Finally this year i was able to get full wraparound Oakly sunglasses, IN A PRESCRIPTION digital progressive lens. They are amazing i am so happy as i spend a lot of time on the water and have had to put up with not being able to see close up to have sun protection. 3 years ago i was able to get a partial wrap in a Rayban and it helped with keeping the sun out of the sides mostly, but my new ones fully protect from the sides and are amazing, i had anti reflective coating put on the inside lens and fully recomend that. I hope that this will help those of you that have need for prescription sunglasses, technology is now on our side. CHEERS
We have hiked plenty of islands and have been to hundreds of waterfalls. The motivation here was that another cruiser had set Paul up with a photo album like you'd see in a real tour office. He was really trying hard to have a little income in a place where there is no hope of work. We initially saw the whole thing as a donation but came away with a very fun day and learning experience. We hope to get back and see him again.
Patrick, you are full of all kinds of great tips! Did not know about the eye damage or that those inexpensive protective glasses were UV protective. Very good to know! Loved Paul’s adventure. Peace & fair winds
Thank you Kia. There was some additional eye information which I had to cut from the vid as it made it tripped up the pace a bit. One of the sailing magazines asked me a while back to do an article on something similar to this. They may not want it now that much is published in this video...but if they still want it I will put in all the details and let you know when it is published. Have a great day.
I really enjoy this channel as oppose to other sailing channels. The high content of knowledge is truly appreciated. I wish you nothing but luck with this channel. Can't wait for more sailing tips. Stay safe on those high seas!
I really like this episode. I will start wearing glasses more. Also seeing some the construction details on that dhow was great. First time I have seen edge fastening of planks that way. Also love to see out of the way places. Excellent.
You sir are the real deal. Winter is coming here so our season is unfortunately over. Safe sailing to you and yours, and keep that great info coming. Thanks to Paul for the really cool look at his place and his boat. That looked like a good time!
Super cool pro tips on eye care and shock absorbers. Totally enjoyed the adventure at the end with Paul and his wife on the Madagascar pirogues (sp?). Madagascar is an amazing place and watched some super cool content in this area from other sailing content makers. The people in Madagascar are pretty amazing. Thanks for including this in your video. Fair Winds Patrick and Rebecca.
Hah...glad you liked it. You should see the time line in the stats...as soon as that part came up...90% Of he people clicked off...sort of why we don’t do so much in the destination department now ;) Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed! -Rebecca
I sit here watching your video -alone - in my 3500+ sq ft riverfront house, with its indoor pool & hot tub WHICH I HATE with a passion I cannot give adequate voice! I would trade with Paul RIGHT NOW - WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT! Alas, Paul is undoubtedly far too wise to ever make such an idiotic trade, or forfeit his wealth for such valueless things. I envy him.
Lifestyle stuff at the end of the video is a fantastic format. I can watch as much or as little of it as I like with all the important content up front. One of the things I really love about your channel as compared to some of the other sailors on youtube. And this format seems to be working for you.
And thank you, Patrick, for a fantastic video in which you share that day. If my wife and I could subscribe 10 times, and give each video 10 thumbs up, we would. Long may you run.
I have that same exact pocketknife/marlinspike that I see you using at 6:35 or so, & I ground mine down as it seems you did as well! A handy 550-cord lanyard & I've managed to avoid losing it for ~30 years, even when held captive ashore for far too long! Heck - It's outlasted 2 wives!
Thanks Patrick, you've given me an idea! I've got one of those big ass snubbers that is basically nothing more than a big hunk of rubber now. I've been reluctant to throw it out because I just figured there must be some use for it, after all, I paid $80 for it. The problem with it is that the walls between the holes in the ends have let go. What I will do is cut off the ends and thread a SS hook into each end and secure both with clamps. It should then be adequate as a boom snubber. Cheers!
It brought back memories of my first'big; boat a 54 steel round bilge Vandestatt cutter , no money so had cotton Yankee, canvas stay sail & main , no winches , all block & tackle , not so bad on dry days but when the main got wet , hells bells heavy as hell.lotsa fun
You really learn how to sail with those old boats. Sometimes, I think it is far too easy for someone to just buy a big mega catamaran, turn the key and head out to sea.
