LEGENDS! OLD GUY here......sailing a 1956 lightning on Lake Superior since the sixties..way to go....blind in one eye cant see out of the other but me son gonna help me sort out that Patron thing....keep on Truckin.....Finnster
One thing I really like with your channel is that the two of you are so much in sync - it is only true of the best sailing channels! Wishing you well . . . .
Awesome way to wake up to first cup of coffee! Thank you for sharing your adventure! I earlier mentioned my great grandfather being washed overboard after going around the Horn. His name was Edward Michael Devaney on the barque Callirhoe out of Liverpool. Washed overboard "by heavy seas" at Latitude 45 S, Longitude 85W (off the coast of Chile) enroute to San Francisco on 16 June 1886. If you are in that area after emerging on the other side of the Horn, please give him my regards!
Curtis reminds me of Tarzan in later parts of the Edgar R. Burroughs book, when Tarzan wagers with the British officers that he could kill lions with only a knife. The officers are in disbelief at the candor with which Tarzan takes the bet. ‘A wave just broke over the whole boat’ like it’s a casual affair. Thanks mate!
OMG 😱 WOW ‼️ When you start going down a wave into the trough and all we see is sky (starting going down), those are definitely b.i.g. waves ‼️🌊💨⛵️🏝🌞✨ Having said that,.........everyone needs a Kate. ✌🏻️
We are glad you enjoy it! Sometimes we do slow down a bit, especially if the conditions start really increasing slamming loads. We like to sail fast, but we also have to make sure we don't break the boat :-)
Thanks for explaining the sail choices and set up. Nice to see how y’all bravely face the waves and winds, the cool weather and the sea water sprays. Y’all da bestest 2-people + dog crew ever. Yummy crispy bacon & perfect eggs and cheese sandwich for breakfast. Again, very nice sunsets (almost as nice as in Texas☺️).
It surely does get bigger out there, but we try our best to avoid the really big stuff! Thank you for your service! A big cutter like that must be quite the amazing experience.
Awesome sailing and footage! That's a alot of things to be managing between the two of you and although you don't have a cook, film editor, other crew, you do get to share the experience together and without managing a team. I like the improvised barber hauler on the jib, shows those racing techniques have a place at 52 south!
Thanks B M! Haha! It surely was a cobbled together barber hauler, but whatever works, right? :-) We would love to completely redo the deck hardware and running rigging, but have to choose our battles.
No matter how trivial it my seem, praising your partner and sharing the work load is what makes memories and binds a relationship. Coming from someone who has been with the same partner and the love of my life for 51 years. Very beautiful. ❤
Great pictures Sweet Kate, bet an egg in the middle Grill Cheese work cook great at sea, I just use a small glass to cut a hole on one piece of bread for the egg. Hope to cold is a quick to get over it one. 81º in TX today.
Wow! Great sailing! You both do a great job, be with the boat or with the camera. Love the way you tell what's going on, what you're doing with your sails, the route planning. It really feels like we're on the boat with you. What also makes you channel special for me is the route you chose, one that, someday, should I have the opportunity, I'll take. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge, time and adventure with us. To me, yours is one of the best sailing channels around. I always recommend you to my friends. Hope you're safe, happy and enjoying the joys only Patagonia can bring! My best!
Wow this comment is so inspiring! Thanks for taking the time to say such detailed well thought-out words. These comments warm our hearts. 🥰 Glad you are enjoying.
Wow, what an amazing place!!!! I want to thank you for all your effort to get these images... Cheers guys!. The winter is almost here, I see you've been in Ushuaia, hope to see great images from that lovely place. Also see you're still in Puerto Williams, are you planing to stay there for the winter?.
Great video! You are doing it, sailing the wrong way around Cape Horn, hopefully the weather will let you go the outside route, cementing your legacy in the UA-cam Channels Hall-of-Fame, as you are the first.
