well, no advice from me- just admiration! you do you, and you do you so beautifully, good or bad, like a boss. it's a privilege to be able to share in the struggle!
thank you! I was honestly slightly worried that this was a negative/pitiful video and wouldn't be received very well, but I'm glad I was able to effectively show the less fun times of living on a boat. That's just part of it, and thanks for being part of it!
You’re a trooper. Great spirit amidst so much adversity. Let’s go somewhere else! Calm anchorage with a cool breeze and a patch kit. (Ice machine, Dramamine and permethrin)
Hello! My cuz the puppy lady and her hubby told me about your journey and how much they love you. So now that we are family, I wish you the best and hopefully see ya on the water someday. Cheers and fair winds!
So I got a cheapy ebay 12v usb uv mozzie zapper. About the size of a beer can, it only kills 2/3 of the mozzie in the berth, but oh the sadistic half asleep smile you get on your face when you hear the crackle crackle of one dying in the night.
Ahoy! This video reminds me of that movie from the 90s . . . . "Sleepless & Skedaddle." Ba ha ha haaaa! : ) Ugh, i know those nights. People dont realize how amplified every little noise is on a boat. I wear **EARPLUGS* to bed every night for years now. Really helps, boat, or on land. I anchored one night so tired, 2 am, then the mayflies consumed me, had to pull up and move, ugh, no sleep. Another night a huge storm blew through and i dragged on my anchor for two miles while i got thrown around, zero sleep. Live another day, heaven and hell are one tenth of an inch apart : ) Glad youre showing the rough nights for people to know the reality of sailing. I read a funny thing somewhere, "Sailing! . . . Its like fun! . . . . Only different." Cheers!
I haven't seen that movie (I haven't seen a lot of movies so don't let this be a surprise haha) I might have to give earplugs a go. It would have been helpful this night for sure. You're story is spot on! It's crazy because sometimes there's nothing you can do, too. It's a different kind of fun, the kind that can be super annoying in the moment but if anybody asks you say, "it's kinda fun."
I know this is kinda late for this trip, but I grew up in the caribbean and whenever we got coconuts we would save the hust and in small pieces like a cut the size of pie wedge, we would light it in old soda cracker can and then sprinkle a little water with our fingertips so it would smolder and not light up and catch fire so we would just get a little smoke . It doesn't take much for the mosquitos to leave the area. I don't know if you knew the time they came around but usually just as it starts to get dark and only for an hour or so then they disappear. You don't have to put it in the cabin just outside the companionway. Try it and see if it works for you, it's free and what can you loose, just the mosquitos. Good luck, love your channel.
Oh!! I am DEFINITELY trying this. I like that. No chemicals. I don’t have to hold my breath either, hahaha. Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll definitely feature that in a video when I try itl
where are you at now? Luperon is good. I'm visiting friends in other parts of the DR, been recovering this past week from a sickness and planning my boat projects ahead. Thanks for keeping up with me!
@@SailingArtha no thanks necessary, I look forward to your smiley face and adventures! A rat moved aboard here in the Stuart, Fla mooring field, he spent a week, but I finally got rid of him now have another as of last night…swimmers….next week off to the Bahamas again for some clear water and lobsters! Travel safe! Thanks, Andrew
Every thing is in a mess. eg yacht,,life, So brain function also goes with it. ( Clean up ) your back yard: it does wonders. Iratic filming, sound , and speech,. Learn from your natural pristine paradise, when you pick up rubbish.. and keep it that way. You will feel better...Lol from grandma
Nicole, I don’t envy you right now. I can’t sleep when is hot either. I admire your determination. Hope that the new boat have screens on the hatches to keep the mosquitoes out
Haha 🤣 yea it was a miserable night. Fortunately the new boat does have screens, even in the small port holes. I won't be returning to Attwood though to test it
I feel for you. That’s rough, all the same things need to happen on a sailboat whether you’re single handed or 2-handed, it sure is easier when you have a good friend to sail with. That person DOES NOT need to be your life partner, a good pal or a sibling will do just fine. There’s nothing wrong with single handing, you just have to keep everything stupid simple and have only bare necessities on board. Nothing that requires a lot of attention, nothing that requires daily maintenance, just rock solid stuff and absolutely nothing that you can’t live without.
Yep. You get it! Otherwise I get so tired and overwhelmed I just can't keep up. Even the simple stuff, when it breaks down I just don't have the energy at times to fix it, especially when I'm dehydrated or just plain tired. I'm definitely open to crew, but I've sailed with people before and sometimes it's just a lot easier to still be alone and sail with buddy boats. I still have my space but also a community.
Omg I feel for you if you too have gone on the evasive-sound-hunt. The worst is when something makes a sound and stops as soon as you get up. Then you lay back down again and it starts again. It. Never. Ends. Especially in various sea states. I found so many new sounds on my boat that night!
@@SailingArtha I cannot settle until I find it the anxiety of waiting and knowing it’s going to happen drives me crazy, I kind of know all the main culprits on my boat now and I was laughing with you and your anchor as I have to remove mine from the bow roller and lay it on the deck as well, really enjoying your content though.
You are doing an excellent job with your videos! There are many sailing channels on YT, yet you are offering something unique, which is special. Your knowledge of the sea and sailboats is very impressive. I believe you said that you earned a Coast Guard Captain's License, and that's super impressive. You are a young woman, sailing solo, and you show the realities of the situation and how you feel. So, keep-up the good work, and just film yourself sailing and doing what you do...even when you're not feeling well. Because tomorrow is always a new day, and there are plenty of new, and unexpected adventures ahead. Just be yourself, and I'll keep watching, with a {Thumbs-Up and Comment} to help your YT score grow, so you can earn some $$$! -Peace
Thank you so much! I've had a VERY difficult week and this was the encouragement I needed. I'll keep the content real and coming, and quality improving. I appreciate your support.
@@SailingArtha Hopefully, I live in the middle of Britain so there’s no coast for miles but I’ve always appreciated nature and the little things in life so I’d love to try it. I just don’t wanna sink in the ocean lol
"There's no crying on sailboats!" ~ Tom Hanks in that movie about a league of lady sailors (I may have taken some liberty here...) That's seeming like a February type spot to visit....
I don't know the reference haha but I am pretty un-cultured when it comes to movies, so that's my own fault.. I think February would be a lot better here!
@@SailingArtha it's from "A League of Their Own" about a female baseball league during ww2. Tom Hanks is the coach and yells at one of the girls that "there's no crying in baseball!". Fun movie if you get a chance at it. Liking your channel and vids, raw and real like Sam Holmes, et al. No try too hard, over produced, scripted fluff like some others.
