Crossing the Great Bahama Bank S6 E23
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- In this video I leave Bimini and sail across the Great Bahama Bank. I spend a scary night at Mackie Shoals where I get into a sticky situation Isolated far away from anyone and anything. Then I make it into Bullock Harbor.
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We make noise, our ambitions are admirable on this journey of life, but the best moments along the way are often small, solitary and quiet. For an instance we see all our efforts for what they are, necessities of our own choice, but we are what we are, and it is what it is. We are small in this world, but we think big and when we trim the sail to the breeze there is and not the breeze there ought to be, the wind will always bring us home. Eric J Miller
Glad to be contributing what I can on Patreon. These videos bring me great entertainment! 🤙
Thanks mate!! Some cool videos in the works. Currently holding fast in a windstorm in Bullock harbor Berry Islands Bahamas..
michael very few will ever look into the galaxy from a ship on the sea with everything around you in total blackness, its as close as you could ever get to a journey across the milky way, there is no video, there are no words to share the awe, you absolutely must live it, you will know the full meaning of alone, sail on you solitary wanderer
Love it man :) You're living the dream life most of us are too afraid to try to reach for. Keep going!
Get em buddy!!! You are out there! And we are watchin!
Thanks digital mate! Let's see this place for ourselves!!
Mike, leave tomorrow [ Friday] afternoon, late afternoon for Rock Sound Eleuthera....solid anchorage with good protection, good shopping, free water etc. From there it's an easy hop to the Exumas or to Cat Island to stage for Long Island or Georgetown.
I’m really happy for you, this is super inspiring stuff and serves as a reminder to all of us to do more with our lives. Very cool!
You should put jack lines on the deck. From bow to stern. Clip yourself in. That way you can go all around the deck and if you fall you’re clipped in and won’t fall off the boat. Dragging a line behind you sounds like a good idea until you need it and find out the scary way that it was only a good idea in theory.
I agree >100% with @fish - wear a harness and clip into jacklines every time you're underway with autohelm (or a windvane). Also, I've read that a very strong person can only barely hang on to a trailing line with the boat sailing at about 4kt or faster, and they cannot pull themselves up the line to the transom. Do you have a line that you can use to pull the swim ladder down if you are overboard with the ladder up? Without a swim platform or deployed swim ladder, it'll be extremely difficult to get back onboard from the water.
Yes absoutely. Even if you dont get jacklines, get a harness and clip somewhere when you leave the cockpit (i have a small boat so im clipped to the mast.)
You never know when something is going to throw you around while youre trying to deal with some sail issues.
Absolutely harness, clip in and deck jacklines.
It seems like a good plan from your perspective on your smart phone.. However I'm on the bank in the Bahamas. There is a vessel every 20 minutes out here. Clipping in just presents a hinderence while on deck. I know when I go on deck I will not plunge into the sea by accident.. clipping in seems cowardly to me in this instance.. crossing the Atlantic 330 nm off shore yes.. I'm out here living my dream if I die at sea so be it. It was a good life. I'm not worried about tedium and paranoia. I can clamber on my own deck with out a worry. Im not going over board believe me..Cross the bank from Bimini single handed. You will not be clipped in.. I'm at peace with what I'm doing out here. I know the risks after 4000 nm..
@@sailingEV888 there may be a vessel every 20 minutes - which seems high - but they arent going to see someone in the water from far away. Its trivial to clip on to an already existing line before i goto the mast. It takes 2 seconds. I dont get how its a 'hindrance'. Sure, if its calm then no reason to worry, but theres no defensible reason to not have one *at all*.
Id also add that my 'perspective' is as someone who has spent way more time in the bahamas than you have. And several close calls that made me glad I had a harness.
New support from a fellow Florida sailor here. Keep up the good work Mike!
Thank you for bringing back memories or when we used to sail this area. Unforchantly my better half is not a boat guy so I'll just watch others and live through them.
I'm honored to bring you thos video!
@@sailingEV888There is no brokeass patreon link or contact E. M. Ail
@@sailingEV888Theres no e. Ma .il
Thanks Captain Michael for openly sharing your sailing philosophy, your future dreams, and most of all your unique humanity - you are the real deal my friend and my wife and I relive our Bahamian sailing experiences through the Sailing EV channel. Have a beer 🍻 and rum 🍹 on us - I could almost taste the one you shared with us in the video!
Thanks Captain! I need these funds more than you know!! Your help will alow me to go further.. be free and achieve my dream of exploring this place. Thank you mate!!! Thank you!!