Stay strong give yourself plenty of breaks. It is definitely a mental game. We to have been fitting out a yacht that has taken 5 years to this point. Although it seems close we have made the decision to buy a boat in Seattle and go cruising. (We are in Australia) for all the same supply issues you mention. It is tough but you guys are young enough to get this done. You will have heaps confidence in her when you finished
Hi Kate and Curtis. Just completed watching the last of your 104 videos - OK it took a while. But is was similar to not being able to put down a good book. I'm totally impressed with the sailing skill sets you both have. As well Curtis, can't help but be impressed with your technical know how. Sufficiently impressed to ask when and where you acquired those skills and knowledge (i.e. removing and repairing the core damage, installing new sailing software and with a complete rewire and interpreting weather data to plan routes). Anxiously waiting to watch your journey around Cape Horn. Good luck and stay safe.
Hello from Houston Tx. I know you are really busy but I just want to tell you that you are both so brave and I think your boat is awesome . Much luck to you both
It would be helpful to viewers (me) if you numbered ALL the episodes. I have to dig through episodes to figure out which to watch next. Other than that five stars and a big thumbs up
Epic!!! That's all I can say. Oh, and Kate is a crazy... amazing woman/sailor. The more the wind blows and the higher the waves are, the more she seems to enjoy it. Thanks for taking us along on this sail. Amazing!
Outstanding! The editing was fresh and interesting. Loved the raw footage, the communication between the two of you and to us as an audience is 👍👍. You are doing something different and good with bringing us along for the ride. Epic
I can see why they're all lining up to go to the Med. They only have to get wet if the want to. lol Thanks, for this. I have been anxiously waiting for this part of your route. Didn't disappoint.😉👍
What a great video. I can't thank you all enough for the effort you put into them. The changes in condition's are amazing to see. And you recovered the famous glove. Roxy must know you are getting close to land somewhere. Kate. I sure hope you are feeling better after having a sore throat because in the last video you were acting funny, sounding like a wind alarm, and in this one you don't know what day it is. Yep. Best sailing channel on UA-cam. Keep having fun and stay safe. Bill
I am truly impressed by the exceptional sailing prowess both of you display. Their mastery of the art of sailing is nothing short of extraordinary, seamlessly navigating the vast expanse of the open sea with finesse and expertise.
@@SailingSweetRuca Yes she's a fine boat, but it's how you two set her up. I've said it before, you two are as good as any young sailors I seen. I would think the girls and boys at 557 Thames St. might take notice. What a fine advert your channel would be. All the best going forward. tm
If we can hear the boat slamming on the waves (we can) How loud it must be sitting in the cabin. Even though you are experienced sailors, this must be terrifying sometimes, right? Anyways, happy trails roaring through the 50ts and 40ts.
Is there a way to recharge the batteries using the forward energy of the boat? A drop over the side charger or using the prop spinning to spin a generator? It would save fuel and wear on the engine. ?
Nice! -- QUESTION -- Can you explain in detail how that flag symbol, on your electronic weather chart, is read? Which way is the wind blowing - from the top flag part to the bottom or from the bottom up to the flag top? What information does it show precisely. (I tried googling this but surprisingly I can find no proper explanation)
Good question! Try googling "wind barbs." They are read with the wind blowing from the top down in the direction of the top of the flag to the bottom. Each line on the flag represents 10 knots, 1/2 lines are 5 knots. So, 2 full lines and 1/2 line is 25 knots. If there are triangles, get out if dodge! Here is a link for more www.weather.gov/hfo/windbarbinfo
The old sailors used to say: Below 40 there is no mercy, below 50 there is no law, below 60 ...there is no god. No law, no mercy, no god. Good luck you guys.
You guys rock! I have done enough sailing and photography to know how waves on film just vanish. I have noticed through utube sailing videos that slow mo does help a tad but still not even close to what you see and feel in real life. Happy sailing to you!
Cape Horn: The scariest & worst seas of the entire globe. *Stay safe!* Did you guys talk about going thru the 'Strait of Magellan'? Would that have been even possible?
@@sauerjoseph It’s not always scary down there. I went round Cape Horn the cheats way - on a cruise ship. We set out through the night and I had my seasick pills at the ready, having been warned by the crew about the bad experiences they’d had. Woke up and it was flat calm. I thought at first we’d gone back to Ushuaia, but out on deck there it was. We couldn’t believe our luck! What a thrill it was to go round the outside of the Horn and be able to stand on deck enjoying the ride. Flat calm though the water was, the wind would have cut you in two and it was freezing. I certainly don’t fancy doing it in a sailing boat!! We’ll find out soon enough what the Rucas did. Hope they had calm seas and were able to do the outside route.
