Sailing Offshore in 35 knots - Indian Ocean - Ep.90
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- Опубліковано 8 жов 2024
- After fixing our steering we leave our isolated island group for the first time since lockdown started only to encounter 35 knot winds on our offshore passage to the Island of Nias off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Even though we were pounding upwind in 35 knots of wind and horizontal rain, it was still exhilarating to be out sailing offshore on the Indian Ocean once more. Boat life is always full of surprises.
We are a British couple who set off from England in 2016 to fulfill our dream of sailing around the world on our 37ft sail boat, Florence. Along the way we share the live aboard lifestyle with the highs and lows of travelling around the world by boat, our own little tiny house. Boat life out at sea on the ocean and off the grid.
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Accidentally I came across your latest video and I am now hooked watching the earlier episodes. There are many sailing couples on UA-cam but Matt & Amy are different because of your likability factor 😀
Watching you both working the boat is a joy! You're so competent and obviously make a great team. I'm working my way through your videos and loving every minute of it!
PS. I'd say that that was a sailfish. They can be pretty mean in a cockpit so not such a bad thing that it escaped!
Sail safe both. X
Hats off to you guys! Can’t have been easy, the last 7 months. We really enjoy your videos. I know we don’t see everything you go through but we love your natural and easy going style. Right now your channel and The Sailing Frenchman are our favourite sailing vlogs. We can also relate to your sense of isolation. We spent 4 months isolating in a Marina in the Dominican Republic last year with 8 other boats. Managed to get back to Canada and now trying to get back to our boat.
Thanks Robin, Best of luck getting back to your boat. We know a lot of people in your situation trying to return to their boats around the world.
Not the usual "Unboxing UA-cam video" - glad it was the right part :-)
@14:00; LOVE the ticker tape along the bottom for your Patreons! 😊
Hey Amy, great looking meal prepared in 30 knots of wind.
" Boat life is always full of surprises." i guess that it resembles life a bit eh? You two are doing a good job of handling it as it comes along. Enjoy.
@9:10; YES!!! I have to admit, I was quite distracted from Matt, when I saw the splash behind him! I was instantly yelling “FISH ON!!!” (At first, I didn’t realise it was a Marlin, I thought it may have been a barracuda, or Mackerel, until I saw the replay...) 😮😁
You are the two happiest sailors on youtube!
I think ya’ll are living the rarest adventure available in 2021. Love it! Wish you would have got that fish!
@15:28; Hear hear! Totally agree! (I’m currently stuck in Quarantine in Vung Tau, in Vietnam, waiting to board a new build, small cruise ship and deliver her back to Australia and your channel (And Yoga!) Are the only things keeping me sane!!!)👍😊
Loved the video more than usual due to the greater amount of sailing footage!
As you can see we loved the sailing too. Hoping for an ocean crossing this year :-)
IMPORTANT! When you fitted the autopilot to the bracket, it *looks* like you fitted the fixing pin up from underneath and secured it with the split pin at the top. If at all possible, fixing pins (or bolts) should always be fitted from above with the securing split pin at the bottom, ensuring if the split pin should come out, the fixing pin will stay in place and the autopilot unit won't come away from the bracket. Sorry to sound picky, but I have a background in these things and it rang alarm bells when I saw it. Other than that, congratualtios on another great video. I've been following your videos for around a year now and never miss an installment. Wishing you a happy and safe new year.
Correct
I noticed too. Was there something that would prevent doing it the way Neil recommended?
Noel 31 Yrs Offshore Oil Myself
Thanks for your concern. The pin just has a securing R-clip on both ends so no difference which way up I put it. I did it from underneath so that I could see to put the second clip in on top. The old one had been like this for many years so hopefully we won't have a problem. Maybe we can feed back to Raymarine :-)
@@SailingYachtFlorence Ah I understand. Strange though as it's a very important point. Is it possible that the bracket was intended to be mounted (originally) at 90 degrees so that the pin would be inserted horizontally? Worthwhile keeping an eye on it.
Happy New Year. Sailing in squalls gets the adrenaline pumping, even just watching.
Your plates of hot food look tasty and filling! Also, thnx for showing crews building concrete housing, a group effort. Pretty amazing. Finally...that was a dandy fish you hooked!
Best sailing videos on you tube
@11:15: There’s a great old saying about sailors; “The optimist hopes the wind will change, the pessimist bemoans the wind changing and the realist simply adjusts his sails...” 😉
Happy new year. I think that might have been a sail fish from the sail that looks like on the back of the fish. Great shot
What a great episode! Thanks!
That was an awesome fish you guys hooked up
Well you may be rusty but you got back in the swing of it pretty well if you ask me. Bet you were glad (again) of having such a great boat! Very cool title image as well, really good action shot.