I was sailing non-stop over the Bahamas Bank to Bullock's Harbour last summer. A major squall was pushing me into Mackey shoal. Not nice.
Regarding anchoring in a bad weather, I always keep Navionics on with the tracking feature running, as a backup to the anchor alarm.
I use anchor pro on a separate tablet attached to a Bluetooth speaker. It's been a life saver!!
I like the bank. My first time in the bahamas in 17, I was sailing back and the engine was getting water in the exhaust from the following sea(the flap kept getting stuck). Fortunately i was able to sail directly across the bay, and stopped basically dead in the middle to sleep for the night. It was trippy being anchored in the absolute middle of bumfuck nowhere and it be dead calm.
It's a strange thing!! Make me feel alive!!
Amazing drone footage of the open water
Awesome, continued
A man living the life that many can only dream of today while the rest of SAIL THE SEAS OF CHEEZE!
😅😅🤣
Love the dreamy music….reminds of Vangelis….perfect for early morning or evening sailing scenes…
Thanks digital mate!!!
Thanks! Enjoy your content. Well done! Keep it going and see you next season down there
Man, gotta ask again, why are you not fishing!!!...lol. Great video / drone content....sail safe.
Awesome video....:)
michael do you have enough power to air condition your sleeping berth? the humidity is just stiffleing, if not you could mention to the want to be cruisers what life is like aclimateing to the climate on a strict budget, also the lightning⚡️ clamp a auto jumper cable to your port & starboard stays let them just touch in the water, a mast strike takes the path of least resistance, have you seen a close strike hit the water yet?⚡️⚡️🤯⚡️
I used to anchor on the banks for the night.Most uncomfortable.Changed to getting up well before dawn ,cranking the motor up to 6.5 knots and getting across just before dark.Much more pleasant.
10:40 - 11:21 makes this entire video worth it. That’s gorgeous!
Wonder if there is a way to rig a trailing line that when pulled hard forces the boat to round up, pulling yourself up that line while the boat is moving makes me think of waterskiing as a kid and refusing to let go of the rope lol
Arggghhh mate!!!!!!!! Skull and crossbones. Argggghhhh. Mind your P&Q’s. Pints and quarts. Lol
Sail on!!!!
Great drone shots! How do you ever get the drone back on deck while still underway. Anyway... great videos! Very real and honest!
You might want to have a longer safety line dragging astern. At 5 knots the boat moves forward at almost 8.5 feet per second. If you entered the water near the center of your boat and had a 50 line dragging, in less than 8 seconds the end of the line would pass you. Be safe.
I will consider that! Thank you for saying this! In the future it will be a long 60 ft line! You may have saved my bacon with this comment.. I was thinking the same thing!!
@@sailingEV888 wouldn’t want to lose you!!
At 5 Knots you can’t pull yourself back to the boat
Great video! That looked like the most relaxed trip so far, keep it up!
Thanks mate!!
Cheers man! Great content! You inspire me to keep focusing on my dream of being full time on the water.
Mark my words! Be prepared for the unknown... know your vessel and its limitations. Live free.. sail free, but know what you're getting into...
I always tell my mate to strap in when i sleep.. would be horrible to wake up and im alone😵 great vid and informative as always🫡
I just need a mate! Your lucky to have one! Someone to share the dream with..
Great episode man, should have followed the North Star when your anchor dragged. 😁 Keep it up, can’t wait for the adventures that lie ahead!
Legendary video as always! 🔥
Great content , safe travel and keep it up .
So glad you finally made it this far. It’s been a long time in the making.
Some canker drag keeps ya paying attention. lol
Thanks!
Thanks! So proud of you bud! Keep it up! 😊❤ I think you need to start throwing a fishing line out and catch some dinner man. Hahaha
I always feel bad for the poor fish caught in my line.. he was just trying to be free and live a life on the ocean. I never had the heart to kill and eat the poor creature.. It's just like me trying to live out here... poor little guy.. I have no need to kill anything out here it would be sad..
Nice video, It would be fun to see whats UNDER the water, at the tongue of the ocean etc. the flying drone shots are nice but how about an underwater drone? Will you be doing any underwater filming?
I'm going to just because you have asked here. I have a full underwater dive rig and scuba gear. I'll shoot something for you in the next week and include it in the next episode
Thanks
Morgan and Bush Crack. You are living large.😎😎😎
Welcome back Captain
Welcome aboard digital crew!!!
