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OFF-GRID LIFE: Sailing Over The Deepest Parts of the Atlantic With My Brother
January 1, 2026 · 21 min · 3K views · Green Turtle Cay
Man climbs into boat from turquoise water holding conch shells
What this video covers
A passage from the Abacos to Spanish Wells and onward toward Nassau covers the crew sailing over the Puerto Rican Trench — the deepest point in the Atlantic, at roughly 15,000 feet — with Plan, his uncle Jeff, his father, and his brother Teddy, an army soldier on leave joining as temporary crew at Marsh Harbor. The transit through Whales Cut runs at 0.0 feet on the depth sensor at low tide, flagging it as a shallow-water hazard.▶ 2:50 Four-to-five-foot swells from multiple directions cause widespread seasickness; the planned swim over the trench is abandoned because conditions are too rough.▶ 16:08 The crew catches a mahi-mahi by trolling on a jerkbait with a 5000-series rod, then fillets it dockside.▶ 17:56 At Spanish Wells the chartplotter gives a bad reading and the boat runs aground; the crew waits for high tide at 1 a.m. to re-anchor.▶ 19:18 A torn dinghy is repaired using patch kits, salvaged dinghy fabric, 5200 sealant, and vinyl tape, holding air for over 24 hours before use.▶ 8:00 The transcript also covers Bahamas cruising fees — the crew paid $806 total, well below the feared $1,500 — and notes record-low cruiser traffic in the Abacos as a result of fee uncertainty.▶ 1:07 Conch harvesting, shell-possession rules in Florida, and freezing conchs before extraction are explained in detail.▶ 5:00
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