I fell asleep and crashed my boat into a beach at 4 AM
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- We take my friends Pearson ensign out for a daysail around miami. Then I take my Bayfield 29 on a 100 miles offshore passage from Miami to the Keys. I make an unfortunate mistake along the way due to lack of sleep.
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Brother, never polish your channel up like a lot of the other cruising channels out there. We love The beauty of your adventures mixed with the chaos of breaking things, wrestling with sails, falling asleep and crashing your boat. One of my favorites was when you left your boat anchored to fly somewhere and meet a chick saying “I hope it’s still here when I get back” followed by the next episode “my boats gone”😂. You make us believe we all can do what you do. After all, it’s just keeping going till you screw up, fix the screw up, learn from it and keep going. Fair wind and smooth travels from South Carolina.
Better be Ann he's flying off to she is just so classy but earthy and wholesome. Some people are just meant to be...
Your mindset is amazing, I love how you stay so positive and calm when stuff goes wrong. You're the type of guy I want to be around when the apocalypse happens.
There’s another term for that…
@@johnnyhubbars9893 What? Biden/Harris win big in 2024 ???
No brains no headaches I guess. Love how he gives responsibility for his errors to “friends” he meets.
He’s the guy that will make the apocalypse happen
@@marioncobretti3076 No, it will be the guy who wants retribution for having lost an election...
You're a good example of calmness! Thanks for taking us along on your adventure. My fav videos are of the tropical kind. So neat, to me who lives in land locked Minnesota!
Minnesota has incredible interlake sailing. Go to your nearest yacht club and sign up for lessons.
You could use a truckers timer. Brand I had was called an Eagle Timer, you set it for how long you want the timer to be, it had a 10 min warning then at zero mins it was impossible to sleep through. Had 2 volume settings, high or low. Beautiful views of the ocean, love the videos!
I think you mean what we call a mechanic egg timer! ⏲
Many sailor use it!
But for the youngsters everything has to have a LED..! 😜
Okay! There is the stupid, tick,tick, tick, tick, tick.....
But it's simple, and you could manage it even drunken..!
😜👍
Hi Sam, youtube channel "Townsley Curtis" here. It was great having you around here last week. I have more footage to put up on my UA-cam of you . I will also post your under water swim record lol. Have fun and I hope the hydro foil holds up.
Sounds great! I cant wait to edit the next video with our lobster adventures. Unfortunately the red tide is horrible here. Should have stayed longer in the keys 😃. But i sold the boat in a day. All the best!
@Sam Holmes Sailing wow you sold that fast. Well anytime you want to come back just ping me
Sam if you ever need free batteries I've got you covered. I get really expensive ones for free out of radio tower sites when were hired to decom them, and I typically just integrate them into my personal solar projects
I’m building a solar grid myself especially for my tiny boat that will be bigger someday
@@NateDawg5050 all i can say is.. discount haha
I'll take em. Hook it up!
@@adamtedder1012 well, what would you use them for? I'd rather reserve gifts for people with low budget projects that provide inspiration and education to the masses.
@@NateDawg5050 I'm definitely cool with selling you stuff at a huge discount, its just what you'd use them for isn't the same as someone who uses them to develop inspirational/educational content like Sam does. It takes balls to embark on his solo journeys; and I don't mind helping where I can.
Ensign - prettiest boat ever made and a good sailor too.
This dude is a friggin legend. One of my favorite sailing vloggers
Him and wind hippie
Thank you very much
Would be nice to see you get a trimaran, can you imagine how many holes you could drill into 3 hulls 😂
Saw him sailing a cat 18 in the everglades but cannot picture Sam out there in a Cat or Tri when his default boat is a Bayfield 29.
I use my phone and a loud mechanical twist timer alarm permanently mounted right next to my pillow. I have also had to "kedge" off though. KEEP ON ROCKING!
Another great SHS update. Thanks for sharing!
I live around Marathon and am impressed you found a sandy spot to touch bottom lol Love the episode!
I’m literally sailing the same route you’ve been taking, but I’m in a Bayfield 25. Crossing the Gulf Stream from Elliot key in the next few days. Cheers!
Right on. Im in fmb now. Dont come here though the red tide is horrible. ☠️ 🐟
Love your chilled approach to sailing. I hope one day to get out on the water in my own 28 foot boat. Keep doing what you do.
