what's up guys! good morning
and today we are heading to
Puerto Rico!
shut up! Is it your first mackerel?
I was listening to the podcast and then came a pod of dolphins
we came to the beach to take the dogs out and they're going to do their thing, enjoy land
as they won't be stepping on any land for the next 36 hours
that is how long our passage is going to be
there gonna be five foot waves every 10 seconds, so, hopefully it's not too bad
we never gone out with the forecast of five foot waves, i know we had five foot waves before
but we never had a forecast of five foot waves so we'll see how it goes
oh and we're gonna be crossing the Mona passage which is between Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic
some people say it can get pretty rough out there and
and yeah, i mean
so yeah we're gonna be crossing the Mona passage which is between Puerto Rico
and Dominican Republic, it can get pretty dangerous, a lot of people have died there
because the Dominicans and the Puerto Ricans used to cross that Mona passage by canoe
and there's like rocks in between the passage and waves and everything so yeah
a lot of people have lost their lives in this passage and that's because it it can get pretty rough
because you're going against the waves, against current, against wind
so if you don't pick a good weather window
you're gonna have a tough time
oh hola how are we feeling for the passage, echo?
ladies and gentlemen this is your captain speaking so yes, we're about to head out
we're gonna turn on the engines and start heading out, there's no wind right now
flat calm seas and once we're out there, out of the bay of Samana, we'll see if we have wind to sail
channel 16.
so guys it is time to go and 36 hours starts now and counting
we are leaving the Samana bay
and the water is pretty crystal clear, it doesn't look strong, looks pretty good
but you never know, once we actually get out in the open it might be different
what's up what's up what's up people what's up
what are you most excited about for this passage? tell everyone the truth
fishing because i got some ballyhoo
if we don't catch a mahi with this ballyhoo then i shall retire my fishing
i'm gonna put my aqua mops to record so we know like average speed and distance and everything
so i can just take a look and this will tell me what's our speed, our average speed and everything
so you can see here, it's not recording, it says speed over ground, distance, time, everything
we caught a fish! we got something! we got something!
but it may not be a mahi because you're not using your ballyhoos yet
yes, it might be a small tuna or a Mackerel
It can be a Mackerel or a barracuda
what is it babe? what is it?
a mackerel
shut up! is it your first mackerel?
the second
is your second mackerel?
yes
stay Echo
Be careful, Echo!
We caught a Mackerel!
Mackerels, apparently, are really good!
oh my god! we can make sushi
look at Echo you guys, it almost seems like she can see the fish, she's completely blind she has no eyes
but she acts like she knows where the fish is, and she knows what the fish is doing
you dip the fish in the water
and you get the blood flowing
so we kill the fish right after we take it out of the water so it doesn't suffer because they can't breathe air
so yeah we just stab it in the brain real quick and it does the job
we use this an ice pick
and they use this technique for sushi and apparently, the faster you take the fish out
the faster that you kill it, the better that the fish tastes so
not only are you doing it because the fish doesn't suffer and it's not out of the water
just waiting to die for i don't know how long it takes the fish to die, like 20 minutes or so
but it actually makes the the meat really good
okay so Alejo just finished filleting the fish and we got a nice
we got a nice, a lot of fish so it's pretty nice we're gonna
see if we make some sushi, maybe some filets for tonight, that's gonna be nice
and all the leftovers, the dogs are getting lots of leftovers, they're getting the skin they're getting the eyes
okay so since we just got the Mackerel we are gonna be making some sushi!
we're going to put one and a half cups of sushi rice mixed with
two cups of water and we're gonna put it in the rice maker and wait until it's done
okay now we are going to make the eel sauce and the spicy mayo
and that is done using this, which is called mirin which is a like a sweet wine
i don't know, whatever
so for this one we're going to add 1/4 cup of mirin
to this we're going to add the same amount of low sodium soy sauce
and then, we're going to add two tablespoons of cane sugar
and what we're going to do now is we're just going to put it in heat
we're going to put that over medium heat and just mix it around until it gets a little bit thicker
we absolutely love eel sauce, sushi is just not the same if you don't have eel sauce
now we're just going to mix it up and wait until it starts
heating up until it's a little bit thicker
it takes about 10 minutes for this to get a little bit thicker so just kind of look at a clock
and just average a little bit 10 minutes and for the spicy mayo which we also love with our sushi
what you're going to do is you're going to take for one tablespoon of mayo you're going to do
half a tablespoon of sriracha which is a spicy like a hot sauce and it's really good
what's up people!
