We LOST all Communication in Pirate Territory.. (Extended, cinematic cut)

seven Indonesian Sailors were abducted

last Monday in the waters close to the

province of tawi tawi and that they were

kidnapped by two separate armed groups

believed to be members of The Notorious

AMU

group Riley was just looking at where

we're sailing next and it's like a Red

Zone saying do not travel here abuv has

been active in the the Philippines for

decades you're worried about the parsy

in the area the story of what happened

to two Canadians 7 years ago in the

Philippines is as sickening as it is

tragic no other Sailors have been there

there's no information freed hostages

returning home after being held at Sea

the two Seas have over the last few

years seen an increase in drug

trafficking and kidnapping L is like you

don't experience what me and Ellie do

when we were by ourselves walking trying

to do shopping and stuff and I was like

yeah I don't government still does

advise exercising a high degree of

caution when visiting the Philippines

the Philippine government has recorded

at least 16 armed attacks in the past

year alone do we risk sailing overnight

for days to get to pan Philippines or do

we Island hop and risk the danger of

people none are good options

got everything under control there

Lenny the dawn of a new day found us in

High Spirits eager to Hoist the sails

and set course for a fresh Anchorage

having explor the stunning Underwater

World of sipadan as showcased in our

previous video we felt a profound sense

of accomplishment our experiences had

fulfilled all of our goals and we were

now ready to embark on our journey to

new country myself Riley our boys Lenny

and

Darwin and mates forest and Ellie are

currently sailing towards Palawan which

requires us to undertake several 100

nautical mile upwind sails which will be

taxing on everyone on board Riley and I

will need to decide our safest route

through one of the world's most infamous

patches of water little did we know that

just as we needed it most we would lose

all communication with the outside world

sustain damage to our

up up up up up up I'm just really pissed

off about that and face other troubling

challenges but we're still like a couple

of days away from the mainland join us

aboard our ocean home to experience all

the

highs and lows of this eventful

week you need rice

R should we let it dry

sun is

out all right should we pull out the

head y tell me when you're ready

what's happening I don't know best I can

guess there's a dude up here that's

Towing an

island I'm going around

there imagine if you came across that at

nighttime

what does everyone think it is it's wood

for sure like big logs that's probably

why there's so many logs in the water

it's falling off this thing they're very

large chicken

skewers okay I wrote down some

stuff uh with the full Main and Genoa

with 18 to 19 true wind speed 37°

apparent wind angle with the autopilot

we feel great when it blows up to 21 22

knots I feel like I have to take the

helm let me get down here we really

were crunching

into 1 and 1/2 M waves this is where the

water line length really pays

dividends you don't hobby horse as much

so you maintain that track and you don't

lose power from your sails flopping

around like this and when we're smashing

in to 22 knots you can really feel

it I'm in the bathroom forwards now cu

the boat's so long this area here really

stands so in the middle it's super

comfortable but then the longer you are

the further you get towards the front

that's where you feel the banging in the

slapping it's only 16 knots now it was

22 before that we were beating into

there you go there's a proper

slant showers and going to the toilet in

the forward bathroom in these conditions

is not very pleasant definitely want to

use the half

bathroom it's been an explosion of the

pepper we're just sailing up wind

there's a fair bit of bashing going on

she's handling it pretty well but it's

not the nicest motion on board today

dar's not noticing a thing though check

this out

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oh what's that can you come up when I