Apparently you used to be able to rent those stilt houses, but then they were consumed by a national park and now they're going unmaintained. That seems to happen a lot, national parks are formed in the name of "conservation", but homes are torn down and families forced out. Some of those stilthouses had families in them. Why does a park extend so far offshore anyway, super odd
Gumnt. They gum up everything they touch
Your idea of using two alarm clocks is a good one I'll tell you what I used to do my watch my cellphone wear on my wrist and next to my bed those were two alarms then I had two alarm clocks that I set at distances such that I couldn't reach them from the bed I had to physically stand-up which would make sure I was awake and make sure those two are loud
Really enjoy watching your videos. You're living my dream life basically. I'm planning on cycling to the coast to find work so I can afford to buy a sailboat, hopefully on the cheap. I'm completely broke currently and homeless, unemployed, etc. But I'm tired of working junk low paying jobs and paying too much for rent in dumpy apartments with shitty neighbors. I'm handy with tools and basic mechanics but poorly educated really my interest is getting into computers for 3D printing, cnc lathing, designing, machining but have zero experience with computers other than clicking the 🐁. I'm determined though and got snowed in Missoula for now. I should be able to fix most of anything on a sailboat while living on it and either working some job or going to school. I was always one paycheck away from being homeless most of my adult life and then it finally happened in 2015 and I've been homeless since then. I've really had a shit life and would rather die in a sailboat than in a two man tent living on a sidewalk. Funny question Sam, have you ever been a driller in the North Dakota Basin? Thanks for sharing your videos with others who want to live the dream.
I'm doing the same thing!
I feel ya.
live your dream.
The boat with the guys photographing the fish they caught looks like one if those frozen in time matrix glitches. 🧐
I love the Wharrams
The sailor's lament! But the luck of the Irish is with you. Good thing you stopped in Scotland for whiskey ;)
Perhaps if you had used the old fashioned kitchen timers with a long ring (I set two in order to be extra safe), you'd stay beachs. They have no "pause" settings. They just ring!
Thats an amazing image, a peddle bike standing upright in the middle of the sea 😂😂😂
Running into the Pennekamp reef could also get a huge fine. I came close to that when heading for a red marker I thought was on the Hawk channel but was actually cutting through the reef.
Sam have you ever heard of IMOCA racing. They race around the world in a sail boat. These are super sail boats. Ben
Way cool. Ramrod. our family built a house down there. in the 70s. its still there. we lived in miami. would go down there on the weekends. couple of streets behind the motel.
"if i hadn't ran aground i'd be there two hours ago.. oh dolphins!!" sums up pretty much what sailing is like
It seems like those houses out on the water would be uninsurable?
They are, but a lot of the Stiltsville homes are owned by groups of people, who share the risk. It they get totally destroyed in a hurricane, I don't think they are allowed to rebuild. You don't want to swim off them - the current will whisk you away! Primarily used for wild parties (at least back in the day) - they have been there for 75-80 years.
Lol you can I sure anything if you pay for it
I KNEW Giving you that Xanax with your Whisky was a terrible idea. It's all my fault Sam ,,, how much do I owe you ??
😂😅😂
Another Xanax and another whisky should cover it lol
@@83RBurke whiskey
@@tonybarnes3858 whisky
@@ontheruntonowhere So it's Scottish, Canadian or Japanese. Stupid that there are two spellings for a perfectly good word. Or are there too many bad English spellers in Scotland, Canada and Japan?
@@tonybarnes3858 Maybe there too many critics on UA-cam.
Love your content.
Thanks
OMG. cool as ice, Sam solo sailer in the Alantic ocean litterally crashes boat into sand dunes in the keys of FLA. and is about as calm a humanly possible . This Guy!
Those Floridian bridges give me Miami Vice vibes.
No lady friend this time? Need someone to watch for crab traps !! Love your vids. Nice free boat, I need one.!!!
why don’t you jibe the headsail first? that way it slides across on the backwinded staysail. it’s much easier that way.
Hey Sam take those opportunities of beaching yourself to take a real nap fix it in the morning or set an alarm for your high tide, Done it many times you’re already beached what’s the worst that’s going to happen
Why don't you get some poles for the head sail.
