Exploring Rangiroa Atoll in the Tuamotus and Snorkeling The Aquarium at Tiputa Pass 

I started sailing because of this channel. I have a 1980 23ft sailboat and I love it can’t wait to take it to the ocean.

I love when you said "we both have the same view" - that made my year. The important things really don't take a lot of money. Thanks for sharing your journey.

James, I'm hoping you just misspoke when you said you "held your breath" as you came up from 30ft without air in your tank from scuba diving (not freediving). If you did do this please try to avoid doing that as that can lead to an air embolism / lung expansion injury. You should be able to safely ascend from that depth while releasing little bits of air through your mouth on your ascent. The air in your lungs is expanding as you ascend. That is an amazing place you're at and I'm so glad to see you enjoyed your snorkeling at the Aquarium. You are in for a real treat as you continue to explore the underwater realm in the South Pacific. If you have the opportunity to dive with a dive operator at Tiputa Pass there in Rangiroa you will really get a chance to see just how beautiful the marine life there can be. Thanks for bringing us along. Have an amazing and safe journey! ~ Laz

12:30 that optical illusion the school of fish produced was legendary

Another fine video which is most appreciated for the vast majority of people like Myself who will never get to experience such beautiful locations such as this one. Keep em coming Im hooked.

Grilled cheese sandwiches never get old. Awesome video!

Absolutely incredible reef!! So glad to see that there is still healthy coral reefs in existence. And lots of black tips. In pacific Costrica there were many sharks like this but they were white tips! Beautiful. Hey, this channel deserves a lot more subscribers. Well done, thanks.

Always look for sand when anchoring-watch out for corral heads & on Bora Bora no more anchoring just mooring balls but inspect them! Fair winds🤙🏽

Bro you are so lucky you didnt damage your lungs!!! rule #1 in scuba diving if take air in at depth and run out you have to to blow bubbles or exhale slowly during surfacing or lungs can burst!! aloha from Hawaii

Good choice of music for the snorkeling part ,!

Love the music while snorkeling. Seeing all those Black tips would have had me back in the Skiff. Lol. Loved the comment about fun house. 😂

As some one who has a lot of wealth. I can assure you that you are happier . They weren’t kidding when they said “mo money mo problems . “ I’m often jealous of you

Nicely done, cheers Markus

HAHA, Right on. you dont need billions to get the same view. That is a great perspective brother! \m/ and they are sick BTW. carry on.

That’s a beautiful place. You’re a lucky man for being there.

Man, what an epic dive! So many sharks! Mad respect brother, love your channel!

Perfect day to relax!

Great stuff! 🖖

Me & my wife went to French Polynesia for our honeymoon... it's beautiful there! Recently discovered your channel and I'm loving your video's!!

Thanks!

Hi James Incredible such a beautiful dive thank you so much! Wow that was so nice!!

Hi James wow what a wonderful place thank you for sharing the video you must be missing Kimberly she would love this place , Have a great time Cliff from Logan city Queensland Australia from the big island😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉

An absolutely spellbinding place. When you came upon the beach toward the end of the video I was at a loss. I've had dreams of owning and living aboard a small boat, and sailing to French Polynesia for a veritable eternity. I have to make it happen. Can't deny myself such an experience any longer. Thanks for letting me live vicariously for a bit. It was wonderful.

awesome black tip reef sharks. Brain coral is my fav. Thanks for the peek at the reef!!!!

Now THAT's a healthy looking reef!!! BEAUTIFUL! You uploaded the video so it's clear you made it out alive, lol. 🥽🐠🐡

Hi James. I do enjoy sailing with you vicariously. Enjoy the ride. God bless ypu

Glad to see you on the move again James, been a follower since the series where you lost your rudder heading to Hawaii. 👋 stay safe out there, and let me know if you get close to Newfoundland Canada 🇨🇦 ill come down to the warf with supplies.

That was a lot for black tipped sharks !!!! Great video. Cheers from Akron, Ohio

The ‘same view’ …. love you, man 🙂🤙

James is the kind of guy that you want on your boat. A very very salty dog. I’ve been raised on boats, a diver for 34 years and more hours on the ocean than I can count and I’ve got nothing but respect for this man’s ability and guts. ✌️🇺🇸✌️. The ocean is a beautiful place but also very dangerous if you aren’t alert.