You’re tougher than me…after the first dozen mosquitoes, I would have weighed anchor and gone somewhere, ANYWHERE! But I’m glad you stuck with your buddy boats. Regarding your dinghy, yours isn’t in terrible shape and they’re very repairable, as you’ve already demonstrated. Bear in mind that where you’re heading, shiny new inflatables are serious theft candy. Something to consider
I was definitely thinking about it! Noted about the dinghy. As it worked out, the boat I'm buying has an old inflatable dinghy with a hard bottom. It's a major upgrade but still not shiny enough to attract attention.
A RIB is a definite upgrade. Years ago I had an 11' Zodiac RIB that I kept on the foredeck of my old Hatteras. Pretty rugged, definitely fast, and the big plus was having a real bow eye bolted into the fiberglass hull for towing@@SailingArtha
I used to work for the Government of the Bahamas- the PM had wanted to build a mailboat dock in Atwood Harbour- the purpose was to service North Acklins. I recommended against it because in the winter months, you could get weeks of NE winds, making the harbour unusable. Plus you would have to build a bridge and a road because the dock would have to be built on the Cay opposite Acklins. I see the dock was never built. Residents at the time had said that boats could be stuck there for weeks if the wind was not right. At the time we were resurfacing the highway in the middle of Acklins, crazy hot back in 2000 too. The tropic of Cancer runs through the island- absolutely no shade and the sun that is vertical over your head.
Wow. This is a neat comment. I'm glad you shared and I'd say that it was a good call on your part to recommend against building the mailboat dock. Since it's not there, I think they must have seen your point. I wasn't in Acklins/Attwood long enough to really get to know the area but compared to other ports, this spot is definitely NOT ideal. I was there in late May I think (this video is a little behind), and it was one of the hottest places in the Bahamas I'd been to. I can't imagine what it would be like in August, or resurfacing a BLACK highway. Sounds equally miserable as the night I had! But, the roads were in great condition when I went, so thanks for doing such an awesome job.
I can't think of any ginger recipes that don't have sugar in them, and that might be part of what makes the ginger work. I get stressed when I have low sugar. I am certainly not gaining weight sailing!
Is life better.. pure.. when reduced to fewer options? I decided to live in a manner that offers only one "out", and as a consequence, wherever I turn is found my action, inaction, or deference. We of the sea have little difference between us, owning this truth. When viewed pragmatically, your life experience demonstrates a worthy strength in everything, and this is easy to acknowledge. But I am drawn beyond it, confronted again with a message beneath the waves. You are a story, waiting for her moment to write.
Ah neat. That last line really caught me. I've been bottling up my story, waiting for the time to spill it out. It's jumbled in notes here and there, but every time I sit down to write the words evade me. I can feel them being tossed in the waves beneath my boat, so powerful, yet struggling to bubble to the surface. I know that the time is coming though. Perhaps when I find my companion and can let go of some responsibilities that drain me, I can finally step into my power. I've tried and tried to get started on this book, but I think until I feel secure and stable, my thoughts will stay hidden in my head where even I can't access them with my heart.
But to answer your question.. haha.. I feel less overwhelmed when I have fewer things, and only the necessities. I already lose focus so easily that any sort of distraction scares me because I feel like I'm moving off my path. So having fewer things makes it easier for me to stay focused on what matters to me most, and that's having life experiences. Also, I've realized that sometimes I need to close a door before a new one opens, and that's easier to do when there's less in the way. I think most everything I own is on my 26' sailboat. I have nothing else except maybe a dehydrator in a closet at my parents' house.
..i'm interested in belt drive auto air conditioning for both the AC and the compressor itself , as far as air pressure battery storage , which eventually or is part the floatation system if the right tanks used, Tractor trailers tend to have an air brake compressor system that is powerful enough to plug many air tools direct into, these ideas could save weight compared to lithium x batteries...it was a side idea off of belt driven alternator studies, and it's all tied together for me as boating ideas a lot because i studied impellors and blower type geometry also , one of the efficiency info part of vid showed on an air blower (similar to water movement or steam), the fin shape didn't matter much whether it was flat or curved where the pressure struck it the rpm was similar at that range blower or impellor , in other words a jet of steam spray /lol was my interest ....it's been an awesome youtube study because i looked at the swimming pool heaters (pumpless coil) , some waste oil burner vids and it was darn i don't want to vulture this guys it's (NOBOX7 urgh had to open another yt) ..his steam cleaner coil propane ...i am familiar with many modern materials like the stainless brewing tube for steam or brakeline by the roll etc. etc. i have a technical background always studied materials and i worked scrapping metals , disassembly /reverse engineering of most appliance type stuff so it all pops or i see progress doing revisits , i had worked in a internet provider back (i'll feel old but) when they had the y2k scare lol , history but many these tinkers i've seen since internet basically ...i have some ideas saving weight involving the windmill hub and magnetic induction of the old magnet type for heat alone , there's a melt a copper , lead etc, brake disc vid demonstrating the heat possible from brakes etc.... and solar direct to heat eliminates battery ....oh , i really enjoyed study on the original fast tesla turbine, same as the patent pics, the reversable , 8 discs with five holes design , that one i have some induction ideas for piping the electric to it's own electromagnets for braking the discs and still extracting power as electricity instead of direct output or extra electric while braking the discs..../ranting ...i got some cool side vids too by the way , cool similar group of vids , sailing artha is my favorite one though i think i needed one to wind down from idiotic political and "news" updates i never watched for 7 years previous the war stuff ...take care God keep you safe on your journeys , oh still i have a few business ideas but i probably shouldn't give all details away public and i have some geographical coincedences i'd liek to contact you about i was just strolling the property and checking on the a1 inboard project pad i could clear alot but it has to be managed for need imo , i have a metalshop, well that stays because it's a wellhouse but even the vines and trees i have to manage carefully because it's a lot of shade ...i think i could fit a few more boats and the water is nearby enough they sneak wide big boats on the road sometimes i noticed occasionally in the past ...i have million projects after being legally blind a while and i was planning for the worste so i didn't get my hopes up , it's bee wild, i had emergency stuff to fix before my eye surgery and had never seen the wood grain or textures fully , it was odd ...i had lasik to fix 20/40 and had worked in a welding shop doing machining maybe why i got early cataracts but everyone should wear shades imo in the full sun....urgh my message always too long and i still have tons ..../lol
Sorry Nicole. When you talk about gas spill, do you mean gas gas....like you cook with. Diesel fuel or petrol fuel.?? You have to understand that you're sharing your excellent channel with people like me in the southern hemisphere who refer to gas as cooking. And Diesel and petrol as fuel. And yes it's possible to have a gas as in liquid nitrogen or oxygen, spillage. Hence my enquiry. Btw, my beer fridge is full again here in Nz. Depending on when you get here, my vehicle should be free to use for a week. Note....we drive on the left side of the road. Hehe. Loving your channel. Keep on keeping on. Take care and atb from down under.
haha! I meant gas as in the gas that goes in a car in America, like gasoline. Now that I'm trying to describe gas I realize I have no idea what it actually is. But, I use propane gas to cook with, so I have both. But the propane gas was NOT leaking fortunately. I have a sniffer that goes off whenever there are any sort of gas fumes and the sniffer was making its gurgling noise since it was in the bilge and got waterlogged at some point. And well, I just better hurry up and get to NZ! Too bad it's about halfway around the world from me right now. But that'll be fun when I do get there!