Mr Holmes, I traded a motorcycle for a norman cross trimaran and sold my old irwin. I am looking to sail to florida from Galveston sometime late summer or fall if ots a trip you would be interested in let me know. I would love to have you along for the ride. 🤘😎
You lucked out. A mile or so earlier and you would have met the Long Key bridge or hard bottom off Duck key or Toms Harbor. I'm surprised Rainbow Bend , if not closed still, didn't just tow you off. Lord knows how many times their free guest boats were towed in by samaritans, including me.
Stay safe..
The tiller pilot would make me jump overboard. Are they all that loud?
i with you 2 alarms!!!
Hell of a sunset!
If Monty Python had a sailing channel,..."it's just a flesh wound" Staring Sam.
Also like your videos been watching a long time
Maybe a useful tip for solo Sailors on Passage ? I have hearing difficulties, so wanted something cheap that would definitely wake me up with an Anchor watch app while fast asleep at Anchor. Found a cheap android mobile phone with a really loud audio and speaker made by LG, and sadly no longer available. It proved to be awesome for night watches when solo in the Cockpit as an alarm call. If in clear water, no other boats around, I'd set it for 15 minutes, wake up check around still nothing, reset for 15 minutes. Any traffic around, drop it to 10 minutes or stay awake until a 10 minute nap would be safe, and so on. worked like a charm. I haven't found one since that is that loud. The Anchor watch saved my boat after it got hit by a really powerful Tornado that hit so hard from the Starboard side, the VHF aerial on top of the Mast went under water on the Port side with such force, it drove the Anchor out withbthe sideways pressure, and man did that alarm get me moving. Engine in, into reverse, and flew that Anchor through the line of boats behind me into clear water and reanchoring. Note to Sam, I couldn't have flown that Anchor through the gap between the boats if I had been on a multihull boat. one of the reasons I will never buy one. another reason is the cost if you have to go into a Marina , plus I can't hit on with the disorientating Corkscrew Hull motion in not uncommon sea conditions. A Trimaran is better in that regard than a Catamaran, but Marina costs etc suck just as badly, and while I like the idea of Wharram Cats, having built a Dory with Best Quality hardwood Marine Ply, I wouldn't waste money on a ything that isn't built out of GRP, because anywhere in the World you can get GRP Repairs done relatively easily and cheaply if needed. Best Wishes and Fair Winds. Bob. 👍⛵️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️
Boat still MIA?
Well Sam I just passed a racing style catamaran in the st.lucie canal you probably could grab for free. Trampoline center with dual windowed hull cabins. If you're interested it's sitting on the st.lucie canal on the north side of the channel past the marinas and west bridge from the old Roosevelt bridge. Looks like it's still floating but need work.Message me if you want the coordinates.
Sam, why didn't your autopilot keep you from the shore? Could you also set an alarm on the chartplotter if you are off course or in charted low water?
Also, if the water is "that" shallow, why not just drop the hook for a power nap?
(or take it to shallower waters for a quick detour/rest stop...I know that wouldn't work in the deep blue, but in this case your issues were mostly due to shallows, right?)
Getting the sea air can knock people out so set two alarms is a good idea, and you are human, at least you woke up for the dolphins!
"The sun is gone! The darkness! The darkness is real!" Is that a movie quote or something?
How long does a bicycle chain last on the front of a sailboat?
One month and still working so far
Why didn't you use your main sail? Looking at a b29
Because ive been planning my trips to be downwinders. The boat sails easier with the jibs then
Isn’t the Jib / Genoa combo redundant?
What was that fish they guy held, at the end? A huge mahi mahi? Hard for me to tell.
It looked like it might have been
Wharram yes!
Hello Simon, I’ve recently purchased an Evolution 26 and was wondering if you could help me out on some of the ins and outs of the boat, I’ve got 2 main questions really both keel related, firstly how do I know that at which point is the keel fully up and secondly is the supposed to be some water in the keel box?(the level of water is steady doesn’t seem to go up or down? Many thank
Hi Sam, love the videos. How do you keep the battery charged all day whilst running the autopilot and no engine? All on solar?
Hi Sam. Thanks for sharing your videos. Appreciate you and the Old Sea Dog the most. You mentioned Trimarans and I was curious on your thoughts on a Hammerhead 34 for sailing blue water. I am from the center of the continent, little experience on a sailboat but loved it, and am curious how crazy my consideration of a hammerhead 34 for crossing oceans is. Thanks again.
