So much to learn! You should be wearing a "Tether" Safety Harnes whilst you are traversing the deck on a crossing. I shuddered when I watched you flail about as the sea shook your yacht, causing you to madly clutch at anything you coud get your hands on. Safety first at all times!
Nice to see how well you work together. I made this trip several years ago from San Francisco with a buddy. Three weeks to Hilo, seven weeks in the islands, and four weeks back from Lihue. Before heading out again you should seriously consider windvane self-steering. Don’t head out without it. It will make a huge difference. This time it will be the trip you will always remember, and for the right reasons. You will be very proud of yourselves. Bon voyage!
Working on deck in rough conditions in socks, no safety harness and no life lines? sorry but that's crazy. "There are old sailors and there are bold sailors but there's not many Old Bold sailors" Cheers from OZ.
I suggested a Honda gas generator and a battery charger.If you would have bought one you could charge your batteries.I think you both did great considering your lack of experience.👍Love your attitude when things are not that great.I believe I would have kept going to Hawaii🥴but I know how to fix most things.loved your mom the most😍you did great so never doubt yourself.Honestly one of the best UA-cam sailing videos I’ve watched !!!👍👍Took a lot of courage for both of you to tackle that!🤓
WOW! Thank you for your comment- we are glad you enjoyed it that much! We plan to get a generator...always need redundancy in systems moving forward. Mom was the real MVP and we had a great time even amongst the challenges. An adventure we will never forget!
I've been watching for quite a while, but this adventure takes the cake. Stuff happens and I'm sure you will get it all fixed and be on your way again. But I have to tell you, your mom is a rockstar! It would be great to know what sailing experience she has. What a blessing you had her along for the ride. Good luck on the next trip.
Sorry for the failed crossing but kudos to the crew........Seth and his Mom are fearless .........I hope the repairs are nothing too costly and the next trip to Hawaii uneventful. ........also I hope future videos will have more Seth.......not only Natalia.. thanks guys love your spirit.. gives me hope for todays youth
Bummer!! But, u will be even more prepared for round 2. This was a great shakedown cruise. U guys will do great. Just keep focused on the next step in front of u. U should get an actual generator in addition to ur solar setup for safety battery management.
Steep learning curve. Yes to harness, Pfd, practice m.o.b. replace the bimini with solar array, Honda generator, Wind generator, spare engine and auto pilot parts. Another 20k then go...
1st video,that I have seen of yours. At 2m32s day 6 part. Are you on the fore deck without a lifeline or life jacket on? Do my eyes deceive me? It appears that you don't. If this is true then I want to strongly suggest one of two options. Wear one or the other, or both and upon landing in Hawai'i you sell the boat and fly home if you decide those safety items aren’t important. The other option is to be responsible sailors and take every safety precaution that you can so as to make sure you don't become a statisic or worse yet, cause someone else to lose life trying to save yours.
Is there any fule in your tank?, are your fule filters clean, With all the rocking rolling you have been doing you may have suck air in to the fule systems . Also make share your kill switch is in the on position.
Wow ... A calamity of errors, I think most of them have been flagged by other comments. A huge learning curve for you to reflect on and thank goodness you are alive to tell your tale. Also, thank goodness for your choice of crew, your mother makes an excellent 1st Mate, just a pity she didn't enforce the safety rules. Having said all that you still managed to fulfil the first rule of seafaring ... You got back to port safely!! Stay Safe & Fair Winds!! ☘
Always easy to make critical comments with the hindsight of experience but, you made a plan and got to your backup safely. You will now have a list of critical issues to fix, my guess is checking the furling Genoa to make sure the halyard is not wrapping. Contaminated fuel and blocked filters due to fuel mixing for the first time at sea. Auto pilot is a must when short handed as you will quickly become over tired. Once you have identified the fault ensure you have the means to test and fix. All things which you will learn to deal with. A jackline and harness is a given when going forward, as is footwear. A stubbed toe is very distracting!