Great video. We appreciate clips of actual sailing, especially the real experiences of sudden gusts and reefing. Great job !!!
Happy New Year! Thanks for your videos, you two are a powerhouse of positivism.
You guys are the best sailing channel on YT. Well done. And thank you.
Agree, check out "sailing bacchus home"
Happy New Year guys ........ great to see some sailing again. Let's hope 2021 finds you crossing the Indian ocean ...........
We hope so too... Thanks Martin
Great episode really appreciate commentary during sailing imagine how difficult will be to film it thank you very much.
Good to see you guys, be safe out there!
If you’re going to hunt for fish then make sure you have a
super strong rig-set-up with wire so a lure with hooks attached
does not get taken by a fish, the fish could suffer for a long very time before it eventually dies!
The only channel I look forward to.
Ha Ha! We just bought a package of Raymarine autopilot parts from Southhampton, UK (probably the same dealer) for our cruising boat, now in Southern Mexico. We had to ship it courier from the UK to San Diego, California; get a friend of a friend to hand carry it across the land border at Tijuana (still closed with limited exceptions) and then freight it down through Mexico. It dropped into place in five minutes. The things cruisers do!
Have a happy and safe 2021! Thanks for the videos, they are much appreciated. 🇫🇷😊
You've shown great resilience sticking out these difficult times out there. Thanks for such positive videos and insight on untouched sailing grounds.
Very well said will
You all prolly dont give a shit but does someone know of a way to log back into an Instagram account..?
I was dumb lost my login password. I love any tips you can offer me
@Rene Ford Instablaster ;)
@Anders Jaiden thanks for your reply. I got to the site thru google and im waiting for the hacking stuff now.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Anders Jaiden It worked and I finally got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D
Thank you so much you really help me out!
Indonesia will always have a special place in your hearts after this.❤️
The people of Indonesia gained that place long ago :-)
Happy New Year to you both. Stay healthy and be patient...the Indian Ocean isn’t going anywhere and we will be here to cheer you on when ever that may be.
Love and light, Lisa
Great video! Stay safe, happy, healthy and in love. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺 🍷🍷🌹🌹🇦🇺🇦🇺
Hey guys, I am enjoying the couple videos I have watched so far. Next time you might want to consider a tiller pilot in conjunction with your servopendulum. I use this system with my monitor and tiller pilots can be got really cheap. This system allows the tiller pilot to do the brains and the pendulum to do the heavy lifting. Great for light wind or calm motoring, not necessarily will keep a perfect course with shifting currents, etc. but should last a very long time and dependable for $100. Free range sailing has a couple options to mount it. If you find one laying around, grab it up and give it a try. Best of luck to you!
Finally some views of the people living around there! I really enjoy the way you're showing these communities, and that was unfortunately and understandably missing for the last several months... Funny enough your sailing experience in this episode is exactly what I just went thru for my 2 first ever overnight passages! Please tell me this is not like this everytime?! 😕🙂
It is not like this every time, we promise. Sometimes you lie in the cockpit gazing up at the clear sky spotting shooting stars as the boat slips along at 5 knots on a calm sea. Then you know why you do it! Hopefully you will enjoy the next episode too :-)
Happy new year and wish you all the best. We do appreciate all your efforts .
Glad to see you with a PFD on when you were up on deck. Nice video. Dee and Deb
+1 for the PFD, -5 for not being clipped in.
Relieved you got the auto pilot replaced. Must have been energizing to get back out, even in a squall, and get the adrenaline pumping again. Safe sailing.
Happy New Year to both of you and it was great to see you sailing again. Looking forward to when ‘lockdown’ is over and you can get out onto the open ocean again
Thanks Liam, fingers crossed for an Indian Ocean crossing starting in May this year (after cyclone season is over!)
It was a Sail Fish. Not a Marlin. But related I believe. And weather conditions. Well I love being at sea with a challenge. Enjoy it. The rush you get out the other side is amazing. Oh. Don't rush home. I enjoy your Vlogs so much. I can't tell you how long I've been a subscriber.
Thanks Matt & Amy
Always both have a smile even when things were extremely bad with lockdown would have loved meeting you both in person when you were in Australia you sailed straight past us on central coast at terrigal nsw 😩.
Hopefully you get more freedom sooner,although this Covid is very bad in South Africa plus the UK as you know thank you so much for sharing your story cheers from your Aussie friends
Happy New Year, great video guys the smile's on your faces when sailing through the squals were great
Happy New Year you guys! Nice to see you get back to adventuring. Wishing both of you a wonderful 2021 with fresh wind at your backs. ⛵️🙏🎉😎😀
Again, as with your exploring uncharted waters under sail in the previous episode, your sailing chops are showing. I love it! Happy new year to you both!
