Thank you! I wish it were longer too, but after hangin out with the camera for a couple hours late at night, you’re ready to call it quits after a few seconds of footage hahaha
5:48 - Have y'all ever done a tutorial video on your rope fenders? I know you've mentioned they're a great way to deal with dead rope at the end of its lifespan, but I haven't been able to find an explainer in your backlog for how you made nor maintain them. If you're looking for a good tutorial topic (if it isn't already done, and my search-fu is just weak...), your rope fenders would be an interesting topic to cover. :-)
Always enjoy your weekly adventures in your videos! Glad to know that you got it moving again and you all are on your way. Thank you both for another relaxing video, and enjoy your sailing adventure in Greece, safe travels!!
only up to 5:30 in the video so far (gotta go to salt mine) but the disadvantages of electric power on a yacht are pretty well demonstrated here. still, i'm 100% in favor of electric yachts; just means you have to have a little more flexibility, plan ahead a bit more, etc. much ❤ Wisdom!!
Surprise, surprise, surprise...! you guys have graduated into the YT cruisers Big League... Hopefully not losing you guys forever... Looking forward to a really good Greece & travels vid... BTW: really enjoyed the Marimba beat music. Herbie needs to do some Spanish language/culture for Gringo cruisers... LoL... Enjoy...!
So.... I am not sure if this would be useful with a boat your size but... When I have run aground previously, I used the main halyard and an anchor to make the boat heel and gain freedom from grounding.
I know of the technique but I’ve never tried it with Wisdom because the anchors are rather heavy to safely (without banging up the topsides) raise onto the deck once we are free.
I’ve been struggling a lot with the audio. We got this new mic and all the footage is so quiet and then it will randomly be super loud. I think my main issue is that im editing on an iPad and the speakers just aren’t sensitive enough to reveal the difference. Im working on overcoming this. Thanks for the feedback!
Opa! You're going to Greece! Cool video! I loved the epic backing into the dock footage because it really shows off how tight things can be. Like someone else here asked, I just have to know what the heck was that thing at 9:25? It looks like an airport control tower wanted to become a tugboat! Maddie has a great knack for capturing the spirit: boat + beer = ♥
Another grounding option is to attach the tender to the end of the boom with the boom out as far as it will go, flood the tender then use the topping lift that will heel you over and reduce your draft. I've had a couple of cruising boats do that and it worked well though it's a good idea to sling the tender to take the load off the tow points🏴☠️
I like that method! You can float around with the filled dinghy as you get into deeper water, then drain and restore the dinghy to keep going. My issue with a ledge anchor is now you have to quickly recover the anchor while trying to get moving. Thanks for the tip!
If you can't kedge off from the bow or stern, can you use a halyard attached to the kedge rode to heel the boat, thus raising the keel a bit from the bottom and kedge off sideways?
On my boat for the transom panels I have a single pole attachment with a slider so I can manually track the panels to get every miserable watt out of them. Works better on passage of course, not in the ICW like you...
right at the beginning of the episode, the camera looked at a Honda 2.3 hp and a black (Mercury??) 2.5 hp outboard on your pullpit. Which do you prefer? I have a small, light, tender (Takacat 2.6). I'm trying to decide which small, short-shaft outboard to get. Thanks!
The Honda was temperamental and needed lots of tuning and carburetor cleaning. The Suzuki (black one) was much quieter and easier to run, but it died in under a year. We now have an electric trolling motor (link in the description) with a 100ah battery and it’s the best! I will never have a gas outboard again. I never worry about fuel, or oil, or any maintenance at all. We get about 10 miles range on the battery and charge it weekly. It pushes our dinghy at 4-5 knots which is what those gas outboards would do but it’s silent.
@@RiggingDoctor I know the Honda is air-cooled. Is the Suzuki water-cooled? That would probably make it quieter? When running well, do both seem to generate about the same power? I can't easily take a battery on my Takacat inflatable - potentially a wetter rid than a conventional dink.
