I have always said that there is no such thing as a “safe” hurricane / cyclone hole when it come to storms over cat 3. But if there is, you have it!! Good job.
Hey Legends, thanks for all the support of late. We are slowly catching up to real time but have been super delayed due to full time work. As mentioned, we've just realised some new designs just in time for Christmas so check them out here> sailingpopao.com/ and once again, thank you for your support!
Good to watch. Gives me more confidence as we push further north next year. Those drone shots were helpful showing all the deeper draft monohulls up river tucked away. 👍
Bluewater Marina is 3 beaches to the North and is a Cyclone rated marina and reasonably well protected as it is up the creek a bit. Also the Harbour Masters at Cairns are a bit gun shy as to when to go into the mangroves. IMO.
Bluewater Marina woulda been great if they had room for us. Although our friends who were lucky enough to stay in there said the dock was only a foot from the top of the pylons. They were sweating bullets! lol.
Yes there was more water in that Barron Delta area than ever seen before, by anyone alive. I live at Yorkeys Knob and our house went under, bumber, they just completed the re-build now. Keep up the good work.
Oh gosh I’m so sorry to hear, I hope the rebuild hasn’t been to painful for you. I’m sure it will was a horrible experience to live through. I’ve read a few comments that some people are still living in temp housing up there 😱
@@sailingpopao it was not to bad. In other storms it survived 50kt gusts. During Jasper it was in the 30s. But the inside bay was protected by the big hills. Cross fingers i am not away for work!
Ahh nice, yeah 30knots if just another winter blow huh? 😂 crazy that we didn’t see much over that either but our friends on Selkie were caught in an 80knot micro storm in 1770 the season prior 😱
From someone that has used both silver and nylon ropes for mooring bridles and lines for a few decades doing moorings professionally. Silver rope is definitely my recommendation. Chafing on nylon rope significantly reduces its strength, silver is far more durable.
Very interesting, good to know. Perfect for these jobs then. We still use nylon for our bridle as it’s a lot more stretchy and Michael says it also handles the UV better than silver. It does seem to wear through but we get about 2 years out of each bridle which seems pretty decent.
As mentioned,when you pull from a coil ,pull from the centre AND it needs to come out ANTI CLOCKWISE.It will be holding its shape for a few metres but it will eventually pull out easy 😀😀😀😀
I didnt know you could legally tie off to mangroves in QLD . This changes a few things for me as i have a new hiding spot in Moreton Bay if a big one comes down . (53ft Trimaran)
No need with silver rope which is what we ended up buying 👌it naturally just floats. But that’s a great idea if we ever get caught out with our climbing rope.
@@sailingpopao I actually miss heard you , I thought you said it sinks and gets tangled in the mangoes ..... I'm 72 and suffer from brain failure 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
With a self tacking jib you have way less control of the sail shape and the foot of the jib can basically only be one size which gives you less sail area and choice of reducing sail with the roller furling or going with an overlapping jib. It's much easier as well having the system that you have now. If you want to dial the self tacking jib in than you need another line or two on both starboard and port to position it better. Racers use the set up like what you have. Why did you decide to tie a rolling hitch as you call it rather than a bowline? That Mumby is my dream boat. I want one so bad! I'm saving up for one and the adventure as well. I posted this boat ridding out a cat 5 cyclone in the mangroves last video but don't think you saw my comment about it so hear it is again. ua-cam.com/video/V7_YE6gtDE8/v-deo.html
Cheers Rob, it’s definitely got its pros and cons for the self tacking jib. I do love our massively oversized head sail and we’ve beat Selkie before as they couldn’t change to their big jib. However if we need to tack in the middle of the night it’s a two person job when on the port tack. It’s not often but does happen, while def not a deal breaker it would be a nice option. As for the rolling hitch I’m guessing because of how the branch was pointed, it was the best way without too much chafe? Love a rolling hitch, stays in place 👌 And yes, mumby = dream boat. Got a spare mill? 😂😂😂
And yes we’ve watched all the sarean cyclone videos, they were fantastic and definitely gave us the confidence to give it a go. It was very sad to hear that Meg from SV sarean passed away recently, I think due to breast cancer 😢
@@sailingpopao Sailing Life on Jupiter had Tim Mumby build him his for 320k usd in 2015. The plans cost 5k and the aluminum cost about 20k. You can build one for about 220 with all the best equipment and that would be ready to go minus your food fuel and clothing if you did all the labor yourselves.
