Oh my, that shrimp dinner looked awesome! Glad Charlie can be distracted by PB but it looked like Maddie had made enough for four. (Never would've guessed that a parrot would be so interested in cooked food!)
Thanks again for a great video, your passage, although intense, was sure relaxing to watch as you guys sail to FL! As always, fair winds and following seas in your travels!
LOL, short passage for some bad asses! Holy epic whale sighting 😮 The mighty Mona brought Herby down, Whoah!!?? Parrot hood...I see what you did there 🤣
Loved the video , it gives a whole different meaning to roll reversal . You to have been an inspiration from the first video. It seems during our first covid lock down is when I started subscribing to everything boat related . My wife and I live on a boat and we have tv but can't get the phone out of hands , so it u tube and you've contributed so so much . Mahalo
New subscriber here. What a pleasure watching you sail. Love Charlie and loved watching her eat peanut butter from a spoon. Looking forward to watching future videos.
The Kid's are back in town, awesome something to watch on earth. Love this channel I've learned so much. Like when the boat was rocking side to side in rough chop, it seems to me the sails needed less bag in them and a bit more sag at the bottom of them. Maybe it's all just extra boat weight all the bilge water bottles and full dentistry on board 🤔 😅
Such a cool whale! Your cooking made me hungry. I admire your ability to cook underway Maddie and if Herbie was sick I'm sure I'd be a wreck. I can't imagine being a refugee on an overloaded boat in those conditions. It makes me thankful for what I have.
I'm not laughing (well, not too much!), but I vividly remember my mum accusing me of being one of "those people" who would eat greasy sandwiches while standing on a bulkhead in force five seas and laugh at the dying. Then she discovered Bonine, she was able to finally laugh right back! Take care, thanks for sharing and great good luck!
Now I am hungry! Don't know what I want... Dagwood sammich, shrimp fried rice or chili cheese dogs over Fritos.... the later is usually what I ate before I get seasick (it was the last time anyways. LOL). Quick question, @ 17:30 the camera/mic was inside the companion way, Maddi was making dinner and a low pitched hum could be heard in the background (sounded like a fraternity of monks). Was that just weird audio or the wind in your rig? I'll second the baro.... remember right shoulder, left shoulder. ;P
Another great video. I noticed you don't have a boomvang, my boat is an old utra-heavy bluewater cruiser from the 70's and it doesn't have one either. Do you find that it's fine without one?
If you were Charlie the bird (macaw?), this voyage would be like a crazy scary trip to Mars. She'll be telling your new bird all about it, and about that big dog, and the dock cat.
She certainly didn’t like sailing in the beginning. She would get grumpy and sulk in the galley. Now she has come to enjoy it and watches the waves go by 😎
For seasickness try to close, or cover one eye. I found this to be very effective on long rough passages. I think it removes the contradiction between what your eyes see and the input from your inner ear. Being prone to seasickness this helps me particularly when I go down below.
That is a great suggestion. Sadly that technique doesn't seem to counter the causes of my (many, debilitating) bouts. The only thing that has ever tempered my affliction is to take control of the tiller/wheel. I suspect that if I could dabble with that, an effective remedy might be developed but such experience isn't in the future. Hopefully someone else will note this and give it a try.
My plan is to not get seasick again 🤢 I can’t remember the previous time I was seasick but they are few and far between. Being close to shore and in sight of land helps a lot as it gives you something to look at. Being in the ocean where the horizon is going all over the place makes me want to curl up in a pity ball and cry.
We took down the first season of cruising because we hadn’t figured out how to film and edit yet. Season 2 is when we set off and started cruising. Season 2: ua-cam.com/play/PLlDgR504BxwmQKpzSKXSnLpJFqHfn5Kk1.html Season 3 is where we figured out how to make better episodes, so I recommend starting there: ua-cam.com/play/PLlDgR504Bxwncut9GSKb0SmU1LztUtIw9.html
How cool is that? A humpback whale near PR!! Awesome. A question about Mona passage? I assume you’re heading from the Caribbean Sea to Atlantic. Does the current flow with you?
