Wow! I watch all of the refit videos and enjoyed it all. Glad that you two are proud of how the refit came out. You have a unique boat with the paravane and the crow's nest. You should be making some really great videos from the crow's nest. I look forward to watching those videos.
Fantastic results on the refit. I’m so excited for you two. Hey, you don’t have to justify your refit costs, homeowners spend that kind of money every 10-20 years to update their kitchens, bathrooms, additions, etc. Can’t wait to boat vicariously with you two. I’ll be glad to be your bartender. Where is Trooper?
I just found you earlier today while setting at the Dr.s office. I have now watched 4 videos and have subscribed. Thank you for sharing all this. Be safe.
I just binge watched the entire refit series in one sitting. Amazing work and you guys make a fantastic team. Cant wait to follow your next adventures.
Allen, That's a lot of video in one sitting! We are glad you enjoyed the series. We have a lot of fun making the videos. We are now in Anacortes and will be headed to SE Alaska soon. We will continue to post videos as we go along. Thanks for watching and commenting! Jim and Rosy
We will a updated video, since the exterior, interior and engine room have all had quite a few changes. Not sure when, but it's on our radar. Thanks for watching, Jim
I am a huge fan of "Ocean going and industrial look"! Great decision to surface mount the arch's electrical run. Makes way more sense in the long term for diagnosing problems/adding equipment. Love the wings you guys added. And holy cow it looks stoutly built. Just found your youtube channel- I think we may have met at a Coho meeting at some point. Looking forward to watching your other videos.
Cruising Maya, Thanks for watching. We are still attending CoHo meetings, virtually for now - with plans to head to Mexico this fall if the border opens. Glad you like the look! Jim
you guys are great! Here's one ideia, You could think about doing oneother Alaska Sea Adventure but, with one couple for company, like a tour. That way you will be pay as well.
Yes they do. It's been a few years now and the paravanes have always performed great. Now that we are cruising in SE Alaska for the winter they are in the water about 90% of the time. Thanks, Jim
You can let out a sigh of relief now that the refit is complete. Looks like quality work that should last for a long time. Hope to see you this summer.
Cliff, Thanks for watching and commenting. No need to worry - just really busy trying to get ready to leave for our summer trip. It seemed in order to have time to work on the video we needed to leave Everett and go to an anchorage somewhere. We will do our best to keep up as close to real time as possible throughout the summer. If you want, you can track Sea Venture's current location in real time. If you go to www.vesselfinder.com you can search using our MMSI number, which is 366711270. You can also search by name, but there are a lot of Sea Ventures in the world! There is a place in the upper left corner of the map where you can enter the MMSI number. This will show you on a map our current location. Thanks, Jim and Rosy
Hi Jim and Rosie We are have just returned from Tasmania and are about to follow the sun up the east coast of Australia.Our vessel is a 36’ aft cabin trawler.We follow your adventures and enjoy your attitude and no bullshit narrative.Great work And Thankyou both. Best wishes Brian and Sandra MV Carmelita
Brian and Sandra, What a great adventure. One day we plan to be on the east coast of Australia with Sea Venture. Thanks for watching and sharing. Jim and Rosy M/V Sea Venture
It was great meeting you both yesterday in Anacortes! Sea Venture is certainly an impressive ship, and I look forward to following your adventures! -Steve
Bet your glad the refit is done. Enjoy your trip up North, we sure did last year. Currently cruising up the Columbia river and on up the Snake to Idaho, taking our time and should be back in Portland middle of July. Be safe on your journey, Cheers, John and Tracey on Pairadice.