@@the-fiddling-fox : Thanks for your calming assurances. I've watched the old Captain Irving 1928 footage, and it really scared me. I also had a really bad experience on a sunfish as a young lad (almost drowned). So, I am overly scared of rough water. I could NEVER do what you did, and definitely NOT what Kate and Curtis (and Roxy the dog) are doing. I will probably remain scared stiff until they get firmly into the Pacific. I will be really heartbroken if something bad happens.
@@sauerjoseph The Capt Irving film was a hoot! We watched it on the ship the same day. I loved it. From the tracker on their website they are safe and sound so no need to worry. If they are doing the classic circumnavigation via the capes, they’ll be staying in the southern ocean for a good while longer but who knows they might head north for some sun. 😉 Easter Island would be an interesting pit stop.
Hi Michele, you got this! You can do it! We believe that you can do anything you set your mind to. One thing that may be better than ASA for this type of sailing is to visit a local yacht club and join a racing crew, you will learn a lot very quickly. Don't go offshore unprepared though, sailing the cold waters of the 50s are the real deal. Remember, both of us are very experienced sailors and had thousands of miles under our belts before we bought the boat. Our boat is also very well prepared and we have all the safety gear.
So glad to hear it! Glad we could deliver on the big conditions. Roxy has not been sick in a long time, thankfully! We know to let her lick the potatoe salad bowl while offshore now...
@@SailingSweetRuca 🤣😂 😀 Well whatever it is your adding, it looks like it’s helping Kate get a nomination for the ‘Gonads of Steel’ Award for her filming efforts... Well done Kate... Great Shots... 🌊📸😍
I love your videos. You guy’s are so into it & coping so well through the blood hard work you both put in. Your enthusiasm seems boundless thanks to Kates cooking no doubt and then theses Roxy barking orders at you😅. Seriously though I really have to say that I’m loving every episode. If I had just a little bit of this stuff>💰ld give it to you guys, but unfortunately on my current income I am struggling to keep my head above the waves can be frightening as they seem to be getting larger. Thank you 3 so much for unwittingly taking me along 💚👍🖖🇳🇿😎.
Thanks for another great video I do appreciate the effort you put in to post on the go. It is nice to see you two relishing in the open ocean conditions. I am also heading to Cape Horn from the Caribbean in 2024 so watching with interest, love your channel.
@@SailingSweetRuca considering you are down in the 50's you appear to be having an exceptional voyage weather wise which has got myselfing now planning the option of bypassing the strait of mallegan and rounding the Horn if i get weather is as good as yours. Thanks for the insight. It is always nice to have a boat which goes to weather as you do.
Note a considerable improvement in the taste of fried eggs if you salt them before the white sets. So crack them in the pan with the salt right there and sprinkle in immediately. I don't know why but it works.
![The Deadly Southern Ocean Takes Its Toll [Ep. 104]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/mZ9BWym8mkg/mqdefault.jpg)
![The Deadly Southern Ocean Takes Its Toll [Ep. 104]](/img/tr.png)
![A Heart-Stopping Choice: This Is Real Life Adventure Sailing At The End of The World [Ep. 105]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/FMaSiw2W2ak/mqdefault.jpg)
![Not What We Expected... But WAY Better! Sailing in Argentina and Patagonia [Ep. 112]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8obB2FIkFDc/mqdefault.jpg)
Thanks
Thank you 🙏 we really appreciate your support Michael!
LEGENDS! OLD GUY here......sailing a 1956 lightning on Lake Superior since the sixties..way to go....blind in one eye cant see out of the other but me son gonna help me sort out that Patron thing....keep on Truckin.....Finnster
I am eagerly awaiting your next video. Stay safe?
Thanks Michael! We will, you as well!
One thing I really like with your channel is that the two of you are so much in sync - it is only true of the best sailing channels!
Wishing you well . . . .
Wow thank you! We definitely try to focus on sailing. We make a good team by being different 🥰👍
Thanks!
100% you're welcome!
Extraordinary!
Thanks Alex!
The waves! I would be soooo GREEEEEENNNNN!
It can happen!
Dog barking at the dolphin is cool.
Woof woof :-)
The ONLY sailing channel that heads for the Pacific, the hard way.
