keepin it real! Anyone who can deploy a trisail, drop and tame the main and film it all in a gale and big seas, with a New England accent, is my idea of celebrity
Single-Dad Two-Sons well, this interested you enough to watch and comment. I don’t know why you would have to insult someone’s comment who was impressed by this experience. Also, maybe Kevin uses the UA-cam $ to help finance his passage as opposed to just being an attention seeker, as you seem to believe. I know people do it every day. I’m a sailor too. The fete is still quite an accomplishment. I don’t know why you have to rain on Greg Pearcey’s parade. He enjoyed watching. I will note, Kevin does not have a New England accent. At least not the part of New England I’m from...lol.
@@howtosailoceans1423 I get the editing it would be something to do it for 5 hours of viewing and appreciate the huge amount you do for very little contribution from us viewers. But know we do enjoy every minute you do put out there. But I'm with Kevin even raw footage would be cool.
Great video Kevin. You captured the feeling very well. I chuckled when you said you would rather keep moving than heave to. I share the same sentiment. I've never felt that the rest achieved from 'parking' offset the mental frustration from lack of progress. You managed it well, as usual.
Seeing the North Atlantic with trysail reminded me of our entire sail near Ireland on our way to Portugal. The closer we got to Ireland, the worse the weather got! Cool voyage!
Thank God the waves are not short stacked Kevin. Have never sailed a gaffed Gilmer, but many miles in a sister S C 31 cutter. Glad your safe and congratulations on your crossing. Enjoy your videos and your attention to detail. I like to refer to the bucket as the short handed bucket SHB.
Keeping it real captain that what makes all your videos great, plus your mental state is a big plus for you, your just stable , calm , never freaking out , you don't sweat the small stuff. Good sailing captain
Warning: Take your seasick pills before watching this video!😁 Quote from the "shrunken skull" on the "night-bus" from Harry Potter: "It's going to be a bumpy ride!" 😁 Another awesome video, Kevin. Some of those scenes look like they may have inspired you to get a bit of religion! 😁 Thanks so much for sharing.
Really good video. Ruth Avery is in her element. Great to see the trysail being set and sailing under heavy weather jib alone. I can see you trying to get to the South. Good sailing. David
MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT YOUR APPROACH TO HANDLING ROUGH SEAS. WHATS THE OPTIMUM WAY TO TAKE ON A HEAVY SEA ? ....FROM BEHIND ?.....FROM STARBOARD QUARTER....PORT QUARTER.....BOW INTO, ETC....
Try winding some fine grit emery cloth on that shaft where you are having the slippage issue. Get as narrow of cloth backed emery, or rip it, epoxy it on with West System G flex epoxy in a spiral with no overlap, taking the ends well above and below the grip area. G Flex is by far my favorite epoxy for this sort of thing. I buy cloth backed emery in large rolls 1” wide.... Depending on the clamp area, I would probably start a tear with knife at the end and go for a quarter inch width.
cool video kevin! congrats! one question: I've noticed that you have a wood mast..why is that? why not aluminum? I can't imagine it being lighter. is it stronger? is it cheaper?
It's saltier! Heavier, though, and possibly more expensive (depending on your scrounging/carpentry skills). Gaff rigged boats tend to carry wooden masts because the yard puts a point load on the mast, and thin-walled aluminum masts don't like point loads.
When taming the main would it help to take down the headsail first to stop the bow blowing off the wind as much? This might bring the wind further ahead and bring the boom and gaff further inboard making life easier?
@How To Sail Oceans Hi Kevin you mentioned you had a composting head no board what type is it. Do you like it .does it it have a exhaust fan if so does its noise annoy you....I'm looking at fitting one and wondered
Hi Adrian, I have a Nature's Head. Yes, I like it--at least I like it more than holding tanks and pumpout. No, the fan doesn't bother me at all. Composting toilets are a little more difficult to use, if you have guests onboard you will probably need to give them a short tutorial on it.
@@adrianbaker9804 you can duct through exisiting vents via the cabin top, or run the compost exhaust to the anchor locker, albeit with a secondary fan in the line if the run is significant. Pros and Cons, but as Kevin noted, we feel far more pros with never having to deal with a black tank again and all the pipes and vented loops..
@@masterspacetime2826 What's yer beef, Honey? Does he owe ya money or are ya just Jealous! Take yer bitter cynicism to yer local ANTIFA get together! Yeah, Hit the bricks!