Great video! The shrimp looked awesome! How is it traveling with birds? Is it much of a hassle checking into other countries? Are there certain countries that are more of a hassle? TIA
The Mona Passage. It is a very serious passage for people who hails from the north eastern region of the Adriatic Sea, as Mona has a particular meaning: either, as substantive, is the female sex: La Mona or, as adjective, means stupid that can also be a noun: El Mona, the stupid... To you the choice.
I love you guys, but I have to admit i let out a snorted laugh when you said you were reefing at 15 degrees of heel! 😂 Come to the dark side- the fun begins at 20!
When I just bought the boat and didn’t have my entire life in it, I used to go all the way to 40°. It was fun having the portholes on the deck go under the water! Now that we have all our stuff in there, tipping our home over far isn’t as fun. We just need to clear out a bunch of junk we don’t need to carry and we will be heeling over again ;)
This may be a silly question and maybe even a question that you can’t answer. I’m wondering if the birds ever have shown signs of being seasick? I also have to say thank you for showing us that you two both experienced sailors can get seasick. Comment update: I too love my sandwiches cut diagonally there is no other way to eat a sandwich
Luckily the birds have never shown signs of seasickness! Gerry hasn’t ever been in big seas, so we don’t really know about her, but Charlie is amazing.
@@RiggingDoctor Have you ever watched birds perched in a tree? In a storm? It would almost be a surprise if they got seasick... bird falls off tree... something has a nice meal. I think that the part of the brain that deals with balance is at the bottom of the spine in a bird.
Of all the sailing channels I watch, yours is the first that has ever mentioned millibars. Maybe they just don't talk about the barometric pressure in front of the camera? Nice sail.
So now that you have two birds which bird has picked which one of you two as its favorite. You've already stated in this video which bird belongs to who.
2:06 - She really did. Edit: 15:34 - "Welcome to parent food" I was just busy thinking to myself , that the world would be better off with more of yous, and she had this coincidental "Freudian" slip. Is that a sign? ;-)
@@RiggingDoctor Herbie, my dad was an ocean going Master. I remember him telling me EVERYONE gets seasick. I'm 75 and it got me once sailing the Port Huron Mac in Lake Huron. I didn't like it!
It's all good until you visit elsewhere and realise that the red right returning sweatshirt was a very American thing. Also I have been very sad about my pets passing away but can't envisage putting them through me passing away. I hope you are planning on sprogs to look after the birds.
@@RiggingDoctor Having watched a lot of US sailing videos before starting sailing in the UK, I actually remember it as "red right returning is the wrong way round". Or the Scooby Doo version "red right roff re ro"
Hi Team great video ,I have recently been adviced that if you place a plaster accross your navel (tummy Button) it helps to preveent motion sickness . Its got to be worth a try for you both I hope it does work.
You lost me with the Dominican Republic comment.. Funny that Luperon is home to so many expat sailors.. Also, Oceanworld Has a wonderful marina and your bird could have made some new friends.. Want dishonesty? How about "you're going to give me $300.00 or I'm going to quarantine your boat for 14days.. "Providenciales Customs".. Fair winds..
When I was growing up in Puerto Rico, my family would go to the DR for fishing tournaments. The customs agents wouldn’t check you in until you gave them the “thing” they decided they wanted when they checked your boat. It could be food, a nice fishing rod, anything. I call that corruption! My dad would always hide the good fishing rods and put out a pretty sacrificial rod, which inevitably they would “select”. Boats that didn’t give in to this corruption would be turned away. They might have been exploiting the fishing tournament boats, but either way I find that to be very dishonest; so we skipped the country entirely for fear that they might “want” Charlie.
Emily & Clarke of Emily & Clarke's Adventure UA-cam channel have been in Luperon, DR for two years, and I believe they would differ vigorously with your assessment of the Dominican Republic. They rave about it and the people there.