Another reason for either a lifting keel or a cat .. But good to see you were able to haul yourself out of the mud. 🤔....Can you train sea turtles to Graze your hull growth .....lol... Sailing Fairisle is a wonderful vintage style boat... I think you will enjoy a look at that one if you get the chance.
Haha wouldn’t that be nice if you could…as for the lifting keel and cat, it all depends on where you do the majority of your sailing! For us, those wouldn’t be ideal since we spend most of our time in the ocean.
@@RiggingDoctor So did Polynesians and a lot of Australians and NZ's ..Oceanian's ...live on the sea. .. and when you sale round Europe and many areas its vital. Tidal ranges are often Massive and sand banks and mud flats like the Bay of Fundey are large and move with the weather and seasons. Even the monohulls run the bilge keels. So you have Brits Dutch Many French and Portuguese. Passage making gets you from place to place...but as Slartibartfast says in Hitchhiker's guide, its the interesting fiddly bits round the edges that win the Prizes. Pirsig said life happens on the side of mountains not the Peaks. Have fun in the Med. its a bit of hot/cold wash multi cycle Sea🤢 but the history and coastlines are amazing..
Pull the boat "by the hear" from a halyard at a 90 degree angle to the centerline of sailboat. I have a vid of my Morgan Out Island in 18 inches of water, doing 3 knots, sideways, and off the sandbar in 45 seconds.(careful! You can lay the sailboat on its side and sink it if you go to fast sideways.)
Sometimes i use an anchor, 300 feet "sideways" from the boat, snatchblock from main halyard way out sideways, and winch the anchor line that draws the (top) tip of the mast to the anchor thus heeling the boat way over
Post it? Not one up? So I would have to swamp the dinghy attempt to raise on the main boom, lots of stress. Bringing poles if I go to Scotland- England. Just wait.
That is an effective method to get it off but I’ve never tried it because I can’t figure out how to get the anchor up onto the boat in a hurry without scratching the topsides.
I guess your boat is too big to raise the main and the jib and sheet the sails in tightly to make the boat heel over with you both sitting on the leeward side of the boat to tip it sideways which would lift the keel out of the sand/mud to allow you to sail off to deeper water. That method worked for me the one time I ran aground while sailing. Although I had others with me with all three or four of us also sitting on the leeward side, it was easy to sail into deeper water.
I was on one that was aground years ago. A guy hooked a line from the top of the mast and pulled it over while another boat pulled from the stern. I thought twin 250s would pull this boat over, it did just enough to free it but it was all those twins wanted to do. It was because the harder they pulled the farther out of the water that boat was lifted due to the line angle.
@@RiggingDoctor Your video showed ripples on the water. It looked like there was a little wind. I was in a protected cove/rocky area.There was little wind when I ran aground. With lots of sailing and boating activity, someone eventually would have probably offered to help us. But your solution with the spare anchor and a dinghy worked for you. In my case, it wouldn't have worked because I was not towing a dinghy and didn't have one on board. I left the dinghy at the boat's mooring. Although, I suppose, throwing a spare anchor from amidships over the side as far as possible and then pulling on it like you did might have helped. It would have been the only other thing we could have tried.
begs the question: if a storm has formed and you need to haul ass to stay safe, the reliable diesel will get you going. The electric solutions are being worked out, but is it safe? I mean no disrespect to anyone that has taken the time to convert their vessel. Fighting currents. waves generated by the storms and high winds pushing you towards rocks, land, sand bars. etc. Btw....thanks for posting informational videos. They have been extremely helpful with my refit.
sailors managed for thousands of years without engines in sail boats, Wisdom along with many others have safely crossed oceans ... imho this is a bit of a non-argument in the real world (works well on social media and forums though)
Good seamanship is safety. Planning. That being said I have parallel diesel and electric. Just choices. I don’t want gasoline generators so an ‘undersized’ diesel by modern standards is my generator. Judge your intended use. Diesels will let most people down in a pinch. I am a mechanic and choose a Beta so less there as well.
