Sailing into a reef. Adventures of an Old Seadog, ep 156
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
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In this episode Im on passage to New Zealand. To wait for a good weather window I stop on route, I at one of the remote places of the World, Minerva Reef. A small atoll in the South Pacific and adventure for the Od Seadog.
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Safe sailing.
Boat:
White Shadow is a Van De Stadt ‘Seal’ 36 (11 metres). She is hand made in steel, 2004, with a round bilge (hull) and a modified coach roof. This makes her a ‘one off’ and in my opinion the most beautiful Van De Stadt 36 ever built.
The camera gear:
Main camera is a Panasonic Hc- V770 with a Rode External mic. My old camera is now my number 2 is a Panasonic Hc-v700. Most shots are done with an external mic (Shenggu sg 108) with a sponge and dead kitten attached.
Action stuff and small blogging is done with a Sony Hdr-as30v.
Underwater video Gopro3plus.
Editing:
Final cut pro on a Macbook. Most of the material for each video is filmed over a period of several weeks or so and the editing of each episode is normally done over a day. This process can take longer if original music is used or permissions are needed for copyrighted materials etc. Much time is spent sorting out technical problems. In this case I normally get the help of a younger person who understands computerie stuff!
There are also times when filming, editing and uploading is not possible due to being at sea or in locations with no internet access.
Content:
I have found that filming and releasing material over a period of time is better than doing ‘vlog’ style videos and trying to make episodes out of whats happened in a week, regardless if it’s good content or not. By filming over a period of time I can be more selective in what goes into each video. My aim is to avoid ‘bland and mundane’ and have at least one or two exciting and interesting events in every video. Every video has to be entertaining.
Comments and being at sea:
I love reading your comments. Most weeks Im able to read everyone. I cant reply to everybody but I do read and enjoy them. Keep them coming! There are times that It might seem I'm not on the internet for certain periods, this is normally when Im at sea on passage. While Im out on the Ocean I have completely no communications with the outside World.
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I am 86 and so enjoy your adventures. Greetings from Indianapolis Indiana USA. I hope and pray for your health and safety.
Thank you for making sailing videos that aren't about attracting viewers with T&A. It's hard to convince a non-sailing wife that boating isn't just about flashing ass when watching a lot of the other "cruiser videos" on youtube.
You are right ! This is the real deal that we aspire to or dream of.
Exactly.
Amen
true story!
Too true, you can get T & A anywhere but there’s only 1 place to get Barry.
Barry talks to the camera like I'm there and he is having a jovial conversation just with me. That takes talent because in fact he is often more profoundly alone than any of us ever will be with sky meets sea horizons all around. I couldn't do it - don't have a good voice or the right personality, and it would seem hard for me to talk to a camera like that when I am so alone. Don't think I'll ever sail, but I really enjoy this channel vicariously and otherwise...
Funny you mentioned that, I was just thinking myself that Barry has a great narrator's voice.
Absolutely agree, great story teller, beautiful natural and sincere manner, very pragmatic, and I'm sure if you asked Barry himself he'd agree that the camera, and his viewers are, along with "turbie" the wind generator, the hydrovane, which has a name, and the coconut, again name eludes me, are his crew, and his way of personalising inanimate objects and devices. Barry really is an amazing sailor, and a great "true cruising life" channel with no T&A, no big shipments coming in with new PV controllers and batteries. It's real, and beautifully portrayed by a great seaman and entertainer, respect
Cheers
What an amazing adventure you are on! To me, that's what life is all about. Fair winds and blessings to you and Shaddy
Sailing is always hours and hours of boredom and solitude, often quickly interrupted by moments of sheer terror! Godspeed, Barry!
Excited to see that you featured an old Moody 33. I owned one for about 15 years. Great to see they are still out there getting it done! Excellent work as always Barry...working my way through your videos and loving every minute.
This Channel should be baptized to "The very honest sail-life channel" - Be safe and healthy, cheers from the Alps.
Tinned Sausage Caserole - When you are hungry everything looks good and tastes great!
Ayah, had it many times and ain't dead yet.
As an old salt, you know to always take oars with you- in your skif. Always!!!!!!!!!
