what's up guys welcome back to another video
hello baby
in the last video we actually got out of quarantine in grenada and we are exploring
we made some friends and you guys probably know them
We're Andrea and we've been sailing the caribbean for the past 20 months
he wants to show off his motorcycle just because it's bigger than ours
that's what she said
Mojito?
are you serious?
maybe
this time we met a crew with an incredible story
she was in bad shape but we built her and sailed from south africa
oh it's so beautiful you guys
oh you guys install new engines too right
yeah we put the engines in
we have a single head on the boat
nice
a washing machine
what
do you want to tell me a little bit about lady africa before we go in
okay so lady africa is a
hakuna matata it means no worries
so these are new south african friends these are ricky and simone hello guys
so tell us a little bit about your story where do you where where do you live what's your catamaran
what's your story
so we live on lady africa and yeah we're from south africa like you said
that's it
we sailed to grenada three months ago and uh gonna hang out here in hurricane season with these cool dudes
nice and you sailed in caribbean you already did a crossing
yeah yeah atlantic crossings
so they're pros they're not like newbies like us that have no idea what we're doing
they're really good at this
so this is uh what is that?
a grocery store like uh budget marine
is that the dinghy that you want?
not that one
how big is that one?
12.4 ft
and how big do you want your dingy
11 point something
so we're getting this one for andrea
oh it's like a baby
that's for a dog or something right
so we went to the grocery store the other day and it was super expensive
but today simone and ricky actually brought us to like a little farmer's market
he is a local and he comes pretty much every week just to like sell what's local food
because everything that's imported is super super expensive
and yeah we paid like 400 bucks for it smallest grocery
like the smallest thing
so guys we just got here from the farmer's market
and this is all we got we got almost like a a full bag of fruits and vegetables
and we paid 70 ec which is about 25 usd
we're in an island
so it's still not bad but the learning lesson that we had is that we really cannot buy anything that
is imported because after looking at the receipt from the time we went to the actual grocery store
we realized that for a little small pack of frozen raspberries
we had paid 23 ecs which is
hold on
that's ten dollars for a little bag of frozen raspberries and we bought three of them because we didn't look at the price
cause we're so used to just like grabbing stuff in the u.s and not looking at the prices
and here we cannot do that because we ended up paying literally 400 for
nothing that much like it was just a small little car
so now we're going to focus our shopping in
local food local produce from farmers markets
we are going
from farmer's market
what are you doing sir?
we're loading up the scooters we're gonna go get some ice cream with our new friends
we're so excited to have friends
you know you sound like such a loser right now
we're so excited to have friends
we're going with simone with ricky we're gonna look at the town we're gonna explore the island
and we are also going to get some ice cream
ice cream
if you have been following us for some time
you know that alejo if there's something that alejo loves it's ice cream
we got to lady africa's boat and they're like yeah you guys ready you know all pumped up and stuff
and they're like yeah you got your swimsuits and everything
we're like what swimsuits
you guys never told us we had to wear swimsuits
so we're here thinking like you know we're exploring i don't know a mall in the middle of a city
and you know this is the island life we have totally forgotten uh we should have worn swimsuits
so came back check out our swimsuits and then continue with the adventure
we are going as always in our scooters but ricky has no faith
he wants to show off his motorcycle just because it's bigger than ours
that's what she said
he has no faith but we will prove him wrong that our little scooters can make it
thank you so much
thank you
you said this is the best ice cream we've ever tasted right
i think so, chocolate coffee yeah hands down
like really good
you want to regret your decision
i'm gonna think
yeah do you like it
youtubers
yeah yeah simone say it your accent makes it sound so much better
it sounds great
it sounds awesome
these people on that list were executed right there
that's crazy
right there
she makes it sound so much better
check out the bullet holes in that pole
oh man, yeah
wow
this is the exit yeah that's the entry and here's the entry
oh wow that's insane
so yeah there was actual killing here
in 1498 christopher columbus discovered Grenada, he called it concepcion
so we were anchored there
the name Grenada comes from spanish sailors
the island changed hands several times between britain and france
until it was awarded to britain in 1783
gaining independence since 1974
so much better to be here for hurricane season than
we would have been stuck out there in virginia with brown water
like with chocolate water
we were just at the beach
it's a really nice spot it's a really nice beach
you can see here lots of cruisers everywhere
lots of kids lots of families
the water is actually nice it's blue
you guys were saying that this is the nice beach of Grenada
i think so, we moved down to quite a few of the beaches
this and bbc
but that one's special too we'll show you them they're pretty good but this is the nicest one
pretty cool what do you think
nice
Mojito time?
Mojito?
are you serious
maybe
oh wow motivated
so i'm working on my south african accent right
yeah
um she's perfect
how's it going brew
no shoot i missed it
lakker lakker
yes come on
lakker man
and and what what's your favorite drink
my favorite drink is the water
water
w-a-t-e-r
baby do you want to work on your south african accent
no i don't even know how to speak english so
i love it
legend man
so guys we are anchored still here in grenada
in
pickle bay
prickly bay i'm having some issues saying prickly or pickle
so we are anchored here and you guys met simona and ricky from lady africa
and today we're going to show you their boat
so they spent
two years refitting they just basically built bought the shell right
removed everything
and sort of almost build the catamaran from scratch
yeah
would you do it
no
these guys are tough cookies - tough
because we would not be able to do
that bye hakuna
say bye hakuna
peace we'll never come back
ay don't say that
check out the number of boats around here
lots of boats everywhere
so ladies and gentlemen we are introducing you guys to lady africa
if we can make it oh if we can make it to the boat
because our dighy is like messed up again
my introduction again
and ladies and gentlemen
lady africa
hello
What's up!