" haul ass to stay safe" is a fallacy. at maximum you'd be moving at 5 kt anyway, maybe 6 kt if lucky, you won't ever get away from whatever storm you are running from. the artificial fear regarding range is diesel propaganda, it is landlubber myth. Do Not Ever Sail On A Limited Time Schedule is the #1 rule of voyaging. your fancy diesel will get amateurs in even more trouble when they don't maintain the multiple fuel filters or fuel tanks properly and thus get sediment clogs in rough conditions when the diesel is urgently needed.
We have found that the best way to deal with these issues is a good anchor and lots of patience. Tricky areas are best navigated at slack water and an anchor will let you wait nearby for said slack water. Sometimes “nearby” is a few miles away and if it’s not possible that day, you have to wait until it is possible. Trying to work your way through tight situations with a big motor is rather dangerous because of the motor goes out, you are now in a dangerous situation. Our way of handling these situations is to avoid them and wait for the bad times to pass, then try it on a calm day.
We have indeed. It’s amazing how many of these towns are haunted! We did a ghost tour in Savannah, which is probably one of the most haunted cities in the US
I find it difficult the single keel sailboats don't know how to use the dinghy to heel their boats over... it's so easy..just use a halyard out to the side and hold the line in your hand..pull the boat over while someone is at the helm is powering off ..the boat engine is much more powerful than the dinghy
We know how to do this, but we choose not to because the method we used in this video is much easier and less stress on the mast and rigging. As you can see, our method of kedging was pretty painless. Also, we have an electric motor and it is not as powerful as you say.
Every dinghy is a beater dinghy if you have the "It's a tool. Use it." attitude. It's there for a purpose. If you are not willing to use it, stay in the mud. It's like complaining that you don't want to ding up a hammer hitting a nail. Shıt! We just got to Greece. Damn! You're way behind the others. < Trundles off to other platforms ;) >
Morty is thinking I vaguely remember these people but they took me away from my air conditioned house and glorious backyard. I'm just trying to be funny.
We have not. The boat is very heavy and it would take a few tons to heel us over far enough making that method not very useful for us. On the Alberg, I think it would work well because it heels when you just step on the deck!
@@RiggingDoctor Thanks for the info; 2 meter drafts are not great on rivers. I thought your draft was less for some reason. I want a vessel with less than 2 meters draft (preferably 1.5 or less) and an air draft of less than 17 meters, for the river I want to travel. Fair winds!
@@RiggingDoctor Yep, tough finding a blue water babe that can ride a river too. I am on that mission and for a single hander pilot house for the crappy weather LOL... So far my two top choices are : Nauticat 33 MKII or a Fales Navigator 38. Have you any ideas?
05:58 new tshirt design..sooo.. ahh.. given the rampant alcoholism in the sailing and boating community, including the professional sailboat racing community, and that the effects of alcohol are exactly the opposite of those desired on a sailing vessel (depressant, judgement impairment, recklessness, aggression, and on and on..), a shirt that says "sailing + beer = love" is incredibly ridiculous.
Sorry you feel that way. I personally like the shirt. Beer is my favorite drink and it’s nice to have one while sailing. Just don’t be an idiot. We have a rule: passengers may drink at any time within reason. The rest can drink as soon as the anchor is down.
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Hope to see you all in Greece. Looked like a great way to pull yourself off bottom.
That time lapse shot of the Pleiades and the moon was really cool, wish it was longer!
Thank you! I wish it were longer too, but after hangin out with the camera for a couple hours late at night, you’re ready to call it quits after a few seconds of footage hahaha
Yah, that was pretty cool.
Love the ambition and non stress and thinking through with determination. Love that shot of Jerry
Good job with the ⚓.
