Meet returning crew member Amanda!
December 16, 2023 · 47 min · 128K views
What this video covers
Bobby White and returning crew member Amanda Zachary record a podcast aboard a boat currently anchored in the Florida Keys, working their way north toward Miami and then the Bahamas.1:03 Amanda sailed with Sailing Doodles at the end of season one, then spent several years in the film and television industry — acting in commercials for Dior and Orchard Valley, taking a featured background role in Queen of the South, and working as a production coordinator and assistant director on projects including 1883.0:39 She discusses SAG eligibility, the roughly $3,000 union membership cost, and her decision to stay non-union given the volume of non-union work during COVID and the writers' and actors' strikes.7:12
Bobby describes the current boat's equipment gaps: fewer than 20 feet of anchor chain — inadequate for regular Bahamas anchoring — and no solar setup, which he plans to address in Miami with additional chain and a 3-kilowatt lithium solar generator with 400 watts of panels. The planned route runs Marathon and Plantation Key to Elliott Key, then Miami (four nights), Fort Lauderdale, and a December 28 or 29 departure for Chub Key for New Year's, then Nassau for fuel, then the Exumas.14:22 The Sailing Doodles flotilla runs January 29 through February 5 in the BVI, with a planned sail to Anegada — skipped last time due to 25-knot winds and six-foot seas. Amanda is also launching her own YouTube channel, Adventures with Amanda Zachary, with three videos batched and a planned January release.
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