John and Tracey, Going up the Columbia sounds like a great adventure. What a different experience. We think it would be great to do a river cruise. Thanks for watching and commenting. Jim and Rosy
John, Sure we can. I believe the paravane fish are in some earlier refit videos. In the next video we will make a point to show more detail about lowering the poles and the fish, and explaining what they do underway that stabilizes the boat. In the meantime, if you email me at CruisingSeaVenture@gmail.com and I email you back a picture of the paravane fish. Thanks for watching and commenting. Jim and Rosy
Thanks Kathy. We are on the trip now - At Shoal Bay just south of Johnstone Strait. All is going well. We just finished a 29.5 hour run non-stop from Bellingham. It was great - and the paravanes worked like a charm. Again, thanks for watching and commenting, and keep up posted on your adventures. Jim and Rosy Addington
I have really enjoyed this refit series. The paravane installation was quite an undertaking and very interesting to see the process. The added benefit is the additional height you have gained for your aerials and antennae and you must have seen better system performance from them - has it reduced ‘clutter’ in the radar on ‘near range’? I think you made a good decision to run the cabling external to structure as this will render most benefit for future installation/defect repair. The only caveat to that is the UV rating of your cables and potential deterioration. It will be interesting to hear your operating experience of the paravanes in terms of roll reduction and in fact when it not worth deploying ( say roll angles less than +/- 5 deg). Enjoy the fruits of your labour.👍
i know im randomly asking but does anybody know a tool to log back into an instagram account..? I was dumb forgot the account password. I would love any tips you can give me
@Ezekiel Franklin Thanks so much for your reply. I found the site through google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff now. Seems to take quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
Fabulous, very happy for you guys, should stabilize some of those seas and keep you smooth. Question, what prompted your decision to do the poles ~vs~ fin stabilizers on the hull? Really looking forward to seeing more of your journeys, & wishing you happy seas before you!!
This is a great question, and one that we will answer at the end of the next cruising video in detail. The short version - Our initial goals were: 1) To maximize stabilization 2) To have a system that worked good at all speeds and all sea conditions 3) To have a system that works at anchor 4) To have a system that we can or is, if needed, easily serviced and repaired Paravanes are the only system that meets all 4 of these goals. Fins are excellent but have some limitations. For us, those were, 1) As a boat goes slower, under 8 knots, fins become less effective. Since we cruise at 7 knots, this was a factor 2) Because they rely on water flow passing the fins for effectiveness, their effectiveness is reduced in following seas 3) They do nothing at anchor 4) They are fairly complicated to repair if needed. 5) They slow the boat 100% of the time, whether being used or not Also, on Sea Venture, our hull is the outside of the fuel and water tanks. As a result, the available space for fins is very small and some significant hull modification would have been required. Of course, "deploying" consisting of flipping a switch would be the big upside of fins. We think we made the best decision for us, but we suppose time will tell! Thanks for watching and commenting, Jim and Rosy Addington M/V Sea Venture
Just finished all your refit and engine room/fuel videos. Subscribed after the first one. A sailor turned RV'er now thinking about a possible trawler in the not to distant future... gathering info. Will continue to watch you two on your adventures. Wonder how it would be offshore with a shallow bottom boat like a trawler in heavy seas and high winds. I guess the paravane would work better than a stabilizer system, but the forces must be tremondus on a boat that size and weight. Like the fact that you have that kind of range. What is your bridge clearance now? Pretty cool you give your your costs. Fully appreciate that. Fair winds. (yeah I know you guys like no winds but that just not the sailor in me!!) Bob
Thanks for watching and commenting. We will be there waving back! I don't think we will stop in Sidney this year, but we have always enjoyed being there. Jim and Rosy
Your videos are so great. My wife and I have completed the great loop, but we’re so close to supplies that we never created a food list. How can we get a copy of your list? Can you post it?
Thank you for taking us along on the refit! I love all the nuts and bolts stuff. Well done!! Off to Alaska and hopefully more videos with your friendly and informative style. As a sailor I would hope for 25 knots AND flat seas but I appreciate and enjoy a different perspective. You both make it fun to watch. Thanks again!
Thanks, as always, for posting your great videos and for taking us on your journey! Looking forward to seeing the videos from your 2018 cruising season in Alaska!
Just discovered your channel; great content! I understand why you decided not to run wiring internal; I was wondering why you did not have wiring channels fabricated?
I assume you mean the crows nest at the top of the superstructure? If so, just for fun. It's 30 ft off the ground and gives you a great view - when the weather is calm. Thanks, Jim
Of course, the entire structure was added to add the paravane stabilizers. (The video you watched is the 8th in a series on the refit). The entire structure added about 1,300 lbs. About 400 lbs was removed (the old mast and boom). The impact of the increased weight was very carefully analyzed as part of the entire design process to ensure Sea Venture remained well with the required stability for ocean going power boats. Thanks, Jim
Very nice job on the rigging. How big a set of paravanes did you install and how much speed did you lose when they are deployed? I'm sure they will give a great ride during those lumpy conditions. Enjoy you trip to Alaska. We hope to the same next year so will follow along to get some ideas on stops of interest and must-see's.
