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We took the most complicated route for this! | Ep. 106 - Chez Team

5 de julio de 2026 · 31 min · 21K visitas · Bahamas

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Chilu and Eze, sailing through the Exumas in the Bahamas with guest Mariana aboard, navigate a narrow, shallow-water channel near Compass Cay at slack tide to avoid fighting strong current, with depth readings dropping to 0.02 meters and the shallow-water alarm triggering mid-passage.12:08 The boat clears the channel but a second vessel anchored in the fairway forces a course adjustment with zero margin at low tide.13:27 Earlier, the crew retrieves kite gear unused since leaving the motorhome lifestyle, untangles knotted lines, and sessions a sandbar anchorage with an 8-meter kite before rising current ends the session.3:52 At Compass Cay, snorkeling turns up nurse sharks approaching within half a meter and a single eagle ray, a sharp drop from roughly 15–20 rays seen at the same spot the previous year.10:24 The crew revisits Pig Beach (Peak Beach) near Staniel Cay, where Mariana encounters swimming pigs and a nurse shark simultaneously.14:06 At Staniel Cay, the group snorkels Thunderball Grotto and eats at the marina.19:27 Back aboard, Chilu attempts Neapolitan pizza using two-month-expired yeast that fails to activate, producing flat but edible results.17:40 Timing a shallow-channel transit for slack water eliminates current but leaves almost no depth margin — the two cannot be optimized simultaneously.

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