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I think it's time for another music video.
bigger full keel boat would be better for future trips. could always upgrade for better safer trips.
It's like anything, you need to be on the edge so you can make sure that never happens again and also that you can deal with the SHTF and make it home. Research using a drogue especially down-wind
You guys did well with the Oday 28. You now know what she can handle. Where passage making gets important is if the weather turns, you should have a plan B. Since it was generally a coastal cruise, you might have considered a port to duck into until the seas and wind improved.
Trying to help, when you are trying to communicate with the audience or connect with the audience, no sunglasses. It makes it more personal. Trying to help. -You guys rock.
Thanks for the honest debrief. I was wondering…. I have the same boat, but on a inland lake in NC. Loved when you mentioned Lake Michigan as that was where I owned my first boat. I find sailing on a large inland lake to be less than exciting compared to Lake Michigan, so have been contemplating having one on the Carolina coast. After your "excitment" I may stick to the inland Lake!!
I really enjoyed your video. Most people have no clue what it's really like going through a rough time off shore…especially in the dark! Cayo Costa was a great place to go…the hurricane destroyed the park. Pelican bay is a great place to drop the hook and stay awhile though…enjoy!
Great videos – really good job – I understand how it feels when you are out there and the reflection on it when back at the dock – but you two are great together – you are a good team who support each other and because of that you had success. Look forward to your future videos.
On the transmission noise – don't put in forward when sailing
– you have a hurth transmission – it will glaze the clutch plates and cause it to not lock into gear. Only reverse position if sailing. If you ever glaze the plates from sailing in forward – drain all the transmission oil – refill with diesel – run in gear backward and forward for a few minutes each time – several iterations – drain and refill with normal transmission fluid – that can fix a hurth transmission sailed in forward position.
Good sailing in the future !!!
Hearing you guys talk about this trip, you make it sound as though it was some kind of failure.
It wasn't. You made it there. You made it back. It was challenging, no doubt, but you made it anyway. That's a win in my book. Don't let this deter you from other long trips. If you never get outside your comfort zone, you'll never grow as a person.
Very proud of you. Keep up the good work 🙂
You know a 'Super seasoned sailor who sailed the seven seas'….i find that simply satisfying….and hard to say six times…
Please forgive me if you answered this already. Would you consider a larger boat with a center cockpit such as a Irwin or Pearson to avoid a knock down?
You said it well. It made you better sailors.
I sailed on Lake Michigan as a kid. Sunfish way out 3 miles out. My Dad was getting ready to call the Coast Guard when me and my brother sailed back. My Dad worked on Lake Michigan and had to rescue some boats several times, mostly catamarans in the middle of the night.
You guys did it! You survived a 500 mile test of what it is like to be world sailors. I am a combat veteran and a pilot with thousands of hours flying through some of the worst weather you can imagine and I know it's always nice to be sitting at home talking about the adventure and the nightmare time you went through. Glad you posted this follow up video and I look forward to many other adventures.
The good thing is the boat can take lots more than we can. I was in 10 foot short duration waves on the Chesapeake in a MacGregor 25. The boat was going up the waves at 45 degrees and the top of the wave would crash over the boat hitting us square in the chest and face and the outboard would go under water in the rear. I learned how to crab going up the waves a little off center and that smoothed the ride considerably. And although I was worried, the boat handled everything just fine.
I asked in a previous reply to you but realized it was an older video and figured you may not see it. Anyways..is your boat a shoal keel and do you have a dingy for the Oday?
Never easy in those conditions especially if is your first time and with a boat that is more for costal cruise. About your comment of not sail in these conditions my suggestion is to have 3rd reef on the main and do some practice because weather forecast are not so precise and you never know from 15 to 25 knots is not so unusual.
Congrats and keep going, you are great.
I have a 28’ O’Day and was very happy to see the boat handled the weather. Yes she is not a blue water, but she did well with what Mother Nature threw at her! And you guys did great! You are home safe and are better sailors! 😅😊
I have loved watching you and really appreciate your honesty about your feelings. As a newer sailor I have those fears as well, so it was great to see you guys were able to handle it, despite being scared. Great lesson to know the boat can really handle some crazy situations!!