Hi Jason It! It has always been a dream to sail down here.
Awesome way to wake up to first cup of coffee! Thank you for sharing your adventure! I earlier mentioned my great grandfather being washed overboard after going around the Horn. His name was Edward Michael Devaney on the barque Callirhoe out of Liverpool. Washed overboard "by heavy seas" at Latitude 45 S, Longitude 85W (off the coast of Chile) enroute to San Francisco on 16 June 1886. If you are in that area after emerging on the other side of the Horn, please give him my regards!
Thanks for the nice comment and kind words! We are sorry to gear about your great grandfather and will plan to say a few words for him near there!
Curtis reminds me of Tarzan in later parts of the Edgar R. Burroughs book, when Tarzan wagers with the British officers that he could kill lions with only a knife. The officers are in disbelief at the candor with which Tarzan takes the bet.
‘A wave just broke over the whole boat’ like it’s a casual affair. Thanks mate!
Haha! Tarzan! Love it!
Best visualization of big waves I've seen on film, THANKS CHEERS AND FAIR WINDS Steve h.
Thanks Steve! A big cheers to you!
Thanks for a very interesting video! Again!
My pleasure!
That’s some good planning . I’ve gotta get that down . Thanks
Plan the sail. Sail the plan ;-)
I knew you would get that glove,.fantastic videos of real racing sailors at work
Thanks! Wish we had the cameras rolling for the MOB drill.
Thank God the glove is safe! LOL
Hahahaha! :-)
Ah, real sailing actually! Love it!
this couple are real sailors. They deserve to have more subscribers
Haha we are agree! Please spread the word on social media! I guess we need to be more dramatic somehow 🤔
@@SailingSweetRuca nah. You are good and honestly true. Many are over dramatic.
@@tiborsedlak1768 I agree 100%. They are the real deal. IMHO the very best sailing channel on UA-cam.
Thanks! We will stay true to ourselves!
This the only sailing channel I know of that is sailing this route. It is very exciting.
We are probably the first regular UA-camrs round these parts.
Wonderful footage, thanks for letting me along with you.
Our pleasure!
Amazing u two…feel better
Thanks! 🙏
OMG 😱 WOW ‼️ When you start going down a wave into the trough and all we see is sky (starting going down), those are definitely b.i.g. waves ‼️🌊💨⛵️🏝🌞✨ Having said that,.........everyone needs a Kate. ✌🏻️
Thanks Richard! So true! 💁♀️
Awesome vid guys! 💪🏼💪🏼
Appreciate it!!
Eggs on a gimbal stove at furious 50 ? You guys rock.
Hahaha!
Lots of action in this video. I love reading all the comments. Viewers need to watch some of your previous videos to see all the action.
Thanks for that!
Wow. Another great episode love the sailing footage and the passage conversation about the pass.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thing I like is you guys work your boat and sail hard. Better than trying to slow the boat.
We are glad you enjoy it! Sometimes we do slow down a bit, especially if the conditions start really increasing slamming loads. We like to sail fast, but we also have to make sure we don't break the boat :-)
Thanks for explaining the sail choices and set up. Nice to see how y’all bravely face the waves and winds, the cool weather and the sea water sprays. Y’all da bestest 2-people + dog crew ever. Yummy crispy bacon & perfect eggs and cheese sandwich for breakfast. Again, very nice sunsets (almost as nice as in Texas☺️).
I hear Texas has great sunsets and we sure could use some of the warmth! Thanks for the kind words and comment! 🥰🤙⛵️
Wow. Just... Wow. I've been in much bigger rollers but, that was on a 175' Coast Guard cutter and THAT was scary. You all are amazing.
It surely does get bigger out there, but we try our best to avoid the really big stuff! Thank you for your service! A big cutter like that must be quite the amazing experience.
Some awesome sailing right there!!! Learn grasshopper learn... from Sailing Sweet Rucca and Roxy the dog.
Thanks Scott! It was a lot of fun 🙂
You 3 are doing a great job very few can do what you 2 and Roxie are doing can’t wait for next show
Thank you so much!
A real channel for real sailors. Love your videos. Never had a doubt the glove would survive.
Haha thank you! "Survive" is the right word for the MOB drill!