@@SailingArtha depending what direction you're facing....go straight out and turn left, or turn right. And go south. If you get to a piece of land that has snakes spiders and a lot of bitey things...then that's Australia. Recalibrate your tiller to get to us. Cya.
shoot , i just noticed the new vid i wanted to share, ... i had this cool youtube vid combo idea i just got onto regarding free clean water : there's a man who looks like he's florida , he drills a shallow iirc non-potable well using 10 foot pvc sections and a pressure washer ....the other vid is a south east asian man constructing a four or five 55 gallon plastic barrels filter , using a phd from north carolina's plans with sand, two gravel sizes, pvc fittings a toilet float valve (for auto cut off when the barrel is full) , charcoal and a small window screen......my point well pumps can be wind or solar power and i am guessing MAYBE(?) the non-potable water could get filtered through that type water tower filter , wouldf be awesome imo....i have rain water filter to washing machine and toilet fills idea with ball valves, gravity off a gutter design but the well idea is unlimited maybe ......had to share , youtube is awesome outside of politics /lol ...i'll catch your new show this evening i guess darn i should have looke here first ...i do a lot of house repair but i can choose the materials now so it's funny i use foamboard and fiberglass resin mixtures and daydream on boats , been a while just trying out the elemental stuff for experience /lol i better run it's others now on me at the moment / later thanks....urgh mistake not to search first i all your vids, keeping up....
i mentioned it on one reply elsewhere i will know the vid channnel info soon so as not to be a vulture to the concepts but i have to re look up both to get the actual details is the thing
I was just thinking about how I wanted to go to Sydney. Maybe I'll reconsider hahah or just avoid the ferry areas. Thanks for the heads up. That sounds like no fun
Starlink was down and couldn't watch u for a few days. But I send U a 100 bags of Ice in a huge tub for you to bath in. Or at least DREAM of doing it. Its only 77* here and nights down to 60-65 So all hatches closed and comfy ...... Cheers Kiddo !!!!! Peace ☮️ SV Hydra ps. your boat is a HOT MESS and seeing it makes me not feel so bad about mine. I dare you to clean up , lol
@@SailingArtha I want a personal tour please, lol. I once showed my mom I had cleaned up below , but had just thrown everything into bags up on deck and gave her a 60 second video below , then took all the bags down into the V birth and showed her how organized the deck was. LoL. But I believe you .... your smile is just too honest to deny. So you've yet to tell me where I can send the Amazon package I want you to have so you'll be a Master Electrician with proper tools. he he he. if you are on internet, i can give you my email and then quickly delete it before the scammers read it
I did make some for the hatch and companionway, but I got some tears in it and the velcro came off so I couldn't secure it to the inside of the hatch. The other screen that I had was a bit more durable and larger, but it needed to go on the outside, and I think it was raining. Maybe I should make sure I have spares so I can fix the wounded ones and still have a working one
@@SailingArtha Don't know if you can Amazon from there but I got some that cover a whole man door and have magnets (velcro may be better on a boat since magnets can mess with compasses. but they are extremely cheap. I bought some screen repair stuff and re screened all my port lights .cool and bug less. Roll of screen and the piping to stuff in the groove. Dont last forever but so cheap and easy to replace.
Get better soon after leaving!!. Laying in the middle of your boat..salon...if there is any place😉 does not help againste rocking? Working online while seeing out of a window may help preventing sea sickness. You tried a cherrycan with colder seawater as a cooling companion in bed? Still you do good..and you know life is ups and downs..👍😅
haha yes I know my boat is a wreck. I am actually putting out a video in comedic self-defense about that when I move my stuff off. I am a very tidy person when things have a home! I've heard that laying in the center of the boat helps, I just didn't try that. I probably just wasn't feeling sick enough. But, I haven't tried the cold cherrycan as a cooling companion. That sounds like a great idea! When I try it I'll definitely include it in a video. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for your concern, but it's actually okay. It's not connected to the bilge. There is a waterproof bulkhead that divides it from any other part of the boat. This is because the well was originally designed to hold an outboard, so there was a 12"x12" hole that the shaft would fit in, plus a small drain hole in case water did get in the well. The new outboard wouldn't fit in the well so I had to glass in a backing plate and mount it on a Panther mount. I then decided to glass in the hole so I could use it as storage. But I ran into some problems here. The way the hole for the shaft was designed is there was a 4" wall so the outboard can mount to it. I originally glassed in a panel at the top of the wall so I could get a watertight seal. This was above the waterline. But, every time the stern slammed into a wave (which happens on a daily basis), the entire boat would shudder as waves shot up into the upturned "box." Because I couldn't haul out, I decided to cut out the panel I'd glassed in and push it flush with the bottom of the boat. But, flush meant it would be below the waterline. This meant I didn't manage to get a watertight seal, even with four people sitting on the bow trying to lift the stern out of the water. It's very hard to do fiberglass work underwater! I could have used JB waterweld, but since water in the well isn't a concern (it's designed to get wet), I didn't really care. I did what I could, and water only came in when I was in big seas and the pressure of the waves would push through the holes in the fiberglass cloth around the panel I glassed in. But when the seas died down, there wasn't enough pressure or big enough holes for the water to seep back out, so I would to sponge it out with a sponge whenever I felt like it.
You're welcome and I'm glad you're enjoying them! I really hope the mosquitoes aren't breeding inside my boat... I think they had just found a human and decided to stay around my boat during the rough weather rather than fly back to land. I don't have earplugs but will get some before my next trip. Good suggestion :)
...i got to run again but i get engineering ideas a lot, for example, i like the belt driven compressor type automotive air conditioners for a tinker with steam or wind to try to pulley either the windmill output or a simple steam jet to a turbine with flywheel to get spec rpm for the standard automotive airconditioner for example, ....lately i never hear shade mentioned enough , one semi idiot yt house guy uses "r50 attic" , i was ponsering a sun shade over a roof would add a lot of cooling benefit imo , light weight for a boat, ...also i found some rebar tech info that the grades rebar are closely equivelent to 1040,1060 and 1080 or 90 carbon steel , imo it would be possible to spring temper the 1060 or the higher carbon and it's probably more alloy some rust resistant than the "10xx steel, sleeved inside pex with grease layer would resist corrosion a while , i envision one boat hull with spring joints also similar to a fiberglass bow at the sectional joints with seperate float sections, , i have some car alternator to trolling motor ideas similar and some heat for steam to electric or direct drive and stuff ....hopefully it's ok if i toss a message in abottle idea once in a while ..take care , be safe, please..