The people are great but the customs agents are corrupt! When my family would go there for fishing tournaments they would ALWAYS pick something in the boat that you had to give them or they wouldn’t check you in. The people are great, you just have to get past the guards
@@RiggingDoctor I crewed on a delivery 4 years ago that cleared in and then out again 4 days later at Punta Cana. No issues except lots of paper work. The DR personnel were courteous and helpful. Your experience years ago as a teenager appears to be no longer relevant, but you certainly maligned the whole island and it's inhabitants with your comments quite unfairly, based on my much more recent experience.
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This right here is one of the reasons I love your episodes, thanks for taking us along on your journey home. Keep warm.
Oh my, that shrimp dinner looked awesome! Glad Charlie can be distracted by PB but it looked like Maddie had made enough for four. (Never would've guessed that a parrot would be so interested in cooked food!)
Thanks again for a great video, your passage, although intense, was sure relaxing to watch as you guys sail to FL!
As always, fair winds and following seas in your travels!
LOL, short passage for some bad asses! Holy epic whale sighting 😮 The mighty Mona brought Herby down, Whoah!!?? Parrot hood...I see what you did there 🤣
Seasickness sucks!
Loved the video , it gives a whole different meaning to roll reversal . You to have been an inspiration from the first video. It seems during our first covid lock down is when I started subscribing to everything boat related . My wife and I live on a boat and we have tv but can't get the phone out of hands , so it u tube and you've contributed so so much . Mahalo
Thanks! Glad you have enjoyed the adventure!
What waters do you call home?
Beautiful video
Thank you!
Mona Passage lived up to it's history!
Oh yeah!
New subscriber here. What a pleasure watching you sail. Love Charlie and loved watching her eat peanut butter from a spoon. Looking forward to watching future videos.
Thanks for joining the adventure :)
You two are great thanks for the video
The Kid's are back in town, awesome something to watch on earth. Love this channel I've learned so much. Like when the boat was rocking side to side in rough chop, it seems to me the sails needed less bag in them and a bit more sag at the bottom of them. Maybe it's all just extra boat weight all the bilge water bottles and full dentistry on board 🤔 😅
“Welcome to parenthood “then that look .....❤️
😁
Nice video thanks
Thanks :)
I once put a harness on ny macaw, but only once...I healed up nicely though
Hahaha
Such a cool whale! Your cooking made me hungry. I admire your ability to cook underway Maddie and if Herbie was sick I'm sure I'd be a wreck. I can't imagine being a refugee on an overloaded boat in those conditions. It makes me thankful for what I have.
Couldn’t agree more
Another epic video! You're capturing what it's really like to be on a passage...steady on mateys.
Thanks Mark!
Hello nice video saludos Iberians
I'm not laughing (well, not too much!), but I vividly remember my mum accusing me of being one of "those people" who would eat greasy sandwiches while standing on a bulkhead in force five seas and laugh at the dying.
Then she discovered Bonine, she was able to finally laugh right back!
Take care, thanks for sharing and great good luck!
Thankfully Maddie was on medication for seasickness so that one of us was functional!
Shrimp looked good, sunset looked good, as did the sea. Bird looked good, humans look satisfied. All good, sail onward.
I like that checklist!
Great video!
Now I am hungry! Don't know what I want... Dagwood sammich, shrimp fried rice or chili cheese dogs over Fritos.... the later is usually what I ate before I get seasick (it was the last time anyways. LOL). Quick question, @ 17:30 the camera/mic was inside the companion way, Maddi was making dinner and a low pitched hum could be heard in the background (sounded like a fraternity of monks). Was that just weird audio or the wind in your rig? I'll second the baro.... remember right shoulder, left shoulder. ;P
It’s the sound of the scupper through hulls going in and out of the water. It’s always made that strange sound!
parrothood, hehe. i was waiting to see which brand of hot sauce you used, but the label never faced the camera! thanks, guys
It’s Crystal!
@@RiggingDoctor thanks. love a couple dabs of da sauce on my sammiches!
Greetings!
What is the music from 3.28?
It’s from epidemic sound.
@@RiggingDoctor Whats it called please?
Another great video. I noticed you don't have a boomvang, my boat is an old utra-heavy bluewater cruiser from the 70's and it doesn't have one either. Do you find that it's fine without one?
