"...I can now return to civilized life..." cut to dolphins jumping, playing the guitar and sunsets over a calm warm ocean. Looks like I need to shift civilizations.
Hi Kevin, have you ever thought of commenting on the air temperature as you move around from region to region? It might give your viewers a better sense of what you're experiencing
Thank you for a reminder of my future life in several years. Lived aboard a 22ft for 5 years on freshwater and weeks at a time in the Keys. My best plan is to pick destinations according to weather. There is a surprise in any local.
I think the "sailing the far side girls" went through Marathon about the same time as you did. If you saw a couple of girl with limited clothing that was probably them. They anchored in an unprotected place and had a rough night. Thanks for the video.
If you get to the Chesapeake again, let me know when your going. I have an area off mill creek you can use free and I'll have the beer and steak waiting.
@@howtosailoceans1423 It's quite quiet and protected in there and seemingly goes on forever, not that close to conveniences save for locally famous crab house cum watering hole at top the bank a ways in. Sat out a hurricane nicely in there.
Kevin I just do not understand how people can watch your channel, appreciate and understand your skills and accomplishments and have 27k subs but a skinny thonged gal with minimal skills have a quarter million subs!!! Thank you Sir you have shared so much and helped me get closer to my bucket list dreams of sailing the seas!! Fair winds and following seas!!
Nice! I have a Westsail 32, Shaboom in the process of rehabilitation. Your dingy looks interesting, as does the bicycle. We live about a block from the marina in Beaufort, so I see all the ICW transients. Looks like a nice combination.
That looks like a nice Taylor guitar. I’m a musician and a sailor as well. Thanks for the Florida sunshine. I’m up here north of Toronto in a snow storm dreaming about launching my boat again in the Spring. Enjoy the sunshine.
Scarey moment to wake up to an odd sound around your boat. That feeling of popping your head out of the companion way to see where you are and what may have happened. Some relief to know you are not the one that dragged into a lee shore.
Your channel might convince more people to go for power. 😀 The vast majority enjoy relaxed camping, but then somebody comes by with technical climbing gear to tackle a 5 pt wall You're the hard-core climber I didn't like marathon the fist time we drove thru. Of course key west wasn't a prize either The next time a few years later we stopped on our way back to Isla mirada to get some fresh fish. That's when it dawned on me that marathon is where the real conchs work/live. All the commercial action is located there, either the freight airport, large shipyards or marine supplies I've always enjoyed getting away from the tourist zones and just chill while people are simply going about their lives
Kevin ..I enjoyed the video as always . And who needs a gem membership after watching you tack up that narrow channel , I felt like I got a work- out just watching continually tacking .. lol Fair Winds and Safe Sea's Robert North Star
Enjoying the longer duration artsy nature clips of the sky, water and your boat rigging. Makes me feel like im actually there... but im not, because im safely sitting in a land based structure. Enjoy the weather for me!
Paying particular attention feels appropriate with no engine, a tight channel and going head to wind - that looked a little brutal, those two hours must have felt much longer - great video as ever!
Hi Captain. I have followed your sailings and your knowledge of sailing with a gaff rigged boat. I myself have had two gaff rigged boats. One from 1901. The other from 1899. But to make a long story short ..... Why did you not take the opportunity to explore the Mediterranean, when you still made the trip across the Atlantic? Now you're back in the US, with the same waters, you've been sailing for lots of years. Just wondering ? With all due respect to you as a sailor .... !! Sincerely Piéro Mengarelli
It is awesome to see you playing guitar on the sailboat. Do you ever collaborate on music. I have a recording studio and write many different styles of music
Very nice! Thanks. Sailed Hawks channel many times with just paper charts, a compass, and no gps or chart plotter. And weather?? Good luck! Predict wind and Windy are wonderful. I don’t know how I did all the before, ha hah.
Hope you managed a coffee in all that early upwind work. Loved the harmonics! And enjoyed those dolphins huffing too. Ruth Avery is looking very shiny and Corinthian. Fair winds and following seas!
@@olivei2484 bit of a difference doing weekend sailing and taking to the sea like our man. I spent most of my first 20 years in the sea, but that was a while back. In Doha just now, going to look for someone to take me through the routines 😁
Thanks again, I can't believe I never noticed before, but it looks like your standing rigging is on a 2 point with a pully up top... I would LOVE to see a "walkthrough tour" of rigging, knots, and why you use which setups. I remember you did have one for the belaying pin setup, but I would just drink up any more knowledge you can spare.
Those are my running backstays. The gaff main precludes a fixed backstay, as it could not cross the centerline with a fixed stay, so you have to set your windward backstay up every time you come about.
