Setting Sail Across the South Pacific Ocean! [Ep. 148]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2024
- It's time to launch into the Pacific Ocean! We battle strong currents and choppy waves as we leave the coast of Chile behind us, sailing towards French Polynesia and around the world.
#sailing #thatfeeling #oceanblue
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Contents:
00:39 - Leaving the dock... finally! There's nothing like that feeling of tossing off the docklines and setting your sights on the next goal!
2:07 - A recap of how far we've come to get here. Our bottom paints from International and Akzonobel have carried us a long way and we can't wait to sail into warmer waters! #thatfeeling
4:24 - Anchoring for the night to plan the 20 mile passage down Canal Chacao, famous for strong currents and standing waves in the worst conditions!
5:04 - With the sunrise behind us, it's time to make our way down the channel, keeping an eye on the current speed, which can reach past 9 knots!
5:53 - We are sailing doublehanded, but it takes a village to make this journey possible! Curtis mentions a few people we need to thank to get Sweet Ruca out into open water once again!
8:01 - A flashback from a tour inside the ferry boat that carries double decker busses and cars from the mainland of Chile to Chiloe and how they traverse the currents of Canal Chacao.
9:19 - This is it! The sails are hoisted with the last bit of land behind us! The flat channel has now turned into a washing machine of lumpy seas. What a difference!
10:38 - The closest we have ever come to a whale! (except for that one time...) What kind of whales do you think they are?
11:02 - Grey skies and steel grey water as Curtis give our first ocean update.
14:14 - The start of day two and Sweet Ruca is flying along on passage!
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Setting our sails with a goal of adventure in the crystal blue waters of a far off South Pacific atoll gives us #thatfeeling! What does #thatfeeling mean to you?
Curtis seemed pleased overtaking an Amel. My way of looking at that is: "If you cannot overtake an Amel, you've got the wrong boat. Pretty sure if you gave Roxy a pair of flippers, she would have overtaken the Amel.
Oh wow. Shots fired! 🫢 a nice sailing boat with great storage space!
Thank you for sharing. Absolutely lovely.
Thanks for the comment!
Your boat seems to be exactly the right combination of toughness and performance that you need for what you are doing. In addition you two are also the perfect combination for crewing her.
Haha we couldn't agree more. A nice thing to say!
Love the Roxy cameos!
She's the star! Hope Brazil is treating you well still!
Amazing journey you all are on. Looks like you spit shined the boat before leaving. Roxy looks happy no matter where she's at. The editing and narration make us feel as though we are there with you. "That feeling" along with a good cup of coffee. Nothing better. Keep having fun and stay safe. Bill
Whenever Sweet Ruca gets the privilege of some dock time we make sure to give her a much needed fresh water wash down!!!! Ahh that feeling of waking up to a good day and having our coffee ☕️ with you! Yup! That’s it!!!! 😀 Cheers Bill!!!
My brother just bought an Oceanis 40. I’ll be sailing it with him this winter from Vancouver Island to Mexico! I can’t wait for that feeling.
That feeling! When you finally arrive for tacos after an amazing sail!
Good times ahead! Maybe I’ll see you guys out there one day🍻
Hello, my greetings to the three of you.
I have to tell you something: You are the most professional couple of ocean cruisers I have ever observed in this TH-cam reality, great decisions, regardless of how the weather actually behaves. Roxy is an exemplary dog, there is a Husky dog out there that is a devil, it is better to lose it than find it, what a docile dog girl this Roxy is.
Good winds...
Roxy is a great dog. Thank you for the kind words!
Chile was beautiful. Glad to see you back on the open ocean. Big passage ahead of you. Stay safe out there. Big pat on the head for Roxy the sea going dog
Thanks for coming along!
Another awesome episode, I didn't want it to end!!
Thanks for the kind comment!
Brave Couple!! 👏👏👍👍
Trio!
WooHoo! Making the jump! Lol, loved “cause that’s what Sweet Ruca does”
I have enjoyed watching your sailing adventures, especially going around the Cape - God be with you...and your sweet dog!
Thank you...
Thanks for coming along for the ride!
30 ft standing waves??? Sounds like a crazy place to get out! You guys made it look easy!
Lots of planning!
Well done you two (three) !!
Thank you!
great video, thanks.. the J46 continues to impress, what a machine!
Indeed!
Awesome episode. The feeling of leaving the land behind and heading to the unknown must be like “a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do.” There is no way to achieve your goal without going through those days your mom warned you about. But y’all are the brave hearts. And courage is not the absence of fear, is the strength to move forward even with butterflies in stomach. Y’all rock!
Right on! Well said!
Thank you so much. Amazing good channel sailing around the world 🌎 ⛵️ I really like it .Greetings from beautiful city Punta Arenas Patagonia, 🇨🇱 I m already 6 months in Patagonia, and in the spring heading to the south Pacific Islands 🏝 for now, I am still in Patagonia .I wish you a fear of winds and following seas 🌊
You guys are continuing to get better at this. By that I mean the overall production; really nice shot variety, direction and editing. The sailing is interesting enough, but presenting an engaging story just makes it better.
That means a lot! Doing what we can on our tight budget, this comment really makes us smile!
@@SailingSweetRucaIn addition to knowing how to sail, you also need to be a filmmaker.
