Voyage to Rehoku / Chatham Island: East Cape and Beyond (part 2)
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- Опубліковано 16 бер 2024
- Past the eastern most point of mainland New Zealand, I sail off into the sunrise and things get serious!
I sail my Wharram Pahi 31 catamaran to Chatham Island, see part 1 for the journey from Bay of Islands to East Cape.
You did really well coping with that. Your little Pahi is such a nice boat.
The coffee flex at 6:27 got me good haha. I love how barebones this boat is setup.
At last, a real sailor on Utube!
Haha thanks donald!
U made it bro, that's a good start! I hope u got a logbook and hope u document your trips there. It's a great read later on... Couldn't imagine you on a shiny new boat... Na, trying to keep it all tidy, nothing to fix... U2 are a good team, fix her well!!! Good Luck!
Of course! I cant keep track of what day it is if i dont keep a log book! And i log stuff like sail changes. 20 sail changes in 9 days, on this trip!
Hi Dominic. Renay here. I met you on the bus from opua to Auckland when you were heading to the proa show. Glad to see your going well. Fair winds.
Excellent video!
Thanks!
what a ride! this was like a movie plot condensed into a 20 minute video. Good to see you made it there ok and also the sourdough starter is alive and well!
Exciting stuff. Glad you arrived safely. Can't wait for part 3!
Solid effort!
thanks!
Glad you didn’t have to crack out the proa Dom.
Good luck with the rudder repair.
Can’t wait to see some Chattam footage!
You did so well .. i am full of admiration for your skills courage .
Awesome adventure !
Great video Dominic. Hope the repairs were straight forward. You're getting out there and doing the stuff mate! Well done!
heh yeah it was actually much easier to find someone with a welder that could help than it would have been in mainland NZ!
Nice save.
The first few minutes with the sun rays behind you, the loose white garb, the hair... you could pass for jesus bro.. haha :)
I've had that before, especially during my sandal wearing phase
Wow! Exciting and nerve racking trip! Not for the faint of heart. Quick on your feet to work with the reality of your situation.
Well done!
Gnarly Dominic!
I’m at the 12 minute mark and have to pause the video but it’s gonna wrack my brain until I can finish this episode 😮
Glad to know you made it through this but sheesh! What an adventure!
Indeed! the trip back to mainland NZ was pretty exciting too!
@@dominictarrsailingI just finished this video… Good work bud! That was exciting! Thanks for taking us along with you
Thanks for all the content! I have enjoyed your channel. Planning to start my proa build soon, and begin adventuring on my own,
Wonderful! Will you post some hhotos or video of it? There is a proa fb group you should join if you have not already
Absolutely. I am in central Texas and a long way from marine plywood. Hope to acquire some in the next two weeks.
@@brianna157 great looking forward to it!
well done on making it to Rekohu... that is an adventurous piece of ocean ..
It sure is! And turns out that salling there is the easy way... having just sailed back against the prevaling winds...
@@dominictarrsailing Yes, I hope you are able to post a video about the return trip.
@@splashnz6909 yes certainly, but first one about exploring the island!
good job sticking it out and making it there in almost 1 piece haha!
i have a little bit of advice about your uploads.
youtube seems to reward people that upload on a regular schedule.
so although i am suuuuper happy to see part 2 just 2 days after part 1, youtube probably isn't. best bet would be to set 1 or 2 days a week to post your videos, and at the same time on those days. so for example Fridays at 7pm, or Sundays at 2pm.
there'a a way to upload on one day and set a different day and time to have your videos released, that way when you are out at sea, or on an island with little to no internet connection, you can still upload at your regular time.
just trying to help cuz i love your videos, so i would love to see them get the attention they deserve, and you get the followers you deserve.
i mean with your ingenuity and resourcefulness, i can just imagine the things you could do with a bit of extra cash coming in from UA-cam
Thanks, so i hear. Unfortunately im a bit too busy to edit videos on a regular basis like that. Like this summer i barely uploaded anything because i wopls be busy until dark and then too tired to edit. In the winter it gets dark early so more time for editing! My account is monetized but currently i make about 30 bucks a month! Well below minimum wage for just the time editing. Anyway! So what makes it worth while making videos is more making friends with the commenters! This is more of a social network for me. So videos will come when i have the time, the algorithm be dammed
@@dominictarrsailing that makes complete sense. I do hope you end up gaining more followers and earning more from youtube soon, because I know how much goes into making videos like this. But I'm glad you're making at least something for it, and I am really happy to have had these chances to talk to you and learn from you and your experiences. Hopefully someday after I get my sailboat and start my big adventure we will run into eachother and get to talk in person
@@PKAdventures yes definitely!
I am.sure we will cross paths sooner or later!
And i did hit 2000 followers just the other day, and even though i didnt upload a video for ages my proa content was steadily ticking along so the algorithm must be figuring out somehing
Part 1 is a great video and part 2 is even better. I'm keen to know how you heave-to. I found on my Pahi 42 that with a triple reefed main and a backed staysail I had too much yaw, about 40° so that with each yaw cycle we were beam on to the wind and waves which was qite disconcerting.