Joe, Thanks for watching and commenting. Our "fish"are 38 lbs each. They are made of marine plywood, with a stainless steel fin and 1/2 of a 50lb downrigger ball attached to the front underside. We can go up a size if we choose, but wanted to keep the weight manageable to ensure we could retrieve them without too much strain. In calm water we loose about 3/4 of a knot. But I think in rougher conditions we loose less. I think when we are rolling over 20 degrees we are loosing speed over ground due to the rolling and the impact it has on the trust from the propellers. As a result, when the seas are rougher I'm not sure we will loose much speed. In talking with other boaters with paravanes they also seem to think in rough conditions the loss of speed from the paravanes is offset by the speed gained from not rolling. I hope this answers your question. Jim
I enjoy your travels as I totally understand having done it myself. Little to old now. Could do some in a smaller boat like a c-dory. Maybe I will find something like that. Would Florida coast line ,keys and over to Freeport and islands. You got it right and I will enjoy watching.
Gary, We’re cruising right now and I just have a few minutes of Internet coverage but I wanted to give you a quick reply and then I can reply in more detail later. I think it all depends on what your cruising plans are. If you want an ocean going, literally go around the world, powerboat I think you’ll be in the $600,000-$3 million range. Certainly the significant refit we did is not necessary unless you plan to do Ocean crossings. Sea Venture really did not need the big refit, we just wanted to be more comfortable. The prior owners cruised 60,000 nautical miles without stabilization but we sure are enjoying it now. So in the end, I think it just depends on what your cruising plans are. Most cruisers plan to do coastal cruising. There are a lot of great boats available for coastal cruising that do not need major refits. Thanks for watching and commenting, Jim
Lars, Good eye! Traditionally you fly the vessels country of registration from the stern, where our American flag is. Traditionally on a boat from the port side you fly the country flag when in that country. When we are in Canada we will fly the Canadian on the port side. On the starboard side you can fly the flag of the nationality of the crew. Rosy and her family are from Germany, thus the German flag. You can also fly other flags on this side. The second flag we have flying is a pirate flag. Hope this answers your question.
Hey Jim, I planning on doing quite a bit of solo coastal cruising. I've been just starting to think about a provisioning sheet for my trawler. I want to store lots of food on board because I plan on spending most of my time at anchor and not in marinas. Also, provisioning is a bit of a hardship for me as believe it or not, I"m a disabled sailor. So my plan is to place an order for the food with a grocery that delievers so I just have to worry about putting it away once it's all on board. I was thinking your provisioning list might be a good starting point for me. I plan on doing the Great Loop and cruising the east coast from Maine to the Bahamas. My email address is sailingwithbill@msn.com thanks!
Well took half an hour and 5 times you repeating the word "paravane" not being nautical I then had to look that up to find out what they are, you are not explaining well enough, I still don't know what the boom is for in the middle of your yacht ?
Love the name of your vessel, that's the name of the first colonist ship that got shipwreck on Bermuda reefs bringing its first settlers.
Impressed with the new mast, I especially like the paravanes.
You and me both! Jim
Wow! I watch all of the refit videos and enjoyed it all. Glad that you two are proud of how the refit came out. You have a unique boat with the paravane and the crow's nest. You should be making some really great videos from the crow's nest. I look forward to watching those videos.
Ah yes the good ole view of the waters of the Straits of Juan de Puka! in Port Townsend, Wa.
Fantastic results on the refit. I’m so excited for you two. Hey, you don’t have to justify your refit costs, homeowners spend that kind of money every 10-20 years to update their kitchens, bathrooms, additions, etc. Can’t wait to boat vicariously with you two. I’ll be glad to be your bartender. Where is Trooper?
Trooper passed away in December of 2017. We have two new kittens, Blake and Barkley that came aboard in Feb. of 2020. Thanks, Jim
I just found you earlier today while setting at the Dr.s office. I have now watched 4 videos and have subscribed. Thank you for sharing all this. Be safe.
Welcome aboard and thanks for watching and commenting. Thanks, Jim
I just binge watched the entire refit series in one sitting. Amazing work and you guys make a fantastic team. Cant wait to follow your next adventures.
Allen,
That's a lot of video in one sitting! We are glad you enjoyed the series. We have a lot of fun making the videos. We are now in Anacortes and will be headed to SE Alaska soon. We will continue to post videos as we go along.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Jim and Rosy
The boat is awesome just found your channel this is my first video of yours .be safe
Welcome aboard! That is an order video. You can get a bigger picture view by checking out our website: CruisingSeaVenture.com Thanks for watching, Jim
Can you do a full boat tour now that everything is done? Exterior and Interior and mechanicals?