@@masterspacetime2826 I don't believe he pretends to be anything, he is just doing his thing without pretending anything. The sailing is real, he is in europe, that is real. So what if he uses technology, he have never claimed to be a purist sitting in a hollow tree paddling round the world.
Fantastic Footage! Kevin at his best...scandilised main, trisail set, bucket in the cockpit for all those too shy to ask, and blackfish sporting along with the Master Mariner.... Please Sir...can we have more?
@@howtosailoceans1423 OH! Believe me I get that...it takes me longer and longer to recover as I age...Kevin that was an epic transit in everyone's book. I remember your comment when we joked about " What would Comanche do" when faced with a dead calm in the Atlantic....you said they would call for the container ship to come a pick them up! Still laughing about that brilliant statement for that is the current state of things in our sport with a rare exception or to.
There is EVERY other sailing channel on UA-cam.....then there is Kevin........the Obi Wan Kenobi of sailing.........wow............this guy is unreal............another top shelf sailing video..............thank you for posting........you’re in a league of your own and EVERYONE knows it 👍🏻
You leaning over the port rail to wrestle that main down, all without wearing a harness, made me nervous. I imagined Ruth Avery sailing on with the only evidence being on the GoPro.
I fail to see the problem with a harness is it not MGTOW? Did you ever consider you might leave a sailing wreck waiting for some other poor sap or ship to come upon...
11:58 That bell gives me the goosebumps. Sounds like it's summoning 'all hands on deck' but there's only one; Captain Boothby. Thomas Gilmer would have been proud of his boat and of you Sir.
For some unknown reason, prob being the fact I know Kevins safe, the bell is comforting. It's like the boat is saying "I got this shit. This is no problem"
Kevin, It is great to know you are on the other side safe and sound in Harbor. What a wild ride , even on camera they appeared to be Large waves and swell.. I am left wondering how bit it was .. For me I am just getting back in off the Texas coast and what hit by a micro bust and suffered my first ever Knock Down. Sometimes you just never can tell just what one of those fifty thousand foot thunderstorms are going to do.. Fair Winds and Safe Sea's . Robert North Star
The Quartermaster• Kevin, looking back to that Atlantic crossing I’d say you took a real beating over that last past week! The Old Girl really can hold her own in those conditions. Single handing week after week brings out the best and the worst in sailors. Without question it brought out the best in you! Congratulations!
Epic! Raw. Gripping Last of the Nantucket Whalers. Thar she blows. Wrestling the main, boom n gaff in a near gale. Something else. If it was live, not clipped on, boom n' gaff pressed on the leewrd rigging could have been the last episode. Sure the old Whalers didn't clip on either. Still in Kinsale Kevin?
Hi Joe. Funny, I have a ton of relatives named CAVANAH. They arrived in North Carolina in the early 1800's and most landed in and north of Hopkinsville, Ky. Deep in the country to try their luck at farming just about everything you could farm. And indeed they did. They settled a few miles from where those Martians landed 50 years ago. Kelly, Ky. ;) Tobacco was king at that time, the 20's, 30's, etc. Nice seeing another Irish name, even if it's one letter off. ;)
C'mon now, be honest...you enjoyed it as much as those pilot whales did! Seriously though, I'm well impressed. If you ever come to the east coast of Newfoundland, the pints are on me.
Yep. Just reaffirms why I am a creek crawler. Give me an interesting estuary any day, where I can run for shelter. But another great video. Keep it up. 👍
Absolutely! Best video of storms that I've seen on UA-cam. He's either a great actor, or the storms don't bother him that much. They would scare the crap out of me - literally snf figuratively,
The wind vane is your copilot. To sail solo it really is mandatory gear. Simple and effective.... outstanding. Be careful out there.... stuff happens. The North Sea can be a dangerous place. I recently discovered my great grandfather was a lighthouse keeper in Norway on the North Sea. I do not know the circumstances but he lost his life drowning. This left my grandfather a orphan. He was on his own by the age of 16 and became a merchant seaman.
