CATAMARAN SAILING: Prima navigație peste noapte și de ce mă lupt cu RR2

38 thoughts on “CATAMARAN SAILING: Prima navigație peste noapte și de ce mă lupt cu RR2”

1. Hang in there, class is in session with RR2 and she certainly is teaching some lessons, but I have no doubt you two will get past the learning curve that comes with a big vessel like her. Best way to get comfortable with those big electric winches is to play with them in calm seas or even at anchor. It's totally understandable to be leery of them due to their power. I'd be edgy around them too.

2. This happened to me. I had an S&S 34 and did two circumnavigations in it without incident, I budgeted to spend about $5000 every six months getting it out of the water and doing stuff to it. Then I sold it for almost what it cost me and I bought a 45ft Cat. Comfy? Yes. Practical? Not so much, as you are discovering. Too much boat, Too much windage. Too big a rig and a feeling that open ocean passages and the inevitable bad weather would be disastrous. I sold it and bought an S&S 39. Its perfect. Its manageable and stone reliable and no size sea causes it grief. I can heave too and wait for a storm to pass and it just sits there unfussed. Its way big enough for two, but not too big, because with two, you have to face the occasional time when you will have to do everything yourself. You never should fee vulnerable. Thats a horrible feeling.
   I would get out of Asia too. The novelty wears off. The prospect of a 200 mile passage should not be stressing you. In the S&S thats a doddle of a weekend away for me with zero stress. Head off into the North Pacific above Japan and across to Alaska.

3. Okay, Nick, what is that tattoo inside your bicep?

4. Fear can be useful…unless you stay there.

5. FYI, all those night fishing fleet boats with the bright lights hung over the water are (at least mostly) fishing for squid, who are attracted by the lights at night into deployed nets. They sure can light up a large area. You had a great view of those. From the shore on the Pattaya side or on the other side of the gulf, you can see their bright lights coming over the ocean horizon. Can be quite pretty. Many of the squid are sun-dried into what I always called 'Thai chewing gum.' I found them quite tasty, and quite a workout for the jaw. Dried squid major street food, found about everywhere there.

6. Good to have a healthy fear of electric winches.

7. Don’t want to sound mean but all youse do is whinge these days either you start to rethink what your going to post or you’ll end up with a lot of people leaving your channel just a heads up.

8. Doing the laundry yes hard work, the soap board, washing with your hands pounding it with your knuckles, rinse wring rinse wring, hang on line, iron every thing, yip hard work, don’t get me started on washing the dishes and beating the carpets to get rid of the dust.

9. Cracking episode

10. Watched you since the start, through your canal journeys etc. sorry but after spending all that money on your dream boat, all your reviews of its progress, and reviews of many models of boats, it would appear that you have learned that you are not as smart by half, even arrogant, and now whining "poor me". Seen what's happening in Ukraine, in Gaza even? Give us a break, your lives are not being destroyed or falling apart. There is no learning without mistakes, if you never made mistakes you probably never made anything. Put head down and get on with it, start with less click bait titles.

11. For salvation sail much , teach less, i vote for you to sail enjoy, naturally. Vidio worthy experieces but no talking…no need for knots or speed report.blessings…m

12. @16:55 you had a quick shot of your Harken furler. I noticed that the wraps on the drum were very loose and piled up on the bottom of the drum. this is caused by not having a little bit of tension on the furling line as the sail is let out. This will not always cause a problem but when you most need to bring in the sail, when you are caught by a sudden squall, the highly loaded furling line will slip down into the loose wraps on the drum and then the wraps will tighten up and lock the furling line in an override in the drum that can be extremely hard to loosen. It will be impossible to furl the sail with this condition.

13. You're learning.

    I'm sure your first months sailing RR1 were filled with mistakes, mishaps and blunders as well. But the impact of those softened with time as you learned to sail and learned the quirks and personality of RR1

    Give it time. The same thing will happen with RR2. These quirks and annoyances will become less and less noticable to you. The mistakes you have been making will become part of a polished routine for you both.

    Remember, you're not just learning a new boat, you're also shaking off three years of rust on your sailing skills.

    Patience is key.

    Patience with yourself, patience with the boat and, most importantly, patience with each other.

    In the meantime, enjoy those moments when things are going right. Breathe deep in those moments knowing that they will soon be the rule, rather than the exception.

14. I believe those bright light fishing boats are squid fishing. I operated in the South China Sea when I was in the Navy and spent many a night seeing the bright fishing boats in large fleets. From my limited knowledge, the bright spot lights attract the squid to shallower depths where their lines are set.

15. Learn from the challenges. Don't let it stress you out. You will learn and get strong! Ps your challenges teach us, and that is the whole point of this.

16. In essence, you're explorers. Also Teresa your skin was glowing! So nice!

17. ❤❤

18. How about 12 v weather enclosed video cams kinda like backup cameras for sail trim? The situation you describe is perilous in heavy weather.

19. You’ve been off the sea for quite some time, so cut yourself some slack. If I may make a comparison, it would be like driving a camper van, selling it, not driving for two plus years, and then buying a forty foot motor home to travel in. The change is a shock to the system but if you just settle down, your talented sailor will come to the fore and learn, adapt, and master your new home. That you are also dealing with all the bug a boos that a new boat is prone to only adds stress. You’re an excellent sailor, have faith in yourself. ❤❤❤

20. it sort of seems like seawind either misled or straight up lied about the performance of this vessel. It moves like a lagoon 45.