I agree 110% with the safety glasses. Only because one of my expensive pair was misplaced and I wore my work glasses I found out this secret. Also, they come in Polarized version too. And.......for people over 50 like myself I buy them with cheater lenses (2.0+) so I can read maps and charts without taking them off. My wife sewn a cloth protector sleeve to store them in while not using them to protect them from scratches. Works fantastic. Patrick, your videos are the best information on the planet.
Pate, I didn't know the safety glasses come polarized. I will have to look for them. I do have some cheapy polarized glasses from the pharmacy. In Malaysia, Rebecca and I both had our eyes operated on for cataracts. Since such an operation calls for the installation of new lenses, we both now have 20/20 vision . Our boxes of prescription glasses went to a second hand store. It cost $1,800 per eye, about 1/3 the cost in the U.S.. Some of the benefits of sailing the world. Thanks for the nice compliment.
Another great episode. Good tips and I enjoy seeing the lifestyle footage of folks like Paul. Doing at least 1 ocean passage is still on my bucket list. You have revived my desire to sign on for a leg somewhere, somehow!
There is always Offshore Passage Opportunities which does a trip from Newport, Rhode Island in late Oct or early Nov to St. Maarten with a stop in Bermuda. Sail on a very seaworthy Swan sailboat with a very experienced captain.
Thank you such for all the great tips and that wonderful experience with Paul. I hope to buy and sail a small 23 ft with my young family soon. I'm soaking in all your sage advice. Thank You!!!
I have British army surplus sunglasses, they're excellent, cheap and last for years, I'm told the USA army surplus sunglasses are even better. Big thumbs up!
Rebecca and I worked at the U.S. Army missile tracking base at Kwajalein, Atoll, in the Pacific for a year. They hand out the plastic safety glasses in many of the shops. I once asked a safety man where they get the glasses and said Grainger, in the U.S.. Grainer is a general, mechanical parts, supply warehouse.
Great video Patrick, thanks for sharing. I grew up in Hialeah back in the 60's and hate to think of the days and hours I spent in the sun without any sun protection. Back then the thought process was; Burn once and no more worries about the sun. Oh well, young and dumb. I did want to mention that they do make wrap-around prescription sunglasses. Check with your optometrist and he should be able to get you a pair. Let me know if you can't find any and I'll ask my eye doc where he got mine. Just wondering, did you ever visit the Gator Hook on the Loop Road? I was more of a Swamp Rat than a Beach Bum back then. Good times.
Fred, So sorry to take so long to get back to you. Rebecca found this post and steered me to it. Growing up in S.W. Miami, south of Tamiami Trail and west of the Palmetto, My friends and I could easily pass for a Latino for the dark tans we had. All the summer, out of school, we were on the water somewhere, whether in the Glades well west of Sweet Water or out in Biscayne Bay and the near by reefs. Amazing none of my friends, so far, have skin cancer. Sorry I don't know the Gator Hook. Miami was fun back then, mid and late 1960s, but I don't think I would want to live there now. Rebecca and I both had our eyes operated on in Malaysia for cataracts so now we have 20/20 vision so can get by with the cheap, safety, sunglasses. Thanks for leaving your comment.
Hi Patrick I just wanted to drop you a quick note to let you know that your videos are absolutely great videos with real information that is practical and knowledgeable!! Wish more folks would know about your channel! Please keep making videos!! How to anchor and keep night watch or how to know if your anchor is set so you can go to shore with very little worries! 😃 Anyway, thank you very much!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🍻
Wish you well in whatever you're getting out of these videos. Great info. Just discovered your channel. I'm sure I'll be coming back for the rest. p.s. So impressed you made it around the world in a 27'. I have an Ericson 27.
It is amazing how many small boats have sailed very long distances. Sure don't need one of those monster catamarans that are becoming so ubiquitous. I will always have an affection for people crossing oceans on small boats. The Adventures of Tarka is a fun You Tube channel. He is just starting out on a 27 footer but is no longer solo...the good old days.
@@RVLifeNOW Yeah, I've started following him, it's a fav. I think 27, or a really really sturdy 24, is getting close to the limit that I would consider safe enuf to circumnavigate. You had a Catalina 27 right? I think I heard that their hull thickness above the water line is a little marginal for blue water.
I'm surprised the locals on hearing the boat had been abandoned had not figured a way to get that boat into the water in the wet season. It would make a great fishing boat I'd think for folks short on resources.