Great Job! Now, 1) Get a wind vane self-steering system. 2) Sort out that engine and make sure you know how to troubleshoot it and have the tools and spares (fuel filters, etc) on board to deal with any issue that arises. 3) Carry some sort of alternative power generation (honda 2000 generator?) 4) get more solar. Looking forward to the next attempt!!!
(This is Natalia.) Don’t worry I gave him a nice wife lecture on safety when I watched back the footage! As the safety captain of Post Time, it’s my duty to enforce these rules on our next offshore voyage..😅🤪
You guys are my kind of Bold! But safety gear is a must. As someone who has watched his boat sail away from him, its a small nuisance in comparison. Also, with your genoa halyard it may help to mount a snatch block to the mast that holds the halyard in place when fully hoisted. I did this to my Ketch and it was a game changer. No more wrapping itself up.
@@sailingposttime I don't know if it's in the budget but a proper solar arch with rigid panels and lithium batteries for the house bank would be an excellent idea. Would actually call it an improvement in your safety plan too.
Thanks for watching! Solar panels did definitely help, but we did struggle with clouds. The bank held a lot of power and we were able to use the jackery solar battery bank to charge the house batteries, sat phone..etc. It was a life saver. More redundant power systems will need to be added for more backup.
Agree with everything people are recommending, wear shoes, get a wind vane self steering system, learn how to change fuel filters. You guys have big cahones for trying it without the proper gear and experience
While investing in needed safety gear and system redundancies why don't you swing by the Goodwill and pick up some pots & pans? Boiling eggs and potatoes in a tea kettle because all you have are skillets?! That is the cherry on the cake.
At 32:55 that soundtrack is really annoying! A lot of times its interesting to see you film the arrival as well where you check out the marina, lounge, town and all..
Haha, Unfortunately the Ingrid needed a ton of work and wouldn’t have been a safe boat in, in the condition it is in to cross an ocean. Post Time handled the journey well. Thanks for watching!
@@sailingposttime Your boat did fine,it’s a proven blue water sailboat.can’t blame the boat for the problems that happened.I know you didn’t but cmorgan4515 questioned using the Ingrid.What a dumb question🥴
Alone in the middle of the ocean, and without a lifeline to the bow? You should have invested in gear and boat stuff , instead off the sat-phone. You are dangerous. A lot to learn.
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Thanks for sharing this was great i
So much to learn! You should be wearing a "Tether" Safety Harnes whilst you are traversing the deck on a crossing. I shuddered when I watched you flail about as the sea shook your yacht, causing you to madly clutch at anything you coud get your hands on. Safety first at all times!
If he went over.... gone, until she manages to come around... and he is open ocean swimming in clothes. Yikes
I'm so sorry for your problems, your mom is a very tough lady. You should be proud of her.
Nice to see how well you work together. I made this trip several years ago from San Francisco with a buddy. Three weeks to Hilo, seven weeks in the islands, and four weeks back from Lihue. Before heading out again you should seriously consider windvane self-steering. Don’t head out without it. It will make a huge difference. This time it will be the trip you will always remember, and for the right reasons. You will be very proud of yourselves. Bon voyage!
Working on deck in rough conditions in socks, no safety harness and no life lines? sorry but that's crazy. "There are old sailors and there are bold sailors but there's not many Old Bold sailors" Cheers from OZ.
What a great attitude you both have through all of your difficulties. Very impressive.
Thank you! Team morale will make or break the trip!
I suggested a Honda gas generator and a battery charger.If you would have bought one you could charge your batteries.I think you both did great considering your lack of experience.👍Love your attitude when things are not that great.I believe I would have kept going to Hawaii🥴but I know how to fix most things.loved your mom the most😍you did great so never doubt yourself.Honestly one of the best UA-cam sailing videos I’ve watched !!!👍👍Took a lot of courage for both of you to tackle that!🤓
WOW! Thank you for your comment- we are glad you enjoyed it that much! We plan to get a generator...always need redundancy in systems moving forward. Mom was the real MVP and we had a great time even amongst the challenges. An adventure we will never forget!