You need one of those power stations charge phone cameras have 120 volt power start talking about them maybe a company will sponsor you one to review dave from brantford ontario canada 🇨🇦
those power stations are a bit overrated. Ive been happy with a cheap lifepo battery, some panels and a few usb barrel connectors.
No one there to sponsor and give you free gear though :/
Why do you not trust your turf?
And/or Navion’s to calculate your exact position
That would immediately tell me I am no immediate danger going on the shoal
100%
I trust my turf. These videos are to inform and entertain.. I only hope somewhere it makes an imprint and helps a sailor on his/her journey to be free. I will never lie, but I will entertain..
Nice to see you sailing somewhere other than Miami 😂
You got that right!
I'm sorry, but maybe this fella hasn't done a whole lot of sailing. I did this exact trip last year anchored on Mackie Scholl in 3+ foot seas where I was bouncing off the V birth bunk 6 inches pulled in at 11 o'clock at night. Got one and a half hours sleep, got up pulled anchor and headed on to great Harbor, which is where he's going crazy he's making a whole Lotta nothing.
I only offer my experience that happened. I'm sorry you didn't like it..
Dude, your boat. Your boat, your boat, your boat, your boat, your boat. Needs to be majorly repaired to continue doing these adventures. Every time you try to do something. Something breaks because you haven’t maintained or fixed to replace it. Imagine if you had a boat that was put together for a full year.
You’d be in Grenada by now
I've done what I could at the time. I'm indegent. Just trying to scrape by. I like it that way. One day I'll have the perfect vessel and all will be well. For now I need to learn what makes a sailboat tick.. This is all I have. I've put everything into this. Believe me I'd be doing refitsif I could.. and I will once I can pay that bill..
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
--Mark Twain
how do you keep your dinghy so tight so it is not bouncing around ripping off handles or drings. ? Many thanks.
would it have been possible to go to chubb cay from bimini? trying to figure the best track to berries from bimini 5.5. draft - would like to see a chart of the course you took
Yes it's possible to sail from Bimini to Chub cay with a 5.5 draft. Most cruisers take that passage. So Bimini to Mackie shoals then to North light Oceans tounge with a quick sail in deep water avoiding the reefs on your port. Anchor in the natural harbor at Chub cay. We will most likely be there on this channel at one point in the next month. Hope that helps mate..
Can you show us how to test your EPIRB and how to operate it in an emergency?
Let me think on that. It's more of a distress button option..
Shalom Achy Brother Michael
Beautiful video
Just Watched before going to bed waiting this Storm out tonight at St Mary Georgia on the Anchor ⚓
Do you have a way to send you some funds
I appreciate you very much I know I have a Dream myself of finishing my 31 Irwin Citation Sailboat for cruising I'm leaning to work on my vessel so much I don't know how to do
It's up to me to figure it out
Shalom
Mike if you had of just waited until today - right now !!, you would have had perfect winds to go to Chub, Nassau or Great Whale Cay. Good to see you thinking more about Man Over Board contingency plans - BTW, get a nylon boarding ladder and tie that on also so you have a way of re-boarding in an emergency. The fishing in the Berrys is PRIMO !! Lots of Mahi and Spanish Mackerel [don't eat the barracudas]. Also Devils Hoffmans is a great anchorage and you HAVE TO visit the blue hole 25.619360374210423, -77.73838901602231. The Berrys are AWESOME - enjoy
Thanks for that great I info! Will cluck on that link now! Cheers digital mate!!
wĥen are we going to polynesia?
Haha!! I'm thinking Scotland!! But yes sooner or later we will be in the Pacific!!
something not right i cannot watch the last video 1 day ago hoffman cay?
Hello Rusty. So I've been doing Facebook lives. Maybe that was the link you clicked? It's 3am and I'm up having coffee I'm 8nm away from Hoffmans cay. I had to wait out thunderstorms and high winds. But all is calm and flat now. Will be posting the next video soon. It's half edited. If you want to check out my livestreams cluck here.
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have you seen a very close lightning strike hit the water yet? clamp an auto jumper cable to port & starboard stays allow to just touch the water, divert the strike safely away⚡️🙈
a lightning strike actualy hitting the water nearby will get your attention but impossible to judge its distance from the boat, been there, i got hit by heavy rain and several strikes at night on the gulf of mexico, my guests hid below i was in the cockpit under bimini top,
how are you copeing with humidity? ac in sleeping berth? or your just aclimateing , mabe share what is like sleeping in soggy bedding
I think your still a beta boy about guns but i admire your courage to get up and get out