I have used just the reefed stay sail, and the tiller tied to lee, in up to 35 knots. In this video: ua-cam.com/video/DVCACnrmFVw/v-deo.html
It could point higher though, and sometimes you get hit by the crumbling waves, which is a jolt.
I think I'd use the sea anchor if it got more than that. This was the first time using it and it went well. Though, it does pull you up through the waves with a bit of acceleration and waves still hit the front of the cabins. I've heard that a jordan series drogue isn't as bouncy like that.
now that I think of it, maybe setting a small sail on the back stay would work better? on my raven 26 it hove to best with just the triple reefed main and tiller to lee.
To call, or not to call... that's the moment, right there; it isn't fun trying to decide where the line between prudent and regretful decision-making actually lies, but you kept your head so that's a solid win. I'm also glad to see you're being skeptical of the GRIBS data - forecasts have gotten me into some dubious situations.
Thanks for the storytelling, Dominic! Now that you've crossed the IDL you've earned the right to a golden dragon tattoo!
well, this time I was too far out to make radio contact at the time so I had to sail closer anyway, but by that time I felt I had the boat under control, so I just sailed.
Hmm, I did cross 180 degrees, Chatham island is on the west hemisphere, but it's the same date as NZ, in the east hemisphere, but has it's own timezone 45 minutes ahead... so no you don't get the same date again. Does that still count? feels like cheating
@@dominictarrsailing hmmmmmmm. I crossed the IDL at the equator (180 at 0) but the IDL crosses the equator at 3 locations! and down where you are it gives y'all a wide berth... So by a technicality probably not... But going from 179 east to 179 west is in the spirit of the thing and Neptune Rex is all about the spirit of the thing... so I think you have the argumentative latitude to identify the nature of your longitude.
IMHO
@@Forrest-Jackson okay then! and you are actually merchant marine so you know about these things! I'm also nearly up to the first swallow (not counting day sailing, just passages that are more than one day)
@@dominictarrsailingThat first bird mean the most! My very first ship went from NYC to Singapore by way of the Med/Red Sea/Indian Ocean and for 217 days I did that run and it was flat out epic. Once that way of life becomes routine, though, it gets decanted down to nothing but union infighting, shipboard politics, poor coping mechanisms, and a bit of a split personality... well... I think you're doing it the right way, man. The magic and terror and boredom and frustration and exhaustion and everything that voyaging entails feels much more visceral and personal when there's only yourself to congratulate (or blame).
Having a ringside seat while someone else does it and shares their experience is pretty damn cool, too.
Sea anchor. The issue with laying off the bow is that a big wave will still push you back, therefore potentially damaging the rudders. With yours, they should be able to be lifted in this situation, with perhaps a bit of modification. Make the lower pintill with a very long pin, coming just above the bottom of the hull, so you can lift / replace the blade easily.
Jordan drogues seem to be the best option for most. But in your case the sea anchor is just as good or better. Your hulls are double ended, so happy either way, and very low windage. And obviously better to have your hatch facing away from the wind.
hmm, yes. yes if you could get the rudder on the pintle before the water was pushing on it, that would be much easier. Extending the pintle up is an interesting suggestion. I was gonna add guides that it slid against further up, inside the well. You can certainly lift them up while at sea, although it's a somewhat awkward manoeuvrer.
@@dominictarrsailing lifting easy…put them back is your issue.
My cat has very sensible stern hung rudders with vertical sliding boards. So they get removed when not sailing. ….but removing them in a rising Gale would not be any fun…and very wet.
@@markthomasson5077 cassette style is the best I think, benefits of dagger style but they kick up too. not possible on my boat though, unless hugh right on the stem (inside of which is inaccessable for bolts) or inboard...
I suppose you could have an uphaul but I guess the idea here is to remove them completely and lash them on deck?
Just had a sourdough pancake for breakfast…yummy.
I make sourdough bread, normally 100% wholemeal, which does make a better starter.
in what sense is the starter "better"?
@@dominictarrsailing more vigorous. Depends on the make of flour, some better than others. Actually rye flour is the best so far.
@@markthomasson5077 interesting. I just use plain flour or high grade which is generally available in a 5kg bag. I'll see if they have wholemeal next time
What an awesome passage. Now I'm going to have to binge watch the entire series. Do you have a berth in both hulls so you can rest in whichever one is leeward? Great job putting the video together.
There is a berth in each hull but I just stay in the port side (the galley). There isn't really a big comfort difference in the tacks. Except that on the lee side the boom is inconveniently right over the hatch. But the real reason for not switching sides is that I'd be constantly misplacing small stuff, thinking I left it on the other side etc. Starboard side is the guest house!
👍!!!!
Did you welcome parlay revival back to New Zealand on your sailboat?
No, dont watch that channel. Not really my style
Great, great video, really like a immersive sea voyage, it was like being there, thank you!
Hello Dominic. Is there a way I could contact you please? I’ve got a Raven 26 I would really like to ask you a few things about. It’d be much appreciated Thanks.
Email me dominic.tarr@gmail.com
RIP jalapeno juice :(((
thank you for responding to that specific part. you'll be relieved to know that I finished the jalapenos before they went mouldy or anything and will soon be aquiring another jar of juice and jalapenos