...one nice thing also on boat design is the potential for integral air pressure battery in the hull, a heavy tank sinks but a high pressure vessel floats and so adds nothing , no battery storage for that part , the hull itself can be a "battery" for saving energy as air for air motor use or conversion to electric , each system with steam can run on the steam itself it goes is a nice part too on that ...theres "heat batteries' too usually insulated sand which serves as ballast otherwise batteries need to be more standard and have the batteyr issues....i like my boat daydreams the best by the way but the involve alternative steam motor use and those are hypotheticals but a alternator draws about 4 hp maybe and puts off over 1600 watts typically or 130 amp at iirc 12 14.x volts .......i should sleep goodnight, thanks for the vids again
Living on liquid isn't always that great, it can challenge you. Wind, swells, bugs, noises, breakages, temperature can all add up to misery. However, then you have those days of bliss.
yea, it's not the vacation everybody thinks it is, that's for sure. But it's worth it for the adventure, the freedom, and how much it forces me to grow. Thanks for watching and relating to it :)
What is the water in there with the gas can? I think you are gonna have noises it's a sailboat and the waves on a mono, swells are not easy when sitting
Well, I'm not the only one to think it, but please be aware of gas vapors and sparks. I know you know, but I have to say it anyway. Too bad I'm so stinking old....I'd invite myself to be your world traveling companion Haahahaahha!!! Hey at least a thumbs up for honesty. Do the anti nausea pills do anything? Or are they full of side effect trash?
Yes the vapors made me so nervous. I didn't cook anything that night! For the sea sickness, there is a pressure point on the wrist that I always press when I start to feel sea sick. I'm not one for taking medicine but I've heard that dramamine does a really good job. If it weren't so miserable outside I'd have been sitting on deck, which helps with my sea sickness too. Thanks for watching :)
it's the well, which is there there is a 12"x12" hole that my old and broken outboard used to sit inside. I had a diaper made of plastic under it until I could epoxy it, but since it was below the waterline I couldn't get a good seal. So water still seeped in, but that is by design so the boat could never sink that way.
😞😞😞 I'm sorry. I understand. It's been so hot and humid in North GA off grid...and it's hard to sleep at night with just a battery powered fan blowing hot air. So muggy and buggy. How will you get rid of the gas smell? Hang in there. Hope you find a better dockage soon. 🙏🤞
Sheesh. I hope the heat lets up there soon. I was in GA for a summer... For the gas smell I just waited until the sun made it evaporate, which it did within the next day, fortunately.
Whoever is doing your passage decisions doesn't know what they're doing. Buddy boating is dangerous. Attwood is only good in S of E winds. BTW, Samana Cay [Propeller Cay anchorage] is just N of you - it's beautiful in the right conditions. You're also close to the Plana Cays with a GORGEOUS beach - but rolly in anything over 15KTS of wind. Mayaguana is a lousy anchorage. Sugar /Datum at the bottom of Acklins has gorgeous snorkelling and reefs also.
Blower motor is designed to make no spark to pump out air. "Nutshell" had explosion from igniting degreaser fumes when he put on tea water. luckily he was on deck.@@12B4Christ
It's a jackline, which some people run along the decks. Because my boat is so little I run it down the center and wrap it around the mast on the way aft. I clip into it when I go on deck :)
Ohh yeah, what I call the sucky times of solo sailing. Constant night time re-rigging, bugs, stuff spilling, strange noises you cant find the source of. Thats why your video updates work, real snapshots of solo sailing. Not like those glitzy super edited polished 'documentaries' that are all over YT. Anyways keep yer chin up, stay the course and while its an old cliche : tomorrow is a new day.
well, no advice from me- just admiration! you do you, and you do you so beautifully, good or bad, like a boss. it's a privilege to be able to share in the struggle!
thank you! I was honestly slightly worried that this was a negative/pitiful video and wouldn't be received very well, but I'm glad I was able to effectively show the less fun times of living on a boat. That's just part of it, and thanks for being part of it!
It looked like a tough night. I’m glad to see you are all right. Be safe with no sleep.
thank you :)
You’re a trooper. Great spirit amidst so much adversity. Let’s go somewhere else! Calm anchorage with a cool breeze and a patch kit. (Ice machine, Dramamine and permethrin)
Thank you :)
Hello! My cuz the puppy lady and her hubby told me about your journey and how much they love you. So now that we are family, I wish you the best and hopefully see ya on the water someday. Cheers and fair winds!
I'm not sure that I know who you're talking about, but thank you so much for watching! Hope to see you out there too!
Tough days for a tough girl! Thanks for keeping solo sailing real. Hope to see you better soon and stay safe!
Awesome! Thank you!
So I got a cheapy ebay 12v usb uv mozzie zapper. About the size of a beer can, it only kills 2/3 of the mozzie in the berth, but oh the sadistic half asleep smile you get on your face when you hear the crackle crackle of one dying in the night.
ohhhhh nice. I'll look into that, especially for that satisfaction haha thanks for the suggestion
Good to see you tough it out. Things will be better soon.
Ahoy! This video reminds me of that movie from the 90s
. . . . "Sleepless & Skedaddle."
Ba ha ha haaaa! : )
Ugh, i know those nights. People dont realize how amplified every little noise is on a boat. I wear **EARPLUGS* to bed every night for years now. Really helps, boat, or on land.
I anchored one night so tired, 2 am, then the mayflies consumed me, had to pull up and move, ugh, no sleep. Another night a huge storm blew through and i dragged on my anchor for two miles while i got thrown around, zero sleep. Live another day, heaven and hell are one tenth of an inch apart : )
Glad youre showing the rough nights for people to know the reality of sailing.
I read a funny thing somewhere, "Sailing! . . . Its like fun! . . . . Only different."
Cheers!
I haven't seen that movie (I haven't seen a lot of movies so don't let this be a surprise haha) I might have to give earplugs a go. It would have been helpful this night for sure.
You're story is spot on! It's crazy because sometimes there's nothing you can do, too. It's a different kind of fun, the kind that can be super annoying in the moment but if anybody asks you say, "it's kinda fun."
thanks for sharing the non glamorous side of cruising life!