Funny thing is he loaded a homedepot generator and then never used it.. every ocean boat should carry one tiny gas generator
I've been watching for quite a while, but this adventure takes the cake. Stuff happens and I'm sure you will get it all fixed and be on your way again. But I have to tell you, your mom is a rockstar! It would be great to know what sailing experience she has. What a blessing you had her along for the ride. Good luck on the next trip.
She is a literal rockstar! She has very limited sailing experience, but was the star of the shown
Sorry for the failed crossing but kudos to the crew........Seth and his Mom are fearless .........I hope the repairs are nothing too costly and the next trip to Hawaii uneventful. ........also I hope future videos will have more Seth.......not only Natalia.. thanks guys love your spirit.. gives me hope for todays youth
Thank you so much! More Seth is on the horizon 😉🙃
Bummer!! But, u will be even more prepared for round 2. This was a great shakedown cruise. U guys will do great. Just keep focused on the next step in front of u. U should get an actual generator in addition to ur solar setup for safety battery management.
Appreciate it & agree that this was s successful shake down cruise! Setbacks will only set us up for future comebacks ;)
Can't wait for the next one guys... pulling for ya
Glad you and your Mom are safe. That was the long way to LA.
Indeed! Sometimes you gotta just sail 1200 miles from San Francisco to LA and take the scenic route 🙃
Another beautiful episode, many thanks for sharing
Thank you for watching & being here 😊🤗
Steep learning curve. Yes to harness, Pfd, practice m.o.b. replace the bimini with solar array, Honda generator, Wind generator, spare engine and auto pilot parts. Another 20k then go...
Thank you, I had lots of questions.... this answers all of them.
1st video,that I have seen of yours. At 2m32s day 6 part. Are you on the fore deck without a lifeline or life jacket on? Do my eyes deceive me?
It appears that you don't.
If this is true then I want to strongly suggest one of two options.
Wear one or the other, or both and upon landing in Hawai'i you sell the boat and fly home if you decide those safety items aren’t important.
The other option is to be responsible sailors and take every safety precaution that you can so as to make sure you don't become a statisic or worse yet, cause someone else to lose life trying to save yours.
Quite the shake down sail. Good decisions, good result.
Is there any fule in your tank?, are your fule filters clean, With all the rocking rolling you have been doing you may have suck air in to the fule systems . Also make share your kill switch is in the on position.
Wow ... A calamity of errors, I think most of them have been flagged by other comments. A huge learning curve for you to reflect on and thank goodness you are alive to tell your tale. Also, thank goodness for your choice of crew, your mother makes an excellent 1st Mate, just a pity she didn't enforce the safety rules. Having said all that you still managed to fulfil the first rule of seafaring ... You got back to port safely!! Stay Safe & Fair Winds!! ☘
Always easy to make critical comments with the hindsight of experience but, you made a plan and got to your backup safely. You will now have a list of critical issues to fix, my guess is checking the furling Genoa to make sure the halyard is not wrapping. Contaminated fuel and blocked filters due to fuel mixing for the first time at sea. Auto pilot is a must when short handed as you will quickly become over tired. Once you have identified the fault ensure you have the means to test and fix. All things which you will learn to deal with. A jackline and harness is a given when going forward, as is footwear. A stubbed toe is very distracting!
Great Job! Now, 1) Get a wind vane self-steering system. 2) Sort out that engine and make sure you know how to troubleshoot it and have the tools and spares (fuel filters, etc) on board to deal with any issue that arises. 3) Carry some sort of alternative power generation (honda 2000 generator?) 4) get more solar. Looking forward to the next attempt!!!
I agree with those recommendations! We learnedA LOT this go around and we will be ready for round 2.
I said it yesterday…..Why the hell would you not shake the boat down prior to a crossing….
Hindsight is 20/20. Hard to take multiple chunks of leave from the military back to back.
Where is your life vest and harness?????😧💀
Enjoyed the challenge.. seems odd that your mother was never introduced or that we never saw her face. Good luck!