That is a good question I found no answer for. But, if the boat needed fiberglass repairs or the like, these people are far too poor to buy the materials.
If you only need reading correction, bifocal hardware store safety sunglasses are about $15 at my local Ace hardware. Very dark for bright sunlight, protection if you miss-hit a roofing nail, and you don't have to dive in the water if they are dropped overboard. Only down side is you pretty much have take them off when below decks.
Walter, that video was taken a little over 2 weeks ago just as we were preparing to leave Madagascar for Mayotte, in the Mozambique Channel, then on to Tanzania, on the east coast of Africa, where we are now. All the "how to" video was shot months ago.
Thanks Peter for mentioning the music levels, I really struggle with that. I have 50% hearing in one ear only. Rebecca has laser hearing so can discriminate speech through anything so we are not a good couple for setting music levels. Would you mind doing me a favor and preview the next video which I just uploaded. I can add your email address so you have access to it prior to publishing on Friday. If you put your email address in a reply to this reply, it will go into a "hold for review" file so it won"t be exposed to the public.
Patrick Childress Sailing hi Patrick, Really enjoyed your new video. The sound levels were great! Thank you. Just to let you know i'm not a video expert, but I am a theatre technician and I'm used to dealing with sound levels. I want to start a video blog about sailing myself One day, maybe you can help me :-) Pete.
What type 27 when you were young. Planning my trip on a 27 Jeanneua fantasia. When time permits, your thoughts on sailing a 27 around the world. Would you do it again? Thanks.
Brian, Looks like you found the answer, Catalina. But no, 27 is okay for one person but put two on board and it is too small. A 30 footer has far more interior cubic area and is far more comfortable than a 27. The smallest boat to sail around the world is 12 feet so anything can do it if one stays in the proper latitude at the proper time of year.
i use wrap around over glasses with polarized lenses.... this type of sunglass fits right over prescription glasses... perhaps someone has already written about it
I want to buy a sailboat that will be capable of crossing from miami to colombia, do you think a 32ft for single handling will be a good choice? I'm thinking a Pearson 323 or Sabre 36 (rare) or similiar. Thank you!
Jose, Sorry for taking so long for replying. Rebecca just told me I missed a couple comments. I did that run in a 27 foot boat and a 32 footer would seem like a mega yacht. No problem single handing a 32. Like with any boat, it just takes a little practice. I have single handed a 48 footer. Anything bigger and the main sail is too heavy to deal with. Thanks for your comment.
@@RVLifeNOW Thanks to you for taking the time to answer, your videos are great and I'm learning a lot from them so thanks a lot for that. I'll consider a 32 once I get enough experience to do the trip
Thanks, that is good news. You must have been watching the earlier videos where I followed the dictates of University You Tube and reiterated the mandatory, "Subscribe", words. In the newest 3 videos, I forgot to say those words!
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I would love to hear what you look for in buying a good blue water boat. Maybe even go through some actual examples of some online boats for sale. Opinion of yay/nay for each
Any fisherman in any of these poor countries would see a cruisers old sail as a treasure. In Mauritius, a friend had a new jib shipped in. Rather than throwing the old one in the dumpster, I used it to make the how to glue a patch on a sail video. We hauled that sail to Madagascar where we traded it for 3 lobster and some bananas. Just the Sunbrella U.V. cover was treasure enough but they got a lot of good sail cloth along with it.
Good to know. I might keep some of those old sails for locals. I'm also thinking about using them to cover my deck plastic diesel and gas tanks like you have done. Also I just added your channel as a featured channel on my UA-cam site. Like your stuff a lot.
Patrick Childress Sailing My parents owned a very tired Lightning we kept in Coconut Grove. My first sailing experience, should have chased waves instead of young ladies. Have you done a video on how you got into sailing? How about what to want in a cruising boat?
@@daverhodes7235 Thanks Dave. For us amateurs, sound is a real challenge. Being in Africa proper unidirectional microphones and other needed equipment is far too costly to import. I wish I could say I use autotune. Any oddities in audio is the result of the in-camera mics or the result of editing. With my bad hearing, that introduces an even greater challenge. In the next video I work on I will try to set up a visual audio display to try to keep the audio levels consistent across the time line. Equally important is to find a way to keep a consistent background music volume in proportion to the main audio. Working through these challenges is part of the fun of making these videos. I always appreciate feedback relating to any part of these videos.