We have never wished we had one
@@RiggingDoctor awesome! I thought it was good without one when I was sailing. Thx
If you were Charlie the bird (macaw?), this voyage would be like a crazy scary trip to Mars. She'll be telling your new bird all about it, and about that big dog, and the dock cat.
She certainly didn’t like sailing in the beginning. She would get grumpy and sulk in the galley. Now she has come to enjoy it and watches the waves go by 😎
For seasickness try to close, or cover one eye. I found this to be very effective on long rough passages. I think it removes the contradiction between what your eyes see and the input from your inner ear. Being prone to seasickness this helps me particularly when I go down below.
That is a great suggestion. Sadly that technique doesn't seem to counter the causes of my (many, debilitating) bouts. The only thing that has ever tempered my affliction is to take control of the tiller/wheel. I suspect that if I could dabble with that, an effective remedy might be developed but such experience isn't in the future.
Hopefully someone else will note this and give it a try.
My plan is to not get seasick again 🤢
I can’t remember the previous time I was seasick but they are few and far between.
Being close to shore and in sight of land helps a lot as it gives you something to look at. Being in the ocean where the horizon is going all over the place makes me want to curl up in a pity ball and cry.
Great video! Finally the addition of the second feather-baby. Can't wait until next week!! Love from B-more
Can you add a PLAYLIST that has all of your videos in order from the start of your channel as I would like to watch them in order.
We took down the first season of cruising because we hadn’t figured out how to film and edit yet. Season 2 is when we set off and started cruising.
Season 2:
ua-cam.com/play/PLlDgR504BxwmQKpzSKXSnLpJFqHfn5Kk1.html
Season 3 is where we figured out how to make better episodes, so I recommend starting there:
ua-cam.com/play/PLlDgR504Bxwncut9GSKb0SmU1LztUtIw9.html
I am sure that you have been told this before but helming the boat if you feel seasick can help. Thank you for all your videos
Seasickness sucks 🤢😂
@@RiggingDoctor try moving 700lb crabpots when seasick.
🤮 that’s the worst!
How cool is that? A humpback whale near PR!! Awesome.
A question about Mona passage? I assume you’re heading from the Caribbean Sea to Atlantic. Does the current flow with you?
It does, but it swirls around a lot so you come into lots of counter currents which make it get really choppy.
I was kind of hoping for more details on the Mona passage.
I was too seasick to report 🤢
Great video! The shrimp looked awesome! How is it traveling with birds? Is it much of a hassle checking into other countries? Are there certain countries that are more of a hassle? TIA
It is a real pain! That’s why we skipped everything and went PR to FL (US to US) so we didn’t have to check in again.
The Mona Passage. It is a very serious passage for people who hails from the north eastern region of the Adriatic Sea, as Mona has a particular meaning: either, as substantive, is the female sex: La Mona or, as adjective, means stupid that can also be a noun: El Mona, the stupid... To you the choice.
Haha!
In Spanish, the name is La Mona, but I like the choice 🤣
👍👍👍
Thanks!
I love you guys, but I have to admit i let out a snorted laugh when you said you were reefing at 15 degrees of heel! 😂 Come to the dark side- the fun begins at 20!
When I just bought the boat and didn’t have my entire life in it, I used to go all the way to 40°. It was fun having the portholes on the deck go under the water! Now that we have all our stuff in there, tipping our home over far isn’t as fun.
We just need to clear out a bunch of junk we don’t need to carry and we will be heeling over again ;)
This may be a silly question and maybe even a question that you can’t answer. I’m wondering if the birds ever have shown signs of being seasick? I also have to say thank you for showing us that you two both experienced sailors can get seasick.
Comment update: I too love my sandwiches cut diagonally there is no other way to eat a sandwich
Luckily the birds have never shown signs of seasickness! Gerry hasn’t ever been in big seas, so we don’t really know about her, but Charlie is amazing.
@@RiggingDoctor Have you ever watched birds perched in a tree? In a storm? It would almost be a surprise if they got seasick... bird falls off tree... something has a nice meal. I think that the part of the brain that deals with balance is at the bottom of the spine in a bird.