@@howtosailoceans1423 that's why I didnt recognize her, the wood spars etc threw me off. She is as salty as any boat, ever!!!!! If I were younger I would love a vessel like her, but know i dream of roller furler and an electric winch
Wao ....se de casos de barcos a vela que se han volteado en tormentas, donde toda la tripulación se hallaba en la cabina (ERMETICA) sin velas , solo usando la como lastre y una "ancla paracaídas" para ir contra el oleaje ( apuntando la proa) La nave se volteo " cabeza abajo" y regreso a posición normal como " porfiado" y el susto fue tremendo jajajajajaja , yo solo navego en botes de 26 pies y solo tengo humildes sunfish y un Laser ....veo este video y ....mejor me quedo tranquilo jajajajajajajaja ,,,,Excelente video
There are a lot of videos of people who show their ocean experience. But as a skipper myself I can say that this is exceptional good learning material! Not fancy material. Just the real sailing life. Beautiful! Thanks a lot. Gonna spread these video's 😊 Chiel Pion 30 Van de Stadt
Thank you, Kevin. It’s the first time I’ve heard you ships bell! It looked just how I imagined the Atlantic would look during rough conditions. You do well to stay in top of things in those wet conditions. You are to be admired!
That 1st Whale looked very close , i would hate to hit one out there in the cold water . the Whales do appear to enjoy ruff seas , even down here in the South Pacific we see them playing more in low pressure systems .
That last segment had a pretty good wave hit you, but no screams of panic. mark of a true blue water sailor. I probably would have let out a "whoa" or "holy sh*t" waiting on next video already. Also watch out for cleat or winch with those bare feet!
keepin it real!
Anyone who can deploy a trisail, drop and tame the main and film it all in a gale and big seas, with a New England accent, is my idea of celebrity
Amen to that!
Single-Dad Two-Sons well, this interested you enough to watch and comment. I don’t know why you would have to insult someone’s comment who was impressed by this experience. Also, maybe Kevin uses the UA-cam $ to help finance his passage as opposed to just being an attention seeker, as you seem to believe. I know people do it every day. I’m a sailor too. The fete is still quite an accomplishment. I don’t know why you have to rain on Greg Pearcey’s parade. He enjoyed watching. I will note, Kevin does not have a New England accent. At least not the part of New England I’m from...lol.
Wish these were 5 hours long! Good stuff.
That would be a lot of video editing ... good to have you onboard.
@@howtosailoceans1423 I get the editing it would be something to do it for 5 hours of viewing and appreciate the huge amount you do for very little contribution from us viewers. But know we do enjoy every minute you do put out there.
But I'm with Kevin even raw footage would be cool.
@@howtosailoceans1423 Do you know whats an ASMR? you can do that!!!
that requires no editing.
Great video Kevin. You captured the feeling very well. I chuckled when you said you would rather keep moving than heave to. I share the same sentiment. I've never felt that the rest achieved from 'parking' offset the mental frustration from lack of progress. You managed it well, as usual.
Love your videos too Patrick. You and Kevin help keep my dreams alive. Thank you both!
Just an hour behind Patrick,I must be on course !with my you tube sailing .!
Different times only a few years ago severe weather was not avoidable.when the weather is in charge you heave to
Love the tools sliding back n forth. My swear jar would be so full.
What a ride! You probably felt 100% alive in those rough seas.
The beauty of smart tv is I can nip the add immediately and get straight on to the subject.
You're a real inspiration, Kevin. Restoring my boat on a budget while studying finance. Keep the videos coming.
Fair winds and following seas!
Hmm... I may be more of a Bay sailor than I realize! Not sure I would want to be on that ride ?
That lean at the end with the boat having water across the walk way WOW. That had to be some fun!
Boating around your neighborhood might be fun, but out there it looks like a fight for your life! Stay safe 💚⛵💨
Seeing the North Atlantic with trysail reminded me of our entire sail near Ireland on our way to Portugal. The closer we got to Ireland, the worse the weather got!
Cool voyage!
Bucket'n chuck it!!!!! Lolz!!!!!!
Man if you had a 360 camera in the back of the boat and just let it roll, I would watch for hours just looking around... Well well, it is what it is!
Thank God the waves are not short stacked Kevin. Have never sailed a gaffed Gilmer, but many miles in a sister S C 31 cutter. Glad your safe and congratulations on your crossing. Enjoy your videos and your attention to detail. I like to refer to the bucket as the short handed bucket SHB.
Great video!
Loved the breaking right at the end ! Cheers
Keeping it real captain that what makes all your videos great, plus your mental state is a big plus for you, your just stable , calm , never freaking out , you don't sweat the small stuff.
Good sailing captain
Great work on all fronts (pun intended), Sir! Class act.
Im glad am youtube sailor.
Cool adventure... A little too scary for my liking... Safe travels.
wow great video! your calm under pressure is appreciated! managing your boat so well is inspiring.
Well done Sir
Warning: Take your seasick pills before watching this video!😁 Quote from the "shrunken skull" on the "night-bus" from Harry Potter: "It's going to be a bumpy ride!" 😁 Another awesome video, Kevin. Some of those scenes look like they may have inspired you to get a bit of religion! 😁 Thanks so much for sharing.