so, it's around like six o clock and it's been horrible since like 2 p.m.
and the forecast was completely wrong
we were supposed to have wind from the side from the beam
or almost no wind and we had almost 25 knots head on so we're going really slow, we have the waves
head on which is horrible
what's up guys! so, it is day two of sailing to Puerto Rico and there's no sailing going on it's all been boring
but yeah we're still getting there, we have seven more hours to go to just get to the corner of Puerto Rico
to be by the border but we're still gonna keep going until we make it to Ponce which is another seven hours or so
so we will be getting there maybe by midnight i think
it was very uncomfortable the entire night.
for a second Alejo thought about going back but it is what it is
we bought a sailboat so sometimes it's gonna be rolly and it's gonna suck and then sometimes it's gonna be better
what are you gonna do, right?
but we are arriving and I am super super excited
because my sister and Franco, they are coming to visit us and we will be meeting with them tomorrow morning
they are arriving to Puerto Rico
guys you probably know this because i have said it every time that we go sailing and i just love listening to podcasts
i'll give you my two favorite ones it's the school of greatness from Lewis Howes
and on purpose with Jay Shetty
and those two are my favorite ones and if you speak Spanish then i recommend you listening to
Maximo desempeño from Pablo Jacobsen
I think those are the ones that I might go to, I do listen to other ones but those are my favorite ones
where I find the best episodes and it's just always i'm always learning something when i listen to this podcast
so it's just incredible because whether and you know if you're into business,
personal development, they cover it all: leadership and honestly, at this point in my life where i just want to
i'm like a little sponge, i just want to do so much with my life i just want to you know do so
many things with our business, i want to do so many things as a human being
and the best way to do it is just by getting someone else's knowledge and information because
everyone has so much value to bring and so many great things to to tell us and to share with us so
why not take advantage and listen to that right?
and learn from it and grow from it and yeah, that's about it
so i'll just keep sailing and keep listening to my podcast and i'll see you later
I was listening to the podcasts and then came a pod of dolphins
we missed you guys! Hello!
we haven't seen dolphins a long time, right?
so guys, we are almost at our final destination
we are still an hour and a half away but we can already see the lights of Puerto Rico
we've been seeing them for about five hours now so now we are waiting because apparently when you get to Puerto Rico
you have to file the application through the CBP? what is it? CBM? CBP?
CBP roadmap
but then they'll leave your application pending until an officer actually comes on board
my sister is arriving to Ponce tomorrow
they'll be arriving in the morning so, we will see them there
so we're pretty excited, but we're very tired
our captain is exhausted, he has not stopped
pretty tired
we have sailed
or motor sailed
for 35 hours we have done a total of 160 nautical miles, our average speed is 4.5 knots
which is nothing, but that was because of the rough weather we had
we had waves from the front, wind from the front
how do you feel about the passage?
it was hard
right?
one of the hardest we have done
and tomorrow we're gonna clean the boat in the morning because Andrea's sister gets here
and her husband Franco
we don't want the boat to be all messy and it's covered with salt and sticky and wet
yeah, this was super salty passage
you literally swipe your finger
hold on let me show you
i don't think you can see it because it's at night but anyway, you swipe your finger through any part of the boat and it's super salty
super super salty and it makes it really sticky so even in the saloon, you just
step everywhere and it's disgusting because it's super sicky
we'll see you guys tomorrow
we are going to pick up my sister
who are we going to pick up?
your sister and Franco
it has been over four months almost five months since i haven't seen my sister
and the last time that i saw her she had COVID so i couldn't properly say goodbye to her
we had to like say goodbye from the distance, we couldn't really hug each other
and so, we're pretty happy to see each other again
Hello!
you