I don’t sleep great when it’s hot. Definitely feel you on that!
that looked yummy............food always looks good when someone else makes it.🤗
Agreed!
I know this is kinda late for this trip, but I grew up in the caribbean and whenever we got coconuts we would save the hust and in small pieces like a cut the size of pie wedge, we would light it in old soda cracker can and then sprinkle a little water with our fingertips so it would smolder and not light up and catch fire so we would just get a little smoke . It doesn't take much for the mosquitos to leave the area. I don't know if you knew the time they came around but usually just as it starts to get dark and only for an hour or so then they disappear. You don't have to put it in the cabin just outside the companionway. Try it and see if it works for you, it's free and what can you loose, just the mosquitos. Good luck, love your channel.
Oh!! I am DEFINITELY trying this. I like that. No chemicals. I don’t have to hold my breath either, hahaha. Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll definitely feature that in a video when I try itl
Pls take care there🙏 I love your videos! Greetings from Norway🇳🇴⛵️🙂
Aw thank you for the nice comment and for watching :)
Hey! Gas, mossies and a swell….i was almost sick watching! Fun episode, time to move on! Hope Luperon is treating you well, thanks, Andrew
where are you at now? Luperon is good. I'm visiting friends in other parts of the DR, been recovering this past week from a sickness and planning my boat projects ahead. Thanks for keeping up with me!
@@SailingArtha no thanks necessary, I look forward to your smiley face and adventures! A rat moved aboard here in the Stuart, Fla mooring field, he spent a week, but I finally got rid of him now have another as of last night…swimmers….next week off to the Bahamas again for some clear water and lobsters! Travel safe! Thanks, Andrew
Every thing is in a mess. eg yacht,,life, So brain function also goes with it. ( Clean up ) your back yard: it does wonders. Iratic filming, sound , and speech,. Learn from your natural pristine paradise, when you pick up rubbish.. and keep it that way. You will feel better...Lol from grandma
(you should get/make one of those microphone covers. it will stop the noise from the wind)
will do
Nicole, I don’t envy you right now. I can’t sleep when is hot either. I admire your determination. Hope that the new boat have screens on the hatches to keep the mosquitoes out
Haha 🤣 yea it was a miserable night. Fortunately the new boat does have screens, even in the small port holes. I won't be returning to Attwood though to test it
Its as real as it gets.. rock on girl.
Eggzakly! You are out there doing it, and we ain't. One day!
Killing me smallz! 😍
Bugs, swells and heat! Sail on!
What a messy, sloppy, banging, rattling, buzzing time you had in that anchorage. I know those sensations well, so thanks for making real videos!!!
ah, appreciate this so much. thanks for watching and relating!
your a regular Jessica Watson, i'm telling yea.. hang in there girl..
I feel for you. That’s rough, all the same things need to happen on a sailboat whether you’re single handed or 2-handed, it sure is easier when you have a good friend to sail with. That person DOES NOT need to be your life partner, a good pal or a sibling will do just fine. There’s nothing wrong with single handing, you just have to keep everything stupid simple and have only bare necessities on board. Nothing that requires a lot of attention, nothing that requires daily maintenance, just rock solid stuff and absolutely nothing that you can’t live without.
Yep. You get it! Otherwise I get so tired and overwhelmed I just can't keep up. Even the simple stuff, when it breaks down I just don't have the energy at times to fix it, especially when I'm dehydrated or just plain tired. I'm definitely open to crew, but I've sailed with people before and sometimes it's just a lot easier to still be alone and sail with buddy boats. I still have my space but also a community.
Ha ha I love that game of searching for the clanging, clunking and banging 🤣
Omg I feel for you if you too have gone on the evasive-sound-hunt. The worst is when something makes a sound and stops as soon as you get up. Then you lay back down again and it starts again. It. Never. Ends. Especially in various sea states. I found so many new sounds on my boat that night!
@@SailingArtha I cannot settle until I find it the anxiety of waiting and knowing it’s going to happen drives me crazy, I kind of know all the main culprits on my boat now and I was laughing with you and your anchor as I have to remove mine from the bow roller and lay it on the deck as well, really enjoying your content though.
You take roughing it to a whole new level !!!! lol :)
just wait for my passage to the Turks and Caicos 😂
Keepin it real. Love it
thanks for watching
Please 🙏 no crying your amazing I live at the yacht club in Daphne Alabama but no boat lol on ly Harleys
sounds fun!
You are doing an excellent job with your videos!
There are many sailing channels on YT, yet you are offering something unique, which is special.
Your knowledge of the sea and sailboats is very impressive.
I believe you said that you earned a Coast Guard Captain's License, and that's super impressive.
You are a young woman, sailing solo, and you show the realities of the situation and how you feel.
So, keep-up the good work, and just film yourself sailing and doing what you do...even when you're not feeling well.
Because tomorrow is always a new day, and there are plenty of new, and unexpected adventures ahead.
Just be yourself, and I'll keep watching, with a {Thumbs-Up and Comment} to help your YT score grow, so you can earn some $$$!
-Peace
Thank you so much! I've had a VERY difficult week and this was the encouragement I needed. I'll keep the content real and coming, and quality improving. I appreciate your support.
New watcher here 😄 Great vids makes me wanna do it
Awesome! I hope you give it a shot
@@SailingArtha Hopefully, I live in the middle of Britain so there’s no coast for miles but I’ve always appreciated nature and the little things in life so I’d love to try it. I just don’t wanna sink in the ocean lol
I've bin wanting to get a sailboat ⛵ after watching this video you just saved me 80 grand...lol.
hahahhaa nooo!! You should still get one. It comes with the goods and the bads
"There's no crying on sailboats!" ~ Tom Hanks in that movie about a league of lady sailors (I may have taken some liberty here...)
That's seeming like a February type spot to visit....
I don't know the reference haha but I am pretty un-cultured when it comes to movies, so that's my own fault.. I think February would be a lot better here!
@@SailingArtha it's from "A League of Their Own" about a female baseball league during ww2. Tom Hanks is the coach and yells at one of the girls that "there's no crying in baseball!". Fun movie if you get a chance at it.
Liking your channel and vids, raw and real like Sam Holmes, et al. No try too hard, over produced, scripted fluff like some others.
It's pretty cold here on San Francisco bay. Foggy windy and no bugs
You’re tougher than me…after the first dozen mosquitoes, I would have weighed anchor and gone somewhere, ANYWHERE! But I’m glad you stuck with your buddy boats. Regarding your dinghy, yours isn’t in terrible shape and they’re very repairable, as you’ve already demonstrated. Bear in mind that where you’re heading, shiny new inflatables are serious theft candy. Something to consider
I was definitely thinking about it! Noted about the dinghy. As it worked out, the boat I'm buying has an old inflatable dinghy with a hard bottom. It's a major upgrade but still not shiny enough to attract attention.