I'm guessing you've already done a lot research and studied different techniques.
I really like Sam Holmes 'cinema verite' style; very spare yet captures the moment.
If you guys are hanging out, you should watch the original Breathless.
30 ft. standing waves are massive and I've experienced that once in 1985 aboard TeVega that is now called DEVA. Deva is a 165 ft. gaff rigged schooner, 164 ft. tall and I think the width is 27 ft. at amid ships but can't remember for sure. The draft is 17 ft. We were sailing west from Leningrad, USSR in 1985 and hit the tail end of the Perfect Storm that Hollywood made a movie out of. It was gnarly. Myself and one other student were the only two people to not get sea sick. There were 65 students and about 10 staff. I loved it in fact. We ha to steer the boat outside and only a few of us were well enough to be able to do that. One of the waves hit the boat and I went swimming but had two chest harness on which I clipped onto two different spots. When the wave hit us, I was at the helm and my friend was in the deck house. He was launched in the air across the deck house and through the port side door to the side deck and into the water he went. He said that he saw the bottom of the keel and then another wave hit and he got pushed up the side of the hull and into the air where he landed on the side deck. He was getting washed back and forth and was able to grab the door and jumped in but just then, another wave hit and slammed the door shut which cut the front of his Van's tennis shoe off, just missing his toes. We were in the Baltic Sea around Latvia or Estonia at the time. The winds were over 100 mph. but definitely above 80 knots. If you've ever watched the movie White Squall, that's what our adventure was like to the tee. I spent a year aboard her and traveled into the Med and then down the gold coast of Africa and across the Atlantic to Brazil and then up the east coast of the US. I was one of two that passed the aloft test and was able to go up into the rigging. That was awesome.
Wow! Those are some crazy stories! We hope not to have any experiences like that, but thanks for sharing! The ocean is so unforgiving but that's life too! Sounds like some amazing experiences and great sundowner stories.
@@SailingSweetRuca I've shared that story a few times and some people think I'm making it up. I think that's because it's such a crazy story.
We believe you and we are glad you are here to tell it!
It's true! I started crewing for my dad on his P Cat before I knew how to swim and I didn't have a life jacket. When I was about 8, I started racing Naple Sabots. Then I got into racing Lasers and other one man small boats but my favorite was racing catamarans. Now I'm planning on getting a Mumby Cyber 48 just like Sailing Life on Jupiter and sail the world like your doing. Hopefully that happens because I think about it every day!
I have spent a little time down near Puerto Godoy on the beach there. You passed it on your want out of the Channel. Spectacular job on the video and sailing. Jim
Epic Guys... Keep Safe... 🙏
Thanks! That is the plan, as you'll see in the next episode!
Well the open sea will definitely be a change for you guys, i am sure it will present interesting challenges. Sweet Ruca looks wonderfully "ship shape" you have obviously been working hard. I really enjoy your videos and as another subscriber mentioned they are extremely professional. Bon Voyage from Norfolk, UK. Roy.
Kate definitely misses the flat water! Thanks so much for your nice comment Roy!
And you're off ‼️🙌🏻🎉 Should get warmer soon. 😊 See you next time. ✨ 🌊 💨 ⛵️ 🏝️ 👙 🌞 ✨
Looking forward to the sun!
The CHANNEL sounds trickier than shooting the Manitou's during the heavy stuff at night...⛵
Right on!
Hello nice crew. What about fishing? Thanks for all those nice videos and bringing us along. :)
We put out the pole after Kate stopped feeling sea sick. You will see it in a future episode most likely!
Hope all goes well on your journey across the Pacific
Wow man. A very interesting trip going down and around.
Interesting x1000!
@@SailingSweetRuca I should have written very, very.
I hope you get to collaborate with some other YT channels that recently made the passage too. SV Paradise falls, Nahoa, Calico Skies, Breaking waves, etc...
We would love to do that! We shall see if the stars align :)
Thank you so much for sharing! Very nice scenes, and you are down-to-earth people!
What do you think about solo sailing in Patagonia?
Have you considered sailing north along the west coast of South America?
You have then had Humboldt currents with you, along the west coast.
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Thanks for the comment as usual!
'What would it mean to me?', you ask - at this age of mine (69), it would mean The World. If it was the last thing on earth I would be able to do, then so be it XO Darcee
just subscribed although have been watching your vids for quite a while. Good luck and godspeed
Thanks for taking the next big step! We really appreciate it!
What it means to me?.................FREEDOM.....
Yeah, that is it!!!!
I love you vids! WHERE you have been sailing is the largest draw for me but I will continue to follow you even though you are back in the tropics.
Kate can rock a bikini with the best of them but that doesn't matter. How about Roxy? Can she?
Curtis, your competence is amazing to see. Thank you both for the enjoyment that your vids provide.
Thanks for the nice comment! We do try to focus on sailing as a 'sailing' channel, but we like to visit other cultures and explore the land side of things as well!
Obviously Mexico-> Fr. Polynesia or Panama-Fr. Polynesia is the most common passage. How many sailing vessels would you estimate do the Chile to Fr. Polynesia passage, if you had to guesstimate?
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How is Roxy handling the Pacific crossing so far?
Do you ever put fishing lines out? So much free food out there!
We do!
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Thanks for the comment!
Standing waves; yikes
Indeed. Lots of planning involved.