I thought that
The engine braking down and have a woman cone to help .. Ingenious was to meet the ladies!!! .. Lol
Hi Barry , you are one tough cookie , great to see you , fair winds brother .
Tell the Kiwis I said hello. I met a few of them in Vietnam around 1968/1969. Good blokes!
Got one hell of a shopping list for when he hits New Zealand, lol.
Barry; I take my hat off to you. You are not the most experienced sailor or the most confident, but just look at what you have achieved! You are halfway around the bloomin' world mate! Just keep doing what you are doing at the speed that you want to. Shun the nay sayers and bloody well done!
I like that wind noise.
Stay Safe Barry & Fair Winds !!
Barry, having gorged through 155 episodes I've been waiting expectantly for this latest and it doesn't disappoint!
Another great episode from a great fellow. Thank you very much for the good time i have watching 🍻
Hey Barry, You get my vote for geniuses world records, lol ! Greetings from Galveston Texas
I always love your videos. Stay well and safe sailing. ⛵
There is something utterly terrifying about a reef...the wild water on the seaward side...the channels of water being sucked in or expelled. They are wild places. But so incredibly beautiful. It was a priviledge to see your visit to Minerva....gonna get my map out and see exactly where it is...
Glad you made your approach. On 7 July 1962 a twenty ton cutter Tuaikaepau, sailing from Tonga to Auckland, ran hard upon the outer edge of Minerva Reef, 380 miles south of Suva in Fiji. Heavy seas and the sharp teeth of the coral quickly broke the cutter to pieces, and her complement of seventeen Tongans found themselves without even a small boat on a reef that was totally submerged except during the few hours of low tide each day. Great story.
Amazing area to visit Barry
You cant get a decent sausage in New Zealand but whiting and chips is to die for.
WOW i never seen such a site, amazing
Fair winds and following seas
Great video again Captain . Fair winds, be safe
Lots of ways to make bread, I like pie crust, only flour, generous salt, vegetable oil, and water, can make an apple pie or possible others.. I just add surger, flour, to any contents optional for caramelizing.
That looks like easy rowing, even in an inflatable..
Barry and White Shadow are my favorite sailing videos! Thank you!
That was very cool Barry.
G’day 👋Welcome to this side of the pond .... ⛵️
Very good @Barry. Thanks!
Above all remember you’re living the life and we’re not, love the videos. Salute my friend watching from Florida US
Thanks for taking us along on your adventures. These reefs are amazing.
Hi again thanks for being with u
Bjarne from Sweden
Barry, I've been watching you for prob about 2 yrs now...I wish I had the testes to do what you do. Fair Winds & Following Seas mate!
Great video, great storyteller, as always. Thanks, mate!
Another great video Barry. Called into North Minerva a couple of years ago on NZ to Tonga sail. Went for a swim. Other boats said don’t clean fish inside the reef - it attracts sharks.
We should help Barry to buy a repair to such engines! Let's Patreon on him!
I also want to live like you!!
Talk about a geological anomaly! One more leg, wish you luck and following winds.
Hi, from a fellow Limey ( Pompey / Southsea ) watching in Toronto .. really enjoy your channel.
Blimey you're a brave bugger !
When an old reliable engine breaks down it's like an old friend is mad at you. Doesn't do any good to get mad back. You handled it quite well, Barry.
Look forward to the next run. 👌👍
Love the sea dog , always, always entertaining !!!
THANK YOU BARRY FOR THIS VIDEO! I AM A NEW SAILOR AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TEACHING AND SHARING YOUR SAILING EXPERIENCE. I AM LEARNING A LOT FROM YOU PLEASE KEEP TEACHING AND TELL ME THE HOW AND WHY AND THE WHEN PART OF SAILING. THANKS!
you could try an air blast from the scuba tank to unblock the pipe. worth a try! nice videos, thank you for sharing.
Barry, I don't understand why one of your buddies, in the anchorage, doesn't help you out. If I were there, I would gladly take you to the reef on my tender so that you could stand ashore. The sailing community is usually accommodating. I love the Minerva aerial view. 💙
If people ‘helped’ Barry every time some POS badly maintained piece of equipment of his failed, they would die of starvation for never having time to eat.