5:48 - Have y'all ever done a tutorial video on your rope fenders? I know you've mentioned they're a great way to deal with dead rope at the end of its lifespan, but I haven't been able to find an explainer in your backlog for how you made nor maintain them.
If you're looking for a good tutorial topic (if it isn't already done, and my search-fu is just weak...), your rope fenders would be an interesting topic to cover. :-)
There is one coming in the future!
Great video! Love that song at the end of the the video.
Always enjoy your weekly adventures in your videos! Glad to know that you got it moving again and you all are on your way.
Thank you both for another relaxing video, and enjoy your sailing adventure in Greece, safe travels!!
Yet another great video! Plus, great news about going to Greece! I'm so excited, can't wait! 🧡
You both are so Resilient
I remember that trip. Looking forward to it.
Beautiful timelapse! Seems like you're enjoying the ICW :-)!
Very much indeed!
Glad to see you are getting some Greece time, the boot of Italy kicked us out of the Med.
Beautiful time laps!
Thank you so much :)
I have flown private jets ( Gulfstreams ) around the Aegean and the winds can be kind of crazy. Very beautiful, look forward to coming videos.
Very cool!!!
only up to 5:30 in the video so far (gotta go to salt mine) but the disadvantages of electric power on a yacht are pretty well demonstrated here. still, i'm 100% in favor of electric yachts; just means you have to have a little more flexibility, plan ahead a bit more, etc. much ❤ Wisdom!!
You definitely can’t be in a hurry!
I have several tools, just re-homed one in quite a bad state.
The Greece trip finally, great. The level of time-shifting is intense.
Yup I’ve been waiting for the Greece videos for a long time too! So excited to put them out :)
Greece will be cool! Can't wait.
I can’t wait to show you!!!
9:21 what was that thing? Good job getting unstuck.. again. ;-)
It’s a tug boat that pushes a barge. Imagine an outboard motor for a barge but one that’s big enough to drive around when separated 😎
@@RiggingDoctor That's what it looked like but jeez, it looks more like a lego tug than a tug.
Surprise, surprise, surprise...! you guys have graduated into the YT cruisers Big League... Hopefully not losing you guys forever... Looking forward to a really good Greece & travels vid... BTW: really enjoyed the Marimba beat music. Herbie needs to do some Spanish language/culture for Gringo cruisers... LoL... Enjoy...!
Cruisers Spanish would be helpful!
So.... I am not sure if this would be useful with a boat your size but... When I have run aground previously, I used the main halyard and an anchor to make the boat heel and gain freedom from grounding.
I know of the technique but I’ve never tried it with Wisdom because the anchors are rather heavy to safely (without banging up the topsides) raise onto the deck once we are free.
I enjoy your channel immensely. However, there are many times when the audio is low. Is there any way to step it up in edit. Thanks.
I’ve been struggling a lot with the audio. We got this new mic and all the footage is so quiet and then it will randomly be super loud. I think my main issue is that im editing on an iPad and the speakers just aren’t sensitive enough to reveal the difference. Im working on overcoming this. Thanks for the feedback!
Opa! You're going to Greece! Cool video! I loved the epic backing into the dock footage because it really shows off how tight things can be. Like someone else here asked, I just have to know what the heck was that thing at 9:25? It looks like an airport control tower wanted to become a tugboat! Maddie has a great knack for capturing the spirit: boat + beer = ♥
It’s a push tugboat. It ties up to the back of a barge to form a composite unit. Basically it’s a barge outboard
@@RiggingDoctor OK that makes total sense now, thanks!
Another grounding option is to attach the tender to the end of the boom with the boom out as far as it will go, flood the tender then use the topping lift that will heel you over and reduce your draft. I've had a couple of cruising boats do that and it worked well though it's a good idea to sling the tender to take the load off the tow points🏴☠️
I like that method! You can float around with the filled dinghy as you get into deeper water, then drain and restore the dinghy to keep going. My issue with a ledge anchor is now you have to quickly recover the anchor while trying to get moving.