21. Hey everyone! Thanks so much for all your comments ❤ Just wanted to reassure everyone that, while we've had a run of challenges on RR2, since these episodes were filmed we've been finding our feet and our confidence has increased hugely, which you'll be seeing in the episodes due to come out over the coming weeks. We've had some EPIC sailing and honestly have just been loving life, which is a huuuuge relief because for a time there, things were really tough.
    But the main reason for this post is that I've noticed a few comments saying we're being negative or creating drama, and I just wanted to address that quickly.
    When we first started filming our lives, we made a pledge to always be totally honest about depicting the reality of life onboard. It's not always easy and it's definitely not always glamorous (actually, it's never glamorous onboard RR2!). We are also unashamedly ourselves on camera. We don't put on an 'act' or a persona and we don't pretend to be feeling something we're not. And yeah, when we're having a tough time, that means we talk about it. It isn't because we're attempting to create drama. Unfortunately, we genuinely were struggling during this time. I honestly wondered whether we could manage this boat on our own. It was a lot and the teething pains were very, very real. I don't see the point in pretending otherwise, even though some of the comments (a tiny minority! Most of you are amazing!) seem to think we should have been doing just that.
    For better or worse, pretence is just not something we're capable of.
    But we've also had a lot of comments from sailors who have had similar experiences to us, and who have expressed their gratitude for accurately portraying the challenging nature of transitioning from a relatively small mono to a relatively big catamaran. There's also been many of you who have had similar incidents to last week's episode where our boat was found a mile out to sea, and can understand how harrowing that experience was. Reading these comments has been so reassuring that we are not alone in struggling sometimes, and we really appreciate it.
    Okay, onto the good news!!
    As of next week's episode, we start to turn the corner and that steep learning curve I mentioned in this episode begins to plateau out. We've got lots of incredible sailing (seriously. The best sailing we've ever had. Not an exaggeration) coming up as we head to the islands of the Koh Chang archipelago in Thailand, before making our way south towards Singapore. I'm VERY excited about what's to come and I hope you are too!
    With love and appreciation,
    Nick & Terysa

22. Sad to say, but Terysa, once sunny and positive, has become a real downer, set her free to be miserable on her own. Get yourself a nice Vietnamese girl who will appreciate everything you do, and not suck all the energy out of the room.

23. I can imagine after losing your boat you might have post traumatic stress & need a rest!!!
    Can you take on 1 crew to help?

24. It is hard to feel sorry for the problem you are having. Sailing a new cataraman is a learning experience and one I would love to have.

25. Hey guys thanks for keeping It real ❤

26. Love the honesty of your channel, your comments are very typical & valid. Very soon this will be all behind you & it will be all second nature. Enjoy !

27. Hi guys love the rawness of your channel. I know that views love drama so you don’t hide it that aside I have some advice. Bigger boats mean bigger loads skill levels etc you are in the eye of that storm. Steep but you’ll get there and be fine. I see enough skill and focus that tells me so. Next big difference in cats from mono that nobody talks about is that healing washes off power and loads. Cats don’t heel much, so power with wind creates more loads and so the cardinal rule of sailing cats is reef early. At night reef down to expected weather, accept reduce speeds remember it’s easier to shake a reef that put one in, in unexpected squall. That’s your mistake in this video. Finally listen to your comments, hope this stays, wishing 15 knots ideal cruising wind etc. you are draining yourselves emotionally with this thinking. Run with the flow. May I congratulate you both for getting through all these issues, thats what turns Champaign sailors into very experienced seafarers. You two are dealing with new bigger boat ( become Uber conservative) and learning about relatively performance cats which are safer and more fun but require increased skills and different decision making. Don’t conclude we will get additional
    Pair of eyes, some help for ocean crossing, when you needed to think short handed still learning need to be ultra conservative. This is so much better content than before for a salty sailor. Teresa you are a seriously clever and more and more talented 1 st mate. Go girl

28. With Ruby Rose 1 you knew you didn’t know how to sail. You have to approach RR2 the same way.

29. Is it a winch or a water filter on the right bicep (tattoo)?

30. Hi, I am considering fitting a small reversing camera on my 30ft sailboat to support my lack of experience when berthing. A well positioned camera attached to your B&G should give you the confidence you need. They are feature in most modern HGV set up’s just a thought?

31. Great segment. I appreciate the updates on wind speed, SOG, etc.. . I like the data! My wife and I live a different type of "dream life" on a remote homestead in Southeast Alaska. Let me tell you, there has been a lot of "character building" in the last 14 years.
    Heck, we have a 50' catamaran under contract in Malaysia, so maybe we will see you out there!

32. I’m struggling with RR2 too 😢

33. I remember the RR catamaran tests The position of the helmsman was the first criterion High you can see the four corners good view of the sails,,,, Behind a window in bad weather it's not good

34. Don't stress it's just a learning curve. Maybe get some headset walkie talkies? Marrige savers, from what others say. 😅

35. “- Captain Ron: The best way to find out Kitty is to get her out on the ocean. If anything is going to happen , it's going to happen out there.”

36. Thanks guys, I can see your confidence with RR2 is increasing every video. While I’ve found you can never claim to have everything thing in control all of the time as a sailor 80-90% of the time is quite an achievement!

    So keep it real, as we all learn along side you.

37. Squid fishing boats use those crazy lights

38. 🌬⛵🌏👙🩱🩳🩴🎣⛱🐚🤿🕶🐬🐋💧🐟🦈🐠☀️🇦🇺

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