FINDING GIANT LOBSTERS 400 MILES FROM LAND!! 👀 (Episode 278)

Name: FINDING GIANT LOBSTERS 400 MILES FROM LAND!! 👀 (Episode 278)
Uploaded: 2024-09-15T11:59:52.000Z
Duration: 22 min 32 s
Description: Parlay Revival anchors at South Minerva Reef to shelter from heavy swells before completing a Pacific passage.

15. september 2024 · 22 min · 278K visninger

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The crew of Parlay Revival anchors at South Minerva Reef after a 1,000-mile passage from New Zealand, utilizing the submerged atoll as a weather shelter before continuing to Fiji.0:02 The crew experiences significant bridge slamming and vibration during the transit, noting that the vessel’s motion in choppy, multi-directional swells feels like being inside a drum.21:36 While anchored, the crew tests a new 1200-watt Maxwell windlass, which successfully retrieves a 45-kilogram anchor and half-inch chain.6:00 Activities at the reef include spearfishing for lobster in strong currents, wing foiling, and hosting a communal potluck for approximately 20 other cruising vessels.11:53 The crew encounters a Tongan Navy patrol conducting routine checks and receives reports of a vessel losing its rudder and another wrecking on a reef due to chart-plotter zoom-level errors on Navionics.13:39 The passage concludes with a 400-mile leg to Fiji, where the crew sights land after 12 days at sea.21:13