A little before your time perhaps, but I think that quote was first made famous
by Bette Davis in the 1940's.
Great sailing, really cool!!!
True sailing!
Fairly storming along, glad it wasn't me out there in 21 footer 😯
nice video, enjoyed it! Cheers
Those must have been big seas. Usually doesn’t show on film. But this one did. ..... so really big
Really good video. Ruth Avery is in her element. Great to see the trysail being set and sailing under heavy weather jib alone. I can see you trying to get to the South. Good sailing. David
Glad you are making this crossing so I don't have too. :) Liked that "bell ringer" wave that came on board.
Kevin, a great huge from Portugal. just fill the dream.
I was wondering how rough it needed to be for your bell to start chiming , now we know.
Wow... what a ride! Admiration to you Sir!
hello nice video thanks, saludos
@How to Sail Oceans after watching you on this trip i want a boat too
"Bucket, chuck it"... and f*ck it.
How you manage to do all that and film is beyond me. Great site stay safe
amazing!!!! thanks
MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT YOUR APPROACH TO HANDLING ROUGH SEAS. WHATS THE OPTIMUM WAY TO TAKE ON A HEAVY SEA ? ....FROM BEHIND ?.....FROM STARBOARD QUARTER....PORT QUARTER.....BOW INTO, ETC....
Try winding some fine grit emery cloth on that shaft where you are having the slippage issue. Get as narrow of cloth backed emery, or rip it, epoxy it on with West System G flex epoxy in a spiral with no overlap, taking the ends well above and below the grip area. G Flex is by far my favorite epoxy for this sort of thing. I buy cloth backed emery in large rolls 1” wide.... Depending on the clamp area, I would probably start a tear with knife at the end and go for a quarter inch width.
That might work, interesting, looks like I might be able to get a hold of emery cloth in Cork and I already have some G-flex ...
I want an O’shit bell on my west wight😂😂
cool video kevin! congrats! one question: I've noticed that you have a wood mast..why is that? why not aluminum? I can't imagine it being lighter. is it stronger? is it cheaper?
It's saltier! Heavier, though, and possibly more expensive (depending on your scrounging/carpentry skills). Gaff rigged boats tend to carry wooden masts because the yard puts a point load on the mast, and thin-walled aluminum masts don't like point loads.
Bucket and chuck it 😂🤣
I know nothing about sailing but these were in my recommended so watched. When he said he took a bath, how would he have done that?
Sponge bath from a bucket.
Interstellar. 😬
When taming the main would it help to take down the headsail first to stop the bow blowing off the wind as much? This might bring the wind further ahead and bring the boom and gaff further inboard making life easier?
Not really, not with this boat anyway, the headsail keeps her moving and dampens some of the rolling.
"A modicum of misery" you mean sailing isn't always lilacs and buttercups?
Is there any preference between running just a jib or just a trisail in a blow?
Depends. Downwind in really strong winds usually just a small jib is best, keeps the center of effort well forward which helps with steering.
@How To Sail Oceans Hi Kevin you mentioned you had a composting head no board what type is it. Do you like it .does it it have a exhaust fan if so does its noise annoy you....I'm looking at fitting one and wondered
Hi Adrian, I have a Nature's Head. Yes, I like it--at least I like it more than holding tanks and pumpout. No, the fan doesn't bother me at all. Composting toilets are a little more difficult to use, if you have guests onboard you will probably need to give them a short tutorial on it.
@@howtosailoceans1423 thanks Mate for the repy...hope your enjoying Ireland
@@howtosailoceans1423 Kevin where does the fan duct exit ...cabin top?
@@adrianbaker9804 you can duct through exisiting vents via the cabin top, or run the compost exhaust to the anchor locker, albeit with a secondary fan in the line if the run is significant. Pros and Cons, but as Kevin noted, we feel far more pros with never having to deal with a black tank again and all the pipes and vented loops..
Do you know what the fin belonged to at 4:06? Great video by the way.
Kevin told you at 4.22 : a sperm whale
@@harmseberhardharmseberhard9908 Thanks. I must have missed it.
💪🌊👍
I guess I don't understand sailing, but why would anyone want put themselves through all this.
Ha!
HUH?
How do you take down the jib and then heave to? I don’t you need two sails to heave to? 🥺
Old and dangerous rig. system
No harness. Foolish Mate.
It’s a lot easier to watch this knowing you made it across!