Awesome sailing and footage! That's a alot of things to be managing between the two of you and although you don't have a cook, film editor, other crew, you do get to share the experience together and without managing a team. I like the improvised barber hauler on the jib, shows those racing techniques have a place at 52 south!
Thanks B M! Haha! It surely was a cobbled together barber hauler, but whatever works, right? :-) We would love to completely redo the deck hardware and running rigging, but have to choose our battles.
No matter how trivial it my seem, praising your partner and sharing the work load is what makes memories and binds a relationship. Coming from someone who has been with the same partner and the love of my life for 51 years. Very beautiful. ❤
Thanks for sharing your experience and tips. We will be sure to keep this in mind as we are stuck on the boat together! 🥰😇
Great pictures Sweet Kate, bet an egg in the middle Grill Cheese work cook great at sea, I just use a small glass to cut a hole on one piece of bread for the egg. Hope to cold is a quick to get over it one. 81º in TX today.
Oh great idea! I'll have to give that a try!
Wow! Great sailing! You both do a great job, be with the boat or with the camera. Love the way you tell what's going on, what you're doing with your sails, the route planning. It really feels like we're on the boat with you.
What also makes you channel special for me is the route you chose, one that, someday, should I have the opportunity, I'll take.
Thanks for sharing all your knowledge, time and adventure with us. To me, yours is one of the best sailing channels around. I always recommend you to my friends. Hope you're safe, happy and enjoying the joys only Patagonia can bring! My best!
Wow this comment is so inspiring! Thanks for taking the time to say such detailed well thought-out words. These comments warm our hearts. 🥰 Glad you are enjoying.
Wow, what an amazing place!!!! I want to thank you for all your effort to get these images... Cheers guys!. The winter is almost here, I see you've been in Ushuaia, hope to see great images from that lovely place. Also see you're still in Puerto Williams, are you planing to stay there for the winter?.
It is a joy to behold how you complement each other. sometimes one plus one really adds up to three.
Awwww. Wow, this one really got us! Thanks for such kind words K F. We hope you have a wonderful week!
I agree
Great video! You are doing it, sailing the wrong way around Cape Horn, hopefully the weather will let you go the outside route, cementing your legacy in the UA-cam Channels Hall-of-Fame, as you are the first.
Stay strong give yourself plenty of breaks. It is definitely a mental game. We to have been fitting out a yacht that has taken 5 years to this point. Although it seems close we have made the decision to buy a boat in Seattle and go cruising. (We are in Australia) for all the same supply issues you mention. It is tough but you guys are young enough to get this done. You will have heaps confidence in her when you finished
Hi Kate and Curtis. Just completed watching the last of your 104 videos - OK it took a while. But is was similar to not being able to put down a good book. I'm totally impressed with the sailing skill sets you both have. As well Curtis, can't help but be impressed with your technical know how. Sufficiently impressed to ask when and where you acquired those skills and knowledge (i.e. removing and repairing the core damage, installing new sailing software and with a complete rewire and interpreting weather data to plan routes). Anxiously waiting to watch your journey around Cape Horn. Good luck and stay safe.
Wow! It is really humbling to hear a comment like this. Thank you Jay! Curtis has his masters degree from the school of hard knocks ;-)
You got the true experience if you watched all the videos
Wow. That's some extreme sailing and very cool footage. You guys are amazing at what you do.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for the kind words!
@@SailingSweetRuca you only live once. Bravo 👏
Hello from Houston Tx. I know you are really busy but I just want to tell you that you are both so brave and I think your boat is awesome . Much luck to you both
Hi Dorian in Houston, Texas! Thanks for taking the time out of your day to watch and give us a shout out! Cheers!!!!
It would be helpful to viewers (me) if you numbered ALL the episodes. I have to dig through episodes to figure out which to watch next. Other than that five stars and a big thumbs up
Thanks! We do put numbers at the end of the titles. We hope it helps.
Epic!!! That's all I can say. Oh, and Kate is a crazy... amazing woman/sailor. The more the wind blows and the higher the waves are, the more she seems to enjoy it. Thanks for taking us along on this sail. Amazing!
Thanks for the kind words Daniel!
