Loved it. I think you two could make a 20 minute video on how to tie your shoes interesting. Everywhere you all go good people seem to be drawn to you. Must be your infectious personalities and easy-going attitude. Love seeing Roxy playing and having a good time too. Yall keep having fun and stay safe. Bill
We like to watch storms, but it sure makes us nervous when the thunder and lightning is cracking that close :-) The eel did taste great, but not sure we would do it again as it was lots of work.
I rode out a couple of tropical storms on my boat in an exposed marina in New Orleans. The most common cause of damage was broken dock lines from them chaffing thru on the edge of the concrete piers. To prevent this, I shackled a loop of chain thru the dock cleat and had dock lines with an eye splice and thimble shackled to the loop of chain. I also had a short length of garden hose over the line where it went thru the fairleads. Our racing fleet had J22s, J24s, J27s and later the J-series of sport boats. I raced in them and against them from the 1980's until August 2005 when hurricane Katrina destroyed the fleet. I didn't realize that J-boats made a boat that could sail around the world. Take care.
Hi Lowell. That is some excellent advice regarding the chains. Chafe on the concrete docks can quickly destroy dock lines. The big J's are pretty cool, they sail just like a bigger version of the smaller ones. Several have circumnavigated. Cheers!
Wow 🤩 Nice and super clean boat! Awesome 👏🏻. Hard work. Glad to see Roxy having a lot of fun at the beach and all y’all making new friends. Nice job preparing and cooking the eel. Unimaginable weather conditions at the marina and the big waves over the break walls. Please stay safe and enjoy life!
Sweet water eel is actually a delicatesse where i live in NL. It usually is smoked with oak wood chips in a special smoke locker. The eels are stuck on spikes and then hung vertically in the smoke locker. It takes 45 to 75 minutes (depending om the size of the eel) to smoke them. Then you take them out and wrap them in some absording paper so they can slowly cool down. It's a greasy fish but very tasty. Really good but also expensive eating!
Wonderful! The Awlwash has not let us down and makes maintaining our Awlgrip finishes on the deck and topsides much easier. We are glad you found it also!
I love the video. All the different places and sites to see in this fun City. I'm not sure I could have filet an eel. The beaches are beautiful. Of course the crepes and the empanadas looked and are delicious.
After skipping a week or so of the Ruca news, it's even better to see what you guys are up to. I like how you just deal with the storm, no drama, just smile and get on with it. Now Roxy, where's that eel?
When I skinned large lemonfish, I ran a rope thru the gills, hung the fish from a horizontal pipe on the back deck, made a full length longitudinal cut, and then used vice grips to strip the skin. I've never skinned an eel.
I have never acquired the taste of Nutella. I love the innocence of your videos. To not make the viewers dizzy slow down your pan shots. I look forward to next week's video.
Hi David! We miss lots of them, peanut butter and cheddar cheese mostly! Unfortunately shipping is pretty difficult and expensive. You would enjoy Uruguay though, they know how to barbecue!!! Every house has a huge brick outdoor BBQ, and almost every restaurant has a wood fire going!
Right on! We are enjoying the challenge! It is part of the adventure. We will surely welcome the trades of the milk run and sailing in bathing suits again!
@@SailingSweetRuca I just listened to Kretchmer's Cape Horn to Starboard. I'm sure you've studied the cape far more than I have but be careful and keep a lot of sea room beyond the cape. Keep a vigilant watch for bergs and growlers.
I applaud your tenacity with the eel - if we don’t push ourselves to try experiences that present themselves we might as well stay home 😊 Speaking of home: that thunderstorm must have made you feel like you were back in the mid-west! It’ll be interesting to check back on the sail repair in 6 months and see how well it’s holding up.
Love this! Sometimes it's tough to try new things, but in the end it is worth it! That thunderstorm was a good one! Really similar to how they roll in over the great lakes.