Thanks for another wonderful episode guys! I have not yet been to Pulau Nias, but will hopefully get there at some stage in future. (The next large island North of Nias (Simeulue) was the epicentre of a 9.3 magnitude earthquake on Boxing Day 2004, killing an estimated 300 000 people in the region, due to the initial ‘quake and subsequent series of tsunamis - some of which were purported to be up to 30m high!(?) There is a legendary right-hand point break, (Lagudri(?) Lugundri(?) Bay) famed for it’s incredible barrels and apparently the sea floor in that region (Including at the break) has supposedly dropped 2m from the impact of the tectonic shift!)
Happy New Year! I thought by the title that you had set out on passage... glad to see you'll be able to explore a bit more on shore before leaving. Really enjoying your travels and hoping to one day visit some of these places on our own boat. The Telo Islands look amazing - although I wonder how much different they are when they are not in lockdown and full of surfers.
Another great video! Better than the Vendee Globe! I love how smoothly your slab reefing lines run. I see you’ve decided against the downhaul on the main halyard. Was my favorite in-cockpit line single handed. A small cord will do.
Happy new year 🥂Glad your autopilot is working again. 👍
Wish you guys all the best in new year , a lot of calm sea ......
Great to see u out there again
The activity on the building site is exactly what cementing day on a ferro cement boat is like. After all of that frenzied activity for a whole day you have a 45 foot ferro hull (up to the gunwale, the deck is a second day a week later).
Happy 2021, a véry good video again, this is what sailing is all about. Thanks for sharing it with us!
BTW, the new drive would have fitted the old bracket.
It would have if I could have got the stainless steel pin out of the aluminum bracket for the old drive. No luck, hence had to swap out bracket as well. It is never straight forward in a marine environment!
@@SailingYachtFlorence Put some NeverSeize on the pin and some thick grease on the screws on the unit so they don't corrode again.
At 8:49, watch for the giant fish jumping out of the water. That could be dinner! Where are you fishing poles?
Nice sail, barring the squalls. She is a beautiful boat. Reminds me of my last boat, a. Tartan 37. Similar vintage and design. Also a great sailing boat. Have you thought or experimented at all with hooking up a tiller pilot to your Aries? My be a good back up. On my KP 44 and Cal 46, I always had 3 pilots, because they all break down and who wants to hand steer for days!? We had an old but dependable below decks rotary drive pilot and 2 back up wheel pilots for calmer conditions. Hooked up a tiller pilot to my Alberg 35 onto the Monitor vane gear. Worked well the tiller pilot could tap into the mechanical advantage of the vane gear. Not as fast reacting as the real thing but worked. Good luck on a great weather window accross when you do go. Never sailed the Indian Ocean.
Thanks Fred, we have read about using the tiller pilot with the wind vane but not tried it. We are always on the lookout for a second hand tiller pilot as an extra backup but not seen one on our travels yet. We hope to cross the Indian Ocean this year starting in May.
Definitely a Sail fish that you hooked !
Was a Sailfish fastest fish in the sea, nice
Love that you enjoy the big winds.
SV Minggat.
Happy new year🥰🥰
Happy New Year!!
Happy new year you both another nice video 👍⛵️🇬🇧😁
Staying in Indonesia ( is it a right expression?) has been a right decision, no doubt about it. Even if you stay a couple of months more, do not panic. Then continue your journey across the Indian and other oceans. Have fun and lack in this AD 2021.
Happy New year to you both, love the videos well done 👏
Boat & Sails looking really good , I notice you dont have a line to adjust the genoa sheet deck car when reefing the genoa to keep the shape & strain in the right places of the sail in heavier winds . I take a line forward to the head of the deck track then back to the cockpit frew a jam cleat , all done from the cockpit. Fair winds .
Happy New Year ,from Fiji.
I was watching Matt up on deck and wondering if I had the skill to preform a MOB in those conditions. I might be tempted to just turn to wind or heave to, and let them swim to the mast. My skills are definitely in the novice range.
Happy New Years ! Love your videos. Stay safe.
Happy New Year
Incredible video again you two. Just love the quality and precision. Good onya for the autohelm. What a relief that must be. Glad to see you moving. Any closer to thinking about more distance or are you happy to wait it out a bit longer? I guess you'll need to lift the hull out some time soon?
The hull is requiring regular scrubbing but no haul out facilities near here, planning to start crossing the Indian Ocean in May after Cyclone season ends.
Happy New Year you 2 Love your show
I love you guys! Happy new year!
Wow Guys cant believe that fish got away enough food for a month. Hahhah. Just wanted to wish you all the best for 2021. cheers Guys. xx
Hi Andy, Unfortunately without a freezer on board we would be able to make it last a month, it would have been a good gift to friends in Nias if we had landed it though! Happy New Year :-)
@@SailingYachtFlorence Ahh Good point! hahahh. I am looking forward to going back to london for a visit as i just got my New Uk passport yea. Hopefully by the summer to look at some boats. cheers.
