standing stones have been suggested to be the site of energy coming from the earth.stone henge , pyramids act..

@AnthonyNeighbors Жыл бұрын

Jelly. found a mcgregor 22. thoughts on a swing keel?

@user-hi1gg8qk2i Жыл бұрын

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@genius1198 Жыл бұрын

Some sky there??

@HazeOfWhearyWater Жыл бұрын

There's a brown haze around the horizon even way out there?

@allboxing9851 Жыл бұрын

Go to Japan we want see that place

@FRACTALSLY Жыл бұрын

Come to Thailand bro. I have a permaculture farm in Ang thong ( mangoes, papaya, guavas, jack fruits, lime, etc ..))where you can replenish your supplies of fruits and herbs. I will let you have as much as you want for free.

@NateSail82 Жыл бұрын

James, Great video what wet suit thicknesses and type do you prefer for the type of areas you sail for snorkel, spear fishing, and light scuba

@SailorJames Жыл бұрын

In the Tropics I wear a 1mil (my camo suit) or a 5mil (Patagonia summer suit) for scuba diving I wear a 7mil (scuba pro), I get cold VERY easy so I almost always wear at least a 1mil

@NateSail82 Жыл бұрын

@@SailorJames Ok thank you I ordered a 3 mil shorty and planned to pair that with a 5mm long suit for colder water. Do you think that will be sufficient or a 7 really helps? I get cold easily as well do you find yourself in the 7 mil often? Trying to limit the amount of stuff as I prep for this life.

@SailorJames Жыл бұрын

I never scuba dive without my 7mil, in SoCal by the third dive of the day I was still super cold

@NateSail82 Жыл бұрын

@@SailorJames What suit is your 2mm camo? I'm going to order the scubapro 7.

@paralyzedrider4358 Жыл бұрын

Did you eat at any of the stands or restaurants there? If so what did you get and how was it?

@SailorJames Жыл бұрын

Yes I got a fish burger with fries, it was ok, not great, I usually would have gotten Poisson cru au lait de coco which is amazing and was fun to try on all the different islands because each island has their own style of making it

@joshuapatrick682 Жыл бұрын

Eels have some of the most sensitivity to electromagnetic radiation. Sticking phones and cameras in their faces probably disorients them like crazy…cool footage tho.

@SailorJames Жыл бұрын

They swam up to my camera so I would say not an issue

@AWBepi Жыл бұрын

May the daughter of the God continue to protect you.

@sailingmorningstar4036 Жыл бұрын

In Polynesian there are never two consonants in a syllable as in Ho No Lu Lu not Hon I lulu no matter the word size. So Fa Re is right.

@calebbones1888 Жыл бұрын

You can definitely see the NZ Maori connection. Wahini is woman in Maori.

@SailorJames Жыл бұрын

Yeah totally, Lots of similarities throughout Polynesia and the main reason Captain Cook was able to befriend the Maori warriors with his Tahitian translator

@calebbones1888 Жыл бұрын

@@SailorJames Yeah I heard about him the Maori are the most fierce. My Cook island mate used to say that Kupu stopped in the Cook Islands on his way down but he was kicked out because he was canable. Don’t know if its true? He reckoned he did a few trips. Must have been an aweaome navigator. It sounds like you have read the Journals of Captain Cook. It was pretty freaky when he arrived in Auckland was to scared to land during the day. He had to sneak ashore with the Tahitian fella at night because all the tribes were in a state of war. My cousins are up your way, my uncle Mo is and some of my cousins are Ngapui tribe.. Catch some snapper bro!