And showered and shaved
Agree but I still had my stomach in my mouth.
This man is the real deal.
Single-Dad Two-Sons please explain your judgey judgement
@@masterspacetime2826 What's yer beef, Honey? Does he owe ya money or are ya just Jealous! Take yer bitter cynicism to yer local ANTIFA get together! Yeah, Hit the bricks!
@@masterspacetime2826
I don't believe he pretends to be anything, he is just doing his thing without pretending anything. The sailing is real, he is in europe, that is real. So what if he uses technology, he have never claimed to be a purist sitting in a hollow tree paddling round the world.
@@masterspacetime2826 you have a serious jealousy problem, man. Our condolences if your rubber ducky drowned.
Yes he is no Joke. Any sailor can pick up something from this guy.
Fantastic Footage! Kevin at his best...scandilised main, trisail set, bucket in the cockpit for all those too shy to ask, and blackfish sporting along with the Master Mariner....
Please Sir...can we have more?
It was fun, glad to be in a harbor now, though ...
@@howtosailoceans1423 OH! Believe me I get that...it takes me longer and longer to recover as I age...Kevin that was an epic transit in everyone's book. I remember your comment when we joked about " What would Comanche do" when faced with a dead calm in the Atlantic....you said they would call for the container ship to come a pick them up! Still laughing about that brilliant statement for that is the current state of things in our sport with a rare exception or to.
Scandal follows him everywhere.
Man oh man what a ride! Kevin, you are proof real sailors still exist. Safe travels and fair winds.
There is EVERY other sailing channel on UA-cam.....then there is Kevin........the Obi Wan Kenobi of sailing.........wow............this guy is unreal............another top shelf sailing video..............thank you for posting........you’re in a league of your own and EVERYONE knows it 👍🏻
Thanks for that! Glad to have you onboard.
Thanks for the great footage and the sail change blow by blow. Appreciate the narration style.
First rate seamanship. Your solo experience shows👍🏻👍🏻
You leaning over the port rail to wrestle that main down, all without wearing a harness, made me nervous. I imagined Ruth Avery sailing on with the only evidence being on the GoPro.
Indeed, that is always possible.
How to Sail Oceans what’s your boat don’t recognize her? Mike Potts S/V Quannah Rose
I fail to see the problem with a harness is it not MGTOW? Did you ever consider you might leave a sailing wreck waiting for some other poor sap or ship to come upon...
So many cables. Year 2014 wouldn't u think they would come up with an easer design
Ha! I KNEW sailing couldn't be all bikinis and sandy beaches. Great video.
I do t want to imagine Kevin in a bikini
11:58 That bell gives me the goosebumps.
Sounds like it's summoning 'all hands on deck' but there's only one; Captain Boothby.
Thomas Gilmer would have been proud of his boat and of you Sir.
For some unknown reason, prob being the fact I know Kevins safe, the bell is comforting. It's like the boat is saying "I got this shit. This is no problem"
Always looking forward to your videos, some of the best work I have seen. Sure beats cable.
I love the sea :) great videos @4:05 nice catch
Kevin,
It is great to know you are on the other side safe and sound in Harbor. What a wild ride , even on camera they appeared to be Large waves and swell.. I am left wondering how bit it was .. For me I am just getting back in off the Texas coast and what hit by a micro bust and suffered my first ever Knock Down. Sometimes you just never can tell just what one of those fifty thousand foot thunderstorms are going to do.. Fair Winds and Safe Sea's .
Robert
North Star
Wow you really captured the storm exciting viewing hope it didn’t beat you up to bad👍👍
The Quartermaster•
Kevin, looking back to that Atlantic crossing I’d say you took a real beating over that last past week! The Old Girl really can hold her own in those conditions. Single handing week after week brings out the best and the worst in sailors. Without question it brought out the best in you!
Congratulations!
Everyone dreams of sailing around the world, until we see footage like that! Great filming. Good to know you are safe.
Epic! Raw. Gripping Last of the Nantucket Whalers. Thar she blows.
Wrestling the main, boom n gaff in a near gale. Something else.
If it was live, not clipped on, boom n' gaff pressed on the leewrd rigging could have been the last episode. Sure the old Whalers didn't clip on either.
Still in Kinsale Kevin?
Hi Joe. Funny, I have a ton of relatives named CAVANAH.
They arrived in North Carolina in the early 1800's and most landed in and north of Hopkinsville, Ky. Deep in the country to try their luck at farming just about everything you could farm.