Thanks for the tip!
Another method for getting unstuck is to kedge using a halyard, this tips the boat over to release the keel from said muck. keep up the journey.
That’s a good trick!
If you can't kedge off from the bow or stern, can you use a halyard attached to the kedge rode to heel the boat, thus raising the keel a bit from the bottom and kedge off sideways?
We have tried that before. It works if you’re not too grounded, but if you’re pretty dug in, it can be more of a challenge.
@@RiggingDoctor Thank you. I was curious about that. I had a centerboard trailer-sailer so grounding was never a problem.
Lucky! Haha
Hi guys… nice job freeing yourselves. So how long before your last bottom paint? Portugal if I remember correctly.
Hugs!
It was July 22, and back in Spain!
Did you just do a dead parrot reference?
It's a Late generator?
You caught it!
On my boat for the transom panels I have a single pole attachment with a slider so I can manually track the panels to get every miserable watt out of them. Works better on passage of course, not in the ICW like you...
That is the most efficient method to get power
Whoopee…Dodged another Bullet👍 But I still think Diesel Engines can sure come in Handy😜 Continue to Stay Safe & Enjoy😎
You guys are the best. I like to follow your adventures and your furry and fuzzy family.
So glad to hear you like it!!
right at the beginning of the episode, the camera looked at a Honda 2.3 hp and a black (Mercury??) 2.5 hp outboard on your pullpit. Which do you prefer? I have a small, light, tender (Takacat 2.6). I'm trying to decide which small, short-shaft outboard to get. Thanks!
The Honda was temperamental and needed lots of tuning and carburetor cleaning.
The Suzuki (black one) was much quieter and easier to run, but it died in under a year.
We now have an electric trolling motor (link in the description) with a 100ah battery and it’s the best! I will never have a gas outboard again. I never worry about fuel, or oil, or any maintenance at all. We get about 10 miles range on the battery and charge it weekly. It pushes our dinghy at 4-5 knots which is what those gas outboards would do but it’s silent.
@@RiggingDoctor I know the Honda is air-cooled. Is the Suzuki water-cooled? That would probably make it quieter? When running well, do both seem to generate about the same power? I can't easily take a battery on my Takacat inflatable - potentially a wetter rid than a conventional dink.
More Woo Hoo :)
I would have bought that generator and not changed my mind !!!! lol
Happy news that you didn't have to call for a tow! Another great episode, folks!👍👍👍
Another reason for either a lifting keel or a cat ..
But good to see you were able to haul yourself out of the mud.
🤔....Can you train sea turtles to
Graze your hull growth .....lol...
Sailing Fairisle is a wonderful vintage style boat... I think you will enjoy a look at that one if you get the chance.
Haha wouldn’t that be nice if you could…as for the lifting keel and cat, it all depends on where you do the majority of your sailing! For us, those wouldn’t be ideal since we spend most of our time in the ocean.
@@RiggingDoctor
So did Polynesians and a lot of Australians and NZ's ..Oceanian's ...live on the sea. .. and when you sale round Europe and many areas its vital.
Tidal ranges are often Massive and sand banks and mud flats like the Bay of Fundey are large and move with the weather and seasons. Even the monohulls run the bilge keels.
So you have Brits Dutch Many French and Portuguese.
Passage making gets you from place to place...but as Slartibartfast says in Hitchhiker's guide, its the interesting fiddly bits round the edges that win the Prizes.
Pirsig said life happens on the side of mountains not the Peaks.
Have fun in the Med. its a bit of hot/cold wash multi cycle Sea🤢 but the history and coastlines are amazing..
Congrats on the greek forking path!
Norfolk by Thanksgiving !!! CHEERS ! Maybe send the Corgi on the bus ?