Not really. Some people don’t want to be in the video. The generation before social media for example.
i suggest when you sail back you wear proper foot wear and a safety harness we want you to produce more videos
(This is Natalia.) Don’t worry I gave him a nice wife lecture on safety when I watched back the footage! As the safety captain of Post Time, it’s my duty to enforce these rules on our next offshore voyage..😅🤪
this is insanity! just bonkers
You guys are my kind of Bold! But safety gear is a must. As someone who has watched his boat sail away from him, its a small nuisance in comparison.
Also, with your genoa halyard it may help to mount a snatch block to the mast that holds the halyard in place when fully hoisted. I did this to my Ketch and it was a game changer. No more wrapping itself up.
Y'all really should have shaken down the boat better before departure. Heinsight is 20-20 though
Agreed! This was our “shake down cruise” and we won’t make that mistake again 😉
@@sailingposttime I don't know if it's in the budget but a proper solar arch with rigid panels and lithium batteries for the house bank would be an excellent idea. Would actually call it an improvement in your safety plan too.
agreed! @@codegame027
lol Heinsight, I get that after 6-8 Heinekens
That was rough. Glad ya’ll are ok. 😅😅😅😅
Thank you! All is well, and we learned a lot for our next go around. We can consider this a 1200nm shake down cruise 😉
Thanks for sharing the video. Glad you made it back safely. Good call on heading back to CA. Did the solar panels help much?
Thanks for watching! Solar panels did definitely help, but we did struggle with clouds. The bank held a lot of power and we were able to use the jackery solar battery bank to charge the house batteries, sat phone..etc. It was a life saver. More redundant power systems will need to be added for more backup.
Good to know. Thanks.@@sailingposttime
Refreshingly Honest
Thanks Rick!
Agree with everything people are recommending, wear shoes, get a wind vane self steering system, learn how to change fuel filters. You guys have big cahones for trying it without the proper gear and experience
While investing in needed safety gear and system redundancies why don't you swing by the Goodwill and pick up some pots & pans? Boiling eggs and potatoes in a tea kettle because all you have are skillets?! That is the cherry on the cake.
At 32:55 that soundtrack is really annoying! A lot of times its interesting to see you film the arrival as well where you check out the marina, lounge, town and all..
Dingy name suggestion...half time or time out
I am so disappointed! You said the engine won't start. What is wrong with it? You have to fix stuff as you go
We were beyond disappointed. More to come on the engine issue 🙂
Im sorry I must have missed something. Why are you being towed>
All those system failures suck big time! You handled with aplomb, though. Kudos.
Please wear a life jacket & tether at the helm.
Curious did you ever think about the old Ingram Boat when you were out there they are very good seaworthy boats stay safe God bless
Haha, Unfortunately the Ingrid needed a ton of work and wouldn’t have been a safe boat in, in the condition it is in to cross an ocean. Post Time handled the journey well. Thanks for watching!
@@sailingposttime Your boat did fine,it’s a proven blue water sailboat.can’t blame the boat for the problems that happened.I know you didn’t but cmorgan4515 questioned using the Ingrid.What a dumb question🥴
I don't understand why you turned back.if you could sail for 6 days to get back to california,why didn't you just keep going towards Hawaii
I know, we debated that heavily and it was against our gut. But, we wanted to play it safer than sorry when evaluating battery management.
@@sailingposttime you made the right call by listening to your land crew. That's what they're there for.
should have kept going!! ?haha you crazy too @robertnorkus5582
is this channel for real or is it just a satire and irony play on youtube sailing channels... if the latter... Brilliant!!
Alone in the middle of the ocean, and without a lifeline to the bow? You should have invested in gear and boat stuff , instead off the sat-phone. You are dangerous.
A lot to learn.
it's the way in which they don't comprehend how dangerous a situation they were in..smh.. never seen anything like it...
Maybe try to become a little more handy....should be able to at least try to fix those systems...crazy
Your title is BS ,why does it say “Alone” when there’s two of you…..
You are not a good example to anyone, where is your vest and safety rope