A RIB is a definite upgrade. Years ago I had an 11' Zodiac RIB that I kept on the foredeck of my old Hatteras. Pretty rugged, definitely fast, and the big plus was having a real bow eye bolted into the fiberglass hull for towing@@SailingArtha
I used to work for the Government of the Bahamas- the PM had wanted to build a mailboat dock in Atwood Harbour- the purpose was to service North Acklins. I recommended against it because in the winter months, you could get weeks of NE winds, making the harbour unusable. Plus you would have to build a bridge and a road because the dock would have to be built on the Cay opposite Acklins. I see the dock was never built. Residents at the time had said that boats could be stuck there for weeks if the wind was not right.
At the time we were resurfacing the highway in the middle of Acklins, crazy hot back in 2000 too. The tropic of Cancer runs through the island- absolutely no shade and the sun that is vertical over your head.
Wow. This is a neat comment. I'm glad you shared and I'd say that it was a good call on your part to recommend against building the mailboat dock. Since it's not there, I think they must have seen your point. I wasn't in Acklins/Attwood long enough to really get to know the area but compared to other ports, this spot is definitely NOT ideal. I was there in late May I think (this video is a little behind), and it was one of the hottest places in the Bahamas I'd been to. I can't imagine what it would be like in August, or resurfacing a BLACK highway. Sounds equally miserable as the night I had! But, the roads were in great condition when I went, so thanks for doing such an awesome job.
My dad always had ginger ale on his boat for sea sickness. Try any kind of ginger or ginger tea.
And Ginger biscuits of some type! Works well for me.
okay thanks
I like the ginger chews but they are kind of sugary
I can't think of any ginger recipes that don't have sugar in them, and that might be part of what makes the ginger work. I get stressed when I have low sugar. I am certainly not gaining weight sailing!
Is life better.. pure.. when reduced to fewer options? I decided to live in a manner that offers only one "out", and as a consequence, wherever I turn is found my action, inaction, or deference. We of the sea have little difference between us, owning this truth.
When viewed pragmatically, your life experience demonstrates a worthy strength in everything, and this is easy to acknowledge. But I am drawn beyond it, confronted again with a message beneath the waves.
You are a story, waiting for her moment to write.
Ah neat. That last line really caught me. I've been bottling up my story, waiting for the time to spill it out. It's jumbled in notes here and there, but every time I sit down to write the words evade me. I can feel them being tossed in the waves beneath my boat, so powerful, yet struggling to bubble to the surface. I know that the time is coming though. Perhaps when I find my companion and can let go of some responsibilities that drain me, I can finally step into my power. I've tried and tried to get started on this book, but I think until I feel secure and stable, my thoughts will stay hidden in my head where even I can't access them with my heart.
But to answer your question.. haha.. I feel less overwhelmed when I have fewer things, and only the necessities. I already lose focus so easily that any sort of distraction scares me because I feel like I'm moving off my path. So having fewer things makes it easier for me to stay focused on what matters to me most, and that's having life experiences. Also, I've realized that sometimes I need to close a door before a new one opens, and that's easier to do when there's less in the way. I think most everything I own is on my 26' sailboat. I have nothing else except maybe a dehydrator in a closet at my parents' house.
I am also very suspectable to sounds while sleeping. I used a white noise machine. It helps a lot.
..i'm interested in belt drive auto air conditioning for both the AC and the compressor itself , as far as air pressure battery storage , which eventually or is part the floatation system if the right tanks used, Tractor trailers tend to have an air brake compressor system that is powerful enough to plug many air tools direct into, these ideas could save weight compared to lithium x batteries...it was a side idea off of belt driven alternator studies, and it's all tied together for me as boating ideas a lot because i studied impellors and blower type geometry also , one of the efficiency info part of vid showed on an air blower (similar to water movement or steam), the fin shape didn't matter much whether it was flat or curved where the pressure struck it the rpm was similar at that range blower or impellor , in other words a jet of steam spray /lol was my interest ....it's been an awesome youtube study because i looked at the swimming pool heaters (pumpless coil) , some waste oil burner vids and it was darn i don't want to vulture this guys it's (NOBOX7 urgh had to open another yt) ..his steam cleaner coil propane ...i am familiar with many modern materials like the stainless brewing tube for steam or brakeline by the roll etc. etc. i have a technical background always studied materials and i worked scrapping metals , disassembly /reverse engineering of most appliance type stuff so it all pops or i see progress doing revisits , i had worked in a internet provider back (i'll feel old but) when they had the y2k scare lol , history but many these tinkers i've seen since internet basically ...i have some ideas saving weight involving the windmill hub and magnetic induction of the old magnet type for heat alone , there's a melt a copper , lead etc, brake disc vid demonstrating the heat possible from brakes etc.... and solar direct to heat eliminates battery ....oh , i really enjoyed study on the original fast tesla turbine, same as the patent pics, the reversable , 8 discs with five holes design , that one i have some induction ideas for piping the electric to it's own electromagnets for braking the discs and still extracting power as electricity instead of direct output or extra electric while braking the discs..../ranting ...i got some cool side vids too by the way , cool similar group of vids , sailing artha is my favorite one though i think i needed one to wind down from idiotic political and "news" updates i never watched for 7 years previous the war stuff ...take care God keep you safe on your journeys , oh still i have a few business ideas but i probably shouldn't give all details away public and i have some geographical coincedences i'd liek to contact you about i was just strolling the property and checking on the a1 inboard project pad i could clear alot but it has to be managed for need imo , i have a metalshop, well that stays because it's a wellhouse but even the vines and trees i have to manage carefully because it's a lot of shade ...i think i could fit a few more boats and the water is nearby enough they sneak wide big boats on the road sometimes i noticed occasionally in the past ...i have million projects after being legally blind a while and i was planning for the worste so i didn't get my hopes up , it's bee wild, i had emergency stuff to fix before my eye surgery and had never seen the wood grain or textures fully , it was odd ...i had lasik to fix 20/40 and had worked in a welding shop doing machining maybe why i got early cataracts but everyone should wear shades imo in the full sun....urgh my message always too long and i still have tons ..../lol
Sorry Nicole. When you talk about gas spill, do you mean gas gas....like you cook with. Diesel fuel or petrol fuel.?? You have to understand that you're sharing your excellent channel with people like me in the southern hemisphere who refer to gas as cooking. And Diesel and petrol as fuel. And yes it's possible to have a gas as in liquid nitrogen or oxygen, spillage. Hence my enquiry.