I own a 36 Norman cross trimaran in Texas. It sails great and does better than our old cat in harsher weather. I just imagine if people are rowing and sailing micro boats across oceans than anything can do it. It's just a matter of vigilance, timing, planning and experience.
why no poles for the jib or genoa? That would help stabilize the tacks eh?
That would. I have them on my main boat
Looking good. We may cross paths! I am currently sailing my Hobie TI out of Plantation Key..... out snorkeling off shore at Hens and Chicks reef. Looking to do Alligator Reef in the next few days..... Will be keeping an eye on the EC challengers finish line in Key Largo over the next day or so. Keep the sailing videos coming!
Sounds great!
This is what I would do first day lol
I´ve noticed You hardly ever use any life lines? Sailing solo it only takes one humble and off You go... But I have enjoyed Your sailings! You show us that it doesn't have to be a 40+ feet luxury yacht to do that! Thank You!
You didn't even leave a note after hitting that buoy? Thats a hit and run! Hopefully the dolphin wasn't a witness!
Where can I download navionics?
Neutral Milk Hotel witnessed!
I don't think I've ever seen you that animated Sam on a video. And good work giving yourself a break for oversleeping
StiltsVille was prohibition
as much as gambling iirc
"Broken thumb, infected ingrown fingernail, no sleep," Sam is a bad ass! lol.......⛵⛵⛵
My wigga been tweaking like frfr
You need a watch alarm. 2 miles of Hazzard 5 min alarm open water 15 min. The watch alarm should be 2 step it should beep and if not turned off signal a horn.
I was on a 163ft crab boat going on the inside pass to sitka AK. The deck boss wanted first watch so I racked out we just got done tearing all the gear apart and stowing it for passage. Watch alarm is off and the deck boss runs aground 6 hours later. Floods 3 compartments and we're saved by our trash pumps. Seen another boat do the same last Summer and it was a total loss USCG blew it up in unimack pass to get it off the rocks.
Time stamp the part where he crashed?
He was just stuck in the sand for a while, not a real crash
Sam, will you ever sail the Pacific?
Sam said a ranger 23 from CA to HI a couple years ago. It's one of his best videos.
👍👍
Sleeping on solo sailing is taking chances.
It is interesting how rules allow that.🙂
rules don't allow it, rules require you to keep a watch....
@@cbrucewarren but it is impossible since you need to sleep. 🤷♂️
@@gigabit7079 that is the dilemma of solo sailing; once you are in open ocean and away from coastal traffic/fishing, AIS will provide some peace of mind. I just completed a solo return trip from Canada to Hawaii, and managed with 1-1.5 hr 'sleeps'. AIS would show that boats were up to 70 miles away [ or no boats], so that would mean I could 'safely' [ always the danger of a ship with AIS not on] sleep for 1.5hrs
@@cbrucewarren That is a pretty nice way to deal with this situation. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Always set watches. Always. Need at least two crew.
I have been wondering ... Do you eat pickled herring? I like it in the clear brine, I do NOT like the creamy looking crap.
Yes i like it on occasions
My favorite part which epitomizes Sam- "Im really dissapointed in myself- could have been there 2 hours ago.. Hey looks its a dolphin!"
Heck yeah. Dolphins are cool
Awesome learning moment! Thanks for sharing the good, the bad and the ugly with us!
God’s Rainbow 🌈 His promise to never destroy the earth again, with another worldwide flood.
Amen
Always so good natured and outgoing in frustrating times. Most resilient and adventurous dude! Been following you since the Hawaii voyage and 70k subscribers:) Sam's the man!
Glad everything worked out alright, Sam, and that you and boat were safe after running aground. Hope you were able to catch up on some sleep and that your thumb is healing and the ingrown nail, too. Thanks for sharing the footage of your sail on the Pearson Ensign -- I'm actually looking at buying a 1981 Pearson Ensign. I love Carl Alberg designed sailboats, but finding one that's not a project boat is proving to be somewhat tough. Fair winds!