tell you yeah just be careful CU you're

not Tack okay yeah you got to put that

down up up up up up up

up yeah yeah is the damage the anchor

had caused a few minor holes in our B

mostly superficial we'd need to inspect

the damage more closely later after we

dropped anchor or more likely address it

tomorrow following this huge day of

sailing me to go up I'm just really

pissed off about

that just getting ready to one in the

headset and drop the

main cuz we have

arrived so what happened before you

haven't seen the front have you no the

anchor dropped down and was smashing

everything it was bittersweet knowing

that this would be our final Anchorage

in Malaysia nestled on the northeastern

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me

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pie don't feel my clothes

D well this is one of the most beautiful

sunsets we've seen in a long time the

water is glassy and so blue and the

sun's just peeking out from behind the

clouds it looks so nice we just moded

through the mangrove area and got a few

NOS on us and we've recently been done

by NOS so R was like no we're not

staying here so we just kept muring

straight through the mangroves and we're

out the other side into the Open Sea

again it's super calm over here and we

might have a nice night sleep I

definitely

will I'm thrashed you help me y you

ready

now

okay how you feel after that

sale I think I just yelled out iing

smashed

it and Forest said why are you happy you

were sailing up wind all day but it's

just an a big sense of accomplishment we

sailed the whole way basically I didn't

take a wreath because I thought that the

wind was going to drop so it was too

strong for a little bit so I saved a

little bit of time and and hustle there

I don't know there was just a a whole

bunch of it's a it's just problem

solving that the whole thing so it's

good the anchor smashing the front of

the boat is not not so good this was a

mistake we'd only make once the

challenges of owning a new boat included

learning and remembering how to operate

this Behemoth we'd forgotten to secure

the anchor chain Riley sent f to the

Rapido team to determine the best course

of action and what temporary repairs we

needed to make in the coming days before

our next big

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sale you love the koella I bought that

for Lenny when he was first born he's

really cold

you keep him

warm so we actually sailed 100 nautical

miles yesterday we figured out and um we

were meant to keep going today but we

honestly need a day just to recover from

yesterday like I'm cleaning blood off

the floor and still sweeping up

peppercorns which I swear are going to

be here for a very very long time the

koala wants you the koala wants me now

okay give him here Mom I you to keep him

safe I'll keep him safe don't worry so

yeah today is the day of cleaning

catching up on a bit of work and and

sale planning just a day to recoup we're

going to do a workout as well I my koala

mhm and yeah still really devastated

about the Damage Done to the front of

the boat with the anchor so we're going

to at some point um make the repairs

it's axy us

it I made a conscious decision about 2

years back to Pro prioritize my health

and well-being over everything else or

certainly over all of the other things

that were sneaking ahead of it because

like what do you really have if you

don't have your health so I was working

out every day um which is probably a

little bit too much it really is just so

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I just want to have to not worry about

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guys got it yeah I need my phone

actually well I was sailing along and I

saw the anchor sitting over the top here

oh there's damage up there have you seen

it that doesn't B me too much you saw it

there right yeah so go on then oh I saw

the anchor sitting over here sideways

and I was like that's not how I left it

not where I left you yeah it's good

practice to clip on your anchor but

after however many miles on the ultr

mirror stopped doing it because we never

needed to do it when we drop the anchor

down and we back up on it it was slowly

release but with the full weight of a

you know 102 T Boat pulling fully on it

it'll release by 6 of a meter with a 40

kg anchor sitting here I just have no

idea how it slowly released down but it

did and so we need to lock it in place

which everyone's got to do anyway like

you know you should know that you got to

do that and if you don't this is what

could happen we've got some pretty

intense days of sailing I don't want

there to end up with any water Ingress

here which is going to happen we might

not be able to sail tomorrow this is the

I've heard of it

yeah I might be able to just 5200 around

the area

yeah I was going to show everyone how

you're driving the

boat where are you taking

us get first we're going to go up the

river yes and then where are we going

and then come

back to the beach

you going to leave me hang in

bro how you going Dar good can you tell

everyone how you going we going to the

beach and go to the and come back to the

beach very

good daddy we need paddles we got the

paddles down here you want a paddle okay

bye-bye

Lenny bye-bye no don't joking I'm joking

oh what do I have to do when I picture

you I just pointed at me like that go

hold it lower that's it can you film

over there film the

houses just uh move your arms

slowly slowly

smoothly don't drop it no I won't okay

then I see a crab a hermit

crab oh

I saw Li did you yeah it was I was right

there and then I was coming his hole

then he went away then I saw it it was

slow so speed and I was biging stick

like this and I saw it wow how big was

it like this tall like me wow can you

see any

crocodiles we've had a great morning

exploring the

mangroves Darwin saw lizard exp L's done

a fair bit of climbing don't put sand on

your

brother been good best tender in the

world is that harder than you thought

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yes last climbing skill Lenny show us