The videos are amazing. Thank you for sharing your journies with us.

Always great thanks again

Soooooooooooooooo beautiful- thank you for sharing!

Awesome stuff James .

Great video, thanks 👍

Wonderful 😊!

Beautiful.

What a great place to drop the hook! Good point about not having to be a billionaire to share the same view. The marine life there is awesome, and all you need is a mask n snorkel. Trigger fish, parrot fish, Black Tip Reef Sharks, to name a few. You're living the dream brother without needing hundreds of thousands too. My sailing career consists of cruising around the UK and through Europe to the Greek Islands over the years. So your blue water passages and ocean crossings over there in the Pacific I find really interesting. Enjoy sir

I love this content.

Amazing man

Here's cheers to the same view! It looks good from where I'm looking aswell.

That is so cool 😎 thanks for another great video.

Your living our dreams! Keep the videos coming!

Hi James keep up the great footage and be safe.

awesome video!! Keep it up! :D

loved the under water music! nice job!

Aloha Man what an amazing video. I am very interested in seeing more of the reefs and islands. Mahalo for bringing us along with you. Stay safe

Brilllllliant James - thanks for sharing 👍 smart change out on the hoops!

I didn't know water could be that blue...

Thank you for taking us along on the snorkle. I really appreciate the red filter as well.

Great vid, music has me chilling on that island. Our trailer sailer will be out of the shed soon and on the water for sailing in NZ this summer .

You're making some really nice videos lately. I like the music, too. Very mellow, beautiful stuff all around!

Bro what an awesome trip and video you’ve made! I’m not jealous, but definitely motivated haha! :) Be safe, keep at it, thanks for sharing it all

So many black tips. I would have been to nervous. Very cool.

Rangiroa and fakarava is the best spot for diving And certainly for sailing

Hi James, Thank you for great video, well as usual 🙂 Heaven on earth 🙂

Wow! Beautiful reef! When I first spied that bigass yacht behind you at beginning of vid, I thought it was a cruise ship. Looked it up, mighty gaudy inside.

James, you are like a kid in Disney land. You appreciate every difference.. that is a traveller rather than a tourist. Fair winds..

That's purple sky was something else. Thank you so much for sharing!! Unbelievable...Nice job in the new intro but that's purple sunrise should be next intro contender. Be safe. May the winds be behind you!

The Tuamotus are some of those places, man… I'll just have to sail there at some point… after I get a boat… and I learn to sail it… someday.

Beautiful... Stoked, I get to see the beauty you were immersed in ! James each video gets more an more beautiful each moment! I love that you an Santori get to have the same view.. It just proves it's not the money you aquire it's wisdom gathered thru life experience an conquering our own self to follow our dreams . An to not give up an create invisible road blocks to further stop forward positive movement!! At 53 I am learning from others wisdom. Filing it in the Rol-A-Dex in my brain. Thanks for sharing your life with us an grateful for the wisdom shared ✌🏼💗😊❣️

Thanks James Love the new Intro Simply Savage video Land Ho!!

Jim are those sharks 🦈😳

My wife sailed around the southern ocean from San Diego in 2008, two of them aboard a lightweight Wiley sloop. They had an amazing adventure.

You've found paradise.

Running out of air would be scary at 30-40'. On the way up, you have to hold your breath, while exhaling.

I started watching your videos when you were living in SoCal and I thought going to the channel islands was a big deal. Look how far you've come in a short time. Now you are a world ocean cruiser.

Great channel. Just started watching. I have a 27 ft CAL and getting my sailing experience in the Puget Sound. First open ocean passage was last Nov with a small crew on a 35 Island Packet, sailing down the coast of Baja! Looking forward to longer ocean voyages in the future!

just started watching from new zealand brother!!....great passage and content....ine thing take your time brother slow down ...the South Pacific has a thing called island time am sure in real time you have found out.....just breathe my bro ...no hurry its the most spectacular destination and you have only just hit the tip of the iceberg...relax...u got Samoa.. Tonga ..niue..cook islands fiji . New zealand . Vanuatu etc etc...thats at least one and a half years lol....great channel

Megayacht owners and crews are generally pretty nice people and are usually good for a few gallons of fresh water and ice if you have problems ashore

So stunning and congrats you’ve made it this far, meet some locals…I’d like to see that, who knows may make some friends or get some tips or even a tattoo 👀⛵️✨

Those super yachts can't get into allot of really nice anchorages like us smaller boats can.