@@sailingpopao I didn't follow their channel. I only watched that video and the one before and after it. Yes, it's a sad day when people pass. I didn't know that. She was taken way to young.
Yeah I wonder if that included fit out, I don’t think he is building them anymore. There’s few things we’ve said we’ll never do in our life, building a boat is one of them 😂😂😂
I have always said that there is no such thing as a “safe” hurricane / cyclone hole when it come to storms over cat 3. But if there is, you have it!! Good job.
Yeah I was shocked to see what they call hurricane holes in the states. I would never want any fetch more than 100m or with many other boats. I can’t say I was surprised to see the destruction from the recent one in the Caribbean. I would feel pretty safe where we were in a 5. I wouldn’t want to be on board just for fear or something being airborne and coming through the cabin but honesty, I reckon she’d be totally fine. Especially seeing other cruiser doing the same in Debbie many years back.
I have always said that there is no such thing as a “safe” hurricane / cyclone hole when it come to storms over cat 3. But if there is, you have it!! Good job.
Hey Legends, thanks for all the support of late. We are slowly catching up to real time but have been super delayed due to full time work. As mentioned, we've just realised some new designs just in time for Christmas so check them out here> sailingpopao.com/ and once again, thank you for your support!
You do a great job editing your videos.
Thanks Steve ☺️
Great Ep guys. We were nervous for you at the time but obviously you had things well under control. Cheers R & K
Cheers! Yes we were very nervous too 😂😂 but feel much more confident now. Moreton Bay storms 10000000x worst lol.
Good to watch.
Gives me more confidence as we push further north next year.
Those drone shots were helpful showing all the deeper draft monohulls up river tucked away. 👍
@@calmauric8218 cheers mate, stoked to share it for this exact reason. I felt so much more confident having done it now.
I hope I never have to have my Catamaran go through this, but some great tips in this video, many thanks
Haha yeah it was pretty stressful but still worth it to hang up north over summer 😂😂
Bluewater Marina is 3 beaches to the North and is a Cyclone rated marina and reasonably well protected as it is up the creek a bit. Also the Harbour Masters at Cairns are a bit gun shy as to when to go into the mangroves. IMO.
Bluewater Marina woulda been great if they had room for us. Although our friends who were lucky enough to stay in there said the dock was only a foot from the top of the pylons. They were sweating bullets! lol.
Yes there was more water in that Barron Delta area than ever seen before, by anyone alive. I live at Yorkeys Knob and our house went under, bumber, they just completed the re-build now.
Keep up the good work.
Oh gosh I’m so sorry to hear, I hope the rebuild hasn’t been to painful for you. I’m sure it will was a horrible experience to live through. I’ve read a few comments that some people are still living in temp housing up there 😱
All ok thanks. RACQ Insurance was good.
What a relief! Glad it was smooth sailing 🙌
Hay guys when are you in Sydney??
Im crossing fingers they stay away this year. We were down at Palm Island when Jasper came through. We used to live there. We live up in Cairns now.
Oh wow, how was Jasper down there? I heard it was windy at Airlie so I’m sure you felt it. Goodluck this season 🤞 at least you know where to go lol.
@@sailingpopao it was not to bad. In other storms it survived 50kt gusts.
During Jasper it was in the 30s. But the inside bay was protected by the big hills.
Cross fingers i am not away for work!
Ahh nice, yeah 30knots if just another winter blow huh? 😂 crazy that we didn’t see much over that either but our friends on Selkie were caught in an 80knot micro storm in 1770 the season prior 😱
From someone that has used both silver and nylon ropes for mooring bridles and lines for a few decades doing moorings professionally. Silver rope is definitely my recommendation. Chafing on nylon rope significantly reduces its strength, silver is far more durable.