We will a updated video, since the exterior, interior and engine room have all had quite a few changes. Not sure when, but it's on our radar. Thanks for watching, Jim
Glad to have found you guy,s got slot of cayching up to do amd will
Fantastic videos great work by all good luck with your adventure rgds Andy
I am a huge fan of "Ocean going and industrial look"! Great decision to surface mount the arch's electrical run. Makes way more sense in the long term for diagnosing problems/adding equipment.
Love the wings you guys added. And holy cow it looks stoutly built.
Just found your youtube channel- I think we may have met at a Coho meeting at some point. Looking forward to watching your other videos.
Cruising Maya, Thanks for watching. We are still attending CoHo meetings, virtually for now - with plans to head to Mexico this fall if the border opens. Glad you like the look! Jim
you guys are great! Here's one ideia, You could think about doing oneother Alaska Sea Adventure but, with one couple for company, like a tour. That way you will be pay as well.
Had them on my shimmp bost .they worked great in some big winds amd waves
Yes they do. It's been a few years now and the paravanes have always performed great. Now that we are cruising in SE Alaska for the winter they are in the water about 90% of the time. Thanks, Jim
Congratulations Jim and Rosie. Sea Venture is both Beautiful and a Serious looking sea going little ship. the Old Coastie
Thought maybe you were going to put a sail up to help with gas milleage but I didn't see one.
I just watched the retrofit series. Very interesting great videos.
So excited for you guys. Going to be an amazing summer! Cant wait to live vicariously through your videos.
Shawn,
Thanks for watching and commenting. We hope you enjoy the videos to come!
Jim and Rosy
You can let out a sigh of relief now that the refit is complete. Looks like quality work that should last for a long time. Hope to see you this summer.
So glad to see your latest video. We enjoy them. We were worried about you!
Cliff,
Thanks for watching and commenting.
No need to worry - just really busy trying to get ready to leave for our summer trip. It seemed in order to have time to work on the video we needed to leave Everett and go to an anchorage somewhere.
We will do our best to keep up as close to real time as possible throughout the summer.
If you want, you can track Sea Venture's current location in real time.
If you go to www.vesselfinder.com you can search using our MMSI number, which is 366711270. You can also search by name, but there are a lot of Sea Ventures in the world! There is a place in the upper left corner of the map where you can enter the MMSI number. This will show you on a map our current location.
Thanks,
Jim and Rosy
Hi Jim and Rosie
We are have just returned from Tasmania and are about to follow the sun up the east coast of Australia.Our vessel is a 36’ aft cabin trawler.We follow your adventures and enjoy your attitude and no bullshit narrative.Great work And Thankyou both.
Best wishes
Brian and Sandra
MV Carmelita
Brian and Sandra,
What a great adventure. One day we plan to be on the east coast of Australia with Sea Venture.
Thanks for watching and sharing.
Jim and Rosy
M/V Sea Venture
It was great meeting you both yesterday in Anacortes! Sea Venture is certainly an impressive ship, and I look forward to following your adventures! -Steve
Steve,
Likewise - it was great to see someone I recognized from their videos! You do a great job on the videos.
Thanks,
Jim and Rosy
Bet your glad the refit is done. Enjoy your trip up North, we sure did last year. Currently cruising up the Columbia river and on up the Snake to Idaho, taking our time and should be back in Portland middle of July. Be safe on your journey, Cheers, John and Tracey on Pairadice.
John and Tracey,
Going up the Columbia sounds like a great adventure. What a different experience. We think it would be great to do a river cruise.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Jim and Rosy
Can you show us what's under the water. Structure looks great but what's at the end of the line under the water?
John,
Sure we can. I believe the paravane fish are in some earlier refit videos. In the next video we will make a point to show more detail about lowering the poles and the fish, and explaining what they do underway that stabilizes the boat. In the meantime, if you email me at CruisingSeaVenture@gmail.com and I email you back a picture of the paravane fish.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Jim and Rosy
Cruising Sea Venture I
Congratulations on the refit! Looking forward to seeing (and being jealous of) all your Alaskan adventures. Best of luck!
Thanks Kathy. We are on the trip now - At Shoal Bay just south of Johnstone Strait. All is going well. We just finished a 29.5 hour run non-stop from Bellingham. It was great - and the paravanes worked like a charm.
Again, thanks for watching and commenting, and keep up posted on your adventures.