Safer to Stop and Sleep than Sleep and Stop Suddenly!!🇨🇦😄
i love how sam smiles and in a monotone fashion explains how he is frustrated with himself, when i get frustrated with myself it, um, yeah....it is not like that.... like at all... haha, really appreciate you showing this and the other recent video of some of these mistakes/mishaps etc. you always make it all look so easy, and I suppose it is with experience, but running aground while sleeping and literally losing your boat and then finding it seem like two pretty big ordeals... though i'm sure running aground happens quite a bit to folks... also very cool dock spot at the end, and sometimes you just need to get some rest, glad you showed that you took a nap after that other part where you got frustrated before the nap trying to get into the channel, that time you could actually see a faint hint of what us simple folk call frustration, but barely haha. tides and currents are two things, as a total beginner, seem super challenging to me, but I suppose it all becomes doable with experience, you make it look pretty easy. i guess one of many rules is that you can only access certain places with certain boats at certain tides and times of day and that changes, and currents are sometimes constant and sometimes those change too, so you have to factor all of that in a lot more when you dont have a power boat/limited motoring abilities.
Sounds like you have issues
@@PepeDeezNutz yup, have a good one , wishing you all the best
Hey Sam, thanks for another fun show! Your shows are always a blast to watch, and always contain at least some portion on sharing your sailing skills. Can't wait for the next one. Stay safe out there!!
Bro...
First you lose your boat, now you crash it into a beach?
Need to wake up man. One of these days your luck is gonna run out.
You must have some serious grease and oil on that bike so it doesn’t rust. Love your adventures.
I was thinking the same.
These vids are just so much better than the other sailing channels; i love it!
your mother loves your sibling more than she loves you
@@pred7949 lol!
Sam I wish I was there with ya brother. Its always a plus to have a buddy to boat with to take the helm for a bit while ya get some rest. We all need sleep every now and again.
P.S. Since you mentioned the Wharram, have you checked out Kiana Weltzien and her 41 ft Wharram, Mara Noka's, story? She's got a great video of her sailing the boat across the Atlantic. I think she's actually done four Atlantic crossings in the boat. She's pretty rad!
If you want a heck of a laugh regarding a Wharram, tune into Wildlings Sailing. Poor Marky bought a 42' in Holland and its bare boned and has been floating in a bay for 7/8 years and not ever moved. Just a pair of hulls and cross beams.
but he only paid $2000.
@@SailProMarina Yeah, funny timing as I was just watching another Wharram YT channel, 'She Sails Solo,' (she got her 41' Wharram for a $1) and she mentions that person and the boat. I'll check it out, for sure -- thanks for letting me know.
Yoi need a furler. Furl it inn, tak, furl it out. No damage for the sail.
Ibwpuld love a review C.Dory 28 vs Bay field 29.
Great video as allways.
Saludos!!!!
Canadian citizen buying a 40 monohull in Florida. Do I need any licenses to sail the boat that I have purchased?
I like old school cooking timers…. Mechanical not electronic. Twist the ratchet timer knob deal
Sam
I'm 65 and at times I wish I had done half of what you have done at you age.
For your mother's sake please slow down and enjoy your ride. I get the feeling your burning the candle at both ends. Thank you for your open communications
I always use a mechanic (clock like) egg timer at night at sea. Depending on the proximity of any potential hazards, i set it for anywhere between 10 and 30 minutes. In between, I get some sleep.
Sam you are the man. Sorry about the haters
Lol wit haters?
Take it easy with those slippers! I sprained my ankle a few years ago with a similar pair on a similar sailing boat. Had me limping for a few weeks.
Sam before I retired I worked as an airline pilot with widely varying work schedules. Of course over sleeping at your hotel was absolutely unacceptable so I always had at least two alarms and also set up a wake up call from the hotel front desk. One thing about oversleeping is that it seems that little extra sleep you get is always so restful.
I am literally unable to do 9-5 or 6 job because I sleep too much. Not kidding
I'm semi-retired but I used to do a lot of domestic business travel. Before I trusted my smartphone I relied completely on the hotel wake-up call (I was never confident in setting the clock-radio alarm, which was different in each hotel). The wake up call was automated and one time I set it for 7:00 AM and didn't receive the call until like 7:16 which, on a tight schedule, made a big difference. After that, I started setting the call for 6:59, or just one minute before the time I wanted to wake up. After that, I must have been the first call of the morning because, I never had a late wake up call again.
@@miltonkarl664 If you're not kidding, that sounds like a deeper lying issue.
First thing that comes to mind, thyroid underfunction.
Get your blood levels checked.
@Milton Karl sleep apnea maybe causing this
Flower2289 come on, you know you go back to sleep once you’re airborne. 🤣🤣🤣 JK
Good story, hitting something while asleep...no thank you!
Só perde ou encalha um barco quem tem um🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Seems like one of those mistakes you are lucky to have learned from because it could have been your last!