😉
Pull the boat "by the hear" from a halyard at a 90 degree angle to the centerline of sailboat. I have a vid of my Morgan Out Island in 18 inches of water, doing 3 knots, sideways, and off the sandbar in 45 seconds.(careful! You can lay the sailboat on its side and sink it if you go to fast sideways.)
Sometimes i use an anchor, 300 feet "sideways" from the boat, snatchblock from main halyard way out sideways, and winch the anchor line that draws the (top) tip of the mast to the anchor thus heeling the boat way over
Post it? Not one up? So I would have to swamp the dinghy attempt to raise on the main boom, lots of stress. Bringing poles if I go to Scotland- England. Just wait.
That is an effective method to get it off but I’ve never tried it because I can’t figure out how to get the anchor up onto the boat in a hurry without scratching the topsides.
I guess your boat is too big to raise the main and the jib and sheet the sails in tightly to make the boat heel over with you both sitting on the leeward side of the boat to tip it sideways which would lift the keel out of the sand/mud to allow you to sail off to deeper water. That method worked for me the one time I ran aground while sailing. Although I had others with me with all three or four of us also sitting on the leeward side, it was easy to sail into deeper water.
That method does work but there wasn’t any wind that calm morning.
I was on one that was aground years ago. A guy hooked a line from the top of the mast and pulled it over while another boat pulled from the stern. I thought twin 250s would pull this boat over, it did just enough to free it but it was all those twins wanted to do. It was because the harder they pulled the farther out of the water that boat was lifted due to the line angle.
@@RiggingDoctor Your video showed ripples on the water. It looked like there was a little wind.
I was in a protected cove/rocky area.There was little wind when I ran aground. With lots of sailing and boating activity, someone eventually would have probably offered to help us.
But your solution with the spare anchor and a dinghy worked for you. In my case, it wouldn't have worked because I was not towing a dinghy and didn't have one on board. I left the dinghy at the boat's mooring. Although, I suppose, throwing a spare anchor from amidships over the side as far as possible and then pulling on it like you did might have helped. It would have been the only other thing we could have tried.
begs the question: if a storm has formed and you need to haul ass to stay safe, the reliable diesel will get you going. The electric solutions are being worked out, but is it safe? I mean no disrespect to anyone that has taken the time to convert their vessel. Fighting currents. waves generated by the storms and high winds pushing you towards rocks, land, sand bars. etc. Btw....thanks for posting informational videos. They have been extremely helpful with my refit.
sailors managed for thousands of years without engines in sail boats, Wisdom along with many others have safely crossed oceans ... imho this is a bit of a non-argument in the real world (works well on social media and forums though)
Good seamanship is safety. Planning. That being said I have parallel diesel and electric. Just choices. I don’t want gasoline generators so an ‘undersized’ diesel by modern standards is my generator. Judge your intended use. Diesels will let most people down in a pinch. I am a mechanic and choose a Beta so less there as well.
" haul ass to stay safe" is a fallacy. at maximum you'd be moving at 5 kt anyway, maybe 6 kt if lucky, you won't ever get away from whatever storm you are running from. the artificial fear regarding range is diesel propaganda, it is landlubber myth. Do Not Ever Sail On A Limited Time Schedule is the #1 rule of voyaging. your fancy diesel will get amateurs in even more trouble when they don't maintain the multiple fuel filters or fuel tanks properly and thus get sediment clogs in rough conditions when the diesel is urgently needed.
We have found that the best way to deal with these issues is a good anchor and lots of patience. Tricky areas are best navigated at slack water and an anchor will let you wait nearby for said slack water. Sometimes “nearby” is a few miles away and if it’s not possible that day, you have to wait until it is possible.
Trying to work your way through tight situations with a big motor is rather dangerous because of the motor goes out, you are now in a dangerous situation.
Our way of handling these situations is to avoid them and wait for the bad times to pass, then try it on a calm day.
