Sam Holmes sails to Palau with gnocchi on the menu

Anneliese turns stored potatoes into dinner during a passage that ends with jungle walks and wreck diving.

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Sailing 650nm Offshore to the Pacific Island Nation of Palau

Strong currents make the first stretch out of Sorong anything but a gentle departure. Sam Holmes drops anchor rather than let the water pull the catamaran toward a reef, then finds the downwind sailing that carries him and Anneliese toward Palau.

"Sailing 650nm Offshore to the Pacific Island Nation of Palau" was Sam Holmes Sailing's only new upload this week, reaching roughly 51,000 views. Between sail handling and arrival paperwork, there is a watermaker inspection, a small bird resting aboard hundreds of miles offshore, and homemade gnocchi as Anneliese uses up the potatoes. The video also includes a Bluetti promotion.

Palau brings a different kind of itinerary: ancient stone monoliths, jungle hiking and dives featuring manta rays, sharks, turtles and wartime wrecks. Viewers are discussing the underwater and drone footage, while one practical request stands out: a video explaining weather routing. After the currents at the beginning, that feels particularly well placed.

The Palau passage is comfortably the channel's busiest video each day. October's difficult trip to Wayag remains active too, though at a much gentler pace. Subscribers were unchanged over the week, and daily views are running below half their usual level.

Among nearby travel channels, Katie Roams had a particularly substantial week, while CruisingTheCut also drew a larger weekly audience. For Sam Holmes Sailing, the new passage supplies most of the daily viewing, exchanging the previous episode's hard upwind work for a long stretch under the parasailor.

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Here is how Sam Holmes Sailing's week looks in views and subscribers.

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518,720

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344,513

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325,090

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258,043

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subscribers

285,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

46,729,175

views per day

5,494

typical day: 13,111

first-day views of each video posted this week

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26,209

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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331,000

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310,000

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307,000

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298,000

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285,000

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274,000

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264,000

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259,000

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249,000

As of November 9, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

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