Jim and Rosy Addington
New superstructure and paravanes look great! Very shipshape!
I have really enjoyed this refit series. The paravane installation was quite an undertaking and very interesting to see the process. The added benefit is the additional height you have gained for your aerials and antennae and you must have seen better system performance from them - has it reduced ‘clutter’ in the radar on ‘near range’? I think you made a good decision to run the cabling external to structure as this will render most benefit for future installation/defect repair. The only caveat to that is the UV rating of your cables and potential deterioration.
It will be interesting to hear your operating experience of the paravanes in terms of roll reduction and in fact when it not worth deploying ( say roll angles less than +/- 5 deg).
Enjoy the fruits of your labour.👍
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@Ezekiel Franklin Thanks so much for your reply. I found the site through google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff now.
Seems to take quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
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Fabulous, very happy for you guys, should stabilize some of those seas and keep you smooth. Question, what prompted your decision to do the poles ~vs~ fin stabilizers on the hull?
Really looking forward to seeing more of your journeys, & wishing you happy seas before you!!
This is a great question, and one that we will answer at the end of the next cruising video in detail.
The short version -
Our initial goals were:
1) To maximize stabilization
2) To have a system that worked good at all speeds and all sea conditions
3) To have a system that works at anchor
4) To have a system that we can or is, if needed, easily serviced and repaired
Paravanes are the only system that meets all 4 of these goals.
Fins are excellent but have some limitations. For us, those were,
1) As a boat goes slower, under 8 knots, fins become less effective. Since we cruise at 7 knots, this was a factor
2) Because they rely on water flow passing the fins for effectiveness, their effectiveness is reduced in following seas
3) They do nothing at anchor
4) They are fairly complicated to repair if needed.
5) They slow the boat 100% of the time, whether being used or not
Also, on Sea Venture, our hull is the outside of the fuel and water tanks. As a result, the available space for fins is very small and some significant hull modification would have been required.
Of course, "deploying" consisting of flipping a switch would be the big upside of fins.
We think we made the best decision for us, but we suppose time will tell!
Thanks for watching and commenting,
Jim and Rosy Addington
M/V Sea Venture
That's an awesome reply,
very informative, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
What an impressive job! Just wondering why you didn't elect to have a hardtop made to replace the bimini top over the upper deck?
Just finished all your refit and engine room/fuel videos. Subscribed after the first one. A sailor turned RV'er now thinking about a possible trawler in the not to distant future... gathering info. Will continue to watch you two on your adventures. Wonder how it would be offshore with a shallow bottom boat like a trawler in heavy seas and high winds. I guess the paravane would work better than a stabilizer system, but the forces must be tremondus on a boat that size and weight. Like the fact that you have that kind of range. What is your bridge clearance now?
Pretty cool you give your your costs. Fully appreciate that. Fair winds. (yeah I know you guys like no winds but that just not the sailor in me!!)
Bob
Nice to see you guys back in the water! Love watching you videos. Happy travels to Alaska. We will wave when you pass Sidney, BC.
Thanks for watching and commenting. We will be there waving back! I don't think we will stop in Sidney this year, but we have always enjoyed being there.
Jim and Rosy
Your videos are so great. My wife and I have completed the great loop, but we’re so close to supplies that we never created a food list. How can we get a copy of your list?
Can you post it?
John, you can email me at cruisingseaventure@gmail.com and I'll send it to you. Thanks, Jim
Thank you for taking us along on the refit! I love all the nuts and bolts stuff. Well done!! Off to Alaska and hopefully more videos with your friendly and informative style. As a sailor I would hope for 25 knots AND flat seas but I appreciate and enjoy a different perspective. You both make it fun to watch. Thanks again!
Thanks for watching and commenting! It's very much appreciated.
We will keep up the videos - they are a lot of fun to make and share.
Jim and Rosy
Beautifully done!
Love your videos good luck, have a great time. God bless
Karl,
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Jim and Rosy
Well done guys.. fantastic video, your both living the dream!👍
You did not explain what those outside poles are used for ?
Lucky lucky lucky -- if you are going around the world and make it to Mooloolaba Aus, give us a shout!!!
Thanks, as always, for posting your great videos and for taking us on your journey! Looking forward to seeing the videos from your 2018 cruising season in Alaska!
Just discovered your channel; great content! I understand why you decided not
to run wiring internal; I was wondering why you did not have wiring channels
fabricated?