Finally this year i was able to get full wraparound Oakly sunglasses, IN A PRESCRIPTION digital progressive lens. They are amazing i am so happy as i spend a lot of time on the water and have had to put up with not being able to see close up to have sun protection. 3 years ago i was able to get a partial wrap in a Rayban and it helped with keeping the sun out of the sides mostly, but my new ones fully protect from the sides and are amazing, i had anti reflective coating put on the inside lens and fully recomend that. I hope that this will help those of you that have need for prescription sunglasses, technology is now on our side. CHEERS
Thanks for all the great tips.
Great tips as usual. I loved the video with Paul and his family.
We have hiked plenty of islands and have been to hundreds of waterfalls. The motivation here was that another cruiser had set Paul up with a photo album like you'd see in a real tour office. He was really trying hard to have a little income in a place where there is no hope of work. We initially saw the whole thing as a donation but came away with a very fun day and learning experience. We hope to get back and see him again.
Patrick, you are full of all kinds of great tips! Did not know about the eye damage or that those inexpensive protective glasses were UV protective. Very good to know! Loved Paul’s adventure. Peace & fair winds
Thank you Kia. There was some additional eye information which I had to cut from the vid as it made it tripped up the pace a bit. One of the sailing magazines asked me a while back to do an article on something similar to this. They may not want it now that much is published in this video...but if they still want it I will put in all the details and let you know when it is published. Have a great day.
I really enjoy this channel as oppose to other sailing channels. The high content of knowledge is truly appreciated. I wish you nothing but luck with this channel. Can't wait for more sailing tips. Stay safe on those high seas!
Thank you, Michael.
I consider myself to be an expert sailer yet i always learn something from your vids!
Thank you for the great compliment!
I really like this episode. I will start wearing glasses more. Also seeing some the construction details on that dhow was great. First time I have seen edge fastening of planks that way. Also love to see out of the way places. Excellent.
You sir are the real deal. Winter is coming here so our season is unfortunately over. Safe sailing to you and yours, and keep that great info coming. Thanks to Paul for the really cool look at his place and his boat. That looked like a good time!
Thank you, Mike.
Super cool pro tips on eye care and shock absorbers. Totally enjoyed the adventure at the end with Paul and his wife on the Madagascar pirogues (sp?). Madagascar is an amazing place and watched some super cool content in this area from other sailing content makers. The people in Madagascar are pretty amazing. Thanks for including this in your video. Fair Winds Patrick and Rebecca.
Hah...glad you liked it. You should see the time line in the stats...as soon as that part came up...90% Of he people clicked off...sort of why we don’t do so much in the destination department now ;) Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed! -Rebecca
@@RVLifeNOW Wow I did not know you had such detailed stats as feedback from you tube. Interesting.
Yes so many stats I hardly look anymore...-Rebecca
Thanks Patrick for another enjoyable video
I sit here watching your video -alone - in my 3500+ sq ft riverfront house, with its indoor pool & hot tub WHICH I HATE with a passion I cannot give adequate voice!
I would trade with Paul RIGHT NOW - WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT!
Alas, Paul is undoubtedly far too wise to ever make such an idiotic trade, or forfeit his wealth for such valueless things.
I envy him.
There are good cruising boats for sale, cheap, in Langkawi, Malaysia. Hop on down and start a great adventure!
Lifestyle stuff at the end of the video is a fantastic format. I can watch as much or as little of it as I like with all the important content up front. One of the things I really love about your channel as compared to some of the other sailors on youtube. And this format seems to be working for you.
And thank you, Patrick, for a fantastic video in which you share that day. If my wife and I could subscribe 10 times, and give each video 10 thumbs up, we would. Long may you run.
What great encouragement. Thank you!
I liked the leach line fix too
Edward Finn Thanks Edward!
I have that same exact pocketknife/marlinspike that I see you using at 6:35 or so, & I ground mine down as it seems you did as well!
A handy 550-cord lanyard & I've managed to avoid losing it for ~30 years, even when held captive ashore for far too long! Heck - It's outlasted 2 wives!
prevention, security, economy ... everything is there! Thank you very much for all these valuable tips!