Very interesting
Interesting about the coffee and being sea sick, im on land and i lowkey get nauseous when i drink coffee!!
Happy New Year guys. All the best
Happy New Year Guys. Sail safe and stay safe
Gratuitous Beginnings of the Annual Solar Rotation my windy wanderers
Happy New Year Guys!
@19:45; Lucky we’re not watching this on “Smello-vision!” 😉
Was a Sailfish, Happy New Year!!!
Happy New Year from Jakarta
Great to see you being able to go out adventuring,and having some exhilarating sailing again 👌
Happy new year guys 🙂
I love so much about your videos! I like learning about what it is like to sail. I also like when you show what a hike down the road is like too. At about 10:00, the winds increase and you "take a reef" or lower the amount of sail area. Why? Would you flip over? Or rip the sails? Is it like driving too fast on a bumpy road and stuff breaks?
Hi Christopher If we don't take in a reef we can damage the sails, ropes and rigging, and put excessive strain on Florence. We also lean over so far that it becomes inefficient and instead of going forwards to where we want to go, we just get blown sideways instead. Yes it is similar to driving too fast on a bumpy road.
Thanks for taking the time to explain that
happy new year guys, just a note that may have been mention before, id flip that pin on the auto pilot to come from the top, otherwise if the securing clip comes off, your pin will fall out and you could loose auto pilot at just the from time
Hi Ollie, Happy new year. The pin just has a securing R-clip on both ends so no difference which way up I put it. I did it from underneath so that I could see to put the second clip in on top.
Great show guys. I see you have a single furling line on your main sail. Can you explain how does it work and if you like it
Happy New Year and safe travels ⛵
@14:30; There is a world famous TV show producer (Originally Australian, before moving over to the US for business interests) named Reg Grundy, so the obvious rhyming slang for knickers or underwear as we call them in Australia, is “Reg Grundies” - (Undies)👍🇦🇺😉
"Something's going to go wrong" 🤣🤣🤣 HAHAHA NO DOUBT! 😭😭😭
Every moment, on every boat, something is wearing out.
Happy New Year!
Happy new year Guys.
Hi i use brake fluid to loosen rusted bolts I soak a cloth in oil let it rest on the bolt.. it eats off the rust to an extent and i find that a light shock with a hammer and screwdriver loosen it up I have a clover socket set aswell
That fish looked huge
Good video..
Eeek! 😬 Stay well. That market looked like a real cootie fest.
Another great video hope you guys have a cracking new year . After all the sailing you done do you still get sea sick ?
Good to see you sailing, thinking, moving quickly, reefing. Good on you both. Glad your auto-steering part worked. Hope it lasts. Did not anticipate that you don’t do much fishing; you don’t keep any real fishing tackle? I’m surprised. Texas
Happy New Year guys, just a point but when the squall blew through and it got rough where was your safety harness and lifeline when you were out on deck..? Stay safe guys.
you've been on the southwestern side of the indonesian islands for quite a while now. Does it feels safe over there compared to the other side of the major islands and the Strait of Malakka?
There are many dangers around, not sure exactly what you mean.
Safe from what? Lightning? Squalls? Corruption? Pirates? Tsunami? Earthquakes? Covid? Malaria? Denghi? Collisions with fishing boats?
Generally we have felt pretty happy and safe here apart from a couple of things which we will expand upon in a couple of videos time.
@@SailingYachtFlorence I am talking about piracy as I was reading an updated French report yesterday where the Strait of Malakka was mentioned as the #1 hotspot in this regard. We're preparing for Jimmy Cornells'GLYWO500, a 2,5 year around the world sailing rally starting in September. The route is still provisional and has room for own navigation so we're looking at alternative options along the way. To prevent spoiler alerts you can also reply on our Cat Greatcircle Facebook or Insta if you prefer
The problems for us in the Malacca straits were dodging poorly or un-lit fishing boats at night in the middle of massive thunder and lightning storms, and that is why we don't want to sail the Malacca strait again if we can avoid it. We made sure we were on the Malaysian side at night to reduce the piracy risk (based on research). We have not had piracy concerns in Indonesia to be honest apart from one incident recently which we see as a one off isolated incident. We would not list piracy as a concern following the route we took through Indonesia or on this side. Check on the type of piracy, hostage taking is very different to stealing stuff that can be sold off of anchored commercial ships.
@@SailingYachtFlorence thanks!
Make sure you coat the hardware on this one that you couldn't remove on the old one...so you can fix the new one when it breaks.
Allyn great minds think alike, done that :-)