Thank you for the great videos.
Why did you add that structure to the top of yacht, what’s it’s for?
I assume you mean the crows nest at the top of the superstructure? If so, just for fun. It's 30 ft off the ground and gives you a great view - when the weather is calm. Thanks, Jim
@@CruisingSeaVenture thanks, I just thought it would make your yacht a little top heavy.
Of course, the entire structure was added to add the paravane stabilizers. (The video you watched is the 8th in a series on the refit). The entire structure added about 1,300 lbs. About 400 lbs was removed (the old mast and boom). The impact of the increased weight was very carefully analyzed as part of the entire design process to ensure Sea Venture remained well with the required stability for ocean going power boats. Thanks, Jim
@@CruisingSeaVenture thank you for taking the to answer me. Last time I was at sea working was in the Navy 1972, submarine service.
Very nice job on the rigging. How big a set of paravanes did you install and how much speed did you lose when they are deployed? I'm sure they will give a great ride during those lumpy conditions. Enjoy you trip to Alaska. We hope to the same next year so will follow along to get some ideas on stops of interest and must-see's.
Joe,
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Our "fish"are 38 lbs each. They are made of marine plywood, with a stainless steel fin and 1/2 of a 50lb downrigger ball attached to the front underside. We can go up a size if we choose, but wanted to keep the weight manageable to ensure we could retrieve them without too much strain.
In calm water we loose about 3/4 of a knot. But I think in rougher conditions we loose less. I think when we are rolling over 20 degrees we are loosing speed over ground due to the rolling and the impact it has on the trust from the propellers. As a result, when the seas are rougher I'm not sure we will loose much speed. In talking with other boaters with paravanes they also seem to think in rough conditions the loss of speed from the paravanes is offset by the speed gained from not rolling.
I hope this answers your question.
Jim
this is the way to spend your children's inheritance.
Jim, you must have been in logistics before you retired.
Where are you today.
We are cruising In Mexico. Thanks, Jim
@@CruisingSeaVenture thanks for your update!
I enjoy your travels as I totally understand having done it myself. Little to old now. Could do some in a smaller boat like a c-dory. Maybe I will find something like that. Would Florida coast line ,keys and over to Freeport and islands. You got it right and I will enjoy watching.
My wife and I are planning to retire and cruise. I'm looking at 25 to 30 year old boats. She can't see spending 130k to refit. Your thoughts.
Gary,
We’re cruising right now and I just have a few minutes of Internet coverage but I wanted to give you a quick reply and then I can reply in more detail later.
I think it all depends on what your cruising plans are. If you want an ocean going, literally go around the world, powerboat I think you’ll be in the $600,000-$3 million range. Certainly the significant refit we did is not necessary unless you plan to do Ocean crossings.
Sea Venture really did not need the big refit, we just wanted to be more comfortable. The prior owners cruised 60,000 nautical miles without stabilization but we sure are enjoying it now.
So in the end, I think it just depends on what your cruising plans are. Most cruisers plan to do coastal cruising. There are a lot of great boats available for coastal cruising that do not need major refits.
Thanks for watching and commenting,
Jim
Gary Rushing y
nicely done.
Looks fantastic! Why are you flying a German flag? Cheers Lars
Lars,
Good eye!
Traditionally you fly the vessels country of registration from the stern, where our American flag is.
Traditionally on a boat from the port side you fly the country flag when in that country. When we are in Canada we will fly the Canadian on the port side.
On the starboard side you can fly the flag of the nationality of the crew. Rosy and her family are from Germany, thus the German flag. You can also fly other flags on this side. The second flag we have flying is a pirate flag.
Hope this answers your question.
👏👍🏻
Hey Jim, I planning on doing quite a bit of solo coastal cruising. I've been just starting to think about a provisioning sheet for my trawler. I want to store lots of food on board because I plan on spending most of my time at anchor and not in marinas. Also, provisioning is a bit of a hardship for me as believe it or not, I"m a disabled sailor. So my plan is to place an order for the food with a grocery that delievers so I just have to worry about putting it away once it's all on board. I was thinking your provisioning list might be a good starting point for me. I plan on doing the Great Loop and cruising the east coast from Maine to the Bahamas. My email address is sailingwithbill@msn.com thanks!
Well took half an hour and 5 times you repeating the word "paravane" not being nautical I then had to look that up to find out what they are, you are not explaining well enough, I still don't know what the boom is for in the middle of your yacht ?
👏👍🏻