Very interesting, good to know. Perfect for these jobs then. We still use nylon for our bridle as it’s a lot more stretchy and Michael says it also handles the UV better than silver. It does seem to wear through but we get about 2 years out of each bridle which seems pretty decent.
Yup,silver is the all round go.Cheap,lasts.Not this modern (silver)if it’s not hairy ,it’s not the real deal.
As mentioned,when you pull from a coil ,pull from the centre AND it needs to come out ANTI CLOCKWISE.It will be holding its shape for a few metres but it will eventually pull out easy 😀😀😀😀
I didnt know you could legally tie off to mangroves in QLD . This changes a few things for me as i have a new hiding spot in Moreton Bay if a big one comes down . (53ft Trimaran)
Yeah I think in this case, those rules go out the windows. Harbour master rules 🤷♀️
Attach some floats to the lines to stop them sinking
No need with silver rope which is what we ended up buying 👌it naturally just floats. But that’s a great idea if we ever get caught out with our climbing rope.
@@sailingpopao I actually miss heard you , I thought you said it sinks and gets tangled in the mangoes ..... I'm 72 and suffer from brain failure 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂 gotta watch those mangoes 😉 the nylons sinks, it’s still a great idea though.
Quando está navegando, a starlink funciona ?
With a self tacking jib you have way less control of the sail shape and the foot of the jib can basically only be one size which gives you less sail area and choice of reducing sail with the roller furling or going with an overlapping jib. It's much easier as well having the system that you have now. If you want to dial the self tacking jib in than you need another line or two on both starboard and port to position it better. Racers use the set up like what you have. Why did you decide to tie a rolling hitch as you call it rather than a bowline? That Mumby is my dream boat. I want one so bad! I'm saving up for one and the adventure as well. I posted this boat ridding out a cat 5 cyclone in the mangroves last video but don't think you saw my comment about it so hear it is again. ua-cam.com/video/V7_YE6gtDE8/v-deo.html
Cheers Rob, it’s definitely got its pros and cons for the self tacking jib. I do love our massively oversized head sail and we’ve beat Selkie before as they couldn’t change to their big jib. However if we need to tack in the middle of the night it’s a two person job when on the port tack. It’s not often but does happen, while def not a deal breaker it would be a nice option.
As for the rolling hitch I’m guessing because of how the branch was pointed, it was the best way without too much chafe? Love a rolling hitch, stays in place 👌
And yes, mumby = dream boat. Got a spare mill? 😂😂😂
And yes we’ve watched all the sarean cyclone videos, they were fantastic and definitely gave us the confidence to give it a go. It was very sad to hear that Meg from SV sarean passed away recently, I think due to breast cancer 😢
@@sailingpopao Sailing Life on Jupiter had Tim Mumby build him his for 320k usd in 2015. The plans cost 5k and the aluminum cost about 20k. You can build one for about 220 with all the best equipment and that would be ready to go minus your food fuel and clothing if you did all the labor yourselves.
@@sailingpopao I didn't follow their channel. I only watched that video and the one before and after it. Yes, it's a sad day when people pass. I didn't know that. She was taken way to young.
Yeah I wonder if that included fit out, I don’t think he is building them anymore. There’s few things we’ve said we’ll never do in our life, building a boat is one of them 😂😂😂
I have always said that there is no such thing as a “safe” hurricane / cyclone hole when it come to storms over cat 3. But if there is, you have it!! Good job.
Yeah I was shocked to see what they call hurricane holes in the states. I would never want any fetch more than 100m or with many other boats. I can’t say I was surprised to see the destruction from the recent one in the Caribbean. I would feel pretty safe where we were in a 5. I wouldn’t want to be on board just for fear or something being airborne and coming through the cabin but honesty, I reckon she’d be totally fine. Especially seeing other cruiser doing the same in Debbie many years back.