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice experience in Uruguay 🎉 You are a brave one, Kate. Not sure I would [will] be doing eel anytime soon. 🥴 You two are such a great team. ✨🌊💨⛵️🏝️👙🌞✨🎄✨
i loved the shadow of what I am assuming is you both congratulating yourselves on a good boat wash on the distance shot. You might consider taking your cooking electric. I took all my propane off because it is safer and too hard to find. I built some super affordable batteries using cells from Docan Power. 1/4 the cost and like three times as dense for the same footprint as a Battleborn 100ah. I remved my gimballed stove and married a cooktop to the top of a laaarge toaster oven. Its still as good as what I had before, but occasionally I have to run the generator, which gasoline is much easier to find than propane.
Hi Allyn! That is a great idea to remove the propane! It is a pain to source while cruising far flung areas! Maybe one day we will follow your lead and change out the stove!
@@SailingSweetRuca You probably have enough solar to make it work. I have 300 watts and I can almost fully cook and supply enough power for two freezers. Though hot water and using the watermaker require kicking in the generator. Especially for a family of six on a 30 ft boat. Our water tankage is like 37 gallons or so. The watermaker gets a workout. It takes a little work to make a gimballing electric oven with cooktop, but it is doable.
Easiest way to clean the eel is to nail the head to a tree or post, cut the skin around the head and pull down on both sides with pliers at same time. Goo eating too
Hi Jon! We have a Chinese diesel heater on board, as well as a complete backup and spare parts. We also have a 110v electric heater to run off the inverter and a 220v electric heater which can be run at the dock.
They say it’s best to disconnect your electrical instruments and appliances. Especially if they’re connected to an antenna on top of the mast. When lightening is around.
Hi Jon! Look closely at the starboard side aft dock line, you will see a purchase rigged. That allowed us to pull the boat close enough to use the board (diy passserelle) to get on and off, a little climbing was also required.
I’m disappointed what you should’ve done is put the eel back in the water. Why are you laughing when it was alive you should’ve given it a chance you’re not the people I thought you were
We aren't fans of killing things, but for this one we had to go along with the local culture and give it a try, it is not every day you are handed an eel in the boatyard. Even Jesus ate fish!
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Roxie’s NOISE ! MISS YOU!
Same to you!!!
Preparation is the key to success!
We agree 100%!
I'm not a 'binge' watcher, but after seeing episode 85, it's difficult to stop. Cheers
Loved it. I think you two could make a 20 minute video on how to tie your shoes interesting. Everywhere you all go good people seem to be drawn to you. Must be your infectious personalities and easy-going attitude. Love seeing Roxy playing and having a good time too. Yall keep having fun and stay safe. Bill
That is so kind to say! Makes all the hard work worth it! We keep trying to improve little by little 😀
Wow weather is following you guys!!
The eel experience was really tough!!
We like to watch storms, but it sure makes us nervous when the thunder and lightning is cracking that close :-) The eel did taste great, but not sure we would do it again as it was lots of work.
I rode out a couple of tropical storms on my boat in an exposed marina in New Orleans. The most common cause of damage was broken dock lines from them chaffing thru on the edge of the concrete piers. To prevent this, I shackled a loop of chain thru the dock cleat and had dock lines with an eye splice and thimble shackled to the loop of chain. I also had a short length of garden hose over the line where it went thru the fairleads. Our racing fleet had J22s, J24s, J27s and later the J-series of sport boats. I raced in them and against them from the 1980's until August 2005 when hurricane Katrina destroyed the fleet. I didn't realize that J-boats made a boat that could sail around the world. Take care.
Hi Lowell. That is some excellent advice regarding the chains. Chafe on the concrete docks can quickly destroy dock lines. The big J's are pretty cool, they sail just like a bigger version of the smaller ones. Several have circumnavigated. Cheers!