Thanks Patrick, you've given me an idea! I've got one of those big ass snubbers that is basically nothing more than a big hunk of rubber now. I've been reluctant to throw it out because I just figured there must be some use for it, after all, I paid $80 for it. The problem with it is that the walls between the holes in the ends have let go.
What I will do is cut off the ends and thread a SS hook into each end and secure both with clamps. It should then be adequate as a boom snubber.
Cheers!
Nice idea. I have seen some of those ripped up snubbers in dumpsters....next time I will claim it and do as you suggest.
Excellent vid Patrick.
Yes he did some good obes, didnt he...
I loved this video! Thanks for the ride!
Thanks for sailing with us!
Good tip on the safety protection rating
Thanks for watching
It brought back memories of my first'big; boat a 54 steel round bilge Vandestatt cutter , no money so had cotton Yankee, canvas stay sail & main , no winches , all block & tackle , not so bad on dry days but when the main got wet , hells bells heavy as hell.lotsa fun
You really learn how to sail with those old boats. Sometimes, I think it is far too easy for someone to just buy a big mega catamaran, turn the key and head out to sea.
Hello Bill I have a friend who had a Dutch 36' that was riveted hull...It was heavy too but Incredible. Thank you.
I agree 110% with the safety glasses. Only because one of my expensive pair was misplaced and I wore my work glasses I found out this secret. Also, they come in Polarized version too. And.......for people over 50 like myself I buy them with cheater lenses (2.0+) so I can read maps and charts without taking them off. My wife sewn a cloth protector sleeve to store them in while not using them to protect them from scratches. Works fantastic. Patrick, your videos are the best information on the planet.
Pate, I didn't know the safety glasses come polarized. I will have to look for them. I do have some cheapy polarized glasses from the pharmacy. In Malaysia, Rebecca and I both had our eyes operated on for cataracts. Since such an operation calls for the installation of new lenses, we both now have 20/20 vision . Our boxes of prescription glasses went to a second hand store. It cost $1,800 per eye, about 1/3 the cost in the U.S.. Some of the benefits of sailing the world. Thanks for the nice compliment.
If you like this video, please SHARE to your sailing friends! It’s a HUGE compliment when you do! Rebecca
Yep
Enjoyable thanks Pat.
Thanks
Another great episode. Good tips and I enjoy seeing the lifestyle footage of folks like Paul. Doing at least 1 ocean passage is still on my bucket list. You have revived my desire to sign on for a leg somewhere, somehow!
There is always Offshore Passage Opportunities which does a trip from Newport, Rhode Island in late Oct or early Nov to St. Maarten with a stop in Bermuda. Sail on a very seaworthy Swan sailboat with a very experienced captain.
Thank you such for all the great tips and that wonderful experience with Paul. I hope to buy and sail a small 23 ft with my young family soon. I'm soaking in all your sage advice. Thank You!!!
A 23ft is the perfect size to start out in rather than some big monster clunker. Thanks for joining us, Joe.
I have British army surplus sunglasses, they're excellent, cheap and last for years, I'm told the USA army surplus sunglasses are even better.
Big thumbs up!
Rebecca and I worked at the U.S. Army missile tracking base at Kwajalein, Atoll, in the Pacific for a year. They hand out the plastic safety glasses in many of the shops. I once asked a safety man where they get the glasses and said Grainger, in the U.S.. Grainer is a general, mechanical parts, supply warehouse.
Great video Patrick, thanks for sharing. I grew up in Hialeah back in the 60's and hate to think of the days and hours I spent in the sun without any sun protection. Back then the thought process was; Burn once and no more worries about the sun. Oh well, young and dumb. I did want to mention that they do make wrap-around prescription sunglasses. Check with your optometrist and he should be able to get you a pair. Let me know if you can't find any and I'll ask my eye doc where he got mine. Just wondering, did you ever visit the Gator Hook on the Loop Road? I was more of a Swamp Rat than a Beach Bum back then. Good times.
Fred, So sorry to take so long to get back to you. Rebecca found this post and steered me to it. Growing up in S.W. Miami, south of Tamiami Trail and west of the Palmetto, My friends and I could easily pass for a Latino for the dark tans we had. All the summer, out of school, we were on the water somewhere, whether in the Glades well west of Sweet Water or out in Biscayne Bay and the near by reefs. Amazing none of my friends, so far, have skin cancer. Sorry I don't know the Gator Hook. Miami was fun back then, mid and late 1960s, but I don't think I would want to live there now. Rebecca and I both had our eyes operated on in Malaysia for cataracts so now we have 20/20 vision so can get by with the cheap, safety, sunglasses. Thanks for leaving your comment.