@@howtosailoceans1423 dude you teach me so much just by living your life, I love it. Gotta get my hobie in the water. you don't swim around with hot babes in bikinis and have knowledge and integrity. I love your channel, and am surprised that you don't have more subscribers, but I guess that comes with being humble and not advertising yourself. wish I had a credit card, I'd patreon but I CAN ship you some avos sometime in mid to late February when the oils develop and they're properly ripe. Lemme know if there's a place I can send a box to you in 2-3 weeks. We're having the tree picked around then. It's from 1950s or maybe even older and she takes up a third of the back yard. Haas. I think about 40 to 50 feet tall, 80-100 wide. Predates the house. Still hoping you can do a comprehensive walkthrough on your rigging, you clearly have the knowledge and the skills that I want to learn. Especially with volcanoes and global warming when we ALL need to live on boats like our ancestors did!
@@howtosailoceans1423 Sailing The Far Side is also a 54 foot hudson ketch sailed by two sisters just back to Florida from a cruise in the Bahamas... They have a youtube channel... The were anchored off Florida to wait out a storm....
We were just in Marathon. Have there always been so many crab pots?! We've made it to Miami after a strong storm which almost had a boat on us at Key Largo. All's well that ends well. We met you in Beaufort, NC, at the very beginning of covid. You were wondering where everyone was. I hope we meet again. Fair winds
I know that publics. We like to boat just south off big pine. We enjoy picnic island as the locals call it. Kind of between big pine and little palm island not too far from looe key tiki bar channel.
How do those tan bark sails hold up for you? We plan to build a classic design and would love to have them for aesthetics but I’ve read they don’t last anywhere near as long as Dacron.
I've found that tan sails actually last longer than white ones. I think this is because the dye helps to block the UV from penetrating into the cloth. The problem with colored dacron used to be that you could not get higher grades of cloth in anything but white, but these sails are Fibercon, by Contenter, and have held up well.
Hello from France 🇫🇷 !
I sailed around the world with my guitar too , what a good life !
I wish you fair winds and nice music !
"...I can now return to civilized life..." cut to dolphins jumping, playing the guitar and sunsets over a calm warm ocean.
Looks like I need to shift civilizations.
Yeah, you misunderstood. Biking through land was the uncivilized part =P
Who needs a gym when you can just sail up wind! Thanks, as always.
You have the best pure sailing channel out there
100% agreed.
Yes 💯‼️
Thank you Kevin. Your videos are always a joy.
Welcome back to paradise 🌴🌞😎
Thanks for sharing 👍⛵️⚓️
nice video! Thanks for sharing it with us!
Hi Kevin, have you ever thought of commenting on the air temperature as you move around from region to region? It might give your viewers a better sense of what you're experiencing
Thank you for a reminder of my future life in several years. Lived aboard a 22ft for 5 years on freshwater and weeks at a time in the Keys. My best plan is to pick destinations according to weather. There is a surprise in any local.
I think the "sailing the far side girls" went through Marathon about the same time as you did. If you saw a couple of girl with limited clothing that was probably them. They anchored in an unprotected place and had a rough night. Thanks for the video.
I was wrong they went through before the boat show so months earlier.
If you get to the Chesapeake again, let me know when your going. I have an area off mill creek you can use free and I'll have the beer and steak waiting.
The Mill Creek by Annapolis? There's quite a few Mill Creeks on the Bay ...
@@howtosailoceans1423 It's quite quiet and protected in there and seemingly goes on forever, not that close to conveniences save for locally famous crab house cum watering hole at top the bank a ways in. Sat out a hurricane nicely in there.
@@capndenito3101 keep my boat there. Great spot
The dolphins at the end were simply amazing!
You lead a great life.
Thanks great video
Kevin I just do not understand how people can watch your channel, appreciate and understand your skills and accomplishments and have 27k subs but a skinny thonged gal with minimal skills have a quarter million subs!!! Thank you Sir you have shared so much and helped me get closer to my bucket list dreams of sailing the seas!! Fair winds and following seas!!
Thanks Robert, thanks for stopping by.
I loved seeing those dolphins followed by the picture perfect sunset anchorage. Civilized life indeed!
Yes sir! Now get back to work ...
It’s a pleasure watching videos done by a real sailor. No drama, no trauma just sailing. Thanks
Nice sail down to the keys! That ca be a busy waterway in the summer. Nice anchorage! On island time!
Nice! I have a Westsail 32, Shaboom in the process of rehabilitation. Your dingy looks interesting, as does the bicycle. We live about a block from the marina in Beaufort, so I see all the ICW transients. Looks like a nice combination.