@@cliffcrowley3756 That's just rude! This guy is doing things I only wish I could be doing and I would NEVER criticize someone who is out there living life to the fullest! He is only one man! Jeez! Don't be a dick!
@@cliffcrowley3756 ..lol...Cliff may I suggest decaf ....Blue water sailing like Barry does is tough and things will go bad....but do agree that equipment must be maintained or backed up.
@@cliffcrowley3756 That's what we would say to him, but we'd rescue him anyway. We'd also print out some instructions on carving some oars from driftwood and a dunny door.
@@cliffcrowley3756 Hi Cliff
Always enjoy you sailing ⛵️ sailboat ⛵️ video! 😀⛵️😘 Mike from Missouri
The wind noise adds to the atmospherics :-)
Barry, regarding wind noise in your microphone...beyond 25mph winds not sure there is much to be done but...I'm an old Deadhead Taper and have recorded many outdoor concerts and festivals from the audience...Try using Omni pattern microphones they tend to pickup less wind noise...I use Milab and Microtech Gefell 21mm diameter Cardioid microphones and short of a Rycote Blimp ($300 USD plus fur covering) have found only one windscreen that works consistently...a Shure A81WS....They are rather large and have two stages, a foam outer cover with a course mesh inner to hold shape (think plastic tuffy pot scrub pad for inner section). Wind passing in to and out of the foam for some reason is better at cutting wind noise than a similar large size solid foam windscreen. It may not be the right diameter for your microphone...I have other taper buddies that use Rycote Super Softie and a cheaper version from MOVO called Ballistic Nylon with success (MOVO has multiple sizes that may fit your needs).
you should look at hooking up that HF radio to a computer. JS8Call can let you (slowly) have real time text conversation via HF and you can easily download grib files via email w/o needing a pactor modem now. Digital has come to HF just like it has to everything else.
That's an interesting concept.
What an amazing “spot”.
I think you need a rigid dink with oars, and a centerboard, mast, and sail so you can anchor and explore without depending on motors
Barry would have to learn a new skill.. sailing.
@@Kitiwake Be nice. Remember, he's out there and you're not.
@@Maoli2013 Don't stress, it's just our British humour, we like to make jokes about each other, we call it, 'taking the mick, or taking the piss' we make a joke out of others mishaps, it lightens the mood when things are not going well and cheers each other up.
Gwrdriver16 you could take both the mick and the piss out of Barry and never be done. No Minerva Reef entrance is wider than an Essex girls legs on Saturday night and he still frets about it.
(More British humour)
@@Maoli2013 How do you know Pat isn't out there ?
Barry. As a backup KEEP SOME PETROL IN THE SMALL TANK UP TOP.... I never once had a yamaha engine do the dirty on me, but maintenance is needed.
Those little 2 stroke Yam motors are fantastically reliable, much moreso than the 4 stroke later models.
A fair wind at your back!
Ian Gourlay I concur, and it’s my trade. However all small outboards definitely need an inline sediment/water trap filter. I keep meaning to look up a part number. SailingSunday have as much trouble as Barry with theirs! Those small older 2strokes were all made by Tohatsu and painted to suit each brand. The 5hp yamahas are the best, lite and have their own onboard fuel tank.
I had a 4HP 2 stroke Yammy bought in about 1987, used for a year then sat in my loft until 2012. Started on the 3rd pull and still going strong.
And a good reliable fuel treatment (not Stabil). 2 strokes are far more fuel sensitive than 4 strokes due to the unknown amounts of alcohol in the fuel and the absorbed water and oil turning into 'snot' and clogging up the whole works. A reliable fuel treatment is essential in to keep this from happening. It's a nightmare when it does. I hope it's not Barry's problem.
