La ieșirea din atolul Vanua Balava ne-am lovit, din păcate, de un recif neexplorat care naviga între 7 și 8 noduri.
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Am lovit un recif în Fiji – Sailing Greatcircle (ep.277)
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Expensive way of making an entertaining video.
Oef schrikken. Zelfredzaamheid to be admired👍
Outremer reacted quickly because this is an ad campaign for Outremer.
I'm impressed by Outremer's response as well but also your calmness in the situation. Great video and I hope to see you two in Monterey someday. -S/V Roundabout
It's frustrating to see the reefs on the way back. Well done for overcoming this accident!
Very glad that you are safe and have so many great good people near, who give to you a helping hand.
The quadrant (stuurkwadrant?) seems to have taken much force.
Hoping that you will soon be on your way, with complete repairs.
Wow!! ………… I guess kick up rudders aren't an option on such a powerful catamaran???? What about forward facing sonar???
Well done the rally for help and support
Sheesh stay safe and keep rolling! Glad it was not more serious! 👍👍 Way to emergency repair it! 👍👍🛠🛠
I was wondering if you could mount a small camper under your sailboat to see how shallow it is when entering shallow areas
The names of places occasionally differ depending on cartography used. Would it be possible for you to put coordinates for some places to make finding them easier?
I hope you are back to full functionality quickly and not scared about what happened.
What has happened to you could have happened to me as well; unavoidable things.
Maybe you need a Foolish guy that can watch under your boat??
It really sucks. Like you said, never a dull moment. But I guess you would like to have more dull moments, or not?! Well, I'm happy for you guys that nothing worse happened. I hope you can continue soon.
Happy greetingz,
Wim
Relieved that everyone is okay and the problem won't stop you. Wonderful how everyone came together to help.
Reminds me of a person at the marina my boat is at. I admired her Bentley her reply was thanks they give me free wash jobs and oil changes😁👍
And this sail drive on 1.5 mln boat, imagin hit reef wit this……
Could end up much worse. This is just a "little dent". You will keep rolling in no time. Good luck!
Check out your charts in detail, and monitor the tide. When questionable have a crew member on the bow to physically monitor your course. Basic seamanship
What a shame, I m so sorry for you
Outremmer sure as hell backs there product such a great thing to see , Remember when ARCHER was damaged and not being the original owners they were quick to get things done and parts sent out 10/10 Outremmer
Glad you all safe and sound
All the luck in the world with the repairs in the boat. We are really thinking about both of you. Cheers from Canary Islands ❤️👍👍
We are all thankful that you are alright and everyone was helpful and worked together. Two unrelated questions for you: Did you use forward looking sonar (or "regular")? Would it have helped or not? Second, what is an appropriate gift for village chiefs? Thank you!
Love how even with this perilous situation you both just digest what happened and figure out how to move forward. There’s no extra drama for the good of views, just explain the situation and keep on with the jazz and beautiful videography. Hope you enjoy a bit of a break and are back on your way promptly. Truly look forward to every installment along your journey.
Good recovery job! Thats part of it . Know what you are doing . then move on to that great camera work . Thanks you for it
Yikes !
Problem with these $2M fibreglass boats is that although they look great, they disintegrate with any contact in real world conditions…. a world cruiser really should have a kick-up rudder. I think you should consider yourself lucky that it wasn't the sail drive which would have probably sunk your investment.
I am very sorry this happened to you…BUT…you were running a much higher risk than I could ever be comfortable with. You chose to go from Susui to Tongan Passage in the morning against the sun – totally inadvisable in my view – and at high speed. The risk was high. I did the same trip a few days later and I left Susui at 14:30, motoring the 8 miles up to the pass with the sun behind me at 4 knots and lookouts posted on the doghouse roof. I watched you and your fleet of friends motoring around Vanuabalavu at high speed in the early morning and late afternoon with some concern. I mentioned this to Inky at the lunch at Susui but he wasnt interested. I hope you get the rudder repaired adequately and continue on. Just don't go anywhere before 10 or after 3 unless it's down sun with good light…
I’m so sorry this happened to you, but I’m glad you’re all ok and the situation wasn’t much worse. Mark, I may be wrong but didn’t you have forwardscan installed? Would that have helped to spot the reef in time? Good luck with your journey!
You guys are unlucky
That sucks, young barnacles lost a port rudder crossing Atlantic. You guys hit a reef. So did we! All on the Port side!
Lucky for us it was at low speed, but still bent rudder stock and created a small leak. I have straightened the stock.
Small leak will have to wait till haul out in a month or so.
Good luck with it all.
Sorry that happened! Nice that Outremer has your back as usual.
W chartshen something like this happens do you advise Navionics so they can change the charts?
Yet again a great fleet/rally and support from Outremer. Fair winds.
Just saw Inky and Aakaroa anchored outside port Denerau- enjoy 🇫🇯
Sorry for your troubles.
Vuda Point Marina is a great place to take your bozt. The people there could not be any nicer and helpful.
well done
You people are a wreck looking for a place to happen.
Habt Ihr eine Ruder Neuigkeit jezt?
Hi guys, we met briefly at Vuda. You commented on the hydraulic passerelle on our Amel 54. 🙂 Sorry to hear about the reef. Happens to the best of us.
One thing you may want to consider is using OpenCPN with multiple satellite data sets. When I put the coordinate of your grounding location into OpenCPN, both the ArcGIS and GoogleSat images show three large uncharted reefs right in that location. The reason I say "multiple satellite images" is that BingSat photos were taken on a cloudy day. 😉
In our 5 year half circumnavigation to date, the charts seem the worst in the South Pacific so while on the move, I constantly cross check between CMAP, Navionics and sat images and route based on the worst case scenario.
Sorry if this seems like a criticism but no fellow cruiser wants to see another boat get damaged. I hope this may help you avoid future incidents. I create my own "mbtiles" for OpenCPN so I know I have the latest and greatest sat shots. I've received outdated sat images from other cruisers, so I only trust my own mbtiles now. Let me know if you want me to show you how to do it as it's free and not too difficult.