That looks like a nice Taylor guitar. I’m a musician and a sailor as well. Thanks for the Florida sunshine. I’m up here north of Toronto in a snow storm dreaming about launching my boat again in the Spring. Enjoy the sunshine.
Yes, a 614 Taylor, which has survived on a boat for nearly a decade now.
Elliott Key is part of the Biscayne National Park hence, no houses!
Ah, thanks for the info!
Bravo the 2 hours of tacking.
Hello nice trip. Keep going to Cuba 🇨🇺. Saludos
Great video as always but you have to do something about the wind noise!
Scarey moment to wake up to an odd sound around your boat. That feeling of popping your head out of the companion way to see where you are and what may have happened. Some relief to know you are not the one that dragged into a lee shore.
Yes indeed! Drag onto a lee shore ... shudder.
I grew up the area you sailed. That area that you though was not developed is Ocean Reef Resort with million dollar homes hiding in the mangroves.
Ah yes, there appears to be a point in personal wealth where you no longer want anyone knowing how rich you are.
Your channel might convince more people to go for power. 😀
The vast majority enjoy relaxed camping, but then somebody comes by with technical climbing gear to tackle a 5 pt wall
You're the hard-core climber
I didn't like marathon the fist time we drove thru. Of course key west wasn't a prize either
The next time a few years later we stopped on our way back to Isla mirada to get some fresh fish. That's when it dawned on me that marathon is where the real conchs work/live.
All the commercial action is located there, either the freight airport, large shipyards or marine supplies
I've always enjoyed getting away from the tourist zones and just chill while people are simply going about their lives
Super windy here in coastal Virginia and cold . Be safe.
Kevin ..I enjoyed the video as always . And who needs a gem membership after watching you tack up that narrow channel , I felt like I got a work- out just watching continually tacking .. lol Fair Winds and Safe Sea's
Robert
North Star
Ha ha Robert, yes, manual winches not only save money on the initial purchase compared to a powered winch, but on the health club membership as well.
Enjoying the longer duration artsy nature clips of the sky, water and your boat rigging. Makes me feel like im actually there... but im not, because im safely sitting in a land based structure. Enjoy the weather for me!
Paying particular attention feels appropriate with no engine, a tight channel and going head to wind - that looked a little brutal, those two hours must have felt much longer - great video as ever!
Hi Captain.
I have followed your sailings and your knowledge of sailing with a gaff rigged boat.
I myself have had two gaff rigged boats.
One from 1901. The other from 1899.
But to make a long story short ..... Why did you not take the opportunity to explore the Mediterranean, when you still made the trip across the Atlantic?
Now you're back in the US, with the same waters, you've been sailing for lots of years.
Just wondering ?
With all due respect to you as a sailor .... !!
Sincerely
Piéro Mengarelli
It just wasn't in the plans for that trip. Plus the Med is notoriously hard on engineless boats ...
I can't believe this guy doesnt have more subscribers. He's the salty*est of them all....
Great video as always. Impressive tack session there as well! Take care out there.
Always enjoy your videos Kevin! Fun to pull out the charts and try to keep up with your current location.
Thanks. Enjoyable as always
Man, I'd love to buy a tshirt but the shipping to ontario is 160% of the t-shirt cost.
Great video! Pretty crazy morning but you came out ok. Glad you are out there living the dream. 🥳
It is awesome to see you playing guitar on the sailboat. Do you ever collaborate on music. I have a recording studio and write many different styles of music
Loved the sequence of nonstop tacking. What a workout!
Indeed, more fun to watch than do ..
That front came in quick over here off Fleming key. You looked good sailing past today. Wish I could have grabbed my phone sooner to get a better shot
I had quite a time trying to tack in against the ebbing current. Nice weather now, but looks like another blow coming this weekend.
Very nice! Thanks. Sailed Hawks channel many times with just paper charts, a compass, and no gps or chart plotter. And weather?? Good luck! Predict wind and Windy are wonderful. I don’t know how I did all the before, ha hah.
Ah, old school. You really had to pay attention, then.
Hope you managed a coffee in all that early upwind work. Loved the harmonics! And enjoyed those dolphins huffing too. Ruth Avery is looking very shiny and Corinthian. Fair winds and following seas!
👍nice harmonics
You make me want to go looking at sailing boats
It's a side effect of watching these channels:)
@@MrRourk it’s got me wondering if as an energetic fit 60+ it’s too late to start
@@ronsummers4090 I see people in their late 70's doing power boats.
@@ronsummers4090 We have a laser sailor at the lake at 70. A thistle sailor in his 90's. Give it a try!