@@jacksbackable I had a wonderful little 3hp "Malta" by Yamaha, a spinaround engine with no reverse. Still have my final 5hp longshaft that's got a real gearbox with reverse. I'll never sell it. I can't believe it's Tohatsu built - I've seen Tohatsus stripped out and the quality of casting was terrible in comparison. That Malta had the Yamaha tuning forks trademark on the insides of its case-castings. Were indistinguishable from Yamaha m/cycle engine casting-quality. But some brands are made in odd places - like I had a 9.9hp Mariner that was supposedly Mercury-built that was made in - Belgium of all places. (its standard of construction just reinforced my confidence in Yamahas.) It was a poor effort. My favourites were the big Yamaha 55hp twin-cylinder strokers. (not the triples) Utterly bulletproof - also made by Yamaha for Mariner, I had one under each name plate, one after the other. Completely, utterly reliable. Parts were interchangeable between Mariner and Yamaha versions although the top cover-cowlings were a little differently shaped. Last I heard of that motor - under the Mariner badge they were still on sale in Mexico because the inshore Mexican fishing boat owners kept up a steady demand for a reliable basic workhorse engine - which mine most certainly were.
I think most outboards die because of owner ignorance and neglect - not hours of well maintained service.
Great channel Barry don't know how you don't have 350k subscribers. You might not more SHARE THIS 👍Always stay for the out takes.
fair winds
Contessa, Moody,, OOD 34 all nice boats, I used to do alot of sailing out of JSSC Gosport with the RAF, also on their Nicholsons.
We used to have some cracking meals made from compo rations.
A true seadog...Jesus,thank you for this grand sailor...cheers mate🤴
Barry , all engine's thrive on regular preventative maintenance.
No good now you are at sea. BUT when you get to land. Acetic acid. I.E vinegar, if you get the same stuff the restaurants use (concentrated, they add water to make it table vinegar). its perfect stuff for pickling sealife. infact its used industrially to remove sealife from seawater systems on a large scale. on the flip side sodium hydrochloride(bleach) is used as an aquatic inhibitor to stop life forming. advise is to bung up the outlet and just pour in the acetic and leave for as long as you want, then simply remove. does not effect rust formation or damage paint coatings. its cheap and effective. sadly not a cure to your boats design though! Good luck and im at total envy of your journey around the globe at the correct pace of life.
I have learned more about boats an such from you Barry. Yours is the 1st sailing channel I ever subbed to... Thanks for always being honest an truthful!!! Peace an fare winds,following sea's
My all time favorite sailing channel . . : )
Excellent! Thank you for posting!
loved that sunrise with the background music... i can see why that noise of the reef makes you gut wrench...great video....thanks for sharing and keep safe
Thanks Barry for 156.
Barry get a 1950’s model Johnson or Evenrude. That is the first outboard we owned, every time it would break down my Dad would take it to the local Vo-Tech School and the instructor would get it running. Most amazing motor I have ever seen, although it did sound like a 150 horsepower Black Max Mercury it was slow as molasses on a cold winters day. LOL 😂
VonBluesman so, get a motor that ‘breaks down’ then.
A newcomer to your channel having watched many other boat tubers that just get cheesier and glossier by the minute. Thanks for not being one of them and having a natural knack of being your likeable self in all weathers without T&A being forced upon us.
I'm still working my way through your impressive back catalogue and enjoying the journey alongside.
Keep up your great work Barry..much appreciated during these dismal times.
Cheers
Mark
Good to see your still going strong
great viewing as always Barry,really admire your strength and fortitude your bravery is fantastic really felt your anxiety when you were having problems crossing from S America but it has been a true story of a man fulfilling his dreams ,good to see you have made the reef not long now and you can rest and Shady can get that attention she sorely needs,fair winds mate
BRILLIANT!
Thank you and fair winds
just finished binge watching all your videos, the only Chanel on UA-cam where i've actually clicked the notification bell, thanks for sharing your adventures, your an inspiration to us all.
Barry arrives. Everybody clears out. Co-incidence only :))
What do you mean the party doesn't start till Barry gets their ;)
Always fun to watch, thank you!
Barry
That Yamaha does have a built in tank.why not use it instead of a tank and hose. Barry a small jerry can of premised fuel. Minerva looks like a once in a lifetime place. Great video
Wait! Bread, reefs - that's multi-tasking :D Well done fella, love your work x
As soon as I saw your friend's boat I knew it was an Agnus Primrose Marine Projects Moody. 33' CC, 333 or 36'CC?? damn nearly bought a 33' Mk 2 CC a few years back, good solid boat, the best centre cockpit boat under 35' IMO. Angus Primrose was a really good naval architect, Sparkman and Stevens intern, one of my favorite designers, Angelo Lavranos worked under him at Marine Projects in the mid to late 70's before Primrose was lost at sea. Great design heritage and very strongly built boats. Might have a yard or two on old Shaddy. Barry, steel hull is a very safe option, yes maybe a bit extra maintenance wise, but Van De Stadt's have a great rep for solid seaworthy boats, maybe not the fastest out there but you'll be safe in one, throw Bruce Roberts into the mix too.