Two thumbs up!!
Thanks so much!
Great advise.....great content. Thanks patrick
Thanks for tuning in, John.
I love that African music you were playing
Great tip on eyes sunglasses Muchas gracias Patrick bests
Happy it was a help. One of the less considered sailing tips!
another great video - thanks
Thanks for your comments!
Very nice video and experience Patrick!
Thank you and thanks for watching.
Hi Patrick
I just wanted to drop you a quick note to let you know that your videos are absolutely great videos with real information that is practical and knowledgeable!!
Wish more folks would know about your channel! Please keep making videos!! How to anchor and keep night watch or how to know if your anchor is set so you can go to shore with very little worries! 😃
Anyway, thank you very much!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🍻
Hi SV Gitana...I wish more knew too ;) Please feel free to hit the SHARE button..it’s the highest compliment you can pay ;) - Rebecca
Thank you for the great compliment. We really make no money on this so the effort is intrinsic and motivated by comments such as yours.
Wish you well in whatever you're getting out of these videos. Great info. Just discovered your channel. I'm sure I'll be coming back for the rest. p.s. So impressed you made it around the world in a 27'. I have an Ericson 27.
This is Rebecca...Glad you have subscribed and/or are coming back for more!
It is amazing how many small boats have sailed very long distances. Sure don't need one of those monster catamarans that are becoming so ubiquitous. I will always have an affection for people crossing oceans on small boats. The Adventures of Tarka is a fun You Tube channel. He is just starting out on a 27 footer but is no longer solo...the good old days.
@@RVLifeNOW Yeah, I've started following him, it's a fav. I think 27, or a really really sturdy 24, is getting close to the limit that I would consider safe enuf to circumnavigate. You had a Catalina 27 right? I think I heard that their hull thickness above the water line is a little marginal for blue water.
i am a former Occupational Hygienist, i fully agree on the type of safety glasses! they are designed for the job
Thank you for the professional validation.
You can get wrap around that are prescription, but they are expensive. Maui Jims are top quality.
Thanks for that information.
Love the A & V.
Thanks again, Richard.
another vid great job, S/V Bright Eyes
Thanks for sharing!!!
Thanks for watching....and subscribing :)
Found it. A Catalina. Thanks again.
Yes
I'm surprised the locals on hearing the boat had been abandoned had not figured a way to get that boat into the water in the wet season. It would make a great fishing boat I'd think for folks short on resources.
That is a good question I found no answer for. But, if the boat needed fiberglass repairs or the like, these people are far too poor to buy the materials.
If you only need reading correction, bifocal hardware store safety sunglasses are about $15 at my local Ace hardware. Very dark for bright sunlight, protection if you miss-hit a roofing nail, and you don't have to dive in the water if they are dropped overboard. Only down side is you pretty much have take them off when below decks.
Great information. Thanks.
Thanks for the info
Thanks patrick
thank you for the videos. very informative. when did you film madagascar scenes?
Walter, that video was taken a little over 2 weeks ago just as we were preparing to leave Madagascar for Mayotte, in the Mozambique Channel, then on to Tanzania, on the east coast of Africa, where we are now. All the "how to" video was shot months ago.
Thank you.
Thanks for watching
Hi Patrick, great videos really enjoying them. Please turn the music down by 30%.
Thanks Peter for mentioning the music levels, I really struggle with that. I have 50% hearing in one ear only. Rebecca has laser hearing so can discriminate speech through anything so we are not a good couple for setting music levels. Would you mind doing me a favor and preview the next video which I just uploaded. I can add your email address so you have access to it prior to publishing on Friday. If you put your email address in a reply to this reply, it will go into a "hold for review" file so it won"t be exposed to the public.
Patrick Childress Sailing hi Patrick, The play in/play out music is ok, but any music during the video should be cut by 30-50% in my pinion.
Patrick Childress Sailing hi Patrick, Really enjoyed your new video. The sound levels were great! Thank you. Just to let you know i'm not a video expert, but I am a theatre technician and I'm used to dealing with sound levels. I want to start a video blog about sailing myself One day, maybe you can help me :-)
Pete.