@@olivei2484 bit of a difference doing weekend sailing and taking to the sea like our man. I spent most of my first 20 years in the sea, but that was a while back. In Doha just now, going to look for someone to take me through the routines 😁
Thanks again, I can't believe I never noticed before, but it looks like your standing rigging is on a 2 point with a pully up top... I would LOVE to see a "walkthrough tour" of rigging, knots, and why you use which setups. I remember you did have one for the belaying pin setup, but I would just drink up any more knowledge you can spare.
Those are my running backstays. The gaff main precludes a fixed backstay, as it could not cross the centerline with a fixed stay, so you have to set your windward backstay up every time you come about.
@@howtosailoceans1423 I have seen some gaff A’s without running backs. Do you feel you need it in the lighter airs?
@@howtosailoceans1423 dude you teach me so much just by living your life, I love it. Gotta get my hobie in the water. you don't swim around with hot babes in bikinis and have knowledge and integrity. I love your channel, and am surprised that you don't have more subscribers, but I guess that comes with being humble and not advertising yourself. wish I had a credit card, I'd patreon but I CAN ship you some avos sometime in mid to late February when the oils develop and they're properly ripe. Lemme know if there's a place I can send a box to you in 2-3 weeks. We're having the tree picked around then. It's from 1950s or maybe even older and she takes up a third of the back yard. Haas. I think about 40 to 50 feet tall, 80-100 wide. Predates the house. Still hoping you can do a comprehensive walkthrough on your rigging, you clearly have the knowledge and the skills that I want to learn. Especially with volcanoes and global warming when we ALL need to live on boats like our ancestors did!
Awesome as always!
Dek needs some attention
Nice video, always look forward to them !
Thanks John, good to hear from you. Hope all is well in Ireland.
In the last scene, was that "The Far Side", in the distance at anchor...
Ha, ha, that was a funny cartoon.
@@howtosailoceans1423 Sailing The Far Side is also a 54 foot hudson ketch sailed by two sisters just back to Florida from a cruise in the Bahamas... They have a youtube channel... The were anchored off Florida to wait out a storm....
We were just in Marathon. Have there always been so many crab pots?! We've made it to Miami after a strong storm which almost had a boat on us at Key Largo. All's well that ends well. We met you in Beaufort, NC, at the very beginning of covid. You were wondering where everyone was. I hope we meet again. Fair winds
Ah, yes I remember you from Beaufort. I've always seen lots of crab pots in the Keys. That cold front that went through on Sunday was something.
I am envious as always. Nice video!
Love to hear more of your music. Thanks for the video.
I hear your package is at city marina. Local vhf net on 80A at 09:00 and 68 is the calling channel for most boats in the harbor.
Mail was last seen on Saturday.
Oh thanks, I'm planning to pick it up when I return to Marathon end of Feb.. Hopefully it will still be there.
Great video, as usual.
I know that publics. We like to boat just south off big pine. We enjoy picnic island as the locals call it. Kind of between big pine and little palm island not too far from looe key tiki bar channel.
I'm anchored not far from there just now, in Newfound Harbor.
Good to see you again . Always a pleasure to see your going about.
Hope you did ok last night, we had gusts over 40 up here in Cape Canaveral…. See ya out there soon,
Front passed yesterday afternoon. I'm anchored in Newfound Harbor, which has very good holding. Yep, 40 knots, torrential downpours, lots of fun ...
👍👍👍
Respect as always…
Did Ruth Avery come out of the dragging anchor mayhem in one place ? Best regards from Jarle
I think you mean this past Sunday. Yes, weathered it in Newfound Harbor, good holding here.
Done Hawk Channel lots, but never a night. We’re there many crab/lobster traps?
Yes, crap traps everywhere.
How do those tan bark sails hold up for you? We plan to build a classic design and would love to have them for aesthetics but I’ve read they don’t last anywhere near as long as Dacron.
I've found that tan sails actually last longer than white ones. I think this is because the dye helps to block the UV from penetrating into the cloth. The problem with colored dacron used to be that you could not get higher grades of cloth in anything but white, but these sails are Fibercon, by Contenter, and have held up well.
@@howtosailoceans1423 Thanks! That’s good to know!
I see now why you moved. Marathon can be rough in a blow.
Oh yes. The front that went through yesterday would have been a nightmare there, it was bad enough here in Newfound Harbor.
Beautiful sunrise and sunsets! Great skill you have with the guitar. Do you do any side work making intro music?
Just for my own vids...
❤️👍
Are you still into this MgTOW
Thing???
How is the new rigging holding up?
Very good. Took a little while for those splices to settle, but it has stopped stretching.
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