Fair winds and safe sailing, all hail the hydrovane
As always, great content! Stay safe and happy!
What an adventure!
Very nice out there,stay safe dog .
Hey Barry. Nice looking Anchorage . Would certainly get me nervous entering. Not a problem for you tho 👍
any time I see to your videos, time looks likely stop..and..two seconds after they finish! that's mean...always interesting! and run slow down and we becomes sucked from the tale easy...so natural histories; thank you old dude, you grab us all around the world!....if you allow to me and said some thing..try to eat in a better way, you never fishing? if you do not eat fresh fish in the middle of the oceans..who do it?? modern lures fishing for you! , twenty meters strong line..tied in the back and those that comes...comes! you have some thing for lunch!
As always, thanks for taking me with you. Please be careful, you ain't a kid anymore.
Good day, Almost thru binging Old Sea Dog , and it's been a amazing adventure for your mates. my b.p has prolly gone down 30 pts .Like Marty Harris commented on. no blurred out breast or clik bait. just
good conversation (albeit one sided). and great sailing, Thank you so much,
Even when your shows are boring their fun to watch, thanx man.
I think you need two oars Barry!!
Hi Barry, I have clicked onto your sailing blog and I find your travels very interesting. The thought that pops into my head is being single handed how do you manage to sleep? I cannot see you just pulling over into a quiet little rest stop and have a kip. Multiple days travel requires sleep periods and life would not be nice having to wake every fifteen or twenty minutes for a check-see. Take care.
Cheers
Glad U got to walk on the Reef, Thanks for bringing us along
Thanks for another great episode.
Great video! Can’t wait for the next one! Thank you be safe.
The reef is absolutely amazing, you are an absolute icon ! ! !
Great video as usual Barry. Love your videos.
Well done Barry. You da man.
Found it hilarious when Barry was coming close to the reef when he was talking really load, I said to myself “ Barry, don’t yell at me, I’m only in the lounge room” 🤣😂👍😄
Hope the refits going well and can’t wait for more videos to see everything.
Barry, you are my favorite 'sailor' on you tube. I'm 71 and have sailed since 16. My sloop is S/v ...Waves (a 37' fiberglass Buchan (50 were made) 31' waterline & a 18.38 sail/disp ratio.
I share that info to add a bit of credibility to my praise for your channel. Prayers continue, ...Waves
Always a pleasure to see you again :)
My second motorcycle was a Yamaha . I had it for several years and put 46,000 miles on it and it never ever let me down.
.not even when I was rear-ended and crashed I stood her up and she fired right up so I rode it to a friend's place near by. With the right handlebar bent straight up in the air.
Now my Harley left me broke down several times. Once on the interstate downtown Seattle at bar closing time . That was scary I was sure I was going to get run over.
But the Yamaha never let me down. It was air cooled and air cooled bikes usually are wore out after 25-30 thousand miles. Miss that old girl.
Had to sell it when I moved either that or the Harley and no girls ever jumped on the back of a Yamaha at a stop light.
So true net menu of cool dudes at stop lights. An have hopped on for some fun in the sun. That's when u could do that an still make it home.....good times!! Yeah Harley or Yamaha byee Ya-Maha-haha....!!!!❤💪😊❗
Found it with sat google and it looks like a big atol. I guess maybe a little protection inside ? Watch out for Minerva, you'll go blind when you see her. Another guy had a outboard problem very similar. Turned out to be the fuel pump in the motor. He was able to determine that was the problem by holding the fuel source up high, the engine ran fine when he did that. He had rebuilt it but not used great parts, re-did it and it worked great.
Yes Barry your friends Moody is a strong, simple boat of Angus Primrose design ours we bought new in 84 a Bill Dixon design 41'cc of which our family lived aboard and cruised for 10 yrs, she was a wonderful cruiser named "Set Free"