the bruise you got this morning yeah

look at that big bruise W what happened

Lenny what did you do nothing nothing he

was climbing on these stairs and he had

one leg here one leg there and one leg

slipped and he just fell

okay Elena has graciously allowed me to

film her at a very vulnerable moment

most of the time she says no what's

going on well Riley was just looking at

where we're sailing next and it's like a

Red Zone I just said I don't want to go

anywhere that it's not recommended to go

cuz I've got two small kids on the boat

and I don't want to come into an

Anchorage and be expected to sleep there

that night like that's just not my cup

of tea I just want to put this boat in

safe places I've been a bit like oh come

on and then El's like you don't

experience what me and Ellie do when

we're by ourselves walking trying to do

shopping and stuff and I was like

you're right I don't so my perception of

danger is just drastically different to

Lan so that's been the discussion at the

moment I'm the one that's making plans

for the boat and where we're going and

destinations and stuff and it's not that

I haven't considered that but I haven't

been doing a good enough job of

considering that just a bit of a raw

moment that I like to film cuz it's not

what all the that we're doing is

not always easy we have three options

none of which are ideal the first option

which we spoke about was we sail west

from here we sail the coast of Malaysia

where we've been before it's super safe

and we approach palan from the southern

tip it would be a big loop going with

the wind initially and then Against the

Wind later on to get to Porto Princessa

which is our Home Port in uh

pan so that would take like 7 to 10 days

second option we can leave from our

Point here we can sail through the night

avoiding having to stop at any of the

red zones and keep going up to Porto

Princessa but we made a promise not to

sail in the night here because there's

so many unmarked fish traps buoys we've

seen huge like steel drums logs in the

water like we just can't sail in the

night here there's Pearl Farms all of

it's unmarked so I saw a leaf very

dangerous leaves getting around so sail

through the night that's option two

option three which we're leaning towards

is we sail in the day we do a full day

sail up to an island to Anchor but this

island is in the red zone so we risk

being in the pirate Zone the noo Zone

for one night and then the next day we

can continue on towards Porter princess

that we can stop off at a ring of reef

that we really want to stop off at but

yeah those are the three options none of

which are good but the last one I think

we're going to take our chances hey

anchoring

overnight yeah m

what are we going so I mixed it up in

here ala it was like too runny to begin

with and then it got

hot and sticky really quickly and then I

was like jamming it on I think I've

covered the area so I think I think

we're good I feel I feel happy about

that I had some extra so I did some of

the front as well so it's like the

ugliest job ever but it'll get us

somewhere

okay with a patched up Hull and a solid

plan we departed our Anchorage this

morning and ventured into open Waters we

anticipated smooth glass-like conditions

for the morning with a breeze expected

by evening to Aid our journey to the

island there's been some more dramas

this morning with the engine overheating

so R's been taking care of that I've

been looking up for the kids and making

sure they don't go near the engine room

because the do's up and it's a big fall

if they would to fall down there so

we're all just outside on Deck to make

me even more stressed about the fact we

are going to a do not go Zone we were

just talking to Leah who helps us out

and the internet just cut out our

styling cut out because I was uploading

some footage overnight and I think we've

used up all of our styling data we're

out of cell range as well right now and

the satellite phone we didn't bother to

fire up with no way of communicating

with the outside world I'm pretty sure

Leah is going to think that we've been

kidnapped I would be thinking the worst

for sure if I had have just said hey

we're setting saale to this Red Zone

wish us luck and then we just go

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Incognito we hoped that our styling data

hadn't run out and that we were simply

in a satellite dead zone expecting the

connection to resume later today or

tomorrow

if we were off the grid for a few days

Leah along with our friends and family

would surely fear the worst they might

even begin coordinating with the Coast

Guard and organizing a search party this

was far from ideal Lenny did a bow line

I did Lenny oh my

goodness Lenny that's

amazing so

good like I've showed him a couple of

times but I haven't made it B point of

it now we might be able to untie the

knots he ties a lot more easy if there

are no one knot oh are you tring a knot

too now dad I made it I I turn it into a

bow it's a granny knot isn't

it are you kidding

me you ready Ellie yeah I'm doing

something very technical here all right

this is my pre previous tacking angle I

think that

that represents very reasonably what

this boat can do I don't know how to

figure out what my angles

were or I

didn't and this is what we're left with

it's got to be

like 80 so we had on average 33 apparent

wind angle cuz I knew that one and it

looks like 80° tacking angles which is

insane that's monoh Hool stuff

catamarans it's more like here and you

just can't get up wind it's like

impossible you guys this is amazing the

biggest pod of like tiny

Dolphins oh my gosh wow wow wow wow

there's so

many

what

what look at this oh my God keep

changing Mommy why does it keep changing

more coming oh my God there's more

there's more coming they're everywhere

comeing oh look at them all

holy there's so

many oh my go

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the really really large clouds or