Pets eat first. I haven't gotten seasick yet. Plenty of getting tired when it calms all you want is real rest then.
Sleeping at anchor feels so much better after not sleeping at sea 😂
I wonder how many Folks sail this Passage “Solo”? 😜 ALWAYS a Good Thing for a Plan B(Maddy, this time)👍 Continue to Stay Safe & Enjoy😎
Maddie to the rescue!
Of all the sailing channels I watch, yours is the first that has ever mentioned millibars. Maybe they just don't talk about the barometric pressure in front of the camera? Nice sail.
No one we talk to ever looks at barometric pressure!
👍!!!
So now that you have two birds which bird has picked which one of you two as its favorite. You've already stated in this video which bird belongs to who.
2:06 - She really did.
Edit: 15:34 - "Welcome to parent food"
I was just busy thinking to myself , that the world would be better off with more of yous, and she had this coincidental "Freudian" slip.
Is that a sign? ;-)
Hmmm hahaha
Too bad Herbie, what goes around...
Much more respect for Maddie for choosing to go to sea and knowing she would feel like that!
@@RiggingDoctor Herbie, my dad was an ocean going Master. I remember him telling me EVERYONE gets seasick. I'm 75 and it got me once sailing the Port Huron Mac in Lake Huron. I didn't like it!
Sorry but I have to ask…..is charley potty trained? Parrating 3 commercial
She is :)
Maddie: "One of my few talents." My ass. Maddie is Wonderwoman.
😎
It's all good until you visit elsewhere and realise that the red right returning sweatshirt was a very American thing. Also I have been very sad about my pets passing away but can't envisage putting them through me passing away. I hope you are planning on sprogs to look after the birds.
It is a very American sweatshirt! We spent a lot of time sailing in Europe and renamed it “Red Right Returning to America” 😂
@@RiggingDoctor Having watched a lot of US sailing videos before starting sailing in the UK, I actually remember it as "red right returning is the wrong way round".
Or the Scooby Doo version "red right roff re ro"
Hi Team great video ,I have recently been adviced that if you place a plaster accross your navel (tummy Button) it helps to preveent motion sickness . Its got to be worth a try for you both I hope it does work.
That is a very creative method of treating seasickness.
@@RiggingDoctor I have also heard that if you cover up your non dominant eye that can help . Rather like an old pirates patch!
That will go well with my 🦜
:)
Thanks!
You lost me with the Dominican Republic comment.. Funny that Luperon is home to so many expat sailors.. Also, Oceanworld Has a wonderful marina and your bird could have made some new friends.. Want dishonesty? How about "you're going to give me $300.00 or I'm going to quarantine your boat for 14days.. "Providenciales Customs".. Fair winds..
When I was growing up in Puerto Rico, my family would go to the DR for fishing tournaments. The customs agents wouldn’t check you in until you gave them the “thing” they decided they wanted when they checked your boat. It could be food, a nice fishing rod, anything. I call that corruption!
My dad would always hide the good fishing rods and put out a pretty sacrificial rod, which inevitably they would “select”. Boats that didn’t give in to this corruption would be turned away.
They might have been exploiting the fishing tournament boats, but either way I find that to be very dishonest; so we skipped the country entirely for fear that they might “want” Charlie.
Its official: You 2 need children, be they natural or adopted. Talking to parrots...
Haha! In time.
Emily & Clarke of Emily & Clarke's Adventure UA-cam channel have been in Luperon, DR for two years, and I believe they would differ vigorously with your assessment of the Dominican Republic. They rave about it and the people there.
The people are great but the customs agents are corrupt! When my family would go there for fishing tournaments they would ALWAYS pick something in the boat that you had to give them or they wouldn’t check you in.
The people are great, you just have to get past the guards
@@RiggingDoctor I crewed on a delivery 4 years ago that cleared in and then out again 4 days later at Punta Cana. No issues except lots of paper work. The DR personnel were courteous and helpful. Your experience years ago as a teenager appears to be no longer relevant, but you certainly maligned the whole island and it's inhabitants with your comments quite unfairly, based on my much more recent experience.