❤love your work guys especially you Kate! 🍕🌮🍟🥪🌭🍔🥙🥗🫕🥘🥮🍦🥧🍭📷📸🎥
Thanks Wayne! Much appreciated! Kate says thanks, too! 🥰
The ☯️ of sailing and life.
🤙🌈😍
Outstanding! The editing was fresh and interesting. Loved the raw footage, the communication between the two of you and to us as an audience is 👍👍. You are doing something different and good with bringing us along for the ride. Epic
Thanks for the well thought-out comment! Much appreciated and we will keep trying to bring more fresh content go you!
Another great video. Man, that is one slippery boat you two have !!
Thanks Jaime! We enjoy her!
You guys are doing really Good, 50 & 60 North or South isn’t easy to navigate…
It will all pay off when you get into the South Pacific.!11 😎👍👏🥳
Thanks Anna! We are looking forward to sailing in shorts again, but also enjoying the harder sailing in these parts.
You guys are legends. Keep forging forward 😊
Haha! Legends! You rock. We will keep the gas pedal on the floor :-)
Great vid...now that is some open ocean sailing. Also enjoy the communication you two have with each other. be safe
Thanks 👍 Glad you enjoyed it Peter!
You ARE doing a good job filming and we ARE enjoying the footages every week. And we ARE thankful . So: thanks guys!
Thanks so much for the great comment!
@@SailingSweetRuca thanks for keeping us couch potatoes going in our dreams
Great episode.. well done.
Thank you!
I can see why they're all lining up to go to the Med. They only have to get wet if the want to. lol
Thanks, for this. I have been anxiously waiting for this part of your route. Didn't disappoint.😉👍
Right on! The conditions only get bigger from here to the Horn. This is some of the most fun sailing we have had!
Yay, at last cruisers who are not afraid of the high latitudes ❤
Adventure is out there!
What a great video. I can't thank you all enough for the effort you put into them. The changes in condition's are amazing to see. And you recovered the famous glove. Roxy must know you are getting close to land somewhere. Kate. I sure hope you are feeling better after having a sore throat because in the last video you were acting funny, sounding like a wind alarm, and in this one you don't know what day it is. Yep. Best sailing channel on UA-cam. Keep having fun and stay safe. Bill
Thanks for the kind words! Always trying to improve the videos for our loyal followers! 🙏❤️🥰🤙⛵️
I am truly impressed by the exceptional sailing prowess both of you display. Their mastery of the art of sailing is nothing short of extraordinary, seamlessly navigating the vast expanse of the open sea with finesse and expertise.
Can not believe how that boat can sail itself. Awesome view
She is a sweet sailing and well balanced boat!
@@SailingSweetRuca Yes she's a fine boat, but it's how you two set her up. I've said it before, you two are as good as any young sailors I seen. I would think the girls and boys at 557 Thames St. might take notice. What a fine advert your channel would be. All the best going forward. tm
We really enjoy the content you guys do. I can’t imagine how roxy does it in that weather.
We are really happy to hear that and are glad you are enjoying it! Roxy is an amazing dog, that is for sure :-)
Great footage guys!!! The hanks on your staysail, are they soft shackles?
Damn you’re getting pounded with the wind and waves. Someone must have gotten over sea sickness. 👍🏻
Not entirely, but better planning, means, and a little bit of meds helps!
Great work guys!
Thank you Josh!
If we can hear the boat slamming on the waves (we can) How loud it must be sitting in the cabin. Even though you are experienced sailors, this must be terrifying sometimes, right? Anyways, happy trails roaring through the 50ts and 40ts.
Have to put a lot of trust in the boat, but yes, sometimes thoughts can get unto your head when it gets loud.
Is there a way to recharge the batteries using the forward energy of the boat? A drop over the side charger or using the prop spinning to spin a generator? It would save fuel and wear on the engine. ?
We wish we had a setup like this, similar to a Watt&Sea hydrogen.
Epic Adventure, clearly a talented couple in you both - what autopilot as you using and how much current does it draw? Be Safe. SV Skoiern IV,
Sois unos fenómenos!, Siempre con una sonrisa en la boca. Muy valiente esa chica que hay a bordo.
Un saludo desde Galicia
Hola Juan! Muchas gracias por los comentarios!
