ATLANTIC OCEAN SAILING Race 1: To Bert! - Tranquilo Ep.59
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- We are finally off in the ARC yacht race across the Atlantic! In one of the slowest starts to the race with low winds, decisions have to be made, do we follow the majority of the fleet and head south to avoid the lows coming across from the west, or do we head west for the lows to pick up some winds and potentially get hit by nasty weather? Join as we we head for where the butter melts!
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I am sorry to comment, but filling a bucket with seawater from the stern of the boat is asking for trouble.
Or you get dragged overboard (not good for person) or you’ll loose the bucket to the ocean by the drag (not good for ocean).
It is done from the side of the boat.
Throw the bucket in in front of you, than let it sink and lift it out behind you before it’s out of your reach.
It gives you a better chance of getting water, but more importantly it is safer for crew and ocean.
Fair winds and a good passage whished from The Netherlands
Hi Lambert, you make an excellent point, and we always love to hear other opinions. The challenge with doing as you suggested is that on Tranquilo the freeboard is so high... one of the minor gripes we have with Hanses. We feel that off the stern is the safest on Tranquilo.
Good to know you all are
safe and sound ! well done
Cheers John!
amazing
whooohooo, feel a part of this... xxxx n
Great! Cheers Nancy!
Thanks for sharing your journey, the Hanse 455 is a great boat and your putting it to good use!
Thanks Paul! And as you'll see in the next video, we're really pushing her to her limits!!
That was a really good account of the crossing and you really captured the reality of the ARC. Fair winds!
Thanks Donal, much appreciated!
great, well done and look forward to the next one 👍
Awesome thanks!
Great to see you all having so much fun with such interesting conditions.
After endless ocean crossings, all I've learned is that no two are ever the same! That's why it's always fun and can never become boring and no sailor can possibly ever say, "I've done that, so don't need to do it again".........
One of the things I'm finding fun to watch is how you can just turn the engine on whenever you want? As an old racing chap of many decades, it just seems so strange. So do you have to declare how many hours of motoring you've done and are somehow time penalised at the other end?
By the way, good to see you doing the 'rigging rounds' at least once a day. We would always undertake the inspection first thing every morning as you just can't tell what's happened over night and things do wear during ocean crossings.
Looking forwards to seeing the rest of your crossing....... Have fun.
Hi Paul, yes the engine factor was very interesting, knowing that we would be penalised. Yes we had to declare engine hours, logged them diligently in the log... apparently the ARC committee tracked speed vs conditions to see if anyone was running engines and not declaring,, and they were supposed to note engine hours for each yacht before and after, although very much doubt they did either of these and relied on everyones' honesty. Surprising to see some of the low engine numbers of those who went south and experienced low winds, and didn't really want to talk about it afterwards in St Lucia... LOL.
And totally agree on the ocean crossings, they are never boring!!
Are you allowed to Motor? .. there is any penalty inflicted in the end for it ?!
Those in the cruising divisions can, it's just a penalty, with every hour motoring added to your final time. Those in the racing divisions aren't allowed to motor, and in the case of an emergency and turning on the engine they are automatically transferred to the cruising divisions.
yeah, arrival of the other side of the ocean !
Yes finally!!
Great episode, good sailing footage.
Cheers Brad, thanks!
Good job!!! 😎
Cheers Giancarlo!
Great show
Thanks Denny!
Great video.
Thanks!
It’s wonderful to be able to sail with you. Your videos are amazing, can you share with us some meals you make on board. Thanks in advance
Thanks Karen for the great feedback! We do have more in our Patreon community videos including food prep, we tend to leave these out of the general videos to keep the videos shorter (we do take a lot of video footage!). Unfortunately for the Atlantic we ended up eating dry food and cans as we didn't have any luck with fishing, so we ended up getting creative with salami and cans of tuna!
Could you please give us the name of the filter used to put diesel to the boat, the one used in the Irak war.
Thanks!!!
Hi Alberto, it's Mr Funnel Fuel Filter. Works great, got rid of a lot of gunk in the fuel in Galapagos!
Great vidio guys
Liked you showing the graphic off all the other boats tracks
But which one is you guys ??
Cheers
Tim
Ha should have watched to the very end Cheers
Yep! We're the highlighted one, granted its hard to tell much of the time!
Keep up the great video's!
Thanks, will do!
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Well done guys. Looking good all the best to you and happy new year. We finally have a Sane person running the country now! Cheers from the Brit in Caifornia xxx
Thanks Andy and happy new year to you too! Best regards to everyone in California!
So many persons for only one boat going the easiest way crossing the Atlantic?
It did make night watches easier! And how could we say no to family who were keen to do the crossing!