I'm sure you've moved on from Saint Augustine (I used to live in Jacksonville) but did you know it's haunted? They actually have ghost tours!
We have indeed. It’s amazing how many of these towns are haunted! We did a ghost tour in Savannah, which is probably one of the most haunted cities in the US
@@RiggingDoctor Have fun in Greece!
I find it difficult the single keel sailboats don't know how to use the dinghy to heel their boats over... it's so easy..just use a halyard out to the side and hold the line in your hand..pull the boat over while someone is at the helm is powering off ..the boat engine is much more powerful than the dinghy
We know how to do this, but we choose not to because the method we used in this video is much easier and less stress on the mast and rigging. As you can see, our method of kedging was pretty painless. Also, we have an electric motor and it is not as powerful as you say.
I bet you double, double checked those bilge bumps were working ok :-))
YUS!
Every dinghy is a beater dinghy if you have the "It's a tool. Use it." attitude. It's there for a purpose. If you are not willing to use it, stay in the mud. It's like complaining that you don't want to ding up a hammer hitting a nail. Shıt! We just got to Greece. Damn! You're way behind the others. < Trundles off to other platforms ;) >
👍!!!
Morty is thinking I vaguely remember these people but they took me away from my air conditioned house and glorious backyard. I'm just trying to be funny.
Have you had any success healing the boat over to reduce the draft?
We have not. The boat is very heavy and it would take a few tons to heel us over far enough making that method not very useful for us.
On the Alberg, I think it would work well because it heels when you just step on the deck!
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
No generator on an all electric boat sounds like another situation is waiting to happen 🤔
It’s a genius plan!
What is the draft of your boat?
6.5 feet
@@RiggingDoctor Thanks for the info; 2 meter drafts are not great on rivers. I thought your draft was less for some reason. I want a vessel with less than 2 meters draft (preferably 1.5 or less) and an air draft of less than 17 meters, for the river I want to travel. Fair winds!
Sounds like a plan! Our boat really belongs in the ocean, but we like to hedge our bets sometimes :)
@@RiggingDoctor Yep, tough finding a blue water babe that can ride a river too. I am on that mission and for a single hander pilot house for the crappy weather LOL... So far my two top choices are : Nauticat 33 MKII or a Fales Navigator 38. Have you any ideas?
Beater dinghy ,,,is what I call ,,,the only dinghy.
👍
S Augustine has a haunted restaurant…been
Did you see any ghosts?
Are you guys going to cut each others hair again? Can't wait to see you guy sailing in Greece
Hehehe we’ll be preoccupied by other activities 😊
Best tool for running around is ,,,,,,6 hrs of sleep .
When you awake tide will have lifted you.
Hah! Done that onev
05:58 new tshirt design..sooo.. ahh.. given the rampant alcoholism in the sailing and boating community, including the professional sailboat racing community, and that the effects of alcohol are exactly the opposite of those desired on a sailing vessel (depressant, judgement impairment, recklessness, aggression, and on and on..), a shirt that says "sailing + beer = love" is incredibly ridiculous.
Sorry you feel that way. I personally like the shirt. Beer is my favorite drink and it’s nice to have one while sailing. Just don’t be an idiot. We have a rule: passengers may drink at any time within reason. The rest can drink as soon as the anchor is down.
What is Red Right Returning - Is it political by any chance - If so Cheers
it is a sailing navigation phrase for returning to port safely . look it up.
In the ICW it is also know as Red Right Miami
although what you are really asking is a different slogan for politics: Red Lead Insurrection & Sedition.
@@jonathanoasis coming from someone that can’t think for himself.
@@hellkell8693 huh?
Again? Does every sailor have this issue? Or just you? Trade it in for a McGregor, shallow draft and still fun! LOL
Yes, everyone with a 6.5 foot draft has this problem. We could never imagine trading Wisdom for anything
@@RiggingDoctor Don't they make a depthfinder with an Alarm?
:)
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