Great video guys!🇺🇸🇮🇱
Thanks so much!!! :-)
Wow 🤩 Nice and super clean boat! Awesome 👏🏻. Hard work. Glad to see Roxy having a lot of fun at the beach and all y’all making new friends. Nice job preparing and cooking the eel. Unimaginable weather conditions at the marina and the big waves over the break walls. Please stay safe and enjoy life!
Thanks so much Fernando! Cheers!!!!
Another amazing one ! Thank you !
Thanks for dropping a comment! :-)
The waves coming over the break wall were pretty wild!
Yes, they were pretty good sized waves. Made for a salty night.
Sweet water eel is actually a delicatesse where i live in NL.
It usually is smoked with oak wood chips in a special smoke locker. The eels are stuck on spikes and then hung vertically in the smoke locker. It takes 45 to 75 minutes (depending om the size of the eel) to smoke them. Then you take them out and wrap them in some absording paper so they can slowly cool down. It's a greasy fish but very tasty. Really good but also expensive eating!
Wow! So cool to hear that! Very interesting how different cultures treat food. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for showing the cleaning solution, I was literally wondering what to purchase, even found a distributor in UK .
Wonderful! The Awlwash has not let us down and makes maintaining our Awlgrip finishes on the deck and topsides much easier. We are glad you found it also!
I love the video. All the different places and sites to see in this fun City. I'm not sure I could have filet an eel. The beaches are beautiful. Of course the crepes and the empanadas looked and are delicious.
Good eating for sure!
Feeding Roxy brought a smile to my face !
Yayyyy!!! :-D
So who knew Sweet Kate is Italian, Italian's own most of the farms around here in TX. Nice Dock line set up y'all.
Sorry to confuse you, but Curtis is the Italian one! You can see he takes over.. 🤣
After skipping a week or so of the Ruca news, it's even better to see what you guys are up to. I like how you just deal with the storm, no drama, just smile and get on with it. Now Roxy, where's that eel?
Good to hear from you B M! Roxy wanted nothing to do with that thing!!!!
When I skinned large lemonfish, I ran a rope thru the gills, hung the fish from a horizontal pipe on the back deck, made a full length longitudinal cut, and then used vice grips to strip the skin. I've never skinned an eel.
That's a great idea!
Wow, what an amazing change in the weather as you move further south.
We are excited to see even more changes soon!
I have never acquired the taste of Nutella. I love the innocence of your videos. To not make the viewers dizzy slow down your pan shots. I look forward to next week's video.
Will do! Thanks!
Any foods you miss from home? We can send something down in a care package. If it can be freeze dried, it would make for some quick and easy meals.
Hi David! We miss lots of them, peanut butter and cheddar cheese mostly! Unfortunately shipping is pretty difficult and expensive. You would enjoy Uruguay though, they know how to barbecue!!! Every house has a huge brick outdoor BBQ, and almost every restaurant has a wood fire going!
Along plank is a great asset , you can also use it as funda , bumper protection sade to, should have left it long , the dog would get up, 4x4 .
Right on! We agree, we should have left it longer, lessons learned :-)
It sure seems to be staying sketchy as you travel south. Once you round the cape and head a bit north and west to the Pacific the milk run will start.
Right on! We are enjoying the challenge! It is part of the adventure. We will surely welcome the trades of the milk run and sailing in bathing suits again!
@@SailingSweetRuca I just listened to Kretchmer's Cape Horn to Starboard. I'm sure you've studied the cape far more than I have but be careful and keep a lot of sea room beyond the cape. Keep a vigilant watch for bergs and growlers.
I applaud your tenacity with the eel - if we don’t push ourselves to try experiences that present themselves we might as well stay home 😊
Speaking of home: that thunderstorm must have made you feel like you were back in the mid-west!
It’ll be interesting to check back on the sail repair in 6 months and see how well it’s holding up.
Love this! Sometimes it's tough to try new things, but in the end it is worth it! That thunderstorm was a good one! Really similar to how they roll in over the great lakes.
SNAKE!!!