You definitely got punched in the teeth on that trip, and you’re reflecting wisely on lessons learned. When you have more time, plan to make it to a destination with lots more shelter once you get there. Short of sustained really bad weather, it almost guarantees a great time. Closer to you, that would mean the middle Keys; with more time, the northern Bahamas. Then you’re just looking for weather windows for a much shorter crossing
You did really well in the circumstances. As for the advantages of a bigger boat, it seems you got into that boat because for the weekend and overnight sailing, a 22ft boat is a little too cramped and uncomfortable. The current boat seems like an ideal and capable gunkholer and perfectly suitable for 80% of your work with the minimum maintenance and cost. The result may be compromised as a blue water passage maker compared to a 38 footer but you don’t seem to do a lot of that sort of sailing. I would say what you lacked in an ideal world was 1 – time, if you had a fortnight or a month you could have broken it up into 80 mile runs and waited for better weather windows, and 2 – crew, another experienced watch keeper would have made the 2 day passage much more bearable, a 38ft blue water boat I would have put 3.
You cant buy time, and the answer to more available crew for overnight passages might be more practice on shorter overnight runs. You can buy a bigger boat but it would would soak up resources and may not be as suitable for short sails to shallow anchorages as your current boat.
More time, longer passages and a bigger boat may come eventually and together, and in the meantime there is always charter. And most likely you would still be on the lookout for 10-15kt winds from the right direction before setting off even in a 45ft boat.
This hobby now is full of oversized, under resourced, under utilised, half refitted boats rotting on hardstands and mooring balls. Its great to have the right boat, in the right conditions doing the right sailing for you now.
Great video and discussion! Thank you for your candor! You have a great outlook on all of this and the experience you earned from it!
Great video and discussion. I am very happy that you were encouraged instead of discouraged, and that, hopefully, you will be continuing to share your experiential learning and growth as sailors. I thought you did a great job with what you had and thank you for sharing with those of us that can only watch and envy!
Great video. Always good to download mentally and debrief. I’ve completely been there a couple times jumping around the Bahamas in an 8700# boat myself. Not fun, scary/exhilarating somehow. Love watching your channel!
I remember once trying to get back home on the Chesapeake, heading south directly in to the wind. The kids had to be back to school the next day, so we had to go. It was blowing 25 knots (forecasted at 10-15), had way too much sail up, and couldn't reduce for the same reasons you gave. We basically "cheated" the whole way tacking back and forth, while dodging tugs with barges, ships, and just the odd geography of the Chessie in the northern part of the Bay. Should we have gone out in that? Probably not. But we did, survived, and lived to sail another day. Armchair sailors have NO IDEA what it's like to be out in real weather. You mentioned your abs, but one thing that gets me on longer passages is the wind whistling past your ears for hours and hours or in your case "days". It un-nerving to say the least. Good on you guys for "making it".
Good learning experience. I actually didn’t think those conditions were bad on the west coast ie CA thats a normal day. However!! Having sailed the region your in yes those conditions would have seemed abnormally big except when you get out into the current the waves can and do regularly get big.
I would suggest a leash system on your hatch boards. Bay / fair weather sailors don’t usually realize a knock down is pretty common on big water and hatch boards have a well known history of going over board when not leashed
Fin keel vs full is really not a thing. The 80’s 28ft family coastal cruisers have a short distance between the fin and rudder making them responsive in marinas and short bay sailing trips. But that short distance between rudder and keel makes them especially a wheel a constant workout to drive especially with following sea where the wave action and speed has the boat tripping over its self.
SF to Oahu race Pac Cup falling asleep at the tiller was definitely a thing. Waking up slumped over the tiller with the boat under spinnaker doing a hard U turn in 25+ knots and big swells far larger than what you be guys had was a pretty rude awakening 😆
Thanks for the follow up! It's always good to push yourself outside of your comfort zone. You both did and now know how far to go before things get uncomfortable.
The sleeping was tough because you needed to get back home quicker. It's too bad you were under a time crunch as you would be able to find a harbor or a protected area, anchored and slept nightly. I have only made 25 sails to date and I go out for maybe 4 miles and I get nervous every time, from Davis Island out in the bay. When I get back on land, I think back and say to myself, I should have been out there longer, or it really wasn't that bad and want to go back out immediately. I take my hat off to you two. Great job and can't wait to see the next adventure in paradise!
Glad you are back!
You guys did an unbelievable job. Knowing how to handle the boat in those conditions takes skill and big balls, something all these keyboard skippers have none of. It's easy to sit behind a desk and criticise, I'd like to see them try.
Great video. Thanks for the honesty. We have the same boat so it’s nice to know what she will handle. Zip Tie Sailing on YouTube.