we're here trying to get a thumbnail
thank you guys for having us
thank you
hello how are you
how's it going with you? it's so bright
oh i know
do you want to tell me a little bit about lady africa before we go in?
okay so lady africa is a 1991 dean catamaran made in south africa
we rebuilt the boat
she was in very bad conditions
so we rebuilt the boat about three years ago
and uh she was in bad shape but
we rebuilt her and sailed from south africa to grenada
and here we are 7 000 nautical miles later
and i told them that you spent two years rebuilding the boat
yeah yeah well two years two and a half years two and a half years
oh so it was almost three years
yeah almost three years
oh god
don't do it
would you do it if you had to go back in time would you do it again
no
no no rather work harder and make a little bit more money and then
come to the caribbean and buy a boat here
yeah yeah yeah
there's a lot of downsides of buying a boat here but i think it's nice
i mean it's in paradise already kind of thing
right
hop on in
oh it's so beautiful you guys
but it's really cozy i love it
it's our baby cat
i love it but it's super cozy
the mini cat version
yeah nice
you guys did a really good job
thank you we tried
you guys it is lovely
so like whatever you see here if you imagine none of this existed like nothing at all so
like from this just imagine as bare hulls that's how we started the boats
every little piece you see from cushions to tabletops to the build ups
to the electrical every single berth we built everything
wow
but that's how you guys bought it
no no we bought it and it was all like rotten wood and stuff and then we cut everything out
and then we put in new bulkheads new floors
that is a lot of work
it was a lot of work that's why I'm telling you, don't do it
don't do it
you've got a super shallow bridge deck and that's why it gives you this appearance that there's a lot of space here
so you don't actually have a walk-in saloon and then walk down into the holes
it's kind of all part of one
and in the original design these were slightly higher
so we kind of copied some parts of the original design of how they had the boat
and then some things we changed like in our version this was actually a bar
yeah so like we serve drinks and there's like four seats over there
and then this used to actually be a sofa
oh really
but yeah yeah and this is the back and this is the entrance to the bar yeah
and this is a 36 foot
36 36 was kind of 36.5
but it feels a lot bigger we've been on a 39 on a lagoon 39 and this feels a lot bigger
more spacious inside
and everything is is 220 volts so 220 volts the entire boat
and then it's the first cabin so this is like a double cabin
and there's two of these on either side
so this one is the fishing room i store my stuff in here
you get a lot of air
it is pretty minimalistic and simplistic but yeah try and
keep it flowing and all that
because we don't have ac but since you guys have
and then there's the off cabin which we kind of just um use for storage we really don't use it much
oh you guys install new engines too right
yeah we put the engines in this used to be a single engine boat
used to have a single engine in the middle and then we put two new engines one in each hull
and we did everything ourselves
what do you do what makes you so prepared to do this kind of work
um so i was a mechanic i studied to be a mechanical engineer i am a mechanical engineer
and then i spent a lot of time with my dad using earth moving equipment and stuff
and construction so then i took that knowledge and kind of and and self-taught
so i spent a lot of time learning really quickly
we've got electric so behind here is all the raymarine equipment that's from on the outside
he has all dc he has ac so 12 volts 220
and then our monitoring system for the entire boat which gives us solar ac shore or generator and battery percentage and power input
and then just a little inverter behind there vector multi-plus
and then dc to dc converter square engine charging lithium batteries
big freezer
so that's another freezer
she stays nice and cold being
youtuber stuff
yeah okay so this is the other one and then here's the other engine right
right engine underneath there
a washing machine
what
you guys found the perfect spot for the washing machine
little bit of laundry there
how'd you put it in there
so you have to put the washing machine in first and then the freezer goes in
water heater ah
so it's a gas instant water heater so we permanently have hot water
we have a single head on the boat nice
which is shower there holding tank behind that
and then base in an electric toilet
nice
and then mine and simone's cabin
oh nice love it
love it love it love it
it is beautiful guys you did an amazing job honestly
thank you
like amazing
how much solar power do you guys have
a thousand watts and 450 amp hours of lithium
so you can check our youtube channel sailing lady africa
why did you name your old lady africa
so we're from south africa if you guys can't hear already
yes can't you hear the accent
and uh so we although we are leaving south africa
south africa doesn't leave us
so we were thinking of naming our boat
something that follows us you know home is where our boat and africa is home so
i love that
so we upload every week our adventures you can check out our whole boat build from the beginning
until now and uh what we get up to every week sailing and yeah okay pretty much yeah
thanks
so simon is going to play for us the ukulele
because i think that is
ukulele
The english way is ukulele, the right way is ukulele
what song would you like me to play?
oh anything i don't know whatever what's your favorite song
probably play baby by justin bieber
no way, i'll play something else
i'll play like a real traveling song
okay
i'm getting chills you're so good
you're so good
like when we were stuck in south africa i was like yeah
i need to learn the instrument because i played piano but you can't play piano right
i need something small
the ukulele
that is awesome and you sing really good too look at you were you in a band and
that kind of stuff
no not at all I did singing lessons when I was little but
then
i love it
that must be so romantic, sitting in the sunset while playing the ukulele
no, I play and ricky is like shut up please
only some times
sometimes I enjoy it
but yea it's nice to sit in the sunset and play
and chill
say bye Hakuna
peace Hakuna, we're never coming back
ay! don't say that
I could say what ever I want people, you know
you