Hopefully you are going to visit Samoa. I used to live there, it's the most beautiful island.

Love ya’, man! My daughters work on the ‘super yachts’ (and I love ‘em for that 😀❤️ …. make way more money than I do 😂) but we know true sailing 😀. I’m soloing from Durban into to Mozambique Channel, on my 34’, up to Madagascar for some great diving/spearing …. then cross (via Mayotte) to Zanzibar and make my way back down to South Africa. When you get to our part of the planet give me a shout. Outdoor be great to hook up 👍

9:58 "So, let's get in the water and check it out." (Immediately jumps into a pack of sharks) I would have sh!@ my shorts. Love the videos! Being landlocked in Oklahoma, I'll live my salt life vicariously through you. Safe Sailing!

I would definitely encourage a few quick bugs bunny cartoons 🤪 “ PEOPLE 😱”

not to be the Salt... but i advised you to count how many breathes you get out of that Pony Tank, full breathes at surface.. Luv the Vids mate FunHouse made me laugh a Lot

Very interesting, slot of the words sounds like New Zealand Maori words. Very similar I think. SV Kiwi Lady Opua Bay of islands New Zealand 👍

James you spoke about the millionaire and his yacht. You are way richer than he is. Richness is measured in more than money

you're doing it bro!!! Fantastic and i'm so happy for you living this daring dream. I first encountered you when you were first setting out, on your way from San Fran i think it was to Hawaii, perhaps a year ago. This is your most interesting and beautiful episode thus far so bravo for making it. Now you've really got my attention. You yourself are a colourful character with all that ink on you. I wish you all the best and fair winds in your continuing adventures mate. I live aboard a sailboat also, S/V Mystic in Ganges, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada. Give us a shout if you pass this way 'cause i'd like to photograph you and hang out a bit. Some of the best cruising grounds in the world are here also, in the Pacific Northwest, the inside passage, for example, the San Juans are cool too, just south of the Canada/US border. Lots of Orca and other whales, giant octopus also, some of the richest oceans in the world for marine life. Lots of pics in the galleries on my site if you are online and curious. I tried to do the g-pay thing just now to send a bit of cash but it did not work for me. I'll use paypal instead, that's sure to work. What is your email?

Great episode ! Consider a trip line on your anchor perhaps .. Can you rig a rainwater catching tarp to fill tanks 🌧🌧🌞 〰️⛵️〰️🏝〰️

Love the music, is it some type of jazzy bosa nova?

👍🏼

Just because someone has more money than we do doesn’t mean they are any better than us

Wicked cool video James love the underwater bit ;) Does it feel remote there? Anywayz much luv from FEB

I'm English and have a writing and journalism background and 'funhouse' meant the same to me as it did to you. LOL.

I’m sure you appreciate that

That's a lot of sharks.

Really hope you make it to Fakarava.

You should pack like a folding bike or scooter onto your boat so you can get around the islands quicker

A long way off I know, but any thoughts about sailing to Australia? I sail out of Brisbane and we have great sailing up the coast along the Great Barrier Reef.

n.b. don't use bare feet on sand below water down there. Stone fish... ;)

Wild dog populations on these islands in the outskirts are usually rampant. Here in Guam it’s the same….

I concur - funhouse has a different meaning here in the UK 😂

Lunch is on me

what i see about living on a boat it lets you escape if you don't like where your living & your country man that is true freedom

Dang! All those reef sharks...they must have figured you wouldn't taste very good......

James, never hold your breath while ascending from a dive! As the pressurized air in your lungs expands during ascent, your lungs can explode. Always leave your airway open and exhale a steady stream of bubbles as you rise to the surface. Holding your breath is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. We need you healthy!

5:20 indeed.

I'd love to hear some feedback about the dark blue hull in the tropics, does it tend to retain heat more/make the inside of the boat warmer or not? Thanks!