nebulas got Tighter and Tighter and

Tighter and denser through gravity and

they turn into

stars and all of the different stars

that you can see at night time are the

same as our sun that we've got here yes

but black

holes yes yeah we're getting to black

holes finally we're sailing my gosh the

sound of that engine with the lid off

just sent me insane we've all had our

airpods in this morning we got wind on a

beam from over here only seing a couple

of boats on the horizon making good

progress today another 100 nautical mile

day so the progression throughout the

day was Zero wind then there was a

little bit from directly behind us and

it clocked around to here to 6 knots we

hoisted the main because we were

motoring at 8 knots the apparent wind

was from like 25° and we got a little

bit extra speed and then we had a bit

more wind so say 6 knots but it was

patchy so I put the head sail out and

then eventually it blew up to what is it

now eight eight knots eight knots we're

doing seven we're doing eight we're

doing eight we're doing eight and eight

kns eight and eight and frequently 8 and

seven wind speeders

you seem so much happier on a boat than

anywhere else mate that's because it

have so many ropes so many ropes to tie

stuff yes

yeah okay so we just got a Mayday

message from a random ship that's close

to land and we turned our AIS off just

to go Incognito so now we're going to

turn on our AIS cuz we don't want them

to think that we are that we are the

Pirates you guys are the Pirates we're

not the Pirates

should be transmitting now so there's an

island here which is in the red zone

which is the very dangerous zone for

pirates we probably already mentioned

this on the southern part of this island

is a Philippines Coast Guard area so if

I'm a pirate I'm not coming to this

area these guys have been pinging Mayday

calls at us every 20 seconds for the

last hour and we've tried to get them on

the radio but no response and they

previously mowed over and anchored in

front of the inlet and now they're

headed our way very likely it's military

or Coast Guard or some combination of

that from the Philippines Mayday is not

something that they should be sending

out Elena was saying what should we do

and I was like well what if someone's

dying it's very strange so anyway we'll

probably have an altercation with the

Philippines Coast Guard here and then

whether or not they let us anchor at

this island we're trying to day hop

because sailing at night time is just

not the dumb thing and I would like a

rest so we'll see what happens but yeah

this guy is inbound now at

9.4 knots so it's not particularly

aggressive we also just realized that

our Incognito like our turning off our

AIS silencing our AIS did not work or

the military have some Hightech it's

very confusing it's very

stressful does the drone look good

Forest yeah it does great at least we

got some nice looking drone shots for

you

all you might not have noticed but

Forest has been hiding behind the camera

lately because he's been pretty sick the

poor guy Ellie is still with us on board

too W is trying not to bother her with

the camera either during this stressful

time she's been incredibly supportive

trusting Riley and me to make the right

decisions and is just happy to be a part

of the adventure we're fortunate to have

them both with us on this journey in

another development the boat that issued

the MayDay calls and was headed our way

suddenly changed course at the last

minute it turned out to be a large

fishing vessel not the Coast Guard as

we'd expected this odd behavior left us

feeling a bit uneasy about spending the

night

here reason come Let Her Go Let Her Go

all right she's fre yeah

stop what are you up to here Elena I'm

just checking there's no buoys in the

water arriving in the dark there can be

buoys or like a shipwreck or anything

we've nearly run into big fishing nets

they're not marked

sometimes so we dropped anchor there's a

few fishing boats around the boat we

thought was headed for us like

intercepting us it just diverted course

those Mayday calls was just a problem

like a

technical malfunction of their equipment

because they were not in distress so

that was a very stressful afternoon for

us just like what is going on here but

now we're all alone in this Anchorage

the Moon is just come up over the land

and it was like the brightest orange

moon oh it's St stunning tonight Ellie's

cooking dinner we've got pumpkin and

spinach and broccoli and tofu again R's

just going for a shower and yeah let's

hope tonight is

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Chill what time we leaving tomorrow cat

well had a pretty big day I was think of

sleeping in to be honest yeah Daddy just

because I had on I was falling down and

then I was all fencing and then I was

looking up and then hurt myself I was

putting abandon on it but keep hurting

hurting okay good night you too good

night and what book are we reading

tonight Lenny this is no way how read