A snake in the water :-)
Used catch those as a kid. Smoke them and take them to school to swap for pies and don'ts, lol
We bet they taste good smoked!
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice experience in Uruguay 🎉 You are a brave one, Kate. Not sure I would [will] be doing eel anytime soon. 🥴 You two are such a great team. ✨🌊💨⛵️🏝️👙🌞✨🎄✨
Thanks Richard!!! Have a great Sunday!! :-)
Looks like an eel. Smoked a delicacy!!! Put salt on them and they are no longer slippery.
Les queremos mucho💖💖 Excelente capitulo 🔝
Gracias amigas. Les extrañamos mucho!!! ❤❤❤❤
i loved the shadow of what I am assuming is you both congratulating yourselves on a good boat wash on the distance shot. You might consider taking your cooking electric. I took all my propane off because it is safer and too hard to find. I built some super affordable batteries using cells from Docan Power. 1/4 the cost and like three times as dense for the same footprint as a Battleborn 100ah. I remved my gimballed stove and married a cooktop to the top of a laaarge toaster oven. Its still as good as what I had before, but occasionally I have to run the generator, which gasoline is much easier to find than propane.
Hi Allyn! That is a great idea to remove the propane! It is a pain to source while cruising far flung areas! Maybe one day we will follow your lead and change out the stove!
The propane locker would also make a great cooler for at anchor sundowners! Now you really have us thinking!
@@SailingSweetRuca You probably have enough solar to make it work. I have 300 watts and I can almost fully cook and supply enough power for two freezers. Though hot water and using the watermaker require kicking in the generator. Especially for a family of six on a 30 ft boat. Our water tankage is like 37 gallons or so. The watermaker gets a workout. It takes a little work to make a gimballing electric oven with cooktop, but it is doable.
yes yes fingers are crossed...for your eel adventure aftermath, ugh! ps notice Roxy wanted nothing to do with that
She never likes it when we kill the fish, even if we slap a mosquito she gets upset with us! She's a good dog
Easiest way to clean the eel is to nail the head to a tree or post, cut the skin around the head and pull down on both sides with pliers at same time. Goo eating too
Thanks for the tip! I will have to find a tree next time. And another set of pliers 😆
Looking forward to your “adventures” further south. Be safe and enjoy.
We are too! Thanks for following along
Great video, showing the compassion the people of Uruguay have for cruising sailors. Are you on a six-month visa?
Thanks. Yes we are.
do you have a heater in your boat?
Hi Jon! We have a Chinese diesel heater on board, as well as a complete backup and spare parts. We also have a 110v electric heater to run off the inverter and a 220v electric heater which can be run at the dock.
They say it’s best to disconnect your electrical instruments and appliances. Especially if they’re connected to an antenna on top of the mast. When lightening is around.
A good idea!
How do you get on boat when it is so far from the dock?
Hi Jon! Look closely at the starboard side aft dock line, you will see a purchase rigged. That allowed us to pull the boat close enough to use the board (diy passserelle) to get on and off, a little climbing was also required.
Did you see the sunken ships in Montevideo bay?
No we didn't sail into Montevideo. It was easier to take the bus.
Next time try "marmite" on some toast.
That water got so high that in one part of the video it appeared that your stern could lip over the wall. Yikes
Definitely made us a bit nervous. Lucky to have room for all the mooring lines
I worked with a woman in Erie PA that looks like Kate.
Cool!
I’m disappointed what you should’ve done is put the eel back in the water. Why are you laughing when it was alive you should’ve given it a chance you’re not the people I thought you were
We aren't fans of killing things, but for this one we had to go along with the local culture and give it a try, it is not every day you are handed an eel in the boatyard. Even Jesus ate fish!
K, it's easier to skin them if you leave the head on. You nail it to a board through the head, cut it behind the head and gills, then peel it.
Thanks for the tip! Wasn't quite prepared to skin eel that day 😆 will have to work on that.
@@SailingSweetRuca Think catfish...they skin the same way.