What type 27 when you were young. Planning my trip on a 27 Jeanneua fantasia. When time permits, your thoughts on sailing a 27 around the world. Would you do it again? Thanks.
Brian, Looks like you found the answer, Catalina. But no, 27 is okay for one person but put two on board and it is too small. A 30 footer has far more interior cubic area and is far more comfortable than a 27. The smallest boat to sail around the world is 12 feet so anything can do it if one stays in the proper latitude at the proper time of year.
i use wrap around over glasses with polarized lenses.... this type of sunglass fits right over prescription glasses... perhaps someone has already written about it
Yes we have some of these types of sunglasses, but the clarity never seems as good.
I want to buy a sailboat that will be capable of crossing from miami to colombia, do you think a 32ft for single handling will be a good choice? I'm thinking a Pearson 323 or Sabre 36 (rare) or similiar. Thank you!
Jose, Sorry for taking so long for replying. Rebecca just told me I missed a couple comments. I did that run in a 27 foot boat and a 32 footer would seem like a mega yacht. No problem single handing a 32. Like with any boat, it just takes a little practice. I have single handed a 48 footer. Anything bigger and the main sail is too heavy to deal with. Thanks for your comment.
@@RVLifeNOW Thanks to you for taking the time to answer, your videos are great and I'm learning a lot from them so thanks a lot for that. I'll consider a 32 once I get enough experience to do the trip
Alright buddy. I keep watching your videos and you keep telling me to subscribe. So fine! Damn it! I'll subscribe :D
Thanks, that is good news. You must have been watching the earlier videos where I followed the dictates of University You Tube and reiterated the mandatory, "Subscribe", words. In the newest 3 videos, I forgot to say those words!
He surely was a man with a plan.
Yes he was :)
Do you have the name of the Catamaran as I swear he was in Australia 8 years ago
Cameron, I don't think the name was on the boat but I will go back and look at some pictures I took of it . If there is a name, I will post it here.
@@RVLifeNOW Thanks after looking closer it is a different cat ,Thanks for your reply
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I would love to hear what you look for in buying a good blue water boat. Maybe even go through some actual examples of some online boats for sale. Opinion of yay/nay for each
Joe Rovalino Thanks for idea...sorry we didn’t see it sooner! -Rebecca
Wonder if these guys might like cruisers old sails.
Any fisherman in any of these poor countries would see a cruisers old sail as a treasure. In Mauritius, a friend had a new jib shipped in. Rather than throwing the old one in the dumpster, I used it to make the how to glue a patch on a sail video. We hauled that sail to Madagascar where we traded it for 3 lobster and some bananas. Just the Sunbrella U.V. cover was treasure enough but they got a lot of good sail cloth along with it.
Good to know. I might keep some of those old sails for locals. I'm also thinking about using them to cover my deck plastic diesel and gas tanks like you have done. Also I just added your channel as a featured channel on my UA-cam site. Like your stuff a lot.
Did you attend Coral Gables High School?
Coral Park, the first year it opened, and on
to graduation.
Patrick Childress Sailing My parents owned a very tired Lightning we kept in Coconut Grove. My first sailing experience, should have chased waves instead of young ladies. Have you done a video on how you got into sailing? How about what to want in a cruising boat?
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Use the boat left there lol
What do you mean...regarding which sailing tip? -Rebecca
@@RVLifeNOW I think he is referring to using the French man's cat that washed up on the beach.
Beautiful video.
Autotune - just as annoying in a different language. 😇
What is autotune?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-Tune
@@daverhodes7235 Thanks Dave. For us amateurs, sound is a real challenge. Being in Africa proper unidirectional microphones and other needed equipment is far too costly to import. I wish I could say I use autotune. Any oddities in audio is the result of the in-camera mics or the result of editing. With my bad hearing, that introduces an even greater challenge. In the next video I work on I will try to set up a visual audio display to try to keep the audio levels consistent across the time line. Equally important is to find a way to keep a consistent background music volume in proportion to the main audio. Working through these challenges is part of the fun of making these videos. I always appreciate feedback relating to any part of these videos.
This is what happens when you mess about with boats! 😍🥰🤩
Yea so true ;)