Nice! -- QUESTION -- Can you explain in detail how that flag symbol, on your electronic weather chart, is read? Which way is the wind blowing - from the top flag part to the bottom or from the bottom up to the flag top? What information does it show precisely. (I tried googling this but surprisingly I can find no proper explanation)
Good question! Try googling "wind barbs." They are read with the wind blowing from the top down in the direction of the top of the flag to the bottom. Each line on the flag represents 10 knots, 1/2 lines are 5 knots. So, 2 full lines and 1/2 line is 25 knots. If there are triangles, get out if dodge! Here is a link for more www.weather.gov/hfo/windbarbinfo
@@SailingSweetRuca ...Ah.. That makes so much more sense once you know this. Perfect.
Your posts are really appreciated. A total escape especially for old landlubbers. Brisbane Australia.
Hello to our friends in Australia! Cheers!
Great footage again. And Roxy seems ok. I see a bit of pitbull and a bit of lab in her. Do you know what "brand" she actually is?
Thanks gert! Her papers say she is a Terrier Mix, and we leave it at that for international travel.
@@SailingSweetRuca Hahaa. Very smart.
The old sailors used to say: Below 40 there is no mercy, below 50 there is no law, below 60 ...there is no god. No law, no mercy, no god. Good luck you guys.
Haha! Indeed! The bigger the challenge the bigger the reward!
You guys rock! I have done enough sailing and photography to know how waves on film just vanish. I have noticed through utube sailing videos that slow mo does help a tad but still not even close to what you see and feel in real life. Happy sailing to you!
Thanks for the nice comment and tip! Cheers!
Thanks for the nice comment and tip! Cheers!
Those waves at the end!!!! I know they don't look as big on film and they still look huge.
They only get bigger from here on out!
@@SailingSweetRuca can't wait to see it. I'm sure you got some good footage!
Amazing sailing. You guys are the best. We appreciate every episode.😊👍
Thanks so much Peter!
Love this channel. I would love to sail with you guys, you are real sailors! I am proud of the raw courage you have. Life Is a breeze.
Thanks Daniel! We love that you are sailing along with us via UA-cam, with think about everyone each and every time we go sailing and shoot video!
That was just crazy weather and waves what a boat
Thanks :D
Excellent video as always hopefully u don't have to go inside. Enjoy
Thank you Dave!
Cape Horn: The scariest & worst seas of the entire globe. *Stay safe!*
Did you guys talk about going thru the 'Strait of Magellan'? Would that have been even possible?
Hi Joe, the Magellan is possible, but we preferred to go for the Horn as it has always been a dream.
@@SailingSweetRuca: Thanks for the quick reply! ... Stay safe!
@@sauerjoseph It’s not always scary down there. I went round Cape Horn the cheats way - on a cruise ship. We set out through the night and I had my seasick pills at the ready, having been warned by the crew about the bad experiences they’d had. Woke up and it was flat calm. I thought at first we’d gone back to Ushuaia, but out on deck there it was. We couldn’t believe our luck! What a thrill it was to go round the outside of the Horn and be able to stand on deck enjoying the ride. Flat calm though the water was, the wind would have cut you in two and it was freezing. I certainly don’t fancy doing it in a sailing boat!! We’ll find out soon enough what the Rucas did. Hope they had calm seas and were able to do the outside route.
@@the-fiddling-fox : Thanks for your calming assurances. I've watched the old Captain Irving 1928 footage, and it really scared me. I also had a really bad experience on a sunfish as a young lad (almost drowned). So, I am overly scared of rough water. I could NEVER do what you did, and definitely NOT what Kate and Curtis (and Roxy the dog) are doing. I will probably remain scared stiff until they get firmly into the Pacific. I will be really heartbroken if something bad happens.
@@sauerjoseph The Capt Irving film was a hoot! We watched it on the ship the same day. I loved it. From the tracker on their website they are safe and sound so no need to worry. If they are doing the classic circumnavigation via the capes, they’ll be staying in the southern ocean for a good while longer but who knows they might head north for some sun. 😉 Easter Island would be an interesting pit stop.
Great episode! Impressed with your sailing skills!! You made it look like a walk in the park…even Roxy seems to be enjoying
Thank you very much Tio!