And indeed they did. They settled a few miles from where those Martians landed 50 years ago. Kelly, Ky. ;)
Tobacco was king at that time, the 20's, 30's, etc.
Nice seeing another Irish name, even if it's one letter off. ;)
Oops, make that 2 letters off. Lol
Yes, still here in Kinsale.
@@buddy8068 there's another
I have always liked the gaff rig yet seems a lot of work. Maybe 🤔 not then..
great video. you should do one on knots?
C'mon now, be honest...you enjoyed it as much as those pilot whales did! Seriously though, I'm well impressed. If you ever come to the east coast of Newfoundland, the pints are on me.
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!
Yep. Just reaffirms why I am a creek crawler. Give me an interesting estuary any day, where I can run for shelter. But another great video. Keep it up. 👍
Everyone says how hard it is to capture the real waves on camera I think you just had the best shot I have ever seen without being there
Absolutely! Best video of storms that I've seen on UA-cam. He's either a great actor, or the storms don't bother him that much. They would scare the crap out of me - literally snf figuratively,
This man inspires me. And to think he does it all in front of a green screen in his livingroom.
ROUGH SEAS i love it when i am in it, i trust the sailboat, but i am terrified thinking about it. ''go figure''
much better than Soldini or others big. this Man is really couragius! in an old boat across Atlantic! Autentic Sailor!
The wind vane is your copilot. To sail solo it really is mandatory gear. Simple and effective.... outstanding. Be careful out there.... stuff happens.
The North Sea can be a dangerous place. I recently discovered my great grandfather was a lighthouse keeper in Norway on the North Sea. I do not know the circumstances but he lost his life drowning. This left my grandfather a orphan. He was on his own by the age of 16 and became a merchant seaman.
Great video. I know those waves are a lot bigger than they look in the video. Changing those same Las in that condition is tough.
Great footage great content thanks
I Love you channel, and especially your boat, but for the life of me I can't recognize what she is. Is she a one off? I have a Pacific Seacraft Orion
Gillmer 31 (when factory finished a Southern Cross 31).
@@howtosailoceans1423 that's why I didnt recognize her, the wood spars etc threw me off. She is as salty as any boat, ever!!!!! If I were younger I would love a vessel like her, but know i dream of roller furler and an electric winch
I believe she is a Southern Cross 31, built engineless and remaining that way
lumpy seas......oh what fun......not.
Wao ....se de casos de barcos a vela que se han volteado en tormentas, donde toda la tripulación se hallaba en la cabina (ERMETICA) sin velas , solo usando la como lastre y una "ancla paracaídas" para ir contra el oleaje ( apuntando la proa) La nave se volteo " cabeza abajo" y regreso a posición normal como " porfiado" y el susto fue tremendo jajajajajaja , yo solo navego en botes de 26 pies y solo tengo humildes sunfish y un Laser ....veo este video y ....mejor me quedo tranquilo jajajajajajajaja ,,,,Excelente video
There are a lot of videos of people who show their ocean experience. But as a skipper myself I can say that this is exceptional good learning material! Not fancy material. Just the real sailing life. Beautiful! Thanks a lot. Gonna spread these video's 😊
Chiel
Pion 30 Van de Stadt
Thanks so much! Fair winds, skipper.
Great video! Just one question.. You don't attach yourself to the boat ? Little scary in a transat :o
Thank you, Kevin. It’s the first time I’ve heard you ships bell! It looked just how I imagined the Atlantic would look during rough conditions. You do well to stay in top of things in those wet conditions. You are to be admired!
Always calm and collective Kevin no matter what the situation. Always enjoy the videos you post because i always learn something. Cheers
Untethered on deck, leaning overboard on the lee side in a gale.
Some really amazing footage thanks
It really was super good
That 1st Whale looked very close , i would hate to hit one out there in the cold water . the Whales do appear to enjoy ruff seas , even down here in the South Pacific we see them playing more in low pressure systems .
Whales can always dive to escape big waves ...
Must be a bit spooky when you're asleep and the bell tolls 😱
That last segment had a pretty good wave hit you, but no screams of panic. mark of a true blue water sailor. I probably would have let out a "whoa" or "holy sh*t" waiting on next video already. Also watch out for cleat or winch with those bare feet!
Would be nice to see your positions, waypointst, ETA etc. on a map for a sec when you call your position
A bad dude waves look 4-5. Meters.
Heave too? Why can't you just sail on under the wind vane?
Windvane's can't always be trusted when running before heavy wind and sea, you could broach.
Wow, fantastic footage! Take care & always look forward to your next video.