Btw, my beer fridge is full again here in Nz. Depending on when you get here, my vehicle should be free to use for a week. Note....we drive on the left side of the road. Hehe. Loving your channel. Keep on keeping on. Take care and atb from down under.
haha! I meant gas as in the gas that goes in a car in America, like gasoline. Now that I'm trying to describe gas I realize I have no idea what it actually is. But, I use propane gas to cook with, so I have both. But the propane gas was NOT leaking fortunately. I have a sniffer that goes off whenever there are any sort of gas fumes and the sniffer was making its gurgling noise since it was in the bilge and got waterlogged at some point. And well, I just better hurry up and get to NZ! Too bad it's about halfway around the world from me right now. But that'll be fun when I do get there!
@@SailingArtha depending what direction you're facing....go straight out and turn left, or turn right. And go south.
If you get to a piece of land that has snakes spiders and a lot of bitey things...then that's Australia. Recalibrate your tiller to get to us. Cya.
At least you have had a summer!.. Its been absolutely miserable here in Blighty.. (England)..
Oh geez. I love the cold but only in small amounts. Hope you're keeping warm and dry over there!
@@SailingArtha Keeping dry is the problem!..lol
shoot , i just noticed the new vid i wanted to share, ... i had this cool youtube vid combo idea i just got onto regarding free clean water : there's a man who looks like he's florida , he drills a shallow iirc non-potable well using 10 foot pvc sections and a pressure washer ....the other vid is a south east asian man constructing a four or five 55 gallon plastic barrels filter , using a phd from north carolina's plans with sand, two gravel sizes, pvc fittings a toilet float valve (for auto cut off when the barrel is full) , charcoal and a small window screen......my point well pumps can be wind or solar power and i am guessing MAYBE(?) the non-potable water could get filtered through that type water tower filter , wouldf be awesome imo....i have rain water filter to washing machine and toilet fills idea with ball valves, gravity off a gutter design but the well idea is unlimited maybe ......had to share , youtube is awesome outside of politics /lol ...i'll catch your new show this evening i guess darn i should have looke here first ...i do a lot of house repair but i can choose the materials now so it's funny i use foamboard and fiberglass resin mixtures and daydream on boats , been a while just trying out the elemental stuff for experience /lol i better run it's others now on me at the moment / later thanks....urgh mistake not to search first i all your vids, keeping up....
i mentioned it on one reply elsewhere i will know the vid channnel info soon so as not to be a vulture to the concepts but i have to re look up both to get the actual details is the thing
Gawd...you should spend a night on Sydney harbour...3.4 feet ferry wakes
I was just thinking about how I wanted to go to Sydney. Maybe I'll reconsider hahah or just avoid the ferry areas. Thanks for the heads up. That sounds like no fun
We'll get through it... Time for a peaceful location and recharge your battery.
Starlink was down and couldn't watch u for a few days. But I send U a 100 bags of Ice in a huge tub for you to bath in. Or at least DREAM of doing it.
Its only 77* here and nights down to 60-65
So all hatches closed and comfy ......
Cheers Kiddo !!!!!
Peace ☮️
SV Hydra
ps. your boat is a HOT MESS and seeing it makes me not feel so bad about mine. I dare you to clean up , lol
Thank you 😊 and Arta is now spotless! Can’t wait to show you all hahah
@@SailingArtha I want a personal tour please, lol. I once showed my mom I had cleaned up below , but had just thrown everything into bags up on deck and gave her a 60 second video below , then took all the bags down into the V birth and showed her how organized the deck was. LoL.
But I believe you .... your smile is just too honest to deny. So you've yet to tell me where I can send the Amazon package I want you to have so you'll be a Master Electrician with proper tools. he he he.
if you are on internet, i can give you my email and then quickly delete it before the scammers read it
I couldnt hear what you were going on about in this one. But looked like a bummer night
ah yea, I'm going to make sure I wrap my microphone in something to help with the wind in the future. It was a windy night that's for sure
Квас из 🍄. 👍Наш человек 😉
Consider some window screen material?
I did make some for the hatch and companionway, but I got some tears in it and the velcro came off so I couldn't secure it to the inside of the hatch. The other screen that I had was a bit more durable and larger, but it needed to go on the outside, and I think it was raining. Maybe I should make sure I have spares so I can fix the wounded ones and still have a working one
@@SailingArtha Don't know if you can Amazon from there but I got some that cover a whole man door and have magnets (velcro may be better on a boat since magnets can mess with compasses. but they are extremely cheap. I bought some screen repair stuff and re screened all my port lights .cool and bug less. Roll of screen and the piping to stuff in the groove. Dont last forever but so cheap and easy to replace.
Get better soon after leaving!!. Laying in the middle of your boat..salon...if there is any place😉 does not help againste rocking? Working online while seeing out of a window may help preventing sea sickness. You tried a cherrycan with colder seawater as a cooling companion in bed? Still you do good..and you know life is ups and downs..👍😅
haha yes I know my boat is a wreck. I am actually putting out a video in comedic self-defense about that when I move my stuff off. I am a very tidy person when things have a home! I've heard that laying in the center of the boat helps, I just didn't try that. I probably just wasn't feeling sick enough. But, I haven't tried the cold cherrycan as a cooling companion. That sounds like a great idea! When I try it I'll definitely include it in a video. Thanks for watching.
you should get the water outta the locker. Is that connected to the bilge?
Thank you for your concern, but it's actually okay. It's not connected to the bilge. There is a waterproof bulkhead that divides it from any other part of the boat. This is because the well was originally designed to hold an outboard, so there was a 12"x12" hole that the shaft would fit in, plus a small drain hole in case water did get in the well. The new outboard wouldn't fit in the well so I had to glass in a backing plate and mount it on a Panther mount. I then decided to glass in the hole so I could use it as storage. But I ran into some problems here. The way the hole for the shaft was designed is there was a 4" wall so the outboard can mount to it. I originally glassed in a panel at the top of the wall so I could get a watertight seal. This was above the waterline. But, every time the stern slammed into a wave (which happens on a daily basis), the entire boat would shudder as waves shot up into the upturned "box." Because I couldn't haul out, I decided to cut out the panel I'd glassed in and push it flush with the bottom of the boat. But, flush meant it would be below the waterline. This meant I didn't manage to get a watertight seal, even with four people sitting on the bow trying to lift the stern out of the water. It's very hard to do fiberglass work underwater! I could have used JB waterweld, but since water in the well isn't a concern (it's designed to get wet), I didn't really care. I did what I could, and water only came in when I was in big seas and the pressure of the waves would push through the holes in the fiberglass cloth around the panel I glassed in. But when the seas died down, there wasn't enough pressure or big enough holes for the water to seep back out, so I would to sponge it out with a sponge whenever I felt like it.