After a not so good ASA course, think we are just going to learn on our own too. Thanks for the inspiration 💙🌏🌊
Hi Michele, you got this! You can do it! We believe that you can do anything you set your mind to. One thing that may be better than ASA for this type of sailing is to visit a local yacht club and join a racing crew, you will learn a lot very quickly. Don't go offshore unprepared though, sailing the cold waters of the 50s are the real deal. Remember, both of us are very experienced sailors and had thousands of miles under our belts before we bought the boat. Our boat is also very well prepared and we have all the safety gear.
Great video and adventure. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it
At 0:36, was that Jimmy Carr's laugh? ;-)
Hoo Hoo! Hahahaha! Curtis is quite the comedian :-)
@@SailingSweetRuca Sounded like Jimmy's inhaling laugh.He's irreverently profane, but hilarious... Eenlish bloke.
ua-cam.com/video/npnH14S3eWo/v-deo.html
Stay safe
Thanks Brad!
Be nice to see where you store your sails.
Perhaps another boat tour in the works sometime!
THIS is why I subbed to your channel. Thank you for this epic episode. Is Roxy sick?
So glad to hear it! Glad we could deliver on the big conditions. Roxy has not been sick in a long time, thankfully! We know to let her lick the potatoe salad bowl while offshore now...
Heavy Waves, but it seems like Sweet Ruca is handling them well. Stay Safe and Enjoy!
The big J loves these conditions. Same to you Michael!
OK... Brown or Red sauce in the Bacon & Egg Sarny? 😀 Nice going guys... 😀
😋 Haha, mmmmmm! We can't divulge our secret sauce ;-)
@@SailingSweetRuca 🤣😂 😀 Well whatever it is your adding, it looks like it’s helping Kate get a nomination for the ‘Gonads of Steel’ Award for her filming efforts... Well done Kate... Great Shots... 🌊📸😍
Do you have a windvane?
We do not.
I love your videos. You guy’s are so into it & coping so well through the blood hard work you both put in. Your enthusiasm seems boundless thanks to Kates cooking no doubt and then theses Roxy barking orders at you😅. Seriously though I really have to say that I’m loving every episode. If I had just a little bit of this stuff>💰ld give it to you guys, but unfortunately on my current income I am struggling to keep my head above the waves can be frightening as they seem to be getting larger. Thank you 3 so much for unwittingly taking me along 💚👍🖖🇳🇿😎.
Thanks for the great comment Wayne! Take care of your self and keep pushing forward. We are glad to have you sailing along virtually with us!
Thanks for another great video I do appreciate the effort you put in to post on the go. It is nice to see you two relishing in the open ocean conditions. I am also heading to Cape Horn from the Caribbean in 2024 so watching with interest, love your channel.
Hi Simon! Glad you enjoyed it! You won't regret coming this way. It is worth the extra effort!
@@SailingSweetRuca considering you are down in the 50's you appear to be having an exceptional voyage weather wise which has got myselfing now planning the option of bypassing the strait of mallegan and rounding the Horn if i get weather is as good as yours. Thanks for the insight.
It is always nice to have a boat which goes to weather as you do.
r u doing all your weather/route planning. you re on top of it.
Yes, we do all of our own weather routing and planning on board.
@@SailingSweetRuca again great job
great sailing footage, really enjoying it
Many thanks!
"Don't forget Navigator" as the 7th crew member. and Tactician...8th crew member. and....Roxi gets a playmate....9th crewmember...and...
Haha! Forgot about those! Moooooo! ;-)
Note a considerable improvement in the taste of fried eggs if you salt them before the white sets. So crack them in the pan with the salt right there and sprinkle in immediately. I don't know why but it works.
Thanks for the cooking tips! 🧂🍳
Autopilot is such a strange thing, a person in order to rest has to put complete faith in this device, so cool and yet so scary…
It does take some getting used to.
👍
Thanks!!! 👍
What's the reel all about on the port stern quarter?
It will get put to use in the next episode ;-)
Holup, so 30 foot standing waves are a thing? I don't even have sufficient swear words for that, it sounds like event horizon scale of destruction!
Completely agree!
Y’all are crazy. I’m telling your family what you’re up to.
Haha don't let them read this! 🤫😅
Delos ran 7 crew to pound out the amount of content they did.
Wow! That's a lot of beer! Delos was a great inspiration!
@@SailingSweetRuca - it is like a full time production team!!!