Thanks again Nicole.! Would the mosquitos be breeding INSIDE your boat !? also.....do you have earplugs for the noise !?
Love from. Australia 🇦🇺🌹⛵
You're welcome and I'm glad you're enjoying them! I really hope the mosquitoes aren't breeding inside my boat... I think they had just found a human and decided to stay around my boat during the rough weather rather than fly back to land. I don't have earplugs but will get some before my next trip. Good suggestion :)
@@SailingArtha I’m glad to give what little help I can !🇦🇺🌹
You can always buy a USED dinghy in Like new condition, much more affordable. Just a thought.
That's what I had been thinking, something that felt a little less like a floaty and more like a dinghy.
...i got to run again but i get engineering ideas a lot, for example, i like the belt driven compressor type automotive air conditioners for a tinker with steam or wind to try to pulley either the windmill output or a simple steam jet to a turbine with flywheel to get spec rpm for the standard automotive airconditioner for example, ....lately i never hear shade mentioned enough , one semi idiot yt house guy uses "r50 attic" , i was ponsering a sun shade over a roof would add a lot of cooling benefit imo , light weight for a boat, ...also i found some rebar tech info that the grades rebar are closely equivelent to 1040,1060 and 1080 or 90 carbon steel , imo it would be possible to spring temper the 1060 or the higher carbon and it's probably more alloy some rust resistant than the "10xx steel, sleeved inside pex with grease layer would resist corrosion a while , i envision one boat hull with spring joints also similar to a fiberglass bow at the sectional joints with seperate float sections, , i have some car alternator to trolling motor ideas similar and some heat for steam to electric or direct drive and stuff ....hopefully it's ok if i toss a message in abottle idea once in a while ..take care , be safe, please..
...one nice thing also on boat design is the potential for integral air pressure battery in the hull, a heavy tank sinks but a high pressure vessel floats and so adds nothing , no battery storage for that part , the hull itself can be a "battery" for saving energy as air for air motor use or conversion to electric , each system with steam can run on the steam itself it goes is a nice part too on that ...theres "heat batteries' too usually insulated sand which serves as ballast otherwise batteries need to be more standard and have the batteyr issues....i like my boat daydreams the best by the way but the involve alternative steam motor use and those are hypotheticals but a alternator draws about 4 hp maybe and puts off over 1600 watts typically or 130 amp at iirc 12 14.x volts .......i should sleep goodnight, thanks for the vids again
all that is a foreign language to me but I think it's great you've got the ideas coming. I'll keep an eye out for the message in a bottle
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Living on liquid isn't always that great, it can challenge you. Wind, swells, bugs, noises, breakages, temperature can all add up to misery. However, then you have those days of bliss.
yea, it's not the vacation everybody thinks it is, that's for sure. But it's worth it for the adventure, the freedom, and how much it forces me to grow. Thanks for watching and relating to it :)
What is the water in there with the gas can? I think you are gonna have noises it's a sailboat and the waves on a mono, swells are not easy when sitting
Well, I'm not the only one to think it, but please be aware of gas vapors and sparks.
I know you know, but I have to say it anyway.
Too bad I'm so stinking old....I'd invite myself to be your world traveling companion Haahahaahha!!! Hey at least a thumbs up for honesty.
Do the anti nausea pills do anything? Or are they full of side effect trash?
Yes the vapors made me so nervous. I didn't cook anything that night! For the sea sickness, there is a pressure point on the wrist that I always press when I start to feel sea sick. I'm not one for taking medicine but I've heard that dramamine does a really good job. If it weren't so miserable outside I'd have been sitting on deck, which helps with my sea sickness too. Thanks for watching :)
install one dorade , help :)
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You should get a hard dinghy. Also, why is there standing water in your cockpit lockers?
it's the well, which is there there is a 12"x12" hole that my old and broken outboard used to sit inside. I had a diaper made of plastic under it until I could epoxy it, but since it was below the waterline I couldn't get a good seal. So water still seeped in, but that is by design so the boat could never sink that way.
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Si necesitas un marinero y maquinista naval me gustaria navegar y cuidar de ese velero lindo y linda capitana
😞😞😞 I'm sorry. I understand. It's been so hot and humid in North GA off grid...and it's hard to sleep at night with just a battery powered fan blowing hot air. So muggy and buggy. How will you get rid of the gas smell? Hang in there. Hope you find a better dockage soon. 🙏🤞
Sheesh. I hope the heat lets up there soon. I was in GA for a summer... For the gas smell I just waited until the sun made it evaporate, which it did within the next day, fortunately.
Whoever is doing your passage decisions doesn't know what they're doing. Buddy boating is dangerous. Attwood is only good in S of E winds. BTW, Samana Cay [Propeller Cay anchorage] is just N of you - it's beautiful in the right conditions. You're also close to the Plana Cays with a GORGEOUS beach - but rolly in anything over 15KTS of wind. Mayaguana is a lousy anchorage. Sugar /Datum at the bottom of Acklins has gorgeous snorkelling and reefs also.
Thanks for your input!
Watch the fire/explosion hazard with the spilled gas.
Yup! The vapors and a spark...
Blower motor is designed to make no spark to pump out air. "Nutshell" had explosion from igniting degreaser fumes when he put on tea water. luckily he was on deck.@@12B4Christ
yea it made me sooo nervous. I did not cook anything that night haha
Stupid question you've answered a 100 times: is the yellow strap for safety or holding something in place? Both? lol
It's a jackline, which some people run along the decks. Because my boat is so little I run it down the center and wrap it around the mast on the way aft. I clip into it when I go on deck :)
I’ll trade spots with you!
love it haha next time
Ohh yeah, what I call the sucky times of solo sailing. Constant night time re-rigging, bugs, stuff spilling, strange noises you cant find the source of. Thats why your video updates work, real snapshots of solo sailing. Not like those glitzy super edited polished 'documentaries' that are all over YT. Anyways keep yer chin up, stay the course and while its an old cliche : tomorrow is a new day.
thanks for watching. Yes, I'm just documenting my journey and sharing it!
Aklins is the worst! The bugs are insane.
yaaaa haha I won't be returning
that poor scoby, they were the real losers in all of this..
Put screens in your hatches
I had some but they weren't very good and wore out, so I started improvising with screen and dive weights
Time to leave
C'mon captain, its gasoline!
A little respect for its properties pls. Either that or invest in a full floating boom for a your boat.
I